alien
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Rewatching “E.T.” at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, I still wanted to believe that an encounter with an alien intelligence could elevate us.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Above Mel Garcia’s neighborhood, Intuit Dome looms over the rooftops like an alien spacecraft.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The cast also features Colman Domingo as a whistleblower trying to blow the lid off an alien coverup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
From the friendly alien at the heart of E.T. to the mysterious visitors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, some of his most celebrated films have explored humanity's fascination with life beyond Earth.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
She holds up both of her hands, like perhaps I’m an alien from another planet and don’t know the meaning of the word hand.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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