ABC/Jeff Daly(LOS ANGELES) — Corrine Olympios, the woman at the center of an alleged sex scandal on the set of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise, will join the man at the center of the scandal, DeMario Jackson, in an upcoming reunion special, according to a statement obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday.

“I am very happy to be appearing on the Bachelor in Paradise special,” says Olympios in the statement.

The alleged misconduct, involving Olympios and Jackson, caused a weeks-long suspension of the show’s production.

Jackson was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing.

Olympios released a statement last month explaining that she wouldn’t be completing the season, but that she was satisfied with ABC’s decision to “implement certain changes to the show’s policies and procedures to enhance and further ensure the safety and security of all participants.”

Also on Wednesday, ABC announced that Bachelor in Paradise will return for its fourth season with a two-night premiere, starting August 14.

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© 2017 CBS/Academy of Television Arts & SciencesThe major nominations for the 69th annual Emmy Awards were announced this morning by Shemar Moore and Anna Chlumsky. HBO’s Westworld and NBC’s Saturday Night Live lead the nominees, with 22 nods each.

The Emmys, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will air live, Sept 17 on CBS

Here are the nominees in the major categories:

Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Comedy Series
Atlanta
black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Limited Series
Big Little Lies
Fargo
Feud: Bette and Joan
Genius
The Night Of

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Foy, The Crown
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Carrie Coon, Fargo
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Robert DeNiro, Wizard of Lies
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Georffrey Rush, Genius
John Turturro, The Night Of

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Zach Galifiniakis, Baskets
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

Variety/Talk Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Real Time with Bill Maher

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Lifetime/Karolina Wojtasik(CALIFORNIA) — Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller arrived at 12:25 p.m. to the Federal Correctional Complex, Satellite Prison Camp, in Victorville, California, on Wednesday according to a public information officer at the prison.

Miller was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for bankruptcy fraud earlier this year.

However, U.S. District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti told Miller she could transition to a halfway house after serving 10 months of her sentence.

“This is an extremely emotional day for Ms. Miller,” her attorney, Robert Ridge, told ABC News. “Earlier today, Ms. Miller expressed to us that she is looking forward to starting the process of completing her obligations set by the court. She has accepted that this matter will never truly be ‘behind her’, but this chapter of the process has begun and there is now an end in sight.”

According to ABC affiliate WTAE in Pittsburgh, where Miller was tried, she was also ordered to pay $40,000 in fines and to spend two years on supervised release.

Miller was indicted on fraud charges in 2015 for allegedly hiding about $775,000 in income to gain better terms to restructure her debt. She also was accused of bringing $120,000 worth of Australian currency into the country without reporting it. However, the reality TV star, who pleaded guilty in 2016, said she was “not intentionally” trying to hide anything and “wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.”

After her sentencing, Miller said that she planned to spend her time behind bars reading, writing and learning Spanish.

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Getty Images/Kevin Winter(LOS ANGELES) — He cheated death at the hands of Imperial Stormtroopers, spear-wielding South American natives, Indian voodoo warriors, and in real life, a vintage airplane he crashed onto a California golf course: yes, Harrison Ford turns 75 today.

Born July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, Ford went from being a bullied kid to a struggling actor making ends meet by doing carpentry work for up-and-coming filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, to being the highest-grossing actor in history.

A job installing a door for director Coppola led to small roles in Coppola’s The Conversation and Apocalypse Now and eventually — apparently accidentally — Ford’s role as Han Solo in the Star Warssaga. Coppola’s pal George Lucas had already cast Ford in a small role in American Graffiti, but wanted fresh faces for the space epic, so didn’t consider him. Instead, Ford was used to help audition other actors, but wound up winning the role himself.

Fame followed when Star Wars became a phenomenon. Between the releases of sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, in 1980 and 1983, respectively, Ford also played adventuring archaeologist Indiana Jones in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — a role he reprised twice more, most recently in 2012’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 

As Ford himself has pointed out, he wasn’t Lucas’ first choice for Indy, either: Tom Selleck couldn’t get out of his Magnum P.I. contract.

