Sean Penn Has a Front-Row Seat at Jan. 6 Hearings: ‘I’m Just Here to Observe’

NBC, The Washington Post and other media outlets reported today that Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was shot while giving a speech in western Japan near Kyoto. Both outlets cited the nation’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, who said the former PM was shot around 11:30 a.m. local time.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Unprecedented,” Alex Holder’s documentary centered around Donald Trump and his family during the final six weeks of his 2020 presidential campaign — and the ensuing Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol — comes out on Sunday, July 10.

EXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films has acquired worldwide rights to The Jackie Stiles Story, a basketball documentary blending triumph with elements of tragedy.

defamation trial win against ex-wife Amber Heard. His longtime friend of two decades and past co-star Greg Ellis has shed some light on the 59-year-old’s current state of mind.Ellis, 54, and Depp starred in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise together and first crossed paths at a table read at Los Angeles’ Viper Room 20 years prior.Ellis noted to Fox News recently that he spoke to the “Edward Scissorhands” star since the trial ended last month.The “Days of Our Lives” actor shared that Depp is “in good spirits” and claimed that “the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders.” Ellis explained that he thinks that Depp is trying to focus on his music and other film projects, as the latter has recently been seen in the United Kingdom playing concerts alongside Jeff Beck.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJanai Norman, who has worked in various jobs for ABC News since 2016, was named a co-anchor of the weekend edition of “Good Morning America,”  a part of the morning-news franchise that has gotten new attention in recent years.Norman may already be familiar to viewers of the show. She has hosted its “Pop News” segment on weekends, joining the proceedings when ABC News launched a second hour of weekend “GMA” in October of 2019.  Dan B.

Jessica Chastain has highlighted the hypocrisy of yesterday’s Independence Day celebrations, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.On July 4, the Oscar-winning actress took to social media to make her feelings clear about the US Supreme Court’s decision to remove women’s constitutional right to safe abortions.“Happy ‘Independence’ Day from me and my reproductive rights,” she tweeted, alongside an image of herself sticking her middle fingers up at the camera.Chastain is one of many stars to publicly criticise the Supreme Court’s ruling, with her Mother’s Instinct co-star Anne Hathaway also sharing her thoughts in an Instagram post.Sharing images from her recent cover shoot for ELLE France, Hathaway wrote: “Had such a lovely time shooting this story in a country where they honour reproductive rights xx.”Last week, actress, singer and comedian Bette Midler also provided her own form of criticism, ironically calling for a US ban on viagra.“Time to ban Viagra.

Busy Philipps has been arrested.

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale was filming the last two episodes of its upcoming fifth season in Toronto on Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in Washington D.C., stripping American women of their federal right to have an abortion. As protestors gathered outside the court building, some were wearing the Handmaid’s costume from the series, a familiar sight over the last couple of years as the outfit has become a symbol of women’s fight to protect their reproductive rights.

Roe v. Wade decision. Bee, filming in her backyard in New York, joked that her need for “attention” prevented her from taking some time off despite testing positive for COVID.

wrote former colleague and PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff on Twitter.Prior to retiring in 2020, the syndicated columnist for the Shields & Brook discussion segment worked at the station for more than three decades. He provided political analysis during moments of national importance, the Persian Gulf War, the Iran-Contra affair, 9/11 and the start of the War on Terror. His tenure had spanned six presidencies.“For 33 years, thanks to a large risk taken by Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil in 1987, I’ve had the best job in Washington journalism,” Shields said at the time.

Father’s Day and Juneteenth overlap this year, and there is no shortage of programming on television for the latter holiday, which celebrates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, and delivered the news that all enslaved people were free. The Emancipation Proclamation arrived two years later on Jan.

Ginni Thomas, conservative political activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was served with an official letter yesterday from the Congressional Committee Investigating January 6 requesting an interview, according to MSNBC.

Gallery: 'The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. . . ' Happy birthday Bob Dylan! (BANG Showbiz)The jaunt has no doubt been an emotional one for McCartney.

Lou Ferrigno says the GGI versions of the Incredible Hulk portrayed by Mark Ruffallo, and Ed Norton prior to that, don’t have enough humanity to compliment the monster.

Philip Baker Hall, who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in "Seinfeld," died on Sunday in Los Angeles, California. He was 90. Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor's wife of nearly 40 years, on Monday said Hall was surrounded by loved ones when he passed in the Glendale suburb of Southern California.

A holiday to Turkey turned into a nightmare for a distressed family when a much-loved grandad was rused to hospital after falling ill.

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony has got to be the most scrutinized event in Oscars history, as everyone has an opinion. Following the slap, the show had to go on for the three Oscar hosts — Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer — but figuring out how to process what went down really only started once the cameras stopped rolling. Even months later Sykes still struggles, and she opened up about how it felt to see her friend Rock get hit on stage.

Jay Pharoah is incredible at impressions.