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• Robert Guillaume, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Benson,’ Dies at 89

  24-10-2017 23:51 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Guillaume won awards for playing a character who began as a caustic butler on one sitcom and ended up as a candidate for governor on another.
  
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• Nudity Activist John Cho Doffed His Trousers for ‘Asian Male Butt’ Representation

  24-10-2017 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Your long-term internet boyfriend John Cho is still fighting the good fight. Cho recently starred in the quiet indie film Columbus, where he wanders through beautiful architectural spaces in Columbus, Indiana. To complement the mise-en-scène, the director Kogonada asked him if he would feel comfortable showing his butt onscreen. “You...More »
  
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• Robert Guillaume, Voice of Lion King’s Rafiki and Star of Benson, Dies at 89

  24-10-2017 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Emmy-winning actor Robert Guillaume has died, according to Variety. The actor was 89. Guillaume rose to fame as a star of ABC’s Soap and its spinoff Benson, in which Guillaume played a white family’s sarcastic butler, Benson DuBois. Guillaume won a pair of Emmys for his lead and supporting performances...More »
  
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• ‘Cry as Loud as You Want.’ In This Audience, They Really Do.

  24-10-2017 22:54 via nytimes.com
  The collaborators behind “Tiny Beautiful Things” are heartened but not surprised by the emotional reaction it has drawn: “People want to feel something.”
  
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• Kate Winslet Says Peter Jackson Tried to Sneak Onto the Set of Titanic

  24-10-2017 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Though James Cameron and Peter Jackson are now close collaborators, in the mid-’90s, it seems, this was far from the case. As Kate Winslet told Variety, when Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh came to visit her on the set of Titanic (and possibly snoop on the production), they were...More »
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2017 semi-final – as it happened

  24-10-2017 22:30
  After Liam’s shock exit last week, is anybody safe? Find out which three bakers rose to the final and who collapsed under pressure like an underdone souffle? 9.29pm BSTWOW. Okay. A lot to process.We have our finalists! Sophie, Steven and, surprisingly, Kate.9.17pm BSTImagine the producer’s meeting. “We’re not having a final without Steven.” “But he’s done terribly.” “FIND A WAY.” Continue reading...
  
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• Netflix’s Animated Comedy Big Mouth Will Return in 2018

  24-10-2017 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  This announcement for season two of Big Mouth is here to remind you how sexy this animated show about tweens hitting puberty can be. Co-creators Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg — with the help of voice work from John Mulaney, Maya Rudolph, Jenny Slate, Jordan Peele, Jason Mantzoukas, and more — will...More »
  
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• Alice Glass Accuses Former Crystal Castles Bandmate Ethan Kath of Rape And Chronic Abuse

  24-10-2017 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Crystal Castles co-founder Alice Glass left the band in October of 2014 she said it was for “reasons both professional and personal,” and now in a new post on her website she is elaborating for the first time on what that meant. Glass is alleging that former bandmate Ethan...More »
  
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• Review: The Portuguese Kid

  24-10-2017 22:00
  Jason Alexander channels George Costanza in a new comedy by John Patrick Shanley.
  
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• Review: Oedipus El Rey

  24-10-2017 22:00
  Luis Alfaro puts a new spin on an ancient tale.
  
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• Only the Brave Is Proof We Need More Firefighter Movies

  24-10-2017 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Are firefighter movies secretly the most potent antiwar movies? I’ll admit, I haven’t seen any firefighter films since Backdraft, which was about a crew on the trail of a serial arsonist. Still, fire is a faceless and merciless cinematic foe, and watching people fight it, whether in film and TV...More »
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2017 semi-final – follow it live!

  24-10-2017 21:49
  After Liam’s shock exit last week, is anybody safe? Join us live as we find out which three bakers will rise to the final and who will collapse under pressure like an underdone souffle 8.49pm BSTIs it me or is Sophie’s meringue looking terrible? And didn’t she do badly at signature? But she did come first in technical? She’s not in trouble, right? I have no idea how to square these books.8.48pm BSTStacey chucks her eggs around, nearly decapitating her own flamingo. Not a
  
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• Anna Faris’s Memoir Is Haunted by the Ghost of Her Breakup With Chris Pratt

