Christopher Atkins, the former teen heartthrob who starred in 1980's "The Blue Lagoon," told a convention audience that heavy drinking destroyed his shot at the lead role in "Footloose", a part that launched Kevin Bacon into stardom. Atkins, now 65 and nearly four decades sober, laid out the story at a panel appearance at Fanboy […] The post Christopher Atkins says drinking cost him the lead in 'Footloose' before Kevin Bacon got the part appeared first on American Almanac .
Christopher Atkins, the former teen heartthrob who starred in 1980's "The Blue Lagoon," told a convention audience that heavy drinking destroyed his shot at the lead role in "Footloose", a part that launched Kevin Bacon into stardom. Atkins, now 65 and nearly four decades sober, laid out the story at a panel appearance at Fanboy Expo Knoxville in Tennessee. He didn't blame Hollywood politics or bad luck. He blamed himself, and the bottle. The actor told the crowd he had effectively been offered the role of Ren McCormack in the 1984 classic before Bacon ever entered the picture. But when filmmakers called him in for what should have been a formality, Atkins was in no shape to show up. Atkins had the part, until he walked in impaired …Open
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Immigration agents are preparing to ramp up arrests and deportations of Haitian migrants as early as today. Roughly 350,000 Haitians are set to lose their legal protections under the Temporary Protected Status program. NewsNation's Ryan Bass reports.
What Axios' Alex Thompson is hearing from Democratic insiders about the party's most likely 2028 Democratic nominees, as told to Jim VandeHei for his weekly Axios C-Suite newsletter: 1. Kamala Harris. She is far ahead of every other contender with Black voters, still the most important voting bloc in a Democratic primary. Her allies argue that no one else is as prepared for a national campaign. She was a better candidate in 2024 than in 2020 and is working hard to be a better, more authentic, less cautious candidate in 2028. Harris is likely a beneficiary of Democrats' preliminary choice yesterday of South Carolina, instead of Nevada, for the first Democratic presidential primary of 2028. 2. AOC. No one else can plausibly claim to be…
Howie Carr and Ellis Henican debate newly anointed Maine Senate Democrat nominee Troy Jackson after he replaced Graham Platner on Monday's "Bianca Across The Nation."
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of […] The post Hurricane Genevieve hits Category 5 in the East Pacific — the first in two years — but stays far from shore appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect at the time, and forecasters said the hurricane would remain far out to sea. But swells rolling off the storm were already generating what the National Hurricane Center in Miami called "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along Mexico's southwestern coast and…Open
The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series […] The post DSA co-chair confirms platform to abolish Senate, ICE, borders, and prisons on national television appeared first on American Almanac .
The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series of direct questions about the organization's official positions. Abolish the Senate? "True," Romer said. Abolish ICE? Yes. Abolish prisons? Yes. Eliminate national borders? Yes. Defund the Pentagon? Yes. Grant amnesty to every person living in the country illegally? Yes. Shift most large corporations to public ownership? Yes. Replace the presidency and the Supreme Court?…Open
