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• Review: ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ of Gods, Monsters and Silly Jokes

  01-11-2017 23:00 via nytimes.com
  In the newest, loosest, goofiest and funniest Thor blowout, Chris Hemsworth’s superhero chillaxes with the Hulk and takes a punch from a Valkyrie.
  
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• BBC chief warns British TV under serious threat from likes of Netflix

  01-11-2017 23:00
  Director general to say British-made television imperilled by rise of streaming services and tough advertising marketThe future of British-made television programmes such as Sherlock, Strictly Come Dancing and Broadchurch is under “serious threat” due to changes taking place in the industry, Tony Hall, the director general of the BBC, will warn.The rise of Netflix, Amazon and Apple as forces in TV and a drop in advertising revenues for commercial broadcasters means that the amount sp
  
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• Mindhunter Recap: You’re Crazy

  01-11-2017 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “You want truffles? You gotta get in the dirt with the pigs.”So says Holden to Shepard in a clarifying moment during the ninth episode of Mindhunter, as the boss is downstairs grilling the four members of the BSU about a missing section of the Richard Speck interview transcript. The discussion...More »
  
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• Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon on Broadway Sexual Harassment: ‘My Closest Friends Have Stories Like All of These’

  01-11-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Theater fans were stunned this week when news broke that Rent star Anthony Rapp had accused Kevin Spacey of sexual harassment. But Hamilton star, Brandon Victor Dixon, told Vulture he wasn’t all that surprised to hear reports of sexual harassment coming out of Broadway.“I am well aware of the ubiquity...More »
  
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• Tyrese, a Tough Guy, Now Threatening to Quit Fast and Furious 9 If the Rock Returns

  01-11-2017 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  You can only push a man so far before he pushes back, and it seems Tyrese Gibson has been pushed far enough by his Fast and Furious co-star the Rock (even if Rock’s pushing has mostly come in the form of totally ignoring Gibson’s screeds against him on social media)....More »
  
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• Rihanna and N.E.R.D. Evolve on ‘Lemon’

  01-11-2017 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  For better or worse, N.E.R.D. — the rock band led by Neptunes producer duo Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — has always been ahead of its time. Formed in 1999, the group released its first album in 2001. In Search Of… wasn’t perfect, but it was certainly new: The strains...More »
  
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• ‘The Boys in the Band’ Is Bound for Broadway at 50

  01-11-2017 22:05 via nytimes.com
  A landmark play about gay life returns to the stage, this time on Broadway.
  
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• Everything That Happened to Twin Peaks Characters in the 25 Years Between Seasons

  01-11-2017 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s tough to complain about a season of television that once seemed like it would never happen, but however much fans enjoyed Twin Peaks: The Return, it was noticeably devoid of details in one area: What happened to everybody in those 25 years between seasons? A quarter-century is a pretty...More »
  
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• Darren Criss and His Murder Speedo Are Here to Tell You That ACS: Versace Arrives in January

  01-11-2017 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ryan Murphy knows how to cut together a 30-second promo, we’ll give him that. FX has released a brief teaser featuring Darren Criss in a Speedo to remind you that The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story premieres on January 17. The series stars Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace,...More »
  
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• New Trailer: ‘Daddy’s Home 2’

  01-11-2017 21:36 via nytimes.com
  Mel Gibson joins the cast of the sequel to the hit family comedy that stars Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell.
  
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• Who Is Beanie Feldstein and Why Is She Suddenly Everywhere?

  01-11-2017 21:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  After you’ve seen Lady Bird, and called your mom because you just saw Lady Bird and have to process some feelings, you might start to wonder where you’ve seen the actress who plays the titular Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson’s best friend Julie before. She’s really good — funny and shy...More »
  
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• Playboy Puts Brett Ratner’s Hugh Hefner Biopic on Hold Amid Sexual-Harassment Allegations

  01-11-2017 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Playboy has realized that a Hugh Hefner biopic directed by Brett Ratner is just as bad an idea as it sounds. Per The Wrap, Playboy Enterprises has put its business relationship with Ratner on hold in response to the news that six women have accused the director of sexual harassment....More »
  
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• Julianne Moore Will Lead You Into the Feminist Future, Literally, Because She’s Playing Gloria Steinem

  01-11-2017 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gimme, gimme Moore / Gimme, Moore! Now that Suburbicon is out of the way, Julianne Moore is moving on to a Gloria Steinem biopic. Moore is set to star as the feminist activist in a movie directed by Julie Taymor, according to Deadline. Playwright Sarah Ruhl (In the Next Room...More »
  
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• Woody Allen Was Going to Perform at the Wedding of the Amazon Executive Ousted for Harassment

  01-11-2017 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what’s generally referred to as “not a good look,” Amazon executive Roy Price, who was recently placed on leave from his position amid claims of sexual harassment, was originally going to have Woody Allen’s jazz band perform at his wedding. You’ll of course remember that Allen has been accused...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving Showtime: November 2017

