Meteorologist Rob Marciano Out At ABC News

“I’m not afraid to testify at all, I’m just not going to out of fear,” said James Austin Johnson ‘s Donald Trump from the hall of a Manhattan courthouse in the cold open tonight of the final show of SNL’s 49th season.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sudanese first-timer Mohamed Kordofani’s “Goodbye Julia,” a timely morality tale that takes place just before the 2011 secession of South Sudan, has won top awards for both fest feature film and best screenplay at the eighth edition of the Critics Awards for Arab Films that will be handed out today at the Plage des Palmes in Cannes. The first Sudanese film ever to screen in Cannes’ official selection, where it premiered in Un Certain Regard last year, “Goodbye Julia” (pictured) is the story of two women — one from the North, the other from the South — who are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities in the war-ravaged country.

ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate the second presidential debate on Sept. 10.

ABC News plans to make its coverage of the second presidential debate in September available to other networks for simulcast.

Cannes Film Festival, Oscar winner Meryl Streep opened up about one of her most iconic on-screen moments — the shampoo scene from “Out of Africa.” The 1986 Sydney Pollack film starred Streep and Robert Redford as a baroness and a big game hunter who fall in love in a lush desert romance. In what is considered one of the most intimate moments in movie history, Redford gives Streep a steamy salon scrub in a South African river. The actress went so far as to call the moment a sex scene.

Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is having quite the year. His tennis comedy/love triangle film “Challengers,” starring Zendaya, has already grossed $68 million worldwide—not bad for a drama without a major I.P.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Garfield is in negotiations to star alongside Julia Roberts in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming feature After the Hunt, which will be released in theaters next year. Luca Guadagnino is directing the film from a script penned by Nora Garrett. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing alongside Guadagnino via his Frenesy banner. Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder will executive produce alongside Nora Garrett. The film is targeting a summer start-of-production.

NewJeans have allegedly spoken out about the treatment of the K-pop girl group in a newly released letter. However, HYBE claims that the letter was actually written by ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin.The letter, allegedly written by the parents of girl group NewJeans’ members, was released today (May 13) by South Korean news outlet eDaily.

ABC has announced big news for its unscripted lineup during the 2024-2024 television season.

A BBC Homes Under The Hammer presenter was left in tears while filming the show, after a woman shared her 'dying wish' with him.

A South African man working on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship traveling up the coast of the Pacific Northwest has been arrested after allegedly stabbing three passengers.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem embarked this week on one of the more tumultuous book tours in recent memory, as she was peppered with questions about an anecdote about killing her dog Cricket, and another story about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jung Un. Major doubts were raised that the latter story was true.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kim Godwin hoped to build ABC News‘ future by cutting out some of its past. Tasked, ostensibly, with shaking up a culture of the Disney-backed news organization that pit anchors against one another and led to claims of intolerable behavior behind the scenes, Godwin was supposed to revamp a storied journalism hub without losing any of the impetus that spurred employees to make shows such as “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America” the most-watched in their category.

EXCLUSIVE: Production has started in South Africa on Oscar-winning director Gore Verbinski’s new action adventure film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple. 

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kim Godwin, the ABC News president who was the first Black woman to run a broadcast network news operation, is leaving the Disney unit amid increasing concern about the way she was managing the home of shows like “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.” Godwin told staffers in a memo Sunday that she planned to “retire from broadcast journalism.” Her command had come under increasing scrutiny since a restructuring of ABC News and Disney’s ABC stations had her reporting directly to Debra OConnell, a Disney business veteran who is seen as a valued operator at the company. OConnell will lead ABC News for the foreseeable future, she told employees Sunday evening.

After weeks of speculation, Kim Godwin is leaving her post as President of ABC News. Debra OConnell, who added ABC News to her portfolio in February, will run the department in the interim. She made the announcement internally, with Godwin also addressing her staff. You can read the memos below.

EastEnders actress Lorraine Stanley has officially unveiled her latest career plans after leaving the BBC soap earlier this year. As regular viewers will know, Lorraine announced her character Karen Taylor’s departure last August, with the character last seen on screen in February 2024.

Britney Spears has taken to Instagram after getting into a fight with her on-and-off boyfriend Paul Richard Soliz at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.As previously reported, an ambulance was called to the luxury hotel around 12:42 a.m. on Thursday morning.“We received a 911 call reporting an adult female, who had been injured,” the LAFD rep told Page Six.

Rob Marciano is no longer working at ABC.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Rob Marciano, a longtime meteorologist at ABC News known for his appearances on weekend broadcasts of :”Good Morning America,” has left the network, according to a person familiar with the matter. ABC News declined to make executives available for comment.