  24-10-2017 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Anna Faris’s new memoir, Unqualified, is a strange artifact. Much like reading #Girlboss soon after Nasty Gal declared bankruptcy, or revisiting any profile of Elizabeth Holmes written in the year 2014, it’s a bizarre feeling to read a story penned in one context (that of Anna and Chris, smitten Hollywood...More »
  
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• Fox veteran Randy Freer takes chief’s role at Hulu

  24-10-2017 21:44 via ft.com
  Mike Hopkins leaves to run Sony Pictures TV as companies face Hollywood competition
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Accuser Says ‘He Orally Forced Himself On Me’

  24-10-2017 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Another woman has come forward alleging that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her. In a press conference with Gloria Allred, former production assistant Mimi Haleyi says she continuously rebuffed Weinstein’s advances during professional meetings before he invited her to meet in person again at a loft in Soho, and took her...More »
  
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• Review: A ‘Joan Didion’ Portrait, From an Intimate Source

  24-10-2017 21:12 via nytimes.com
  This documentary is directed by Griffin Dunne, Ms. Didion’s nephew, a relationship that limits the movie in certain ways, but opens it up in others.
  
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• George Clooney on Harvey Weinstein Scandal: ‘I Want to Know Who Knew’

  24-10-2017 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  George Clooney is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. In an interview with Today, Clooney condemned Harvey Weinstein for the dozens of sexual-misconduct allegations against the producer, and asked why this story didn’t come out sooner. “[Weinstein] would say, ‘I had an affair with this...More »
  
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• ‘The Humans’ to Start National Tour Next Month

  24-10-2017 20:43 via nytimes.com
  The Tony-winning play about a middle-class family will stop in 13 cities around the country.
  
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• Anna Faris Opens Up About Being Sexually Harassed by a Director While Filming

  24-10-2017 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a Tuesday episode of her Unqualified podcast, actress Anna Faris revealed that she had been sexually harassed by a Hollywood director who “slapped” her ass in front of the crew and made her “feel small.” The new author opened up about her experience in the wake of the ongoing sexual assault and harassment allegations...More »
  
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• Their Love Letter to Aunt Joan (Didion)

  24-10-2017 20:09 via nytimes.com
  Joan Didion turned down several requests to make a documentary about her life. Then her nephew Griffin Dunne and grandniece Annabelle Dunne asked.
  
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• Rewind: ‘Daughter of the Nile’: Baffling, Beautiful and Newly Restored

  24-10-2017 20:01 via nytimes.com
  Quad Cinema is giving the great Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 1987 film a rare big-screen run.
  
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• Review: The Last Match

  24-10-2017 20:00
  Two tennis stars take on each other and their pasts at the U.S. Open in Anna Ziegler's new play.
  
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• Julianne Moore Says She Was Harassed by James Toback

  24-10-2017 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a Los Angeles Times feature came out detailing more than 30 sexual-harassment allegations against writer and director James Toback, almost 200 more women have contacted the L.A. Times reporter who broke the story to share their own experiences with harassment and coercion. Today, Julianne Moore said on Twitter that...More »
  
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• BBC’s Gunpowder tells torture like it is | Letters

  24-10-2017 19:45
  The brutality of the torture and executions in the drama Gunpowder have a role to play, argue Guardian readersI see no reason why readers should object to the scenes of torture in Gunpowder (Viewers complain of ‘hideously violent’ BBC1 drama Gunpowder, 23 October), as they are essential to understanding the fear that (often innocent) people had of being arrested and executed. My only criticism is that these extreme methods were usually only for those convicted of high treason. Those
  
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• Stranger Things 2 Was Worth the Wait

  24-10-2017 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The first season of Stranger Things came as a total surprise. Although that wasn’t the only great thing about it, the unexpectedness did make all of its other appealing qualities — the ‘80s-soaked production values, its excellent cast of young newcomers, the unbearable tragedy of Barb — that much more...More »
  
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• Mark Wahlberg Hopes God Is a Cinephile, So He Can Be Forgiven for Boogie Nights

  24-10-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mark Wahlberg didn’t just want one holy man to forgive him for a questionable cinematic outing. After a little more reflection in the confessional, Wahlberg is seeking some exoneration from participating in a certain ’90s-era porn romp. In a conversation with the Chicago Tribute, Marky Mark admitted that he’s prayed...More »
  