Nevertheless, Ford went on to star in classics like Ridley Scott’s 1982 seminal sci-fi movie Blade Runner. He scored a Best Actor nomination for 1985’s Witness, and won acclaim for playing a single-minded inventor in 1986’s The Mosquito Coast. He also starred opposite Melanie Griffith in the hit 1987 comedy Working Girl, and in the ’90s, Ford replaced Alec Baldwin in the role of Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy-book-based Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, as well as in the hits Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, and Air Force One.

In 2010, he married Supergirl actress Calista Flockhart, and in 2015, he was seen one last time as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens — a film on which he suffered a badly broken leg, thanks to the malfunction of a prop door on set.

An avid aviator, Ford was seriously injured in March of 2015, when the vintage World War II-era plane he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff from California’s Santa Monica Municipal Airport. The plane’s engine apparently quit, and Ford was forced to land on a golf course while attempting to return to the airport.

In February of this year, he had a near miss with a commercial aircraft when — to his embarrassment — he landed on the wrong runway at California’s John Wayne Airport.

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(L-R) Presenters Nick Offerman, Bill Murray – ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — NBA MVP Russell Westbrook won for best male athlete and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles won for best female athlete at Wednesday night’s 2017 ESPYs.  Biles, who took home four gold medals and a bronze at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics also won for best female Olympic athlete.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was honored as best NFL player.

Unsurprisingly the Golden State Warriors were named best team.

One of the most emotional moments of the night was when former first lady Michelle Obama honored the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Shriver founded the Special Olympics in 1968 and the organization now stands as the world’s largest sports organization for millions of children and adults living with intellectual disabilities in more than 100 countries.

Shriver, who died in 2009, was mother to Maria Shriver and sister of the late President John F. Kennedy. She was inspired to start the Special Olympics because her sister Rosemary was born with intellectual disabilities.

Shriver’s son Timothy, who now serves as chair for the organization, accepted the award on his mother’s behalf and was joined by a handful of Special Olympians.

“Our mother would have loved you,” he told Obama. “She would have been so honored that you are here for her tonight, as we all are.”

Another emotional moment came when die-hard New Orleans Saints fan Jarrius Robertson was honored with the Jimmy V Perseverance Award.

The 15-year-old has had to undergo two liver transplants and more than a dozen surgeries as he suffers from the chronic disease biliary atresia. But this hasn’t stopped him from appearing at the NBA All-Star Weekend and at Saints games, cheering on his favorite players and teams.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Breakthrough Athlete: Dak Prescott
Best Game: Patriots, Falcons Super Bowl
Best Coach: Bob Hurley, Sr.
Best Championship Performance: Kevin Durant
Best Record-Breaking Performance: Michael Phelps
Best Play: Aaron Rodgers/Jared Cook 
Best Female Athlete: Simone Biles
Best Male Athlete: Russell Westbrook
Best Team: Golden State Warriors
Best Upset: Mississippi State defeats U Conn 
Best NFL Player: Aaron Rodgers
Best WNBA Player: Candace Parker
Best Male College Athlete: DeShaun Watson 
Best Female College Athlete: Kelly Barnhill
Best Female Action Sports Athlete: Anna Gasser
Best Male US Olympic Athlete: Michael Phelps
Best Female US Olympic Athlete: Simone Biles
Best Male Athlete with a Disability: Steve Serio
Best Female Athlete with a Disability: Becca Meyers
Best Comeback Athlete: Jordy Nelson
Best International Athlete: Usain Bolt
Best NBA Player: LeBron James 
Best MLB Player: Mike Trout
Best NHL Player: Sidney Crosby
Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Best Male Action Sports Athlete: Mark McMorris
Best Fighter: Demetrious Johnson
Best Male Golfer: Sergio Garcia
Best Female Golfer: Ariya Jutanugarn
Best Male Tennis Player: Roger Federer
Best Female Tennis Player: Serena Williams
Best MLS Player: David Villa
Best Jockey: John Velazquez
Best Bowler: Jason Belmonte
 
SPECIAL AWARDS
Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Jarrius Robertson
Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Pat Tillman Award for Service: Israel Del Toro
Best Moment: Chicago Cubs
Best Comeback Athlete: Jordy Nelson
Icon Award: Vin Scully

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Chatham County Sheriff’s Office(GEORGIA) — Shia LaBeouf is apologizing after video emerged of the actor making racist statements about a black police officer while he was being booked on charges of public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and obstruction in Savannah, Georgia last Saturday.

