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• Activist pushes for end of Murdoch voting control at News Corp

  09-09-2024 17:42 via ft.com
  Family shareholdings at media conglomerate under fresh scrutiny as Rupert Murdoch seeks to transfer power to son
  
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• John Mulaney to Star in a Broadway Comedy About Love and Marriage

  09-09-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “All In: Comedy About Love,” a new play by Simon Rich, includes a celebrity cast taking on the roles of pirates, dogs and other zany characters.
  
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• Will Jennings, Oscar-winning lyricist of My Heart Will Go On, dies aged 80

  09-09-2024 12:49 via theguardian.com
  Songwriter wrote No 1 hits for Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow, as well as iconic ballads such as Up Where We Belong and Tears in Heaven Continue reading...
  
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• Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and bandmate, reveals blood cancer diagnosis

  09-09-2024 11:54 via theguardian.com
  Singer says ‘touring has become a challenge for me’ in new documentary film, following 2018 diagnosis with multiple myeloma Continue reading...
  
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• Elton John: Donald Trump’s Rocket Man nickname for Kim Jong-un was ‘brilliant’ and ‘hilarious’

  09-09-2024 11:09 via theguardian.com
  Speaking at Toronto film festival, John thanks Trump for support but does not endorse either candidate for November’s US election Continue reading...
  
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• Demi Moore and the Subversive Politics of the Naked Body

  09-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  She has become known for baring all (or, at least, a lot). But her work, including her newest film, “The Substance,” should be understood in a wider context.
  
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• Julianna Margulies on ‘Left on Tenth’: ‘This Is the Play I’ve Been Waiting For’

  09-09-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The actress returns to Broadway after 18 years, starring in Delia Ephron’s new play about falling in love again after her husband’s death.
  
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• TV tonight: artist and fourth plinth model Alison Lapper tells her story

  09-09-2024 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Portrait of the artist whose pregnant figure caused outrage when it was erected as a Trafalgar Square sculpture in 2005. Plus: what if Trump wins? Here’s what to watch this evening10.40pm, BBC One
  Marc Quinn’s sculpture of pregnant artist Alison Lapper was a celebration of motherhood and disability, but it outraged many people when it was erected on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 2005. She is still angry at the reaction, clips of which she rewatches in this frank documentar
  
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• Sherwood series two, episode five recap – one devastating scene after another

  08-09-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Alongside the usual tense, brutal action, there was even a surprisingly romantic moment. The penultimate episode arrived like a bullet to the gut, for one character in particularSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Sherwood on BBC One. Please don’t read it unless you have watched series two, episode five. Continue reading...
  
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• Why You May Never See the Documentary on Prince by Ezra Edelman

  08-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  A revealing new documentary could redefine our understanding of the pop icon. But you will probably never get to see it.
  
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• In ‘Matlock,’ Kathy Bates Takes One Last Case

  08-09-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The Oscar winner found surprising depths in this reboot of the beloved procedural, which she said will be her final job. “This is my last dance,” she said.
  
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• Comedian Jamali Maddix: ‘The translator suddenly said: “I think she might have killed a guy”’

  08-09-2024 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The comedian and presenter on the extremists he meets in his new docuseries, his brush with a Chicago gangland feud, and Pete Doherty’s niche football knowledgeComedian Jamali Maddix, 33, was born in Ilford to Jamaican and British-Greek parents. He studied theatre and performance practice at the University of Salford but dropped out to pursue a career in standup. He is a resident panellist on Sky’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Other TV appearances include Taskmaster, regular punditry on
  
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• Nicole Kidman says her ‘heart is broken’ after death of mother Janelle

  08-09-2024 10:24 via theguardian.com
  Australian actor learned of mother’s death upon arriving in Venice for film festival, where she won best actress award for new film BabygirlHow Nicole Kidman conquered the world – then kept on going Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: Paris bids a spectacular farewell to the Paralympics

  08-09-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Jean-Michel Jarre headlines the closing ceremony. Plus: the puzzle starts to make sense in James Graham’s visceral drama Sherwood. Here’s what to watch this evening.6.30pm, Channel 4 Continue reading...
  
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• Google’s $20bn ad tech business to play for at next antitrust showdown

  08-09-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Big Tech giant heads back to court in latest clash with US justice department after landmark verdict in search case
  
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• ‘Room Next Door’ Claims Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

  07-09-2024 22:43 via nytimes.com
  
  The film, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, is the director Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut.
  
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• Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door wins Golden Lion at Venice film festival

  07-09-2024 21:29 via theguardian.com
  Spanish director’s first English-language movie starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore tackles euthanasia Continue reading...
  
