Category Archives: Entertainment News – ABC Audio
'American Idol' recap: Judges deliver game-changing curveball after Hollywood week genre challenge
ABC/Eric McCandlessHollywood week is in full swing on American Idol. Getting right to business, the first round of Hollywood week saw the singers choose the genre they felt b...
Mar 29, 2022
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, Academy after slapping comedian during Oscars
ABC/AMPAS(NOTE LANGUAGE) Actor Will Smith apologized Monday for slapping Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Oscars. ...
Mar 28, 2022
Academy launching "formal review" of Will Smith after slapping Chris Rock at Oscars
ABCThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is launching a "formal review" of the confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock ...
Mar 28, 2022
Kim Kardashian says her "work" comments to women were "taken out of context"
ABC News(NOTE LANGUAGE) Kim Kardashian has responded to the backlash she received after telling women to hustle harder. Kardashian told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Ro...
Mar 28, 2022
Oscars ratings rise from last year's least-watched telecast
ABC NewsThere's good news and bad news when it comes to the ratings for Sunday night's Oscars telecast. First, the good: the telecast saw a 56% jump in viewership from last year, according to Nielsen ...
Mar 28, 2022
Ready for 'Dune II'? Oscar winning cinematographer promises a "bigger and better" sequel
David Livingston/Getty ImagesWhile the Denis Villeneuve film Dune scored six Oscars Sunday night, he and the craftspeople behind it are already working on its sequel. Backsta...
Mar 28, 2022
Simone Biles, Kamala Harris among 'USA Today''s Women of the Year
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesUSA Today announced its 2022 Women of the Year on Monday, and the list includes Vice President Kamala Harris and Olympic Gold ...
Mar 28, 2022
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum's 'The Lost City' defeats 'The Batman' at box office with $31 million debut
Paramount PicturesThe Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum romantic treasure hunt romp The Lost City hit paydirt at the box office over the weekend, unseating last week's champ&...
Mar 28, 2022
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in honor of his wife, and people have mixed emotions about it
ANGELA WEISS,ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images(NOTE LANGUAGE) By now, we all have either heard of or witnessed Sunday night’s very intense Oscar moment of Will Smith walking on stag...
Mar 28, 2022
Jessica Chastain never even held an Oscar before her win Sunday night for 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'
Al Seib/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty ImagesJessica Chastain had been nominated twice before nabbing Oscar gold Sunday night for her performance as the disgraced televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker ...
Mar 28, 2022