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• Michelle Pfeiffer Says Sexual Harassment in Hollywood is ‘Systemic’

  05-11-2017 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Uma Thurman remained mum when asked about the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, but Michelle Pfeiffer didn’t shy away from the conversation in a new interview with the BBC.“I have never worked with Harvey,” Pfeiffer told the BBC. “I have had some experiences, and I have to say, since...More »
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week seven results - as it happened

  05-11-2017 20:59 via theguardian.com
  And then there were 10. After Debbie and Giovanni Tango-ed their way to 4 tens, who was the next Strictly contestant to waltz off home?7.59pm GMTWell on that bombshell, that’s IT for another Strictly week – it’s been an emotional rollercoaster, thank you all for propping me up. I’m off to check out the outrage levels in the comment box, for all I know it’s just me and you’re all totally chilled about this absolute travesty.See you next week for more dance-base
  
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• Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger Are Married

  05-11-2017 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Big congratulations to this happy couple are in order! Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger were married this weekend, with the duo announcing their newfound marital bliss on social media. “What’d you guys do yesterday?” Patton cheekily tweeted this morning, with Salenger adding shortly thereafter on Instagram: “True love. True happiness....More »
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week seven results - live

  05-11-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  And then there were 10. After Debbie and Giovanni Tango-ed their way to 4 tens, who will be the next Strictly contestant to waltz off home?7.37pm GMTTime for a musical interlude, courtesy of Welsh warblers The Stereophonics. It’s called Caught By The Wind, and sounds like every other Sterophonics song ever. Still, nice to have a proper band on.Nice dance accompaniment from Neil and Amy too. At least I think it’s Amy, they keep sneaking extra dancers in just to foil me. 7.34pm GMTI&rs
  
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• Performance Space 122 to Return to Its East Village Home

  05-11-2017 20:35 via nytimes.com
  The downtown hub of innovative performance said it would inaugurate its newly renovated space with the 13th and final edition of the Coil festival.
  
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• ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Hits Theaters With a Thunderclap

  05-11-2017 19:59 via nytimes.com
  Disney scored big with Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” which took in more than $400 million globally over the weekend.
  
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• Alec Baldwin Temporarily Quits Twitter Over Sexual Harassment Comments; Promptly Tweets Crude Message to Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain

  05-11-2017 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this weekend before he reprised his Donald Trump impression on SNL, Alec Baldwin announced he would be quitting Twitter for an undisclosed amount of time, owing to some widely-criticized comments he made in regards to Harvey Weinstein and sexual assault. Specifically, during an interview with PBS News Hour, Baldwin...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Uncommon Sense’ Looks at Life on the Autism Spectrum

  05-11-2017 18:46 via nytimes.com
  With nonverbal characters and savants, a new play demonstrates just how broad and multicolored that spectrum is.
  
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• Russische politie ontruimt theater, warenhuis en hotel na bommelding - AD.nl

  05-11-2017 17:58
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  Russische politie ontruimt theater, warenhuis en hotel na bommelding
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  De politie in Moskou heeft het befaamde Bolsjojtheater laten ontruimen na meldingen dat er bommen zijn geplaatst. Duizenden bezoekers moesten het pand verlaten. Gerben van 't Hof 05-11-17, 17:23 Laatste update: 18:00. 4 · 2 · M 0 M 0; 36 Reacties ...en meer »
  
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• Jimmy Fallon’s Mother, Gloria, Dies One Day After Canceled Tonight Show Taping

  05-11-2017 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  A day after The Tonight Show announced its regularly-scheduled Friday taping would be canceled due to a “private family matter” involving Jimmy Fallon, it’s sadly been reported that Fallon’s mother has died. Per People, Gloria Fallon passed away at the age of 68 in the hospital after a brief illness,...More »
  
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• Richard Dreyfuss’s Son, Harry Dreyfuss, Alleges Kevin Spacey Groped Him When He Was 18

  05-11-2017 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Adding his name to a growing list of men who have come forward to allege Kevin Spacey sexual harassed or assaulted them in some way over the past 30 years, actor and writer Harry Dreyfuss — the son of Richard Dreyfuss — is claiming Spacey groped him in the crotch...More »
  
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• ‘Maybe I Am Arnold!’ How Michael Urie Agreed to Fill Harvey Fierstein’s Shoes

  05-11-2017 17:04 via nytimes.com
  “I’m never going to be that free,” Mr. Urie thought about taking the lead part in “Torch Song.” But Mr. Fierstein, who wrote and created the role, had other ideas.
  