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• The week in audio: Matt Chorley; Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Order; In The Studio: Laurie Anderson – review

  07-09-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  5 Live’s new politics show gets off to a solid start; the never-boring story of New Order is retold. Plus, Laurie Anderson on knob-twiddlingMatt Chorley (BBC Radio 5 Live) | BBC Sounds
  Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division and New Ordern | Cup & Muzzle
  In the Studio: Laurie Anderson (BBC World Service) | BBC SoundsMatt Chorley, late of Times Radio, has a new daily show on 5 Live, in Nihal Arthanayake’s old afternoon slot. The programme, which broadcasts live from a
  
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• Russian documentary accused of falsely showing invading soldiers as victims

  07-09-2024 11:36 via theguardian.com
  Anastasia Trofimova’s film Russians at War criticised for ‘distorted picture of reality’ in Ukraine after Venice premiere Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The Interview’: Change Can Be Beautiful. Just Ask Will Ferrell and Harper Steele.

  07-09-2024 11:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The superstar comedian and his best friend and collaborator discuss the journey that deepened their friendship.
  
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• Working on a Sri Lankan-Australian Epic, He Learned His Family’s Past

  07-09-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  As the acclaimed “Counting and Cracking” makes its North American debut, the playwright describes the work as “my soul on a plate.”
  
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• Barry Jenkins Takes On ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’

  07-09-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  Barry Jenkins broke out as a filmmaker with the Oscar-winning indie film “Moonlight.” He has surprised some of his fans by taking up a Disney franchise.
  
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• What Is That Song in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?

  07-09-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem.
  
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• How ‘MacArthur Park’ Became the New ‘Day-O’ in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

  07-09-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem.
  
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• Elton John makes first appearance after revealing ‘limited vision’

  07-09-2024 10:10 via theguardian.com
  Singer speaks at Toronto film festival after announcing eye infection had left him with limited vision in one eye Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: festival season climaxes with Sting, the Manics and Sugababes live

  07-09-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  All the action from the Radio 2 weekender in Preston. Plus: French drama Sambre: Anatomy of a Crime continues to grip and disturb. Here’s what to watch this evening10.15pm, BBC Two
  Festival season winds down with Radio 2’s weekender in Preston. Manic Street Preachers, Sugababes, Gabrielle and Paul Heaton are all set to play, with their sets available on iPlayer. Sting gets the Saturday headline slot, including songs from his new album, The Bridge. Tune in on Sunday for Pet Shop Boys.
  
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• Grand Designs: 25 Years & Counting – people enduring hell for a slightly nicer house? It’s TV made in heaven

  07-09-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Give us another 50 years of this strangely moving, often harebrained show. After watching this celebration, it’s hard not to love Kevin McCloud’s series seven times more than you already doI think more than any programme on television, Grand Designs gets the closest to demonstrating the core pathology of the British psyche. You know Grand Designs (11 September, 9pm, Channel 4), which turns 25 at the start of the new series and celebrates with a compilation show that surely constitute
  
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• Kara Young Is Charming in Rom-Com ‘Table 17’ Following Her Tony Win

  07-09-2024 01:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The Tony winner leads a top-notch cast in Zhailon Levingston’s alluringly designed production of Douglas Lyons’s hopeful new play.
  
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• Funny Woman series two review – Gemma Arterton is tediously perfect

  06-09-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The actor’s character is flawless to the point of being dull in this second outing based on Nick Hornby’s novel. It’s an invitingly warm and gentle watch, but it feels like a soapNick Hornby’s 2014 novel Funny Girl was about a woman with the mind of a comedy nerd and the looks of a pin-up model: Barbara Parker may have been crowned Miss Blackpool, but she was desperate to escape her home town and follow in the footsteps of her idol, Lucille Ball. It’s no spoiler to
  
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• Alexandre de Moraes, the steely Brazilian judge facing down Musk

  06-09-2024 19:00 via ft.com
  Already known for his battles with Bolsonaro, his ban on X has pitched him into the centre of a new fight
  
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• Porn streamer OnlyFans paid owner $630mn in dividends

  06-09-2024 18:44 via ft.com
  Subscription streaming company’s payouts to ‘creators’ rise to $6.6bn
  
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• Norman Spencer, David Lean’s collaborator and UK’s second oldest man, dies aged 110

  06-09-2024 15:03 via theguardian.com
  The producer, screenwriter, production designer and actor worked on some of the most acclaimed films of British cinema including Blithe Spirit, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia Continue reading...
  
