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• George Saunders Wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo

  17-10-2017 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stop by your favorite local bookstore on the way home: George Saunders has been awarded this year’s Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo. Saunders is the second American in a row to win the prize, which was opened to writers outside the British Commonwealth in 2014. “The form...More »
  
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• Bob Weinstein accused of inappropriate behavior by female TV producer

  17-10-2017 23:20
  Weinstein denies claim by Amanda Segel, a showrunner for Spike TV’s The Mist, who says he made unwanted advances despite her multiple refusalsBob Weinstein on Tuesday denied an accusation that he made unwanted advances toward a female showrunner working for the Weinstein Company last year. The showrunner, Amanda Segel, is an executive producer on Spike TV’s The Mist. Segel claims that beginning last summer, Weinstein repeatedly asked her to dine alone with him and made romantic overt
  
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• George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

  17-10-2017 22:51 via ft.com
  American writer takes top British literary prize for his novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
  
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• Amazon Exec Roy Price Has Resigned Amid Accusations He Sexually Harassed Man in the High Castle Producer

  17-10-2017 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Less than a week after being placed on an indefinite leave of absence, Amazon Studio’s programming chief Roy Price has resigned from the company, according to a statement. His exit comes amid accusations from Man in the High Castle producer Isa Hackett that Price sexually harassed her during San Diego...More »
  
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• Tessa Thompson Dishes on Her Dreams of an All-Female Marvel Movie

  17-10-2017 22:34 via feeds.eonline.com
  Tessa Thompson is calling all of the Marvel ladies!While the Elle's Women in Hollywood honoree is gearing up for the debut of Thor: Ragnarok, the actress is dreaming up another...
  
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• This Trick May Have Gotten Post Malone’s ‘Rockstar’ to No. 1

  17-10-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, Cardi B’s run at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 abruptly came to an end. Not because Taylor Swift launched a sneak attack with a new song, and not because Logic’s suicide-prevention anthem went viral. Rising above them all this week is perhaps the least likely contender:...More »
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2017, episode eight – as it happened

  17-10-2017 22:24
  This week’s theme is ‘Forgotten Bakes’ – but who had a week to remember and whose bakes will be consigned to the dustbin of history? 9.24pm BSTWell there we go. Genuinely hard to predict, that one. Stacey wins star baker, and we lose the youngest, and one of the most talented bakers the show has ever had. Liam was always such a joy to watch. Thanks to all reprobates below the line, for your ribaldry, puns and hair weave speculation. I hope you’ll all be back next we
  
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• Will Smith’s New Song Is Absolutely Absurd

  17-10-2017 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  In certain ways, the ultimate dream for a rapper is to reach a point where they can stop rapping altogether. Whether it’s branching out into business ownership, fashion design, or movie stardom, there’s never been a shortage of successful hip-hop artists eager to trade on their poetic capital for extra-poetic...More »
  
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• Wu-Tang Clan’s The Saga Continues Is a Return to Form

  17-10-2017 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Of all the great ensembles in rap music, the nearly quarter-century-long career of a group of MCs and DJs from Staten Island and Brooklyn called the Wu-Tang Clan has proven to be the most vibrant, entertaining and perplexing. Like the midlife revivals of rappers like Jay-Z and Nas, their continuing...More »
  
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• UnReal Season 3 Trailer: Everlasting’s First Female Suitor Goes Up Against Rachel and Quinn

  17-10-2017 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Everlasting’s got a new look this season, and not just because it’s full of abs. UnReal’s reality-horror- show-within-a-show is taking a cue from The Bachelorette in its next season and introducing Master of Sex’s Caitlin FitzGerald as its first female suitor. She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she’s powerful, and Rachel and...More »
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Resigns From Weinstein Co. Board

  17-10-2017 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amid nearly four dozen allegations of sexual misconduct, Harvey Weinstein has reportedly resigned from the board of the Weinstein Company, the company announced Tuesday. TMZ reports that the group had ratified Weinstein’s October 8 firing during Tuesday’s board meeting, a move that would have necessitated Weinstein either resigning or being...More »
  
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• Now Bob Weinstein Has Been Accused of Sexual Harassment, Too

