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Alyson Hannigan tapped to host Food Network’s ‘Girl Scout Cookie Championship’

iStock/CatLane(NEW YORK) -- Alyson Hannigan landed just about every red-blooded American's dream job.  She will host Food Network's upcoming show that's all about Girl Scout Cookies: Girl Scout Cookie Championship. Deadline reports that the series challenges professional bakers to take their favorite Girl Scout cookie to new heights by transforming it into a fantastical dessert.  Alyson, who starred in How I Met Your Mother and American Pie, will host the competition while Nacho Aguirre and Katie Lee will serve as judges.  […]

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20th Century Fox cited for fatal 2017 crash on ‘Deadpool 2’ set

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(BRITISH COLUMBIA) -- Variety reports that several safety errors that were to blame for the 2017 motorcycle crash that killed stunt rider Joi Harris on the set of Deadpool 2, according to a British Columbia workplace safety investigation.  Among the failures for which Twentieth Century Fox was cited for include failing to assess the risks of the stunt, failing to allow Harris to wear a helmet, and failing to set […]

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“Thank God” — and the fans — says a relieved Kevin Smith about the deal that saved Spider-Man

ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) -- Weeks after the spat between Sony and Disney-owned Marvel Studios left their Spider-Man partnership "100 percent dead," the deal is now back on. Fans rejoiced, and one of those celebrating is writer-director, comic book writer, and overall comic geek Kevin Smith. "Good Lord. I mean, what a week that was," Smith recalled to ABC Audio. "Thank God it was very quick -- it seemed like the end of the universe. […]

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge won’t let go of her Emmys in ‘SNL’ spot

Rosalind O'Connor/NBC(NEW YORK) -- If you never heard of Phoebe Waller-Bridge before her Amazon show Fleabag recently won her three Emmy Awards, that's OK: she wouldn't let you forget about it, now. That's the gag behind her promo spot for her upcoming hosting stint on Saturday Night Live: the actress won't let go of her unwieldy golden trophies. And yes, if that means having performers like Beck Bennett being forced […]

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Dog who wandered 700 miles from home found safe in New Mexico

iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- A Los Angeles-area family had a reason to celebrate on Thursday when a man revealed that he discovered their missing dog wandering in New Mexico -- nearly 700 miles away from his home.Bella apparently made the trek to Las Cruces all alone, crossing two state lines and entering an entirely different time zone, according to El Paso, Texas, ABC affiliate KVIA-TV.The pup, a black and white husky, […]

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Police helicopter goes down responding to another downed aircraft, both pilots survive

iStock(FORT MEADE, Fla.) -- A police helicopter went down in a muddy Florida field Thursday evening as its pilot was searching for the pilot of another downed aircraft.The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said one of their helicopters was out looking for a downed gyrocopter, a smaller aircraft, after receiving reports it had made a hard landing around 2 p.m., near Fort Meade, Florida.The aircraft went down on property belonging to […]

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Vatican orders review of Buffalo diocese over handling of abuse allegations

iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Vatican said it's implementing a fact-finding visitation of the Diocese of Buffalo amid widespread criticism of Bishop Richard Malone's handling of allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against local clergy.The Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C., the Vatican's U.S. representative, announced on Thursday that its office had authorized Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn to conduct an "Apostolic Visitation," described as "a fact-finding mission which […]

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Report: Tom Holland saved ‘Spider-Man’

©2019 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved.(NEW YORK) -- Weeks after the spat between Sony and Disney-Marvel left their Spider-Man partnership "100 percent dead" for a third film in the Tom Holland-fronted franchise -- it was the 23-year-old actor who reportedly convinced the two studios to make up, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The sources say Holland "made multiple appeals" to Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger and Sony film chairman Tom Rothman to strike the September 27 deal for Marvel to collaborate on […]

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Wealthy tech executive kidnapped, killed: Sheriff

iStock(SANTA CRUZ, Calif.) -- A wealthy tech executive has been found dead after he was kidnapped from his Northern California home, authorities said.Tushar Atre, 50, was taken from his Santa Cruz home around 3 a.m. Tuesday and put into his own 2008 BMW SUV, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.Atre's body and car were found later on Tuesday in Los Gatos, the sheriff's office said.His death was ruled […]

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