“I am deeply ashamed of my behavior and make no excuses for it,” the actor wrote Wednesday on Twitter.

LaBeouf continued, “…I am certain that my actions warrant a very sincere apology to the arresting officers, and I am grateful for their restraint.  The severity of my behavior is not lost on me.”

“My outright disrespect for authority is problematic to say the least, and completely destructive to say the worst. It is a new low.  A low I hope is a bottom,” he wrote. “I have been struggling with addiction publicly for far too long, and I am actively taking steps toward securing my sobriety and hope I can be forgiven my mistakes.”

LeBeouf was arrested in the early morning hours of July 8 after an encounter with police.

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department claims the 31-year-old actor “became disorderly, using profanities and vulgar language in front of the women and children present,” during an encounter with a police officer when he wasn’t given a cigarette.

LaBeouf also allegedly became “aggressive toward the officer.” When the officer tried to arrest LaBeouf, he reportedly ran to a nearby hotel, where his disorderly behavior continued, said the police report.

On Wednesday TMZ posted footage from inside a police station where LaBeouf in which the actor tells a black officer, “You’re going to hell, straight to hell, bro.”  When another officer asks why, LaBoeuf responds, “‘Cause he’s a black man.”

In the video the actor also can be heard accusing the police of racism saying the arrested him “for being white.”

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“How to Get Away with Murder” Emmy Winner Viola Davis — ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Nominees for the 69th Emmy Awards will be announced Thursday morning beginning at 8:20 a.m. Pacific via live streamed video on Emmys.com.

Some Emmy perennials, like Game of Thrones, didn’t have new seasons eligible this year, which may open the door for new nominees.  But several long time favorites are likely to be nominated again including HBO’s political comedy Veep and its star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Other longtime Emmy favorites likely to receive nominations include How to Get Away with Murderactress Viola Davis and Transparent actor Jeffrey Tambor.

With no Game of Thrones, new shows could make hay like Netflix’s Queen Elizabeth bioseries The Crown, and  its lead actress Claire Foy;  Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and it’s lead, Elisabeth Moss; and HBO’s Westworld. 

And while the drama category has been dominated by cable shows for a decade, one new network series, NBC’s This Is Us, is likely to earn a number of nominations, including one for star Sterling K. Brown.  Of course there’s also the pop phenomenon that was Netflix’s Stranger Things.

Another new show — Atlanta — and its star — Donald Glover — are likely to receive nominations in the comedy categories.

In the Limited Series category, eyes will be on big names like Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidmanand their HBO series Big Little Lies, though FX’s Fargo is also a perennial contender, and there’s speculation that there will be nominations for this season’s stars Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coon.

McGregor, Witherspoon and Kidman aren’t the only movie stars in the running: There’s Robert DeNiro, who played fraudster Bernie Madoff in HBO’s The Wizard of Lies, Kevin Spacey in House of Cardsand John Turturro who appeared in HBO’s The Night Of.

We’ll know later today who the nominees are, then we can start speculating about the winners.

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Netflix(NEW YORK) — Lucy Liu is stepping behind the camera to lend her talents to Netflix’s Marvel superhero series Luke Cage.

According to Variety, the actress will direct the Season 2 premiere of the hit series, starring Mike Colter as the bulletproof “Hero for Hire.”

“What a thrill to collaborate with Marvel and Netflix, two industry titans, who paint our world with inspiring stories and beguiling characters,” Liu said in a statement. “It is such an honor to work with such a passionate and fearless team.”

In June, the actress was spotted with Colter in Harlem on set of the series, prompting rumors that she was somehow involved. Liu, known for her roles in Charlie’s Angels and Kill Bill, made her directorial debut with the 2011 short film Meena.

The second season of Luke Cage will be available in 2018.

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