Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler joined ‘GMA’ to discuss their record-breaking film. (ABC News)
Sinners star Michael B. Jordan and director Ryan Coogler are opening up on making Oscar nominations history.
The actor-director duo sat down for an interview with Good Morning America‘s Chris Connelly to discuss Sinners, which gathered a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, and their partnership, which has been over a decade in the making.
Coogler and Jordan recalled meeting in a Starbucks in 2011 to discuss their first joint project, Fruitvale Station.
“He reassured me. ‘Mike, I think you’re a movie star. Let’s go do this,'” Jordan said Coogler told him at the time.
The pair also discussed the moment they both realized that they had broken Oscars history on Oscar nomination morning.
Jordan said he woke up to missed messages and called his mother. “It felt great. You know, just to kind of hear her happiness and joy and knowing how much that she poured into me.”
Coogler said he watched the nominations with his spouse, Zinzi Coogler, who is also nominated as a producer on the film, and the pair celebrated with waffles.
Sinners marks the fifth collaboration between Coogler and Jordan, a partnership that includes the Creed movies and Black Panther.
Coogler reflected on what makes Jordan such an effective presence on screen.
“There’s a magic to Mike that I think like Tom Hanks has, where you see him and you care about him,” Coogler said. “As a character, he does everything. So what that gives him is an incredible amount of empathy when he’s on the screen,” Coogler said, adding that he also has “incredible drive.”
The pair said working together for as many years as they have has allowed them to work in sync.
“We complement one another,” said Jordan.
“You kind of know what the other person might need at a particular time to achieve a certain goal,” Coogler added.
Dasha’s “Oh, Anna! (Live from the Opry)” (Warner Records)
To celebrate her 26th birthday, “Austin” hitmaker Dasha is putting out a new version of “Oh, Anna!” recorded live at the Grand Ole Opry.
“Stepping into the circle never loses its magic for me,” she says. “Every time I stand on that stage, I think about the little girl who used to go by Anna and dreamed about moments like this. The Opry carries so much history; it’s where country music’s story has been told for generations, and ‘Oh, Anna!’ carries my own history.”
The 2025 Opry NextStage member made her Opry debut in June 2024. The new version of “Oh, Anna!” was captured last August.
“When I sang it there this past summer, I knew it was a moment I’d want to hold onto forever,” she recalls. “Releasing this live version on my 26th birthday feels like the most meaningful way to honor where I started and who I’ve become. It’s a gift to myself I’ll always cherish.”
“Austin” put Dasha on the map in 2024, becoming a viral sensation and making it to the top 10 on the Mediabase chart.
Cover of George Harrison’s ‘The Third Eye: Early Photographs’ (Random House)
Fans of The Beatles are about to get a new look at the band from the point of view of George Harrison.
Random House is set to release the new book The Third Eye: Early Photographs in October, described as “the first ever collection of George Harrison’s personal photos taken between 1963 and 1970.”
The book will feature over 200 color and black-and-white images capturing the rise of The Beatles. The images, curated by Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, were taken from the rocker’s personal photos and 8mm film stills.
According to the description, the photos give fans an “inside look at the human beings behind the Beatles, trying to hold onto themselves—and enjoy themselves—while standing at the center of the storm.”
The book will include essays by Olivia, as well as authors Colm Tóibín and George Saunders, and the photos will feature commentary, including never-before-seen quotes from George.
The Third Eye: Early Photographs will be released Oct. 6 in the U.S. and is available for preorder now. There will also be a deluxe edition coming later in the fall.
Donald Trump speaks to the media, as he departs from the White House ahead of his trip to Corpus Christi, Texas, in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2026. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he hasn’t made a final decision about what comes next in his pressure campaign on Iran but he made clear he was “not happy” with the current negotiations over his demand that Tehran end its nuclear program.
Trump spoke as left the White House for a trip to Texas amid the massive U.S. military buildup he’s ordered in the region.
“I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give us what we have to have,” Trump said. “So, I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens with talking later. We’ll — we’ll have some additional talks today. But no, I’m not happy with the way they’re going.”
“Well, we haven’t made a final decision,” he added. “They cannot have nuclear weapons, and we’re not thrilled with the way they’re negotiating. So, we’ll see how it all works.”
