Actor Johnny Wactor, who played Brando Corbin on the ABC daytime soap opera “General Hospital,” was killed in downtown Los Angeles, his brother has confirmed. Wactor’s brother, Grant, said Johnny was the victim of a fatal shooting on Saturday. Overnight Saturday, the LAPD says they received call of a shooting on Hope Street and Pico Boulevard. When officers arrived, police …
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It’s been more than 40 years since Kyra Sedgwick first appeared on TV, on the soap opera “Another World.” She recalled her lines from her first scene: “Oh, my God: ‘I’m on the road with a rock group, Grandma. It’s called The Deep Six’,” she laughed. “I was 16 years old, and that’s when I fell in love with acting.” …
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In the 1970s, the height of the blaxploitation film era, Pam Grier was the undisputed queen of the genre, and one of the few female lead action stars ever. To the movie-going public, she really was a one-woman hit squad – a gun-toting goddess who made her name in films like “Coffy,” “Sheba, Baby,” and the immortal “Foxy Brown,” where …
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NEW YORK — A man is accused of setting a subway rider on fire on Saturday afternoon and the NYPD says he was behind a similar attack a few months ago. Officers were called for an assault in progress on the 1 line platform at the Houston Street station and when they arrived saw 23-year-old Alijaj Petrit with his shirt …
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The tornado that killed at least seven people in North Texas Saturday night was part of a cell that traveled for 100 miles. South of Valley View where at least five people died, the storm destroyed multiple homes at the RV park at the Ray Roberts marina. Despite a debris field of more than a half-mile long, all of the …
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BRAINTREE – A male suspect has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that wounded four girls in an AMC movie theater south of Boston Saturday, authorities said. CBS Boston has learned that the same suspect may be responsible for a similar incident which may have occurred at a McDonald’s restaurant in Plymouth. A man stabbed four girls inside a …
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The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers from Normandy. The imposing cross, spanning 40 feet and weighing about 3,300 pounds, is the only element of the choir roof that resisted the flames. “The cross fell really early in …
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Actor Tom Skerritt understands first-hand how storytelling could help U.S. veterans returning home after their military service. The 90-year-old Hollywood actor – whose appearance in 1962’s “War Hunt” led to roles in “M*A*S*H*”, “Top Gun” and others – served four years in the Air Force. In 2012, Skerritt met Evan Baily, who had recently returned stateside after serving in Iraq …
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Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce weighed in on his teammate Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College earlier this month. Speaking on the Friday episode of his “New Heights” podcast with brother Jason Kelce, the tight end said he does not agree with “just about any” of Butker’s views but cherishes him as a teammate. “He’s treated family …
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The Transportation Security Administration announced it screened more than 2.95 million airline passengers on Friday, setting a new record for a single day. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the agency said Saturday that it screened 2,951,163 individuals at airport checkpoints nationwide on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 2,907,378 set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last …
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