  17-10-2017 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two weeks after the sexual-assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein broke, a female colleague tells Variety she was sexually harassed by Weinstein’s brother and business partner Bob Weinstein. Amanda Segel, an executive producer on the SpikeTV series The Mist (which was produced by the Weinsteins’ Dimension Television), says Bob...More »
  
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• Molly Ringwald Recalls Years of Sexual Harassment Early in Her Career

  17-10-2017 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an essay for The New Yorker, Molly Ringwald details the sexual harassment she encountered on sets throughout her career at the hands of directors and crew members. “When I was thirteen, a fifty-year-old crew member told me that he would teach me to dance, and then proceeded to push...More »
  
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• Mindhunter Is a Great Crime Drama Arriving at the Right Cultural Moment

  17-10-2017 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Under any circumstances, it can be jarring to consume a TV show that delves deeply into the gruesome murders of multiple women. But it may be especially jarring to binge-watch Mindhunter, which landed on Netflix over the weekend, against the backdrop of the last couple of days, when a flood...More »
  
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• Director Says Harvey Weinstein Recast the Lead in His Film Because the Actress Wasn’t ‘F*ckable’

  17-10-2017 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  As dozens of women accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, and in some cases assault and even rape, it has become clear that the disgraced mogul’s habits went hand in hand with his business practices. Director Michael Caton-Jones, who was set to direct the 1998 film B. Monkey, told BuzzFeed...More »
  
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• Andrew Garfield Just Wants to Be Understood

  17-10-2017 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Andrew Garfield grins as I come in. “Good to see you again,” he says, sitting in the middle of an anonymous Toronto conference room. “Last time I saw you, we did an interview that got quite a lot of airplay.”He wasn’t kidding. That Vulture interview, meant to promote his 2015...More »
  
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• Review: Warming Up to the Frozen North in ‘Alaxsxa / Alaska’

  17-10-2017 20:49 via nytimes.com
  Ping Chong creates a deceptively warm multimedia production about a very cold place.
  
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• France Considers Fines for Catcalls as Women Speak Out on Harassment

  17-10-2017 20:38 via nytimes.com
  A French social media campaign inspired by the scandal around the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has put the spotlight on proposed new laws.
  
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• Beyoncé Turned Down a Role in Beauty and the Beast

  17-10-2017 20:20 via feeds.eonline.com
  Sacrebleu!When Bill Condon was rounding out the cast for Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, he tried--and failed--to involve Beyoncé. He had worked with...
  
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• Watch a Teaser for Oxygen’s Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks

  17-10-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this year, the scripted drama My Friend Dahmer premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Just like the titular graphic novel by artist Derf Backderf on which it’s based, the film sought to explore the early inner life of one of America’s most well-known murderers. However, unlike perhaps other serial...More »
  
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• How Mindhunter Makes Serial Killers Feel Quaint

  17-10-2017 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mindhunter has a lot going for it. The series is dreary in a way that’s still visually compelling. It has some strong performances, especially by Jonathan Groff and Cameron Britton. The show also has an effectively uneasy pacing to it. Some streaming shows let their episodes get too relaxed, and...More »
  
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• 5 Artists on How ‘M. Butterfly’ Changed Their Lives

  17-10-2017 19:52 via nytimes.com
  Actors and playwrights describe how David Henry Hwang’s 1988 play inspired their work.
  
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• New Flight for a New ‘Butterfly’

  17-10-2017 19:51 via nytimes.com
  David Henry Hwang has reworked his gender-blurring, career-launching Tony-winning play to assure that it feels “resonant with the culture today.”
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Bodies in Pain, Protest and Resistance

  17-10-2017 19:25 via nytimes.com
  Works from the Belarus Free Theater and the Freedom Theater explore the drama of confronting authority.
  
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• Liam Gallagher on His New Album, Noel’s New Single, and Why He Forgot the Words to ‘Come Together’

  17-10-2017 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  What tends to get lost in the extremely justified excitement over Liam Gallagher’s fantastic ongoing press tour is that its alleged purpose is to promote a new solo album, As You Were, which is also very good. The former Oasis singer called me last week from his home in Highgate,...More »
  
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• Sex, lies and Frenchmen on bikes

  17-10-2017 19:09 via ft.com
  Facebook buys TBH, Wag dogged by tales, Huawei’s new Mates
  
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• The Han Solo Star Wars Movie Has a Pretty Obvious Title

  17-10-2017 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hey we just wrapped production so here's a special message Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2017Thanks for your time....More »
  
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• I Know What You Did Last Summer Turns 20: See the Cast Then and Now

  17-10-2017 18:49 via feeds.eonline.com
  Just in time for Halloween, I Know What You Did Last Summer turned 20.Directed by Jim Gillespie, the classic slasher movie was a big break for many stars. For instance, Johnny Galecki,...
  
