iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- NCAA college basketball analyst Dick Vitale has a message for the NCAA selection committee: find a way to get more mid-major programs in the tournament."It's great to see the David's and the Goliath's," Vitale said in an exclusive conversation with ABC News before the NCAA Men’s Tournament began. The ESPN analyst discussed […]
Allen Kee / ESPN Images(ST. LOUIS) -- The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly finalizing an extension that will keep Paul Goldschmidt in Missouri through 2024.A source tells ESPN the five-year extension is for $130 million.This season marks the final year of Goldschmidt’s current contract. The All-Star first baseman is poised to make $15.5 million this […]
ABC/Kelsey McNeal(NEW YORK) -- Everyone was excited after one of Hollywood's favorite couples, Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez, made it official earlier this month and got engaged. And "everyone" even included former President Barack Obama.Obama sent a handwritten note to the couple, which the former MLB champion shared on Twitter early Friday morning. This means […]
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear courtesy of Yoko Ono LennonThe Hilton hotel company has launched a promotional campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first "Bed-In for Peace" protest event, which took place from March 25 to March 31, 1969, in Room 702 of the Hilton Amsterdam. In conjunction with […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesPearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready will help his hometown Seattle Mariners kick off the 2019 MLB baseball season by performing the national anthem prior to the team's Opening Day game, taking place March 28. The game will be held at Seattle's T-Mobile Park, and will feature the Mariners taking on the defending World […]
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesVans recently partnered with Led Zeppelin for a limited-edition line of shoes and apparel, and now the footwear company has announced plans to release a series David Bowie-inspired sneakers soon. While no official announcement has been made, Footwear.com reports that the Vans x Bowie collection will include four different shoes with designs […]
ABC/Kevin Mazur(LOS ANGELES) -- Halle Berry and Gabrielle Union are two of the women who have answered the call from Oscar-winner Ruth E. Carter to participate in a fun, empowering challenge for Women's History Month. It all started when Carter challenged a group of industry peers -- including Berry, Union, Angela Basset, Tasha Smith, Luptia Nyong'o and June Ambrose -- to "show the world when women unite anything is possible" […]
Hilary Bronwyn Gayle, courtesy of A24(NEW YORK) -- Emmy-winner John Turturro and Oscar-winner Julianne Moore can be seen in theaters this weekend in Gloria Bell, a romantic dramedy remake of the 2013 Spanish-language film, Gloria. Moore plays the film's title role, a free-spirited divorcée who sheds her buttoned-up at-work persona once she hits the dance […]
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) -- Star Wars fans know that Mark Hamill has been back and forth about director Rian Johnson's portrayal of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but the actor's upcoming run on the show Knightfall might reignite the debate. At first, Hamill was vocal that the idealistic moisture farmboy-turned-Jedi Knight and […]
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