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• The Best Awkward Celebrity Photos from the #PuberMe Challenge

  01-10-2017 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  During the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, comedians Stephen Colbert and Nick Kroll kicked off a fundraising effort for the clean up efforts in Puerto Rico, called the #PuberMe challege.Now, each time a celebrity posts an unflattering picture of themselves with #PuberMe, Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream Fund will...More »
  
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• Macklemore Took a Stand for Marriage Equality In His Controversial Performance at National Rugby League Grand Final

  01-10-2017 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Same Love - feat. NRL (@NRL) October 1, 2017After the performance, “Same Love” rose to No. 1 on Australia’s iTunes chart. Macklemore has promised to dedicate proceeds from the single to Aussie’s marriage equality campaign....More »
  
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• Marilyn Manson Was Crushed By A Large Prop Onstage In New York

  01-10-2017 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Marilyn Manson’s performance at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom ended early on Saturday, when the singer was injured by a stage prop. About an hour into his set, during “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These),” Manson made his way to the back of the stage where two large prop pistols were...More »
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week two – the results LIVE

  01-10-2017 20:06
  This week the glitterati can vote for the first time – but who will be the first couple to waltz off the floor? Join us for every wondrous whirl and dance disaster 7.06pm BSTTonight’s Countryfile Casual Weatherman is the very manly Darren Bett in a navy shirt/grey slacks combo. Good effort with the rolled-up sleeves.7.03pm BSTCountryfile has gone full Jim’ll Fix It now, in the interests of milking more content out of the calendar. It costs £9.50, by Christmas we’ll
  
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• Si Newhouse, Condé Nast owner, dies at 89

  01-10-2017 19:43 via ft.com
  Editors pay tribute to the ‘last of the great visionaries of the magazine business’
  
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• Si Newhouse, Condé Nast emeritus chairman, dies at 89

  01-10-2017 19:43 via ft.com
  Editors pay tribute to the ‘last of the great visionaries of the magazine business’
  
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• Tom Cruise’s ‘American Made’ Plays Second Fiddle to ‘It’

  01-10-2017 19:34 via nytimes.com
  “American Made” gave Mr. Cruise one of the lowest opening-weekend box office results of his career. Its backers hope for strong interest in the weeks ahead.
  
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• Monty Hall, Host and Co-Creator of Let’s Make a Deal, Dead at 96

  01-10-2017 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Monty Hall, the co-creator and host of the iconic game show Let’s Make Deal died on Saturday. He was 96. Born as Monte Halparin in Canada in 1921, Hall broke into American television in the mid-1950s with hosting gigs on several game shows. He developed Let’s Make A Deal with...More »
  
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• Ryan Gosling Broke in Every Live Sketch on SNL Last Night

  01-10-2017 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  One glowing review for the jokes in Saturday Night Live’s season premiere episode came in last night as the show was happening. Host Ryan Gosling couldn’t stop himself from laughing in nearly every sketch he appeared in that wasn’t pre-taped. Whether it was his backside visibly shaking from giggles as...More »
  
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• Review: Desperate Measures

  01-10-2017 18:00
  Measure for Measure is transplanted to the Wild West in this new musical comedy.
  
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• Een ongelijke strijd in het theater? - Polen in Beeld - Polen in Beeld (Blog)

  01-10-2017 17:57
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  Een ongelijke strijd in het theater? - Polen in Beeld
  Polen in Beeld (Blog)
  Recente ontwikkelingen rond een theaterfestival roepen de vraag op of in de theaters nu sprake is van censuur en een ongelijk strijd.en meer »
  
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• ITV targets Newsnight in battle for late-night viewers

  01-10-2017 17:50
  Network pins hopes on new weekday show hosted by Nick Ferrari and Emma Barnett to challenge BBC2 programmeThe BBC is bracing itself for a new challenge against Newsnight, its flagship current affairs programme, as ITV prepares to unveil a rival show.ITV has lined up LBC radio host Nick Ferrari and Emma Barnett, a rising star at the BBC, to present the programme, which will air after the national and local news at 10pm every weekday and is expected to run for at least four weeks.Continue reading.
  
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• Ryan Gosling Uncovers a Vast Avatar Conspiracy on Saturday Night Live

  01-10-2017 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ryan Gosling connects all the dots, and the slants of the letters, to uncover one of the greatest typography conspiracies in modern cinema on Saturday Night Live. He’ll stop at nothing — driving over fire hydrants and all — to tell the world that the graphic designer who created the...More »
  
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• SNL Season Premiere Recap: Ryan Gosling Can’t Stop Laughing

  01-10-2017 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saturday Night Live kicks off season 43 with new faces, new writers, and a backlog of topical comedy to catch up on, but it was host Ryan Gosling’s charms and tendency to giggle his way through sketches that made for a familiarly charming season opener. After last season ended with...More »
  
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• Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump Calls San Juan’s ‘Nasty Woman’ Mayor on Saturday Night Live

  01-10-2017 16:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Was there any doubt how Saturday Night Live would start its 43rd season? Donald Trump (a.k.a. Alec Baldwin) is back in the oval office for another year of cold opens and unfettered chaos. He’s got Puerto Rican mayors to offend and advisers to reassure affectionately, even if they were very...More »
  
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• 'We're not Game of Thrones' – Curb Your Enthusiasm's stars on their unsexy TV sensation