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• Larry David’s Divisive SNL Monologue Ponders a Few Questions About Sexual Harassment and Concentration Camp Seduction

  05-11-2017 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Depending on your personal taste in humor, you either responded to Larry David’s SNL monologue with a belly full of laughs or a massive cold shoulder. Well then, what are we dealing with here? Throughout David’s seven-minute session of jokes, the comedian tackled two topics that proved to be a...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live Recap: Larry David Berns His Enthusiasm

  05-11-2017 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Larry David, the grousing master of the social faux pas, has been a valuable tool for Saturday Night Live in the last couple of years. Most notably, he’s played Bernie Sanders as the flabbergasted, penny-pinching curmudgeon one might imagine the real Bern to be while at home. (Basically, it’s David...More »
  
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• Innovatieprijs voor sfeer in theater Eibergen - REGIO8

  05-11-2017 16:26
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  Innovatieprijs voor sfeer in theater Eibergen
  REGIO8
  Het openluchttheater in Eibergen heeft afgelopen zaterdag de innovatie-award van de Vereniging Nederlandse Openluchttheaters (VNO) gewonnen. Het theater krijgt deze prijs voor de ontwikkeling van jute schermen. “De schermen zijn een alternatief voor ...en meer »
  
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• My Fair Lady en Harrie Jekkers in Theater Sneek - Sneeker Nieuwsblad

  05-11-2017 16:16
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  My Fair Lady en Harrie Jekkers in Theater Sneek
  Sneeker Nieuwsblad
  SNEEK – In Theater Sneek de komende dagen de musical My Fair Lady, Harrie Jekkers & Klein Orkest en Nootstroom dat Gran Partita van Mozart speelt tijdens Topzondag met koffiegeur in de Noorderkerkzaal. De hoofdrollen in My Fair lady worden vertolkt ...
  
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• Larry David’s Bernie Sanders Goes Against All of His Moral Values to Compete on The Price Is Right

  05-11-2017 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The things people would do for a new dinette set, even if that means traveling across the country against their will to compete on America’s favorite daytime game-show. (It’s all about the Plinko, baby!) Larry David’s Bernie Sanders experienced this Price Is Right madness for the first time while attempting...More »
  
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• The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monsters

  05-11-2017 16:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s another crash-bang-wallop episode for the show that’s barely paused for breath. In Monsters, the action calmed (slightly) and things got emotional• Spoiler alert: this blog is published after The Walking Dead airs in the US on Sundays. Do not read unless you have watched season eight, episode three, which airs in the UK on Fox on Mondays at 9pm“You’re a monster,” a clammy-faced Morales said to Rick, as he baldly explained the overarching theme and the titl
  
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• The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monster

  05-11-2017 16:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s another crash-bang-wallop episode for the show that’s barely paused for breath. In Monster, the action calmed (slightly) and things got emotional• Spoiler alert: this blog is published after The Walking Dead airs in the US on Sundays. Do not read unless you have watched season eight, episode two, which airs in the UK on Fox on Mondays at 9pm“You’re a monster,” a clammy-faced Morales said to Rick, as he baldly explained the over-arching theme and the title
  
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• SNL Lets Sarah Huckabee Sanders Blow Off Some Steam With a Sexy Pop Music Video

  05-11-2017 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Look, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is tired. She’s tired of fielding unfair and tricky questions from that ragtag group of White House correspondents; she’s tired of comparing former campaign managers to carnies passing through town; and frankly, she might be tired of herself. So cue the music! SNL is finally giving...More »
  
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• SNL’s Donald Trump Imparts Some Wisdom to Harvey Weinstein: If He Wanted to Get Away With Everything, He Should’ve Been ‘Elected President’

  05-11-2017 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Donald Trump might pay Paul Manafort a little visit for a shower bonding session in this week’s SNL cold open, but after the suds dry and Mike Pence gets blackmailed for being away from Jesus, the real drama begins to emerge: Mostly that Alec Baldwin’s Trump has a few thoughts...More »
  
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• Beth & Flo: pianistes met een 'vleugeltje' theater in Oude Kerk - Heemsteder.nl (persbericht)

  05-11-2017 13:54
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  Beth & Flo: pianistes met een 'vleugeltje' theater in Oude Kerk
  Heemsteder.nl (persbericht)
  Twee pianistes die het liefst concerten geven die niet alleen concerten zijn. Dat zijn Claudette Verhulst en Elsbet Remijn, beiden in 2014 afgestudeerd in de master klassiek piano aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium te Den Haag. Als pianoduo Beth & Flo ...
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Larry David's concentration camp gags set sorry tone

  05-11-2017 12:48 via theguardian.com
  Is the Curb star still funny? His Weinstein gags suggested… not. In a week of indictments on Russia and a New York attack, the whole show felt rather offTonight, the show opens with Alec-Baldwin-as-Trump enjoying a shower with Paul Manafort, Jeff Sessions and Vladimir Putin. “I thought we should all get used to wearing stripes!” grins Kate McKinnon, as Sessions.Related: Saturday Night Live: here come the Harvey Weinstein jokes – a week lateContinue reading...
  