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• Nico Segal Is Chance the Rapper’s Not-So-Secret Weapon

  24-10-2017 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  For several years now, music has provided Nico Segal with his share of wild times: playing on Saturday Night Live (twice), producing for Kanye West, recording at Rick Rubin’s studio with Neil Young. Despite all this, you might not even know him by name. Segal is best known as Chance...More »
  
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• Terry Richardson Banned From Working With Condé Nast

  24-10-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Notoriously predatory photographer Terry Richardson has been barred from working with Condé Nast International’s publications, according to the Telegraph.An email, sent by Condé Nast COO James Woolhouse to the “country presidents,” said all unpublished work by Richardson should be “killed or substituted.” The decision will bar Richardson from some of the...More »
  
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• Premier League’s top clubs lose clash over TV rights

  24-10-2017 18:48 via ft.com
  Richest clubs fail in bid to gain bigger share of cash from overseas broadcast deals
  
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• James Toback: 200 more women allege harassment by director, reports LA Times

  24-10-2017 18:28
  Julianne Moore among new accusers as paper says it has received hundreds of stories of unwanted sexual attention from Toback, who has denied earlier allegationsMore than 200 women have contacted the LA Times to accuse James Toback of harassment, according to the paper.The allegations, which have not been verified, come just two days after the Times published an investigation into the 72-year-old director’s behaviour, in which 38 women said that the director had sexually harassed them. Cont
  
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• What to Know About the New Stranger Things Characters

  24-10-2017 18:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things returns this Friday with one of the year’s most highly anticipated premieres. But how can the Duffer brothers follow up on a TV phenomenon that doubled as a rollicking ode to Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and a treasure trove of other ’80s touchstones?...More »
  
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• With a Season of New Works, the Old Vic Is 200 Years Young

  24-10-2017 18:16 via nytimes.com
  Ahead of its 200th birthday, the theater announced productions of new plays by Alan Ayckbourn and adaptations by Jack Thorne.
  
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• Viewers say Channel 4’s Bake Off is best, head of broadcaster tells MPs

  24-10-2017 18:03
  CEO David Abraham says new version of BBC show has exceeded financial goals and rejects claims the presenters are ‘old hat’The chief executive of Channel 4 has defended the broadcaster’s £75m purchase of The Great British Bake Off, saying it did not steal the show from the BBC. David Abraham told the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on Tuesday that the independent company behind the show, Love Productions, had been unhappy and that Channel 4 had only &ld
  
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• Exclusive Video: Mandy Gonzalez Mixes the Personal and Political in ‘Fearless,’ Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

  24-10-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mandy Gonzalez, who currently stars as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, knew she needed a knockout anthem for her debut album Fearless, so she turned to her friend and longtime collaborator Lin-Manuel Miranda. “When people hear my voice they think of Lin,” Gonzalez said, especially since she originated the role of...More »
  
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• El Chapo Producer on Sean Penn Feud: ‘He Put Them All in Potentially Dangerous Situations’

  24-10-2017 17:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sean Penn, Netflix, and telenovela actress Kate del Castillo have been battling over The Day I Met El Chapo, a documentary about del Castillo and Penn’s 2015 meeting with cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman that premiered on October 20. Penn’s attorneys reportedly told Netflix that “blood will be on their...More »
  
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• Kid Rock Confirmed He’s Not Running for Senate in an Extremely Kid Rock Way

  24-10-2017 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are so many questions to be asked about the musician and goatee vehicle known as Kid Rock: For instance, when will he become a Man Rock? What does bawitdaba even mean? And, the most potentially frightening, is he actually running for Senate? Mr. Rock, né Robert James Ritchie, announced...More »
  
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• So, Who’s the Super A-list Book Editor Secretly Consulting on Younger?

