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• See ScarJo’s Cyborg Abilities at Work in the Latest Ghost in the Shell Teaser

  07-11-2016 23:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From the start, the film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell has been something of a beleaguered production, plagued by fandom concerns about changes to the original manga series and, more disconcertingly, by accusations of whitewashing. Those controversies might be what you think about when you watch the first set...More »
  
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• CBS Is Reportedly Developing a Big Bang Theory Spinoff Series

  07-11-2016 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kaley Cuoco told Jimmy Kimmel back in September that the possibility of more Big Bang Theory beyond the show’s tenth season is “a very expensive question.” So perhaps with that in mind, CBS is gearing up for life beyond BBT … by finding a way to keep its most popular property...More »
  
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• It’s Done: Viola Davis Will Win the Oscar for Fences

  07-11-2016 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With only a few more major Oscar contenders left to screen for press this year, there remains plenty of uncertainty in the acting categories. Will La La Land's Emma Stone or Jackie's Natalie Portman emerge triumphant for Best Actress? Is Manchester by the Sea's downcast Casey Affleck vulnerable to a...More »
  
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• Celebrities Have Now Resorted to Begging You to Vote

  07-11-2016 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  They sang, they rapped, they made sketches — the celebrities have tried it all this election season, and at this point, they're straight out of ideas. So now, in another PSA from Joss Whedon's Save the Day PAC, all sense of shame is gone (though there's still some soft lighting), and...More »
  
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• We Invite You to Speculate Wildly About Why Destiny’s Child Reunited for the Mannequin Challenge

  07-11-2016 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, look what we have here. For what feels like the hundredth time in a matter of days, Beyoncé has magically appeared in the most conspicuous of spaces. From Hillary Clinton's rally, to backstage at SNL to support her lil' sis, to Kelly Rowland's son's birthday party — she's been...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Lost Voices’ Confronts the Rising Tide of Climate Change

  07-11-2016 23:30 via nytimes.com
  In this program of two one-act plays at Here, the company Eagle Project examines how natural disasters take their greatest toll on minority residents.
  
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• Review: Makeup Tips Galore, but Not How to Handle Cancer, in ‘Ultimate Beauty Bible’

  07-11-2016 23:26 via nytimes.com
  The characters in Caroline V. McGraw’s play run up against a problem that makeup can’t fix.
  
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• Watch Will Ferrell's Best Janet Reno Spoofs on Saturday Night Live

  07-11-2016 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Janet Reno, who died today at her home in Florida due to complications from Parkinson’s, was a woman of distinction. During her time as United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton (she was the first woman to hold the role), Reno was involved with three of the biggest news...More »
  
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• Where’s Samuel L. Jackson? There Was Actually a Motherf*cking Snake on a Motherf*cking Plane

  07-11-2016 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As Samuel L. Jackson once wisely intoned, "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" No doubt passengers of the Torreon-Mexico City flight of Air Mexico were wishing they had the actor on board with them when a snake slithered from the overhead compartment and fell...More »
  
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• Just Like You, Kendall Jenner Is Having Trouble Sleeping

  07-11-2016 22:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This week Keeping Up With the Kardashians was a very special episode featuring the trauma of sleep paralysis and how it can affect travel around the world. With that as our A plot, our B plot was Kim Kardashian’s anxiety, and our C plot was Scott Disick’s friendship with Kris...More »
  
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• The Crown Recap: A Good Dressing Down

  07-11-2016 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hooray, an episode that isn't about Margaret and Peter! "Scientia Potentia Est" really drills down on Elizabeth the woman, giving us a different view of the person we've followed for six hours.If you're going to make up a bit of history to give us a fuller picture of Elizabeth, inventing...More »
  
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• Review: "Master Harold"…and the Boys

  07-11-2016 22:00
  
  Signature Theatre revives Athol Fugard's apartheid drama.
  
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• The Big Bang Theory prequel in the works at CBS

  07-11-2016 21:49
  
  Hit TV show to get a spinoff, based on the teenage years of Sheldon Cooper, the character played by Jim Parsons, though no current actors will starHit comedy The Big Bang Theory is set to turn into a franchise with a prequel show called Sheldon in the works. Related: The Big Bang Theory: show returns for 10th season, but is it time it went bust?Continue reading...
  
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• The Crown Recap: Much Ado

  07-11-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  It's time, at last, to dig into the drama between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend, which The Crown has dangled over our heads since the first episode.I understand that Margaret and Peter want to get married, and it's incredibly frustrating that they can't do whatever they'd like because...More »
  
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• Let’s Call a Moratorium on Inter-Dimensional Portals in Movies, Shall We?

