This film, based on the 2013 Laura Moriarty novel of the same name, depicts Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson), a rebellious teen who dreams of fame and fortune in the early 1920s. She soon gets her chance when she travels to New York City to study dance for the summer — accompanied by a watchful chaperone (Elizabeth McGovern).


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The Greenport carousel reopened Friday after a remediation project to remove lead paint that kept the attraction closed for about a month and a half.

Lead paint gone, carousel 'cleaned up completely and perfectly safe'

A former LIer and a man from England are raising money to honor pilot James E. "Jack" Russell, from Baldwin, who was killed in WWII. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. 

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The 5K run, "Rally for Rebecca," helps raise money for Rebecca Koltun, who was paralyzed in a skiing accident. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. 

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Thousands packed Jones Beach for the Bethpage Air Show rehearsal  Friday with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, celebrating their 70th year of service. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports. 

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Students in the nursing program at Molloy University are using high-tech mannequins as part of their clinical training. New York along with 31 other states are now allowing simulated training. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. 

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NCPD homicide captain Stephen Fitzpatrick on Friday said Jacob Alvarenga Mejia, 28, was arrested and charged for allegedly stabbing to death one of three men attempting to steal the rims from his SUV at his Bellerose home on May 13.

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds prepared on Thursday for this weekend's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach.  

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The national collegiate sailing championships were held at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point for the first time since 2000.

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Janell Funderburke, 20, who is accused of shooting Suffolk County Police Officer Michael Lafauci in Coram, appeared in court Thursday in Riverhead to be arraigned on a 13-count indictment. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

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Sixty years after she was one of the first Korean babies adopted by a Long Island family, Kristi Eikenes of Smithtown talks about her life.

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A federal judge on Wednesday in Central Islip sentenced hip-hop artist Willie Junior Maxwell II, better known as Fetty Wap, to 6 years in prison at his drug trafficking sentencing. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

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In the wetlands of Mastic Beach in April, authorities say, a couple in a pickup truck dumped broken cinderblocks and concrete along Grove Road West. A bystander who witnessed the incident reported it to authorities who charged the Holbrook couple. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

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