Kobe Bryant, Johnny Nash, Alex Trebek and Regis Philbin were among the many legends who died in 2020, although their legacies live on.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is opening up about the racism she endured while enrolled at an American high school. The actress revealed that the abuse and harassment was so severe, she returned to India when she was 15-years-old. Speaking to People about her upcoming tell-all memoir "Unfinished," which arrives next month, Chopra Jonas revealed it was nearly impossible to ignore her bullies.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who came to fame playing the fearless titular heroine on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" for seven seasons, hasn't forgotten Buffy Summers. In fact, the 43-year-old actress wished the character a happy 40th birthday earlier this week. "I just realized that today is Buffy Summers 40 bday," Gellar wrote Tuesday on Instagram.
As part of Variety's ongoing "Actors on Actors" series, Oscar-nominated "Get Out" star Daniel Kaluuya sat down -- virtually -- with his fellow Marvel movie star Tom Holland and discussed the cultural impact "Black Panther" had. Brit actor Kaluuya played W'Kabi, the friend who betrays the peaceful ideals of the late Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa, after Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger appears to take the Wakandan throne. "Spider-Man" star Holland asked, "You must have been aware that you guys were sitting on one of the biggest, most cultural enriching blockbuster movies of all time."
Amanda Gorman said she feels "amazing" after making history Wednesday as the youngest poet in recent history to perform at a presidential inauguration. "It’s not often that you wake up on a morning feeling like this," Gorman, 22, said Thursday on "Good Morning America" in her first live TV interview since President Joe Biden's inauguration. Gorman, a Los Angeles native, became the breakout star of the inauguration with her poem, "The Hill We Climb," which she finished writing on the night of Jan. 6, hours after rioters took siege on Capitol Hill.
Appointments are being canceled, sites are temporarily closing, county waitlists are in the thousands and states are adjusting eligibility timelines as vaccines supplies dwindle nationwide. With shipments coming weekly, officials say they don't have much visibility on their supplies as they simultaneously schedule first and second doses, and plan to expand vaccination sites. "There's a lot of uncertainty right now," Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told ABC News.
There are strong parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 flu pandemic, considered to be the deadliest of the 20th century. The 1918 flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million worldwide, including nearly 675,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 1918, the first flu cases were reported in March at an Army base in Kansas.
At least eight people were arrested in Portland on Wednesday after rioters damaged both federal and private property, police said. Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Oregon's largest city following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Although the demonstrations were largely peaceful, two protest events resulted in property damage and arrests, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
A major weather pattern change is expected in the United States as stormy weather moves from west to east with heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and Arctic cold. A new storm will move into the West Thursday and Friday and will bring much-needed rain to California, where dry winds helped spread another brush fire Wednesday. On Wednesday, winds gusted up to 85 mph in Southern California, helping fuel the fire in Carlsbad, near San Diego.
Erika Rischko is an 81-year-old mother of two, grandmother of one and, surprising to even herself, a fitness influencer. Rischko, of Langenfeld, Germany, describes herself as a "late bloomer" when it comes to fitness, but she now is inspiring people decades her junior with the workouts she shares on TikTok and Instagram. Rischko, a homemaker, said she did not start regularly exercising until her mid-50s when her daughter signed her up at a local gym.
Christina Meredith, a resident of Kyle, Texas, told "Good Morning America" that her 15-year-old daughter Katelynn Ramirez, is still showing symptoms of the coronavirus after being hospitalized late last month. Meredith said Katelynn is an active cheerleader, volleyball player and runner with no pre-existing health conditions. "Katelynn wants to tell people to wear their mask and let them know that kids get sick," Meredith told "Good Morning America."
For many members of the country's South Asian population, Kamala Harris' historic inauguration was a major turning point in their community's place in America's story. Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has never been shy speaking about her Asian heritage throughout her career. As she took the oath of office Wednesday, South Asian Americans young and old celebrated this occasion with eager anticipation for the possibilities for future generations.
The ceremony that made Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was an inauguration like never before. Also absent were the morning traditions involving the outgoing and incoming presidents and their spouses meeting on the North Portico of the White House and sharing a limousine to the ceremony. Two weeks after an angry mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed Capitol Hill, some attendees even wore body armor.
Three soldiers are dead after a military helicopter crashed in upstate New York Wednesday evening, the New York National Guard said. MCSO has confirmed a military helicopter with what is believed to be 3 souls on board went down in a field on W. Bloomfield Rd. In Mendon at 6:32p.m. W. Bloomfield rd. Btwn Cheese Factory & Boughton Hill Rd. remains closed.
Just hours after Kamala Harris' own historic swearing-in as vice president, she ushered in three other historic firsts as she swore in three new senators. Harris received a standing ovation as she walked into the Senate for the first time as vice president on Wednesday afternoon. Moments later, Harris swore in her successor, Alex Padilla, to take her old Senate seat.
Joe Biden took the oath of office just before noon on a cold but bright and sunny Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, becoming the 46th president of the United States, the culmination of a nearly 50-year career in politics and a lifetime of tragedy and triumph. Democracy is fragile.
Inauguration Day already was historic for women, with Kamala Harris becoming the first woman and person of color to become vice president, and she soon could be joined by a similarly record-breaking Cabinet. Twelve of Biden's nominations for Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions are women, including eight women of color, and if they're all confirmed it would shatter former President Bill Clinton's record of nine women serving concurrently, which happened during his second term.
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins reunited virtually to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the movie that netted them both Oscar trophies: "The Silence of the Lambs," Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel. The conversation was part of Variety's "Actors on Actors" series. Hopkins, who played cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, admitted to being confused by the film's title at first.
Amazon sent a letter to newly inaugurated President Joe Biden on Wednesday offering to use its vast resources to assist with federal COVID-19 vaccination efforts. "Congratulations to you and Vice President Harris on your inauguration," the letter, signed by Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark, stated. "As you begin your work leading the country out of the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration."
Taylor Swift's debut single "Tim McGraw" turns 15 this year and, on Tuesday, the actual Tim McGraw opened up about what he really thought about the hit song. Speaking to Apple Music, the country legend admitted that he was shocked when he first learned of the song, which was performed by Swift when she was just 16. McGraw said that, upon giving the song more thought, he saw it in a completely different light.
Mindy Kaling took to social media as Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday with a message about representation. The "A Wrinkle in Time" actress shared a photo to Instagram of her daughter, 3-year-old Katherine, watching the television as Harris, 56, made history as the first woman and first Black vice president. Harris, a former attorney general and senator for California, is of Black and Indian heritage.