  01-11-2017 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  For a little bit of sci-fi with your horror: The ThingMan, does John Carpenter know how to make a movie that holds up. In the pantheon of horror thrillers, The Thing is unassailable. Three decades later, it doesn’t show its age in the least. That monster is still scary, the...More »
  
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• Mindhunter’s Hannah Gross on David Fincher, Jonathan Groff, and Why She Hasn’t Watched the Show Yet

  01-11-2017 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Until recently, actress Hannah Gross hasn’t gotten all that close to the mainstream. She’s worked steadily in New York’s micro-budget indie-film world — most notably Charles Poekel’s charming romance Christmas, Again — as well as landing a small role in last summer’s Marjorie Prime. But with a starring role in David Fincher’s...More »
  
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• Tyrese Gibson Threatens to Quit Fast & Furious 9 Amid Dwayne Johnson Feud

  01-11-2017 20:04 via feeds.eonline.com
  Tyrese Gibson is threatening to quit the Fast & Furious franchise if Dwayne Johnson, who he calls a "clown" and a "selfish champ," is in the upcoming ninth film.His...
  
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• Gambling reformers should look online for the real dangers

  01-11-2017 19:53 via ft.com
  The debate goes to the heart of what role government should play in personal choice
  
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• Russian meddling in US election reached 150m Facebook users

  01-11-2017 19:21 via ft.com
  Social network along with Google and Twitter accused of ‘blowing off’ troll concerns
  
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• A Pair of Recent Collaborative Mixtapes Showcase Atlanta Rap’s Continued Vitality

  01-11-2017 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even in the most improbable year, Halloween remains a time for the unexpected. So when Without Warning, the collaboration album between 21 Savage and the Migos’ Offset, dropped at midnight on the day of tricks and treats, its surprise factor was more or less in line with established tradition. Produced...More »
  
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• Toronto Actress Sues Harvey Weinstein for Sexual Assault

  01-11-2017 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  An unnamed actress has filed a lawsuit in Toronto against Harvey Weinstein claiming he sexually assaulted her twice in 2000, the Toronto Sun reports. The lawsuit also names Disney, which owned Weinstein’s Miramax at the time of the alleged incident. The actress, referred to as Jane Doe in the suit,...More »
  
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• Milo Ventimiglia to Play Jennifer Lopez’s Boyfriend in Her New Rom-Com So Get Yourself Together

  01-11-2017 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been seven years — seven years! — since we had a proper Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy. Yes, there was What to Expect When You’re Expecting in 2012, but that doesn’t really count. You have to go all the way to 2010’s The Back-Up Plan to get a real deal...More »
  
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• Rihanna Rapping on N.E.R.D’s First Song in 7 Years Is the Antidote to Everything

  01-11-2017 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  You were broken, but now you are mended. You were sad, but now you are jubilant. You didn’t have health care, but now — miraculously — you do, because you have just watched Rihanna and N.E.R.D’s video for the band’s first song in seven years, “Lemon.” The beat takes hold...More »
  
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• Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

  01-11-2017 19:02 via nytimes.com
  The director Taika Waititi narrates a sequence from his film featuring Christ Hemsworth.
  
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• What’s Leaving HBO: November 2017

  01-11-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you feel like sassing Mr. Hand: Fast Times at Ridgemont HighOne of the earliest entries in the ’80s teen movie canon also functions as a thesis statement for all the classics that would follow it. Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight has it all: cool jocks and funny burnouts, cataclysmic...More »
  
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• Everything to Know About The Good Doctor, America’s New Favorite TV Show

  01-11-2017 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  While you were distracted by all those shiny new cable and streaming TV shows, America found a new network TV sweetheart. ABC’s The Good Doctor has leapt up in the ratings, managing to dethrone This Is Us and NCIS as the No. 1 network drama last week. If you haven’t...More »
  
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• WPP mounts legal challenge over ADK break-up

  01-11-2017 18:16 via ft.com
  Japanese ad agency wants to dissolve WPP partnership ahead of sale to Bain
  
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• Jeff Goldblum’s Co-stars Are Also Obsessed With His Voice

  01-11-2017 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jeff Goldblum can dish it out, but he can also take it. We’re speaking here, obviously, about compliments. Goldblum, as we shared on Vulture, is always ready with nice things to say about his co-stars, and as GQ now proves, his co-stars also have many nice things to say about...More »
  
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• Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Banks Are Bringing Your Favorite Feminist Children’s Book to Life

  01-11-2017 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Duchess of Bay Ridge might appear as the Paper Bag Princess. Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Banks are teaming up to adapt the iconic feminist children’s book for Universal. Both women will produce the movie, and Banks is attached to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Published in 1980, the...More »
  
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• Every Richard Linklater Movie, Ranked

  01-11-2017 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  From the moment he picked up an 8mm camera and put himself through DIY film school for $3,000 with It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books in 1988, Richard Linklater has seen the world by way of Austin, Texas — a self-styled outsider whose sensibility is defined by...More »
  