  07-11-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Spoilers below for Doctor Strange (and a few other movies). Although Doctor Strange, the latest bajillion-dollar Marvel movie to be thrust upon a willing public, might look like something Timothy Leary entertained in the pinball-lit recesses of his LSD-addled brain, it still shares plenty of DNA with its blockbuster brethren....More »
  
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• Stranger Things Casts Paul Reiser and Sean Astin, Really Hopes You Remember They Were in Some Classic 1980s Movies

  07-11-2016 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Finally, Winona Ryder has some 1980s stars to keep her company so she doesn't have to keep talking to those Stranger Things kids about Snapchat. The show has cast Paul Reiser and Sean Astin in its second season, and for the sake of this post, we're just going to insist that you...More »
  
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• Broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young dies aged 95

  07-11-2016 20:56
  
  Radio veteran, who was one of original Radio 1 DJs and worked at BBC Radio 2 for almost 30 years, died ‘peacefully at home’The broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young has died aged 95, a family spokesman has said.The long-serving DJ, who spent almost three decades at BBC Radio 2, died “peacefully at home” with his wife Alicia by his side on Monday afternoon.Continue reading...
  
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• Beyoncé, Jay Z, Chance the Rapper, and More Ask You to Vote for Hillary Clinton in a New Tidal PSA

  07-11-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Beyoncé, Jay Z, Chance the Rapper, Big Sean, and J. Cole all performed at a Get Out the Vote concert in Cleveland, Ohio, last Friday, and today Tidal condensed the event down into a bite-size promotional video for Hillary Clinton. The video features each of the performers talking about the...More »
  
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• Planet Earth II Delivers the Most Nail-biting Chase Scene This Side of Jurassic Park

  07-11-2016 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Not to be outdone by that National Geographic video of two penguins fighting for love, Planet Earth II is here to give us an equally dramatic glimpse into the animal kingdom. Yes, the generally pretty chill nature docuseries known for its majestic shots of the natural world just gave us one...More »
  
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• 26 Very Long Books Worth the Time They’ll Take to Read

  07-11-2016 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Binge-watching is easy; just drag the laptop into bed and go. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. No book that size is perfect, because excess is kind of the point. What marathon runner doesn’t curse the universe or even get bored once in...More »
  
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• Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Will Also Return to Curb Your Enthusiasm

  07-11-2016 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Let's keep up the enthusiasm, people! Deadline reports that Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen are returning for the ninth, long-awaited season of Curb Your Enthuasiasm, joining the main cast including creator Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garland, and Susie Essman. And the scheduling seems to be aligning after so many...More »
  
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• Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Is More of a Hanging-Out Show Than a Cooking Show

  07-11-2016 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party which debuts tonight on VH1, carries itself like it’s the strangest and most surprising new program of the year. But the most striking thing about it is how hard it works to convince us that co-hosts Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg have almost nothing...More »
  
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• Jane the Virgin’s Creator Rewrote a Scene to Feature a Clearer Instance of Consent Because of Donald Trump

  07-11-2016 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After Trump's comments in which he bragged about groping women without their consent appeared on a leaked 2005 Access Hollywood tape, many have started to rethink what counts as an acceptable sexual advance, especially on film and television. In an article in Pacific Standard about how TV writers have started to rethink...More »
  
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• Mantelzorgers ontvangen hun “Blijk van waardering” bij Theater Geert Teis - Westerwolde actueel

  07-11-2016 19:49
  
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  Mantelzorgers ontvangen hun “Blijk van waardering” bij Theater Geert Teis
  Westerwolde actueel
  STADSKANAAL – Vanmiddag konden mantelzorgers hun “Blijk van waardering” tijdens een inloopmiddag bij Theater Geert Teis in ontvangst nemen. Veel mantelzorgers in de gemeente Stadskanaal krijgen ook dit jaar een “Blijk van waardering”. Dit in de ...
  
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• BBC denies it is ‘privatising’ two-thirds of radio output

  07-11-2016 19:45
  BBC announced last year that 60% of radio content will be put out to tender
  
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• Recensie: PS|Theater zet een gedegen 'Wij van de fabriek' neer - NU.nl

  07-11-2016 19:13
  
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  Recensie: PS|Theater zet een gedegen 'Wij van de fabriek' neer
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  Als twee uur voorbij zijn voor je het doorhebt, heb je je geamuseerd. Dat geldt dan dus voor Wij van de fabriek van PS|Theater. Door: Sleutelstad Door: Sleutelstad. De bezoekers waren vooraf gewaarschuwd voor kou in de voormalige meelfabriek in Leiden.
  PS|theater zet een gedegen Wij van de fabriek neerSleutelstadalle 8 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• If You Don’t Vote, You’ll Disappoint RuPaul and Could You Really Live With That?