  24-10-2017 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Everyone knows that Younger is very charming and lovely and full of literary high jinks. But behind the façade of Diana Trout’s statement necklaces, a real-life publishing mystery is currently afoot in the show’s writers’ room: An extremely in-demand book editor has been serving as a consultant since season two,...More »
  
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• The Death of Stalin weathers Geostorm at UK box office

  24-10-2017 17:39
  Armando Iannucci’s comedy is the star performer of the weekend, while the Gerard Butler disaster film overcomes savage reviews to climb into No 2 spotDebuting with £910,000 from just 138 cinemas, or £995,000 including previews, The Death of Stalin is the star performer of the UK weekend box office. Those numbers only land it a No 5 spot in the Top 10, but translate into a site average of £6,593 for the Armando Iannucci comedy, or £7,213 including previews – wa
  
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• Late-night blasts Trump's Fox interview: 'He obviously has a terrible concussion'

  24-10-2017 17:23
  Comics including Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers, addressed Trump’s call with the widow of a fallen soldier and the GOP’s tax reform planLate-night hosts on Monday discussed Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with congresswoman Frederica Wilson, the GOP’s plan for tax reform, and Trump’s claim that he is allowing previously unreleased files about the JFK assassination to be made public.“This weekend, the president sat down with Fox News host and salon ha
  
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• Video Flash: Mandy Gonzalez Releases Music Video for Fearless, Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

  24-10-2017 17:00
  The Hamilton star released her new album on October 20.
  
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• Theater News: Olney and Round House's In the Heights Raises More Than $100K for Hurricane Relief

  24-10-2017 17:00
  The theaters surpassed their hoped-for goal of $96,000.
  
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• Obituaries: Robert Guillaume, Veteran of TV's Benson and Sports Night, Dies at 89

  24-10-2017 17:00
  Guillaume played Nathan Detroit and the Phantom of the Opera in two of his many stage appearances.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein’s Italian Friend Is Now in the Eye of a Media Storm

  24-10-2017 16:58 via nytimes.com
  Fabrizio Lombardo insisted he was a key employee of the movie producer in Italy. Former colleagues and women who’ve accused the mogul of harassment say otherwise.
  
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• Cate Blanchett: ‘Women Like Looking Sexy, But It Doesn’t Mean We Want to F*ck You’

  24-10-2017 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Cate Blanchett accepted the Style Icon Award at this year’s InStyle Awards, she thanked the designers she’s worked with — Nicolas Ghesquière, Clare Waight Keller, Stella McCartney, Sarah Burton, Riccardo Tisci, and Giorgio Armani especially — and encouraged the women in the room to dress however they want. Before...More »
  
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• Kathy Griffin Says Working With Lisa Bloom Was a Disaster; Bloom Wishes Her the Best

  24-10-2017 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Now that Kathy Griffin is no longer under federal investigation for her infamous bloody Trump photo, she’s moved on to calling out her ex-attorney, Lisa Bloom. As sexual-misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein continued to surface, and Bloom severed her ties as Weinstein’s adviser, Griffin came forward with her own account...More »
  
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• Who is Anna Torv, the Actress From Mindhunter You Thought Was Carrie Coon?

  24-10-2017 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  The hard-core and forever-loyal fans of FOX’s Fringe are already screaming at their phones at the question in the headline above, but Anna Torv was a new face to a lot of TV viewers when they started watching Netflix’s Mindhunter this month. There was enough confusion about exactly who was...More »
  
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• Who Will Win RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3?

  24-10-2017 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hold on to your rose-petal-filled middle parts, it’s time for another season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars! The returning queens are an interesting bunch, and unlike in seasons past, there’s no clear favorite among them. All Stars season three is almost anyone’s game to win, so let’s figure out who...More »
  
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• Guillermo del Toro on the Late Federico Luppi: ‘He [Was] the Most Human Presence Onscreen Ever’

  24-10-2017 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Federico Luppi, who died last week at 83, was a great Argentinian character actor whose work spanned four decades. Outside of Argentina, he might be best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who directed him in three of his best feature films, Cronos (1993), The Devil’s Backbone...More »
  
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• Why AMC Shouldn’t Panic About The Walking Dead Ratings

  24-10-2017 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  AMC’s zombies might not be quite as perky as they used to be, but ratings for Sunday’s return of The Walking Dead underscore it’s still easily cable’s No. 1 series — and the biggest show on all TV among younger viewers. Per Nielsen same-day ratings, the season-eight opener (and the...More »
  
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• Funny or Die Is Making Comedy Shorts Exclusively for Amazon

  24-10-2017 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon is deepening its ties with Funny or Die, signing a deal to finance and distribute original short-form content from the comedy powerhouse. Following a summer partnership on FOD’s Justin Long web mini-series, The Real Stephen Blatt, Amazon will now fund production of three FOD comedy shorts set to bow...More »
  
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