Asked if there’s a risk that U.S. strikes could lead to prolonged conflict in the Middle East, Trump said “there’s always a risk. You know, when there’s war, there’s a risk in anything both good and bad.”
Trump, who has yet to explain why he might soon order a strike on Iran and what his overall objective is, also spoke of regime change in Tehran, but only in vague terms.
Asked if his team had told him U.S. strikes now will lead to regime change right away, Trump said no.
“No, nobody’s told me that. You don’t know. I mean, nobody knows. There might be and there might not be,” he said.
Trump repeated that he preferred diplomacy over military action.
“We have the greatest military anywhere in the world. There’s nothing close. I’d love not to use it, but sometimes you have to,” he said.
His remarks came after it was announced earlier Friday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would travel to Israel on Monday and Tuesday, with rising tensions with Iran said to be high on his agenda.
That trip announcement came just hours after the U.S. embassy in Israel ordered the departure of nonessential employees and family members.
Meanwhile, in an interview aboard Air Force Two on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance told The Washington Post that there was “no chance” of a drawn-out war in Iran as a result of potential strikes that are being weighed by the White House.
“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,” Vance told the Post.
Vance’s comments come as the U.S. and Iran held indirect talks on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, which concluded without a resolution so far.
Vance added that while he doesn’t know what President Donald Trump will do in Iran, he described the range of options as strikes that would “ensure Iran isn’t going to get a nuclear weapon” or actions that could lead to a diplomatic solution.
The vice president told the Post that he remained a “skeptic of foreign military interventions” and said he believed the president was as well. He added that “we all prefer the diplomatic option,” while conceding, “but it really depends on what the Iranians do and what they say.”
Vance dismissed questions from the Post about his past criticisms of the U.S. involvement in Iraq and if he could have foreseen being part of an administration now flirting with the prospect of regime change.
“Well, I mean, look. Life has all kinds of crazy twists and turns,” Vance said. “But I think Donald Trump is an ‘America First’ president, and he pursues policies that work for the American people.”
“I do think we have to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. I also think that we have to avoid overlearning the lessons of the past. Just because one president screwed up a military conflict doesn’t mean we can never engage in military conflict again. We’ve got to be careful about it, but I think the president is being careful,” he said.
Vance’s comments came ahead of his meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi and other U.S. officials Friday in Washington to discuss Iran, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to ABC News.
The scheduled meeting follows Thursday’s gathering in Geneva between special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, with Al Busaidi for indirect talks between Iran and the United States.
If you can hardly wait for the premiere of Marshals on Sunday, you can check out a new song by its star now.
Singer, songwriter and actor Luke Grimes has just dropped “Haunted,” which appears in both the new CBS show and on his new album. His sophomore record, REDBIRD, is set to arrive April 3.
Marshals continues the story of Kayce Dutton, which began on Yellowstone, and will also mark the acting debut of Riley Green — something that grew out of his friendship with Luke.
Riley tells Entertainment Tonight he was already thinking about doing some acting when he happened to meet the star from the Taylor Sheridan universe.
“As he was starting his music career,” Riley recalls. “I was kind of trying to help him out in town, and we wrote some songs together and it was really just buddies talking … and he was like, ‘Maybe you should do some acting?'”
The 13-episode debut season of Marshals starts Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.
Harry Styles, ‘Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally’ (Columbia Records)
Harry Styles’ new album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., isn’t out until March 6, but another artist has apparently given one of its tracks a surprise premiere.
According to fan-captured video and multiplereports, British producer and artist Fred Again played the song during his show at London’s Alexandria Palace on Thursday. The song is a string-drenched ballad in waltz time, in which Harry sings, “We sleep half the night with your head on my chest, me and you/ There’s only me and you.”
NMEreports that fans who heard Harry’s album at the listening parties he held earlier in February have identified the song as “Coming Up Roses.”
The only officially released song from Kiss All the Time… is “Aperture.” Harry will premiere his new music live for the first time Saturday at the BRIT Awards in London.
ABC Audio has reached out to Harry’s rep for comment.
Paul Wesley poses for a portrait for TV Guide Magazine on July 26, 2025, in San Diego, California. (Maarten De Boer/Getty Images)
Paul Wesley has joined the cast of The Buccaneers.
