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“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to get 40th anniversary reissue

Getty Images/Moviepix(LOS ANGELES) -- Sony is marking the 40th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, by re-releasing it to movie theaters for one week in the fall, according to Variety. A brand new teaser clip for the film was released on Monday, leading some to speculate that the 1977 film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garrand Bob Balaban, was getting a […]

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Robert Downey Jr. “had a blast” on “Spider-Man: Homecoming”; Talks future as Iron Man

©2017 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved. (NEW YORK) -- Robert Downey Jr. said watching his onscreen character Tony Stark groom a young Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, in the new Spider-Man: Homecoming, made him feel like a parent watching their teenager take the wheel."I just keep thinking it's about when your 16-year-old says, 'Well, I have a license now I can drive,' and you want to put a tracker […]

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Are Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost back on?

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) -- Scarlett Johansson seems to be starring in her own version of The Bachelorette in the wake of her divorce from French journalist Romain Dauriac. After being spotted with Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Jost -- first kissing at the show’s season finale after-party in May, and then again in New York City a few weeks later -- the Rough Nightstar was seen holding hands with her lawyer, Kevin Yorn, at an eatery on the city's […]

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Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Lopez and others light up Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular

Hailee Steinfeld; Virginia Sherwood/NBC(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Hailee Steinfeld and Charlie Puth led the parade of stars performing on Tuesday night's Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC. Steinfeld, appearing live from New York City's 230 5th Avenue Rooftop Lounge, performed "Most Girls," the first single from her upcoming album. Later, the 20-year-old Pitch Perfect 3 star returned to sing her 2015 colaboration with Zedd, "Starving." Puth, also performing live from […]

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Slain NYPD officer was 12-year police veteran, mother of 3

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The NYPD police officer who was shot and killed in an "unprovoked attack" early Wednesday was a mother of three and a 12-year veteran of the force, officials said.Miosotis Familia, 48, "gave her life protecting a neighborhood that had been plagued by gang gun violence," said Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, a union for New York City police officers."Fully knowing the dangers […]

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Newly discovered photo suggests that Amelia Earhart may have survived crash landing in the Marshall Islands

National Archives(NEW YORK) -- A newly discovered photograph suggests that American aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan may have survived the crash landing of their final flight more than 80 years ago.The never-before-seen photo, provided by the National Archives, is presumed to show Earhart and Noonan after they crash-landed in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The photo came from a top secret Navy file, according to […]

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Laptop ban lifted on Emirates, Turkish Airlines flights

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- U.S.-bound passengers on Emirates and Turkish Airlines flights are allowed to use their laptops and other larger personal electronic devices in the cabin, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday.TSA spokesperson David Lapan congratulated Etihad Airlines earlier in the week for “swift security changes,” allowing the personal electronic device ban to be lifted on the airline.The new Department of Homeland Security mandate, which went into effect last week, […]

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3 generations of a family share the same Fourth of July birthday

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One Indiana family spends each Fourth of July celebrating much more than the birth of America. They also celebrate birthdays for three generations of family members.It all started on July 4, 1923 with the birth of Herman. His daughter, Julie, was born the same day in 1956. Rounding out the triple coincidence of births is Julie’s 18-year-old son, Jake, who was born on July 4, 1999.Julie […]

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Florida family ‘still shocked’ by soldier’s surprise Legoland homecoming

ABC News(WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) -- This Fourth of July was extra special for one Florida family who got the surprise of a lifetime at Legoland on Tuesday.U.S. Army Master Sgt. Tom Cruz secretly worked with Legoland Florida Resort for months to surprise his family by joining them at the park after returning early from a six-month deployment to the Middle East.Cruz said he emailed Legoland on May 9 explaining his […]

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