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• Next stop tension central! Inside Nightsleeper, TV’s nailbiting new train thriller

  06-09-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  This terrifying real-time mystery set on a train hurtling from Glasgow to London takes the nerve-jangling suspense of 24 and Bodyguard and speeds them up. Its stars tell allWe’ve all been stuck on a train. Whether it’s broken down or delayed due to pesky leaves on the line, it’s a teeth-gnashing waste of time. But what if the train weren’t stationary? What if it were hurtling along at high speed for six terrifying hours? Oh and what if it didn’t have a driver? That&
  
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• UK regulators accuse Google of anti-competitive behaviour in advertising

  06-09-2024 12:47 via ft.com
  CMA’s findings are another blow to the tech giant and come days before a parallel lawsuit starts in the US
  
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• Hundreds of Readers Told Us Their Favorite 1999 Movies. Which Came Out on Top?

  06-09-2024 11:07 via nytimes.com
  
  In a memorable year for film, there were recommendations of blockbusters, tender dramas and coming-of-age-tales. But one title stood out from the rest.
  
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• From Winona Ryder to Jenna Ortega, a Goth Girl Timeline

  06-09-2024 11:06 via nytimes.com
  
  From “Beetlejuice” to its sequel, these are the actresses and roles that made us embrace the darkness.
  
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• Aaron Pierre of ‘Rebel Ridge’: From Action Prince to Lion King

  06-09-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The British actor stars as an ex-Marine in the new Netflix thriller “Rebel Ridge” and as the titular cat in the upcoming “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
  
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• Aaron Pierre: From Action Prince to Lion King

  06-09-2024 11:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The British actor stars as an ex-Marine in the new Netflix thriller “Rebel Ridge” and as the titular cat in the upcoming “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
  
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• A Film That Makes the Stationary Lives of Oysters Into a Wondrous Tale

  06-09-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  “Holding Back the Tide” weaves facts and dreamy moments into an unconventional take on the nature documentary that very much affects humans.
  
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• 28 Broadway and Off Broadway Shows to See This Fall

  06-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  New York stages are welcoming Robert Downey Jr., Adam Driver, Audra McDonald and more this season.
  
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• 15 Shows to See on Stages Around the U.S. This Fall

  06-09-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Matthew Broderick stars in “Babbitt” in Washington, D.C., and five companies nationwide will stage Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer-winning play “Primary Trust.”
  
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• Joram to Source Code: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

  06-09-2024 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A captivating thriller about a man on the run with a baby, and Jake Gyllenhaal has to stop a train from blowing up in a glorious time-loop whodunnitDevashish Makhija’s new Hindi-language film melds a chase thriller and a topical political drama to exhilarating effect – and throws in a baby for extra pathos. Mumbai construction worker Dasru (Manoj Bajpayee) is forced to go on the run with his three-month-old daughter, Joram, when his wife is killed by unknown assailants. He flees to h
  
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• In Vogue: The 90s to Emily in Paris – the seven best shows to stream this week

  06-09-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Anna Wintour is the heart of an immaculately primped fashion documentary, while Lily Collins goes on a Roman holiday“Would you mind awfully taking your sunglasses off?” Predictably, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has no intention of complying with her interviewer’s request. It sets the tone for a series that leans into the mythology around the fashion era it documents. This is history told by the winners and, as such, is immaculately primped, entertaining and never particul
  
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• TV tonight: Gemma Arterton is back in Nick Hornby’s Funny Woman

  06-09-2024 07:20 via theguardian.com
  The second season of the charming ode to British comedy begins. Plus: Michael Palin visits Africa’s biggest floating slum. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky MaxGemma Arterton is back for a second season as the 60s sitcom star Sophie Straw in this charming ode to British comedy, written by Morwenna Banks and based on Nick Hornby’s hit 2014 novel Funny Girl. Now that her breakthrough show, Barbara & Jim, has been cancelled, she is going it alone with Just Barbara
  
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• Shari Redstone to receive more than $500mn from Paramount sale

  06-09-2024 02:02 via ft.com
  The scion stands to receive $180mn in severance and $350mn for her stake in the studio’s parent company
  
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• ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: Delightfully Undead Again

  05-09-2024 19:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Tim Burton has brought the band back together — Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, even Bob the shrunken head guy — for a fun but less edgy sequel.
  
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• ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: Putting Putin’s Rise Onstage

  05-09-2024 18:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The best-selling, much discussed French novel is now a play. It gives a similarly humanizing view of the Russian leader and his inner circle.
  
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• Michael Keaton on Returning to Beetlejuice 35 Years Later

  05-09-2024 17:31 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the actor returns to a role now enshrined in pop culture — with 35 years of ups and downs and an Oscar nomination under his belt.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Indecent Assault Case Dropped by U.K. Prosecutors

  05-09-2024 16:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The Crown Prosecution Service said that it had “decided that there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.”
  
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• Venice Film Festival Looks: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and More

  05-09-2024 15:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The event, held not long after the couture shows in Paris, has been a showcase for new designs as well as vintage pieces.
  
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