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There are a number of movies and documentaries to remind us, not only of a better Hollywood, but of that time 50 years ago when America was its most American.

NEW YORK (AP) — In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.

The first trailer for the upcoming sequel to “Top Gun” has been released, and a whiff of controversy has been detected in the apparent absence of patches representing the flags of Japan and Taiwan which adorned Tom Cruise’s hero character Maverick’s jacket in the 1986 original.

BERLIN (AP) – Sweden’s prime minister says he would be glad to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump about rapper A$AP Rocky’s detention but he “cannot and will not attempt to influence prosecutors or courts.”

“So many people would like to see this quickly resolved!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“I personally don’t know A$AP Rocky, but I can tell you he has tremendous support in the African-American community in this country,” Trump said.

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016 after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defense says contains information supporting the actor’s claims of innocence.

A week ago, Netflix had a market capitalization of $163.1 billion. Now it is down to around $140 billion.

Publishing powerhouse HarperCollins has released the book cover of Breitbart News Entertainment Editor Jerome Hudson’s highly anticipated book, “50 Things They Don’t Want You to Know,” which promises to deliver the counterintuitive facts the establishment media have worked so hard to hide.

The Island of Dr. Moreau comparisons are pretty astute. But that movie was supposed to freak you out, to horrify you at the thought of some mad scientist combining animal and human DNA to create monsters.

Actor and left-wing activist Alec Baldwin claimed that “our friends in other countries” now believe that a “mass of Americans are outright racists” because of President Donald Trump. 

Solo bombing at the box office is the most significant event to hit the movie business in decades. The surest thing in the history of sure things is no longer a sure thing.  

NEW YORK (AP) — How much is too much for streaming video?

WASHINGTON (AP) — A-list celebrities seem to be opening their hearts — or at least their wallets — to Pete Buttigieg.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities searched the Los Angeles-area home of rapper YG on Thursday in connection with a police shooting in Compton that killed a bystander earlier this month.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined protests in New York demanding the resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor.

First Lady Melania Trump suited up as she welcomed members from the United States Special Olympics World Games team to the White House on Thursday.

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reacted to attacks from comedian and former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart for his decision to block the 9/11 First Responders legislation given its far-reaching and long-lasting aspects. Paul

The L.A. Times on Thursday documented how Hollywood studios owe former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden a few billion favors because he played a pivotal role in helping them gain access to the lucrative box office in China.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tom Cruise has made an unexpected flyby at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick.”

At least 33 people were killed and dozens more injured after an arsonist allegedly set fire to a three-story animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday.

President Donald Trump directed his team to work on securing the release of rapper A$AP Rocky (Rakim Mayers) currently held in Sweden.

If Netflix wants to add extreme left-wing partisans like Obama and Susan Rice to its roster, that’s fine. But who is the equivalent coming from the other side? Who is looking out for the content I want to see?

Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” the panel discussed President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night rally, in which the crowd chanted  “send her back” after the president talked about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

Actress and leftist activist Susan Sarandon claimed Wednesday that Medicare for All will eliminate networks, premiums, and deductibles; however, she neglected to mention that Medicare for All will lead to worse care for patients, longer waiting lines, and much higher taxes for working Americans.

Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” the panel discussed President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night rally, in which the crowd chanted  “send her back” after the president talked about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Co-host Whoopi Goldberg expressed concern for so-called “The Squad,” made up of

Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) over his decision to block healthcare and compensation funding for 9/11 first responders on the grounds of fiscal responsibility, describing it as “virtue signaling” and an “abomination.”

Rap star Cardi B. said she’s backing Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the 2020 presidential race but she took to Instagram this week to show her support for another candidate — and in turn slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

California Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris late’ night host Jimmy Kimmel that President Donald Trump’s attacks on the four left-wing Democratic Congresswoman, otherwise known as “the squad,” have “defiled the office of the President of the United States.

Streaming giant Netflix lost subscribers in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade, dropping a net 130,000 over the second quarter of 2019 while also adding nearly two million fewer customers than predicted.