  07-11-2016 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We all came into this world naked. The rest is just hats and T-shirts that tell everyone which candidate you're voting for. In case you're still on the fence about voting tomorrow (question: where is this terrible fence and how on Earth did you get up there?), let RuPaul be...More »
  
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• Every century has a Martin Luther of its own

  07-11-2016 18:40
  Today’s version is a harbinger of populist anger and insurrection
  
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• On DC4, Meek Mill Proves He Can Stand the Test of Time

  07-11-2016 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There's a moment late on Meek Mill's DC4 that seems at once incidental and revealing. Halfway through “Tony Story 3,” the mixtape's penultimate track, Paulie, the narrative's protagonist, finds himself alone in a parked car in the darkest hours of the morning. His driver's seat is all the way reclined; he's lurking...More »
  
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• 9 Tips for Writing an Effective Anti–Donald Trump Song

  07-11-2016 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  While the country may be divided over which candidate should be elected president this Tuesday, artists who have been grappling with this question have overwhelmingly come down hard on Donald Trump, penning songs that are not so kind to the Republican nominee. But in a landscape where Trump jokes and...More »
  
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• Two Indian actors feared drowned as helicopter stunt goes wrong

  07-11-2016 18:09
  
  Pair, named locally as Uday and Anil, thought to have died after jumping from helicopter into reservoir with no life jackets during filming near BangaloreTwo Indian actors are feared drowned after jumping from a helicopter into a reservoir in a stunt being filmed for a Bollywood movie.The men, named by local news reports as Uday and Anil, were making a movie called Maasti Gudi and performed the stunt alongside the film’s star, Duniya Vijay. Continue reading...
  
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• Doctor Strange’s Screenwriter Explains the Movie’s Biggest Twists

  07-11-2016 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You've visited the Mirror Dimension, you've marveled at Mads Mikkelsen's eye makeup, you've fallen in love with Benedict Cumberbatch's horny cloak … and now you've got questions. Well, never fear, viewers of Marvel's latest hit Doctor Strange: We called up screenwriter Jon Spaihts to get the scoop on all of...More »
  
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• Westworld, and When TV Uses Pop Music to Do Its Emotional Heavy Lifting

  07-11-2016 17:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Maeve Millay is a paranoid android. Nominally the madam of the Westworld theme park’s central saloon and brothel, she’s haunted by dreams of a previous life (or “build,” in the park’s parlance) in which she had a daughter and lost her life in a raid on her home. As her...More »
  
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• Constance Wu Beseeches You to Get Down with the Down Ballot and Vote the Party Line

  07-11-2016 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In case you were planning on rolling up to your polling station in your white pantsuit, checking off Hillary Clinton, and immediately running to the nearest bar, Constance Wu is asking you to reconsider your Election Day plans. The Fresh Off the Boat actress argues in her Humanity for Hillary spot...More »
  
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• Constance Wu Beseeches You to Get Down (Ballot) and Vote the Party Line

  07-11-2016 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In case you were planning on rolling up to your polling station in your white pantsuit, checking off Hillary Clinton and immediately heelying out of there, two birds flying high, Constance Wu is asking you to reconsider your (admittedly very, very cool) Election Day plans. Cooler still, the Fresh Off...More »
  
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• Who Is Steppenwolf, Justice League’s Bad Guy?

  07-11-2016 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As we fumble for footholds in the rock face of the entertainment economy, forever dreaming that we might someday climb through the clouds and finally reach Peak Superhero, we regularly find casting news inscribed on the jagged stones before us. Last week, the big update was the selection of Game...More »
  
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• John Oliver tells US voters to get to the polls: 'No outcome is certain'

  07-11-2016 16:56
  
  The late-night host warned that despite wanting to believe that America will reject Donald Trump, people still need to vote on Tuesday to ensure he doesn’tJohn Oliver has warned voters not to take a Democratic victory for granted on Tuesday and stressed the importance of going out to vote. Related: John Oliver on the US election's latest low: 'Please let this thing be over soon'Continue reading...
  
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• Channel 5 reports first back-to-back year of profit

  07-11-2016 16:42
  
  Broadcaster’s pre-tax profit soars by almost 50% to £58.9m thanks to shows including Celebrity Big Brother and The X-FilesChannel 5 has reported a rise in pre-tax profits of almost 50% as shows including Celebrity Big Brother and The X-Files helped it improve ratings against ITV and Channel 4.It is the first time that Channel 5 has reported back-to-back years of profitability in its 20-year history. Pre-tax profit soared to £58.9m, compared with £39.5m in the year to Sept
  
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• John Oliver Is Really Sorry He Urged Donald Trump to Run for President

  07-11-2016 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yes, even John Oliver has orange on his hands. The Last Week Tonight host, who last October said that he "couldn't give less of a shit" about Trump and the election, has something terrible to admit: Even he urged Donald Trump to run for president, because he thought it would be entertaining. Three years...More »
  
