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Jamie Foxx sings song for Cleveland on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

ABC Radio(NEW YORK) -- Jamie Foxx stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night to promote his new film, Baby Driver, which is directed by Edgar Wright and also stars Kevin Spacey and Jon Hamm. Host Jimmy Kimmel praised the film and told Foxx, “I just want to say something very seriously – that’s a great movie! I mean, it is fantastic!” During their conversation, Jamie and Jimmy talked about the recent NBA Finals, in which the Cleveland Cavaliers, the former […]

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After directors object, Sony changes plan to sell “clean” versions of movies

Sony Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- Sony Pictures has relented -- at least partially -- on its plan to offer consumers "clean versions" of previously released movies. Last week, Sony announced that it would make its cleaned-up broadcast TV or airline versions of 24 movies available to consumers who purchase films on various download and streaming sites.  But that plan faced strong objections from some filmmakers and from the Directors Guild of […]

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Escaped Georgia inmates captured in Tennessee, officials say

Georgia Department of Corrections(HARDWICK, Ga.) -- The Georgia prison inmates who had been on the run after one of them shot and killed two Georgia State correctional officers were captured in Tennessee, according to officials.Both the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal tweeted that the inmates are now in custody. Dubose and Rowe have been captured.— GA Bureau of Invest (@GBI_GA) June 16, 2017 CAPTURED: Fugitives in […]

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Otto Warmbier’s Ohio hometown rallies around him after his return from North Korea

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(WYOMING, Ohio) -- The Ohio hometown of Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months, has rallied around the 22-year-old since his homecoming, showing their support for him and his family throughout town.Residents of the Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb north of Cincinnati, hung ribbons on trees in honor of Warmbier's homecoming.The Wyoming Civic Center and a local restaurant also used […]

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Houston police searching for three suspects after 10-month-old shot and killed in father’s arms

iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) -- Houston police are searching for three suspects after a 10-month-old boy was shot and killed while in the arms of his father, who was attempting to flee the gunfire.Around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the child's 22-year-old father was taking out the trash and helping his son walk when three men approached them, police said. After an argument ensued, one of the suspects began "firing indiscriminately" at the father, […]

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Wife of alleged Virginia shooter: ‘I can’t believe he did this’

ABC News(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- The wife of the man suspected of opening fire Wednesday on Republicans practicing for a congressional baseball game, shooting and wounding four, emotionally told reporters Thursday, "I can’t believe he did this," saying there were no signs.The alleged shooter, identified by police as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Illinois, was killed in a shootout with police Wednesday morning after shooting Rep. Steve Scalise and three others […]

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GOP baseball team coach: ‘We need to play this game’

Texas Rep. Roger Williams (L) and his legislative correspondent, Zack Barth (R). (ABC News)(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, the coach of the Republican congressional baseball team, is determined not to let Wednesday's shooting, which left member Steve Scalise, R-La., critically injured, stop them from playing Thursday night's annual charity game."If we don't play this game, it’s been played a hundred years, then we let these people ... change the […]

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Ohio man accused of killing five allegedly strangled 18-year-old victim with telephone cord

iStock/Thinkstock(NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio) -- An Ohio man accused of killing a mother and her two daughters in one town, as well as a married couple in another town, allegedly used a telephone cord to strangle the 18-year-old daughter in the first crime, according to a judge.George Brinkman, 45, is in custody for the killings of 45-year-old Suzanne Taylor and her daughters, 18-year-old Kylie Pifer and 21-year-old Taylor Pifer, whose bodies […]

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Blimp crashes near US Open in Wisconsin, pilot injured

iStock/Thinkstock(ERIN, Wis.) -- A blimp crashed Thursday morning in a field about a half-mile from the U.S. Open at the Erin Hills golf course in Wisconsin, injuring the pilot, the U.S. Golf Association said, citing local authorities.A spokesperson for Airsign, an aerial advertising firm based in Florida, said its blimp was involved in the incident, and told ABC News the pilot suffered nonlife-threatening burns and will be "OK."No one else […]

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