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• Axed! Who killed Crimewatch – and why?

  17-10-2017 18:43
  The BBC show has been brutally dispatched and forensic television criticism suggests that several issues combined to end the life of the veteran franchiseHello, and welcome to this Crimewatch special, in which we investigate the brutal axing, on the morning of Tuesday 17 October 2017, of the BBC series itself. Crimewatch was 33 years old, and leaves a survivor, Crimewatch Roadshow, which will live on in BBC1 daytime. Crimewatch will always be remembered for its catchphrase, “Goodnight, ple
  
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• Dat theater in Welkom is indrukwekkend. Nu nog publiek - De Groene Amsterdammer

  17-10-2017 18:39
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  Dat theater in Welkom is indrukwekkend. Nu nog publiek
  De Groene Amsterdammer
  Voor de blog 'Terug naar Welkom' reist journalist Margalith Kleijwegt terug naar het Zuid-Afrikaanse Welkom, een mijnstadje dat ze 27 jaar geleden voor het eerst bezocht samen met fotograaf Ad van Denderen. In deel 3: een groots opgezette talentenjacht ...
  
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• Lena Headey Says She Was Harassed and Manhandled by Harvey Weinstein

  17-10-2017 18:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  After dozens of women came forward to tell stories of being harassed and abused by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey has her own story that sounds all-too familiar. In a series of tweets, Headey, who appeared in Miramax’s The Brothers Grimm, revealed she was subject to...More »
  
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• Todd Haynes Talks Wonderstruck, and Hearing About Your Carol Memes From His Boyfriend

  17-10-2017 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wonderstruck, Todd Haynes’s film adaptation of Brian Selznick’s YA book, spans time and space, and is largely silent, letting its spectacular Carter Burwell score do most of the talking. The story moves between the 1920s and 1970s, telling the stories of two children who share an unexplained connection: Ben and...More »
  
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• BBC newsreader unmoved by royal baby announcement – video

  17-10-2017 17:53
  The BBC newsreader Simon McCoy struggles to summon up much enthusiasm for the announcement from Kensington Palace that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's third baby is due in April. News of the pregnancy was revealed in September Continue reading...
  
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• 5 ‘Psycho’ Surprises: Inside the Most Familiar Scene in Movies

  17-10-2017 17:52 via nytimes.com
  A new documentary examines Hitchcock’s film from various angles. Did you know Scorsese modeled a fight sequence in “Raging Bull” on the shower scene?
  
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• Cate Blanchett Can’t Stop Talking About Wrists, the Most Erotic Body Part

  17-10-2017 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cate Blanchett’s husband, Andrew Upton, has great wrists, and do you know what they say about men with great wrists? Personally, I do not, maybe it’s an Australian thing. But Cate Blanchett does. Oh, boy, she really does. Cate loves wrists. Cate can’t stop saying wrists. Even when Ellen Degeneres...More »
  
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• Goodbye Christopher Robin Is Overfermented Honey

  17-10-2017 17:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  There might be a terrific movie in the life of Christopher Robin Milne, whose fantasy play with his father, Alan Alexander (“A.A.”), and a collection of stuffed animals became the basis of the Winnie-the-Pooh books he would later claim robbed him of his childhood and thrust him into a limelight...More »
  
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• ESPN host calls out Barstool Sports over sexism ahead of partnership

  17-10-2017 17:05
  ESPN’s Samantha Ponder was called ‘slut’ by Barstool founderDave Portnoy also insulted host’s daughter and religionESPN’s decision to partner with members of Barstool Sports, a publication known for its crude humour and sexist jokes, has already been met with displeasure from one of the network’s hosts.Samantha Ponder, the host of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, sent a tweet to Barstool’s Dan “Big Cat” Katz, whose new show will be broadcas
  
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• Theater News: Cast Announced for Goodspeed's A Connecticut Christmas Carol

  17-10-2017 17:00
  L.J. Fecho and Michael O'Flaherty's new musical will star Lenny Wolpe, with Hunter Foster directing.
  