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• Westworld Is Better When It Starts Having Fun

  07-11-2016 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Thank heavens for Tessa Thompson, who arrives midway through this week's episode of Westworld to play mind games with Simon Quarterman's narrative director Lee Sizemore. She's rocking a black bikini, already having more fun that any paying customer inside the hyperviolent Wild West theme park, or anyone else on the...More »
  
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• Trump Fans Boo Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’ Meaning This Election Has Hit Rock Bottom

  07-11-2016 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You might be holding out hope but sadly, no, they were not saying "The Boo-ss! The Boo-ss!" Huffington Post political reporter S.V. Date reported Sunday that Bruce Springsteen's classic American working-man anthems “Glory Days” and “Born in the USA” were met with shouts and jeers at a Trump rally. As you might have...More »
  
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• 'It's like glimpsing an old couple holding hands': why I adore Great Canal Journeys

  07-11-2016 16:28
  
  Watching Prunella Scales and Timothy West pootle about on waterways is charming, funny and almost unbearably poignant. There is not a more underrated series on TV at the momentEvery December for the last few years, I have failed. Whenever the time comes to compile the Guardian’s best TV of the year list, I will inevitably put Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys near the top of my ballot and roar “Who’s with me?” at my colleagues like Braveheart on the battlefield. Then
  
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• Photo Flash: A First Look at Owen Panettieri's A Burial Place

  07-11-2016 16:00
  
  The new drama runs at the Dorothy Streslin Theatre.
  
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• Ai Weiwei Brought a Refugee Camp to Soho

  07-11-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On November 5, Ai Weiwei’s “Laundromat” opens at Jeffrey Deitch’s Wooster Street space — an installation of 2,046 items the artist (and outspoken Chinese dissident) collected on a visit to an abandoned refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border. When the migrants left the camp in a rush, boots and pants...More »
  
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• Joe Jonas en Sophie Turner knuffelend gespot in Luxor Theater - De Gelderlander

  07-11-2016 15:49
  
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  Joe Jonas en Sophie Turner knuffelend gespot in Luxor Theater
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  Het Rotterdamse Oude Luxor Theater is blij met de wereldwijde publiciteit die zij krijgt nadat de Amerikaanse zanger Joe Jonas (27) en actrice Sophie Turner (20) daar samen werden gespot. Het stel liet zich zaterdag zien tijdens het concert van ...en meer »
  
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• Masters of Sex Recap: Weddings, Abortions, and Woodstock

  07-11-2016 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week's Masters of Sex is packed with plot development, from Libby's accidental trip to Woodstock to Nancy's abortion to Gini's father's deeply misguided decision to seek sex therapy at the clinic where his daughter works. But before we get into any of that, we need to talk about Bill...More »
  
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• Westworld recap: episode six – Maeve and Felix sitting in a tree, E.D.I.T.I.N.G

  07-11-2016 15:26
  
  After this week’s antics – dog killings, dodgy data smuggling, disastrous tours of HQ – suddenly the robot revolution could come from anywhereSpoiler alert: this blog is published after Westworld airs on HBO in the US on Sunday night. Do not read unless you have watched episode six, which airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic on Tuesday at 9pm.It’s the most unlikely partnership since Mel B and Eddie Murphy. She’s the host with the most, the whorehouse madam with a mouth th
  
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• Lorde Bids Adieu to Her Teenage Years, Says New Album Is Coming ‘Soon’

  07-11-2016 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There is no better indicator of adulthood than spending your birthday talking about work. Lorde, welcome to the club! In honor of turning 20 today, Lorde has posted a farewell letter to her youth from "the desk of a newborn adult" that also serves as an overdue update on that...More »
  
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• Planet Earth II most watched natural history show for 15 years

  07-11-2016 14:59
  
  With 9.2m viewers, David Attenborough’s BBC1 documentary is already one of the most popular TV shows of the yearThe opening episode of Planet Earth II was the most watched natural history programme in the UK for more than 15 years, drawing in 9.2 million viewers to BBC1 on Sunday evening.Helped by airing immediately after Strictly Come Dancing’s results show, which had a series-high audience of 10.1 million, the David Attenborough-narrated documentary is already one of the most popul
  
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• The Walking Dead: season seven, episode three – The Cell

  07-11-2016 14:20
  
  There’s a new rule for Walking Dead fans: we must suffer along with Rick’s crew. Us voyeurs are finally being called to account for our sick viewing habits• Spoiler alert: this blog is published after The Walking Dead airs in the US on Sundays. Do not read unless you have watched season seven episode three, which airs in the UK on Fox on Mondays at 9pmImagine for a moment that you’re a torturer. You’ve got someone in a prison cell and every time they nod off, you wan
  
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