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Photo: Getty ImagesAn otherworldly phenomenon will grace the sky tonight.Thanks to a rare cosmic situation in which Mars, Earth, and the sun line up, the red planet will appear three times larger than normal on Tuesday, July 31.At 3:50AM EST, Mars will arrive at the closest position that it has been to Earth — 35.8 million miles away — since 2003, when Mars came within 34.7 million miles of Earth,Forbesreported. That proximity in 2003 was the nearest the two planets had been to each other in 60,000 years....

Photo: Courtesy The Wilsons The end of the week is the perfect time to stop and appreciate all the reasons you have to smile. To give you a head start on your weekend high and celebrate the limited seriesPeople’s List, which airs Saturday nights at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, we’ve gathered some of our favorite recent mood-boosting stories. Baseball parks around the country welcome dogsIt really is becoming the dog days of summer asmore and more ball parksadopt pooch-friendly policies....

Netflix’s latest animated movie is a comedy of epic proportions!In a PEOPLE exclusive look at the first trailer forThe Mitchells vs. The Machines, Michael Rianda (Gravity Falls) writes, directs and stars in an animated film about a dysfunctional family out to save the world from a “robot apocalypse.“Rianda tells PEOPLE the movie has been his “lifelong dream” as its premise—of a family trying to get along—is close to his heart.“This is a really personal movie for me,” he says....

Haunted Mansionfans can soon enjoy their favorite Disney ride in a way they never have before. As this is the first time the ride will be making its way to the high seas, fans can expect to be fully immersed in the ghostly realm while enjoying an array of craft cocktails and other spooky beverages. Cruisers will also enjoy live entertainment that includes music from the ride’s original score as it follows the new story of a captain who becomes a ghost after a dinner with his fiancé goes tragically wrong....

01of 151978: Close Encounters of the Third KindSunset Boulevard/Corbis/GettyFirst-time Oscar nomineeSteven Spielbergwas up against a stacked Best Director category at the 50th Academy Awards. He ultimately lost out to Woody Allen forAnnie Hall. Other nominees in the category included Fred Zinnemann forJulia, George Lucas forStar Warsand Herbert Ross forThe Turning Point. 01of 15 1978: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty First-time Oscar nomineeSteven Spielbergwas up against a stacked Best Director category at the 50th Academy Awards....

Photo: Getty Mark your calendars and set your alarms because the Geminid meteor shower is upon us, expecting to peak during the late evening of Dec. 13 into the early morning on Dec. 14 at 2 a.m. local time. According toNASA, the Geminids are recognized as the “best and most reliable annual meteor showers.” You can anticipate a starry night because they often exhibit 50 or more meteors per hour near their peak....

Photo:The Zimmerman Agency The Zimmerman Agency There are only a few places in the United States that have been a getaway for the rich and famous since time immemorial, and the Rhode Island coast is one of them. From Newport to Watch Hill, the scenic area has welcomed big names from Astor toSwiftover the past 150 years or so, and the glamour and elegance of the area hasn’t changed one bit....

A$AP Rocky leaves court in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, 2023.Photo:BACKGRID BACKGRID A$AP Rockysat in a Los Angeles courtroom with his defense team on Wednesday intently watching surveillance footage of himself holding a gun and possibly firing at his former friend. The video, which was made public for the first time during the criminal trial hearing, comes after the 35-year-old rapper (real name Rakim Mayers) pleadednot guilty to two counts of assault with a firearmin August 2022....

For years, those close toAaron Hernandezhave tried to make sense of his rise and his tragic fall. Hernandez’ death came just five days after he wasacquitted of double murder chargesin the deaths of two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012. Found not guilty in one case, he was already serving a life sentence for masterminding the2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, his fiancée’s sister’s boyfriend. He was not eligible for parole....

Aaron Rodgerscouldn’t be happier with girlfriendDanica Patrick— and he’s not afraid to let the world know!While the Green Bay Packers quarterback, 34, has a history of being tight-lipped about his personal life, now that he’s dating Patrick, 36, he doesn’t “feel like I have to be reserved all the time.”“It’s more normal,” he explained in an interview withArtful Living, before adding that there’s still a “right time and right place” for opening up about his personal life....

ABBA.Photo: OLLE LINDEBORG/AFP via GettyABBAwill be hitting its final notes.The Swedish supergroup — comprised of Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — revealed in a Wednesday interview withThe Guardianthat the band is breaking up for good after the release ofVoyage. The new album will be ABBA’s first in nearly 40 years, accompanied with a London concert series.Ulvaeus, 76, and Andersson, 74, told the outlet that while the group reunited for the record after parting ways in the early ’80s, the new music will be ABBA’s swan song, noting that the tracks that don’t make it ontoVoyagewill remain unfinished....

Notre Dame Cathedralis still closed to visitors, but ABC News has an exclusive first look inside thefire-ravaged landmark. It was announced on Monday that ABC News’ David Muir was the first television journalist invited to take a tour of the devastation and what’s being done to rebuild the Paris cathedral. In apreview from Muir’s full report, which will air on Monday’s episode ofWorld News Tonight with David Muir, the journalist meets with retired French General Jean-Louis Georgelin, who’s been put in charge of therestoration process....

Abigail Breslin; Aaron Eckhart.Photo:Harmony Gerber/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Harmony Gerber/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Dream Team Studios and WM Holdings are claiming that Breslin, 27, made “wild, hysterical and imaginary allegations against Eckhart,” 55, which they say forced production to spend $80,000 in accommodations. A representative and attorneys for Eckhart did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment on Monday. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories....