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Hulu's upcoming 9/11 drama, "The Looming Tower," might make you question whether you want to watch a show about how we failed to stop one of the deadliest days in U.S. history. But the outcome doesn't diminish the drama, according to Dan Futterman, showrunner for the 10-episode series that premieres Feb. 28 on the streaming service.
Just in time for Presidents Day, the National Portrait Gallery is throwing a birthday party to celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary and its iconic "America's Presidents" exhibit. Visitors were treated to a look at the new portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
For decades after 1924 the ominous shadow of J. Edgar Hoover loomed almost menacingly over the federal government, from Capitol Hill to the White House. The persnickety, demanding young lawyer who had been given charge of an ineffectual, lethargic Bureau of Investigation in the Justice Department was determined to build the premier law enforcement agency in the country.
Way back in a Season 2 episode of The X-Files , FBI assistant director Walter Skinner struggled to convince Fox Mulder, a headstrong agent grieving for his dying partner, not to resign from the Bureau. As When I was 18, I went to Vietnam.
Large crowds gathered and big cheers erupted as the Falcon Heavy, SpaceX 's most powerful rocket yet, blasted off Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center 's pad 39A, where Apollo 11 launched for the moon nearly 50 years ago. Add SpaceX as an interest to stay up to date on the latest SpaceX news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
Isaac Deal, 20, an Indiana State University political science student, said Wednesday he plans to seek the office being vacated by longtime Rep. Clyde Kersey, D-Terre Haute. Deal, whose hometown is Greencastle, said he plans to formally announce his candidacy and file the necessary paper work to run as a Republican next week.
On January 16, 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, granting coastal plantation properties from Savannah, Georgia to the St. John's River in Florida to ex-slaves.
In a memorable scene from the 1986 blockbuster Crocodile Dundee , Paul Hogan and his reporter girlfriend are taking a nighttime "walkabout" in Manhattan when a thug suddenly steps from the shadow and demands their money. Warned that the intruder is brandishing a knife, the cool-as-a-cucumber Dundee says, in his broad Australian accent, "That's nawt a nyfe!" Then, whipping out his own larger, sharper one, he states, " That's a nyfe!" His quip got a big laugh from the audience and the movie thug got the message.
An emergency text alert on Saturday warning residents in the U.S. state of Hawaii of an imminent ballistic missile threat was false alarm sent out due to human error, state officials said. The U.S. military's Pacific Command and state authorities confirmed that there was no missile threat to Hawaii, which is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean, and home to the U.S. Pacific Command.
Oprah Winfrey's impassioned call for "a brighter morning even in our darkest nights" at the Golden Globes has Democratic Party activists buzzing about the media superstar and the 2020 presidential race - even if it's only a fantasy. Even so, for Democrats in early voting states, and perhaps for a public that largely disapproves of President Donald Trump's job performance, the notion of a popular media figure as a presidential candidate is not as strange as it once seemed, given the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star now in the White House.
Actress and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. New York - Could Oprah Winfrey run for president and beat Donald Trump? Hollywood, liberals and ardent fans are abuzz with speculation that the billionaire chat show queen is harboring White House ambitions after an impassioned Golden Globes speech.
Sterling K. Brown poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a TV drama at the FOX Golden Globes after-party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018. The dominant social issue of Sunday's Golden Globes was combating sexual harassment and sexual assault against women in the entertainment industry, an issue that dominated headlines for months following accusations against Hollywood powerhouse Harvey Weinstein.
After host Seth Meyers jokingly begged her to run for president Sunday night at the 75th Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey sounded like she was ready to lead a brigade into battle. Winfrey, the first black woman to receive the Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award, delivered a rousing speech covering the importance of truth, justice and equality.
After her extraordinary speech on Sunday night, it's the big question of Monday morning: Is Oprah Winfrey interested in a presidential bid? "President Winfrey" was the talk of the Beverly Hilton ballroom after Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes . And the "Oprah for president?" possibility was a top story on morning TV.
Fans of the popular 1985 teen film "The Breakfast Club" can look forward to a treat in 2018 when the film is re-released on DVD and Blu-ray with 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage. According to CNN Friday , part of the new footage of the 80s John Hughes classic features a previously-deleted scene that includes Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald's characters having a conversation in the girls bathroom.
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Kennedy Center honorees including Lionel Richie, LL Cool J and Gloria Estefan celebrate the American Dream in Trump-free ceremony after he canceled the traditional White House reception Winter has arrived! Wet and icy weather hits central and north US with heavy snow and rains coming in the week President Trump summons White House staffers to his private quarters for secret evening meetings to change assignments given to them by John Kelly, report claims 'He said it.
YouTube, owned by Google took a giant dump on America this Thanksgiving Day, posting to Twitter a Teen Vogue video of six teenage Native American girls angrily toppling a Thanksgiving dinner table. The YouTube tweet links to a Teen Vogue video posted to YouTube on Thursday entitled, "Native American Girls Describe the REAL History Behind Thanksgiving".