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• What Whoopi Goldberg Can’t Live Without

  01-11-2017 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of The View and designer of a new line of holiday sweaters, about the shoes, sour gummies, and...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving Netflix: November 2017

  01-11-2017 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you loved reading R.L. Stine as a kid: GoosebumpsThis Jack Black–fronted adaptation of the endless R.L. Stine series of kids’ horror books will likely become a perennial family Halloween favorite. And why not? A clever plot with plenty of meta-humor, some genuine scares for older kids, and Black’s funniest...More »
  
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• Video Flash: EXCLUSIVE: Say Hello Again to Audra McDonald, Martha Plimpton, and More in This Blooper Reel

  01-11-2017 17:00
  Michael John LaChiusa's musical hits the big screen — and there are outtakes galore.
  
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• Theater News: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene to Honor Jerry Zaks at Benefit

  01-11-2017 17:00
  The Broadway: A Jewish American Legacy concert will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
  
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• Theater News: Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells to Star in The Boys in the Band

  01-11-2017 17:00
  Joe Mantello will direct the new Broadway production of Mart Crowley's play at the Booth Theatre.
  
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• Film-maker Brett Ratner accused by six women of sexual misconduct

  01-11-2017 16:44
  The director of Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand has been accused of a range of unwanted sexual behaviour by Hollywood actorsDirector and producer Brett Ratner has been accused of sexual misconduct by six women, including actors Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn.According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand director has been accused of behaviour ranging from sexual assault to harassment, that took place in private homes, movie sets and industry event
  
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• Kevin Spacey Accused of Groping Filmmaker Tony Montana, Sexually Harassing Young Actors at London Theater

  01-11-2017 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following allegations that Kevin Spacey made a sexual advance toward an underage actor in 1986, more accusations of misconduct have surfaced. Filmmaker Tony Montana tells Radar Online that Spacey groped him in 2003 while the two were at a bar in Los Angeles. “I went up to order a drink...More »
  
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• Late-night roundup: 'White House folks were caught with their pants crapped'

  01-11-2017 16:38
  Comics, including Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah, discussed the reaction to the special counsel Robert Mueller’s two indictments and one guilty pleaLate-night hosts on Tuesday addressed the continued fallout after Robert Mueller’s first indictments in the special counsel investigation into potential Trump campaign collusion with Russia, including the administration’s response and the ways Republican lawmakers and pundits have avoided discussing the charges. Related: Late-night
  
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• Full stream ahead: how Amazon's TV shows need to up their game

  01-11-2017 16:19
  While Transparent and The Man in the High Castle showed promise, the company is struggling keep up with their rivals – is that about to change?What to watchYour definitive TV guide for fall 2017In the vast deluge of sexual assault revelations that have poured out of Hollywood over the past month, the primary damage has of course been emotional. But so much of the harm has taken place in a professional capacity, abuse pre-empting the potential for great work from female actors, writers and
  
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• ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ to Open in Boston With Broadway Hopes

  01-11-2017 16:03 via nytimes.com
  A stage adaptation of “Moulin Rouge,” Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film that brought contemporary pop music to 19th-century Paris, is set for a June 2018 opening.
  
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• Theater News: NYMF Extends Submission Deadline for 2018 Next Link Project

  01-11-2017 16:00
  The project is open to any writer, produced or unproduced, with or without agency representation.
  
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• Theater News: Nick Adams and More to Take Part in Reading of New Musical Mary & Max

  01-11-2017 16:00
  The reading will be directed by Stafford Arima.
  
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• Theater News: BroadwayHD to Stream Rainn Wilson in Solo Performance of Will Eno's Thom Pain

  01-11-2017 16:00
  Oliver Butler and Will Eno direct a film adaptation of the Geffen Playhouse production.
  
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• For This Playwright, Africa With Laughter, Not Tears

  01-11-2017 15:47 via nytimes.com
  In works like “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play,” Jocelyn Bioh aims to tell stories that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein, James Toback Face Criminal Probes from Beverly Hills Police

  01-11-2017 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Beverly Hills police are investigating “multiple complaints” against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback, according to statements shared on the BHPD’s Facebook page. The Los Angeles Times reported in October that the LAPD was looking into allegations against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model and actress who said she...More »
  
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• Hilarious It’s and Backwards ‘Gone Been U Since’ Sings Clarkson Kelly

  01-11-2017 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Funny it make to backwards something read to need just you sometimes. Emotional as just and hilarious somehow is, reverse in Clarkson Kelly by sung when, “Gone Been U Since,” instance for. Nitpick not let’s but, backward all it singing not and sentence by sentence order word the reversing just...More »
  
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• Dave Grohl Hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live As David Letterman and, Yes, He’s Already Retired

  01-11-2017 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  There were two Daves hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, but it’s a little hard to tell them apart. Filling in for the Walter Cronkite of late night while he’s out this week, Dave Grohl delivered Kimmel’s opening monologue and welcomed guests to the show. Or should we say, “Dave...More »
  
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