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• Taran Killam Says Having Trump Host SNL Was ‘Embarrassing and Shameful’

  17-10-2017 16:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live in November 2015, Taran Killam said he could hear protestors outside during the table read. In retrospect, he told NPR, having the president host was pretty embarrassing. “It was rough. It was not enjoyable at the time, and something that only grows more...More »
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Had to Do a ‘Naked Line-Up’ Early in Her Career

  17-10-2017 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jennifer Lawrence spoke about her own experiences with sexual harassment in Hollywood — specifically feeling ‘trapped’ in when she was required to do a naked “line-up” with other actresses for an audition.At Elle’s Women in Hollywood event, where Lawrence was one of eight honorees, the actress recounted the incident in her speech.“A...More »
  
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• Reese Witherspoon Says She Was Assaulted by a Director at 16

  17-10-2017 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jennifer Lawrence was not the only A-list actress to share her story of sexual harassment at the Elle Women in Hollywood event last night. Reese Witherspoon said that a director assaulted her when she was 16 years old. Per People:I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly...More »
  
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• Björk Describes ‘Paralysing’ Sexual-Harassment by Danish Director Following Lars Von Trier’s Denial

  17-10-2017 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Björk is standing by her story. After Lars Von Trier released a statement on Monday denying that he is the unnamed Danish director Björk says sexually harassed her, the singer has responded, once again without naming the accused. Lending her voice to the #MeToo campaign started by Alyssa Milano to...More »
  
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• American Vandal and our growing obsession with the mockumentary

  17-10-2017 16:23
  Netflix’s standout true crime spoof has managed to elevate a silly premise and is yet another recent example of a faux-doc that soarsWhat to watch: your definitive TV guide for fall 2017Its Stonehenge may only have been 18in tall but This is Spinal Tap is monumental, casting a long, none-more-black shadow over the mockumentary form. More than three decades on, it remains a masterful study of self-deluded blowhards convinced of their inherent majesty. But by also skewering the pit-stop road
  
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• Prince William Reveals Prince George Loves This Disney Movie

  17-10-2017 16:03 via feeds.eonline.com
  Prince George has something in common with one of his favorite Disney characters--they both can't wait to be king.
  While the 4-year-old's famous dad Prince William was busy...
  
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• Photo Flash: First Look at Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train

  17-10-2017 16:00
  Mark Brokaw directs the play from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis.
  
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• Obituaries: Roy Dotrice, Master of the One-Man Historical Drama, Has Died at 94

  17-10-2017 16:00
  Dotrice won a Tony in 2000 for A Moon for the Misbegotten.
  
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• Cher Joins Meryl Streep in the Gay Fantasia That Is Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

  17-10-2017 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  As if having the best sequel title in recent memory weren’t enough, the gay fantasia that is Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again has also managed to land Cher. The singer slash actress slash future subject of a Broadway musical has joined the cast of the movie, out July 20,...More »
  
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• A Defense of Difficult Art at the Guggenheim’s Controversial Exhibition

  17-10-2017 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the end of the exhibition “Art and China After 1989: Theater of the World” there is a small room that sits at the top of the Guggenheim’s ramped white rotunda. The room is marked “Coda,” and visitors arrive to it after viewing artwork by artists spanning more than two...More »
  
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• DWTS Recap: When You Wish Upon a Dancing Star

  17-10-2017 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s Disney Night on tonight’s Dancing With the Stars! Like everyone else in America, I grew up with Disney movies. When I was a young girl, I wanted to be Mary Poppins. Not because of her magical powers, but because I wanted to be able to say “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” without biting...More »
  
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• Reese Witherspoon alleges sexual assault by director when she was 16

  17-10-2017 15:15
  Actor says that agents and producers told her to remain silent about the incident, which she says was the first of many experiences of sexual assault and harassment throughout her careerReese Witherspoon has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a director when she was 16, but was told to remain silent by agents and producers. The actor made the claims during a speech reflecting on the problems faced by women in the film industry at the Elle Women in Hollywood event on Monday, People report
  
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