Apple TV has announced that Wesley will be part of the season 3 cast of the romantic drama series based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel.
Wesley joins the cast in the role of Frank, who is described as a mysterious but charming stranger who arrives in Nan (Kristine Frøseth) and Mrs. St. George’s (Christina Hendricks) world, turning it upside down.
The streaming service posted a video of Wesley in costume as Frank to its YouTube on Friday.
“Formally inviting him in. Welcome Paul Wesley to #TheBuccaneers Season 3,” the video’s caption reads.
The Buccaneers was renewed for season 3 in October 2025. At the time, the series’ creator, Katherine Jakeways, expressed excitement over the show’s renewal.
“We couldn’t be more delighted to be lacing up our corsets, slipping on our ball gowns and running breathless across the cliffs of Tintagel for the third time to see what passionate adventures our beloved Buccaneers get up to next,” she said in a press release.
As for what fans can expect from season 3, a description from Apple says the fun-loving young American girls are looking for the loves of their lives.
“With a new and enigmatic Duke at the helm, Tintagel is also facing an uncertain future,” the description reads. “If polite English society thought these American girls rocked the boat, this new bad-boy Duke is about to sink the ship.”
Along with Frøseth and Hendricks, season 2 of The Buccaneers starred Guy Remmers, Aubri Ibrag, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Josh Dylan, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton, Leighton Meester and Matthew Broome.
The first two seasons of The Buccaneers are available to watch on Apple TV.
Drowning Pool & Sorry X “THE WRONG ONE” single artwork. (SBG Records)
Drowning Pool has released a new song in collaboration with the artist Sorry X.
The track, called “THE WRONG ONE,” came together after Sorry X put out a cover of Drowning Pool’s signature song, “Bodies.”
“We stumbled on Sorry X’s cover of ‘Bodies’ and were impressed by the sheer brutality of her vocals,” guitarist CJ Pierce tells Revolver.
You can watch the video for “THE WRONG ONE” on YouTube.
In other collaboration news, The Hu is featured on a new song called “Pray to the Sun.” The track was recorded with composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli and singer Declan de Barra for the second season of the Netflix series One Piece.
(“THE WRONG ONE” video contains uncensored profanity.)
In this Jan. 30, 2026, file photo, Cities Church is shown in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images, FILE)
(NEW YORK) — Thirty more people have been charged in connection with an incident last month in which anti-ICE protesters disrupted a service at a Minnesota church, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.
“At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day,” Bondi said in a post on X after a superseding indictment in the case was unsealed. “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you.”
The Justice Department had previously charged nine others, including former CNN journalist Don Lemon, for their alleged roles in the incident. Lemon and several others pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges earlier this month.
The incident unfolded on Jan. 18, when protesters entered Cities Church in St. Paul. The protesters said one of the pastors is the acting field director of the St. Paul ICE field office. Protesters were heard chanting “Justice for Renee Good” inside the church, referencing the woman fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis in early January.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Billy Idol at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (Disney/Eric McCandless)
Billy Idol received his second nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Wednesday. His first came last year, and he doesn’t sound too bent out of shape that he didn’t get in the first time around.
“I started to realize you don’t always get in on your first time; that’s quite unusual, I think,” Idol tells Billboard. “It’s a process, and I can see why.”
He notes, “There’s quite a large number of people involved in deciding who gets in. It’s no guarantee.”
And it certainly sounds like Idol is excited to get another chance at the Rock Hall.
“It’s fantastic. It’s really exciting. It would be incredible this year,” says Idol, who got his start in 1976 in the band Generation X. “This is 50 years ago when I started so it would be really incredible. It would cap off an amazing 50 years.”
Looking at fellow nominees like INXS, The Black Crowes, Joy Division/New Order and Oasis, Idol says, “[W]hoever gets in will be a fantastic class.”
“We were all kind of making our way towards really doing this forever,” he says. “It’s a serious thing we all believed in, that we really wanted to see where our generation would take music.” He adds, “I think with the punk and then the music in the [’80s], we really did establish what the sound of the [’80s] would be — and beyond.”
Billy Idol’s life and career are the subject of the new documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, which is in theaters now.