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• Esports: Is the gaming business ready to come of age?

  05-11-2017 11:34 via ft.com
  Games tournaments can attract tens of millions of online viewers creating the potential for a multibillion-dollar industry
  
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• Volle bak in Theater Mallemolen voor jubileumconcert De Kèls - De Gelderlander

  05-11-2017 10:56
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  Volle bak in Theater Mallemolen voor jubileumconcert De Kèls
  De Gelderlander
  GROESBEEK – Het 10 jarig bestaan van de Groesbeekse zanggroep De Kèls is niet zomaar voorbij gegaan. Zaterdagavond was Theater De Mallemolen vol met fans die het jubileumconcert bij wilden wonen. Joop Verstraaten 05-11-17, 10:55. 0 · 0 · M 0 M 0 ...
  
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• Filmregisseur Nanouk Leopold debuteert in het theater - Parool.nl

  05-11-2017 10:01
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  Filmregisseur Nanouk Leopold debuteert in het theater
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  Na vijf speelfilms gaat zondag de eerste toneelregie van Nanouk Leopold in première. En dan meteen ook bij Toneelgroep Amsterdam: Uit het Leven van Marionetten, naar een film van Ingmar Bergman. 'Ik weet eigenlijk niks van toneel.' Door: Sander ...
  
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• The week in TV: Alias Grace; Blue Planet II; Trust Me I’m a Doctor and more

  05-11-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Netflix’s Margaret Atwood adaptation is every bit as mighty as The Handmaid’s Tale. And David Attenborough’s oceanic survey is a gorgeous triumphAlias Grace Netflix
  Blue Planet II (BBC1) | iPlayer
  Trust Me I’m a Doctor (BBC2) | iPlayer
  Bounty Hunters Sky1
  Man Down (C4) | All 4
  Strike Back Sky1Another month, another Margaret Atwood tale making it to the small screen and, if there’s any justice, getting us all talking, all enthralled, once again. Atwood has hardly bee
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: All in the Mind; Impotential

  05-11-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Two troubling Radio 4 programmes examined the tricks your brain plays on you in your sleep and a problem particular to menAll in the Mind (Radio 4) | iPlayer
  Impotential (Radio 4) | iPlayerThe mind and the body – it’s a dualism that we can’t escape, even on Radio 4. Particularly on Radio 4. All in the Mind returned with Claudia Hammond for a kind of unintentional Halloween special. The lead subject was sleep paralysis, a condition suffered by around one in 20 people. It’s
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: Unspeakable; Blue Planet II; Babylon Berlin

  05-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Disturbing stand-alone drama starring Indira Varma. Plus more resplendent nature-porn in Blue Planet II and promising pre-war drama set in Babylon Berlin Continue reading...
  
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• China censorship drive splits leading academic publishers

  05-11-2017 02:00 via ft.com
  Beijing’s challenge divides western university presses on whether to resist or comply
  
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• Screenwriter Kay Mellor reveals she was sexually assaulted in TV executive’s office

  05-11-2017 01:05 via theguardian.com
  The writer of Band of Gold has kept her secret for 30 years. Now it’s time to encourage others to come forward, she saysTelevision writer Kay Mellor, the powerhouse creator of hit shows from Band of Gold to the new Love, Lies and Records, has spoken out for the first time about her sexual assault at the hands of a senior TV executive earlier in her career.Mellor was in her 30s and working as a producer at Granada when the unnamed executive, who is now dead, expressed an interest in develop
  
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• Spy mystery of British sisters who helped Jewish refugees flee the Nazis

  05-11-2017 01:04
  Producers of biopic tell of CIA files on opera-loving secretaries Ida and Louise Cook who repeatedly flew to Germany to rescue refugeesThe extraordinary story of two British sisters who became unlikely heroines in helping Jews to flee Nazi persecution is to be told on the big screen.Ida and Louise Cook were two unassuming civil service secretaries whose passion for opera became their pretext for travelling repeatedly to Germany in the 1930s. While they toured the country’s opera houses, th
  
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• Sathnam Sanghera on The Boy with the Topknot: ‘Mum cried while she told our story. I cried as I wrote it’

  05-11-2017 01:04 via theguardian.com
  The author – and his mother Surjit – discuss his bestselling memoir about a British Sikh family’s struggle with mental illness and its new BBC adaptationIt is a near-universal truth that no matter how old and accomplished you are – Sathnam Sanghera is 41 and a successful journalist and author – in the presence of one’s parent, you can still glimpse the teenager.Sanghera guides his mother Surjit inside, out of the murky Wolverhampton drizzle. He is sweetly prot
  
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• Interviews: The Band's Visit's Etai Benson and Adam Kantor Bridge the Divide

  05-11-2017 00:00
  Benson and Kantor join the cast of David Yazbek and Itamar Moses's acclaimed musical for its Broadway transfer.
  
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