  01-10-2017 14:03
  It’s unexotic, unshowy and unstoppably curmudgeonly. But as Larry David’s hit comedy returns, its cast and creators reveal why he is the neurotic Superman we all need (and why he should never have made it as a comic)
  Curb Your Enthusiasm is not like other shows. Episodes are essentially written while they’re being filmed, with stars improvising from story outlines. There are few deadlines, little direction and barely anything that would count as a costume. Often, the gaps betwe
  
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• The 12 Most Essential 30 Rock Episodes to Watch on Hulu

  01-10-2017 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  That loud “blerg!” you heard was the collective disappointment of thousands of 30 Rock fans, after Netflix announced the show will depart its streaming library on October 1. But here’s the good news: It’s now available on Hulu! Though 30 Rock left the airwaves in 2013, Tina Fey and Robert...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Gosling's game but Kate McKinnon carries the show – again

  01-10-2017 13:25
  Alec Baldwin’s mediocre mimicry of Trump continued but McKinnon’s clock-dwelling Jeff Sessions was a hit and she even made Angela Merkel funnySaturday Night Live started its 43rd season with on a bit of a high, fresh off a string of Emmy wins and with a few new featured players to replace the departed Vanessa Bayer, Bobby Moynihan and Sasheer Zamata. But despite the gameness of second-time host Ryan Gosling, the show never elevated much beyond average.Continue reading...
  
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• Annie MG in Theater Sneek - Sneeker Nieuwsblad

  01-10-2017 09:38
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  Annie MG in Theater Sneek
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  SNEEK – De Rockmusical The war of Worlds, de Verleiders, Was getekend Annie Schmidt en Bokwert Culturele Hoofdplaats zijn de komende dagen te zien in Theater Sneek. Jeff Wayne's meesterwerk met Rockmusical The War of the Worlds is een ...
  
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• The week in TV: Star Trek: Discovery; The Deuce; The Child in Time and more

  01-10-2017 08:00
  The new Star Trek made perfect sense, while David Simon captured the smell and the sleaze of 1970s New YorkStar Trek: Discovery (Netflix)
  The Deuce (Sky Atlantic)
  The Child in Time (BBC1) | iPlayer
  Front Row (BBC2) | iPlayer
  Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World (BBC2) | iPlayer
  The Vietnam War (BBC4) | iPlayerNetflix continues its coquettish bid to, if not exactly inherit the TV world, then just buy it instead. Its finance chief spoke recently of the chances, soon, of making a se
  
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• The week in radio: Sunday Feature; The Nod; The Mandem Podcast; Melanin Millennials

  01-10-2017 08:00
  Radio 3 can be highfalutin – but it’s also capable of programming that can shock and mesmeriseThe Sunday Feature: Nobody Knows My Name: Notes on James Baldwin (R3) | iPlayerThe Nod | Gimlet Media
  The Mandem Podcast
  Melanin Millennials | ShoutOut NetworkThe Essay: Five Poems I Wish I’d Written (R3) | iPlayer Some readers felt I was rather harsh on Radio 3 in my 50th anniversary piece last week. So I would like to point out that – though I have a problem with the madly high
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: The Last Post; Electric Dreams – The Commuter

  01-10-2017 07:00
  Peter Moffat’s soapy new period drama explores the British military police in Aden in 1965, while this week’s Electric Dreams stars Timothy Spall as an anguished station attendant Continue reading...
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Trump Is ‘Going Straight to Hell’

  01-10-2017 06:03 via nytimes.com
  The “Hamilton” creator, who has family in Puerto Rico, denounced the president for his outburst against San Juan’s mayor with the island still in crisis.
  
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• Halt and Catch Fire Recap: The Ballad of Gordon Clark

  01-10-2017 04:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gordon Clark, builder of things, tinkerer, obsessive. Imperfect, well meaning, and utterly square. Gordon Clark, the man always standing right next to the visionary, tweaking and honing and fiddling until the idea actually works. Gordon the seeker, huddled in a closet with a ham radio, reaching out to make a...More »
  
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• Monty Hall, host of Let's Make A Deal, dies aged 96

  01-10-2017 01:47
  Presenter of show famed for his catchphrase “Do you want door No 1, No 2 or No 3?” died of heart failure at home in Beverly Hills
  The former host of the TV quiz show Let’s Make a Deal, Monty Hall, has died. He was 96. Sharon Hall says her father died on Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, California.Hall co-created Let’s Make a Deal, which debuted on NBC in the US in 1963 and became a TV staple for decades. Continue reading...
  
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• Letter from Sadiq Khan to Ofcom’s Sharon White

  01-10-2017 01:05
  Mayor of London regrets ‘woeful progress’ on BAME diversity in broadcasting and calls on media regulator to actExtracts from Sadiq Khan’s letter to Sharon White, chief executive of OfcomDear Sharon, Continue reading...
  
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• Jessie Buckley on playing outcasts – and hitting the big time

  01-10-2017 01:05
  The star of new BBC1 drama The Last Post talks about luck, love and landing roles in a series of notable film and TV projectsShe first came to public attention as an effervescent 17-year-old with a big voice and a brilliant smile in I’d Do Anything, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for a musical star, finishing an emotional runner-up after the public vote, despite the judges’ support for her raw talent.Since then, Jessie Buckley has slowly built a reputation as one of acting’
  
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