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• Aladdin's 25th Anniversary Celebrated by Past and Present Cast

  25-11-2017 22:42 via feeds.eonline.com
  Exactly 25 years ago, Aladdin showed Princess Jasmine the world.The beloved Disney animated film was released wide on this day in 1992 and captured hearts around the globe with its epic...
  
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• How ‘pop-up’ brothels transformed Britain’s suburban sex industry

  25-11-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  MPs are investigating a surge in flats being used short-term for prostitution – but the women who work in them say they often have no safer optionIn the well-kept terraced streets of north London, three sex workers take turns seeing clients in an anonymous-looking flat, sharing a calendar and pencilling in bookings around each other.The flat looks like any other – colourful mugs in the kitchen, a bowl of food by the door for the resident ginger tomcat. The work room has pastel bedshe
  
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• Sacha Baron Cohen Graciously Offers to Pay Fines for Men Arrested for Wearing Mankinis

  25-11-2017 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Borat!’s Sacha Baron Cohen is doing good for his mankini-loving ilk. After a group of Czech tourists wearing lime-green mankinis were arrested in Kazakhstan this week, the actor who played Borat and brought mankinis into the public eye is offering to pay their fines. Cohen wrote in a Facebook post...More »
  
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• Here’s the First Photo of Joe Manganiello As Deathstroke, If You’re Into That Whole ‘Ridiculously Good-Looking Supervillain’ Aesthetic

  25-11-2017 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Joe Manganiello is a handsome man. Deathstroke is a handsome villain, even with all of that body armor covering up his eight-pack and eye socket. So, this DC Comics character is as close to a match made in heaven as we can reasonably get, and Manganiello is ready to finally...More »
  
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• The Royal Family Is So Annoyed By Our Constant Meghan Markle—Prince Harry Engagement Inquiries That They’ve Released a Rare Statement

  25-11-2017 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Save for a few extenuating circumstances, Britain’s Royal Family never, ever releases statements to the press to discuss matters of the Windsor heart — it’s simply uncouth! However, due to the flurry of rumors from various “palace sources” and “royal correspondents” over the past few weeks that strongly hint an...More »
  
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• Godless Finale Recap: The Legend of Roy Goode

  25-11-2017 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  After more than six hours of build-up, we arrive at the climax of Netflix’s limited series Godless: an old-fashioned, high-noon shootout in the center of a New Mexico town. It took too long to get here, but the finale of Godless is satisfying, providing various degrees of closure for Frank...More »
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Wants to Take Acting Break and Milk Goats on a Farm

  25-11-2017 18:44 via feeds.eonline.com
  Jennifer Lawrence wants to take an acting hiatus and return to her country roots.The Oscar winner, who grew up on a horse farm in Louisville, Kentucky, says she plans on taking some time...
  
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• Richard Branson Accused of Sexual Assault by Joss Stone’s Backup-Singer; Says He Has ‘No Recollection’ of Incident

  25-11-2017 17:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Richard Branson has become the latest prominent figure in the industry to be accused of sexual assault. Speaking with The Sun, Antonia Jenae — a backup-singer for British songstress Joss Stone — claims the Virgin CEO assaulted her during a party on his private island in the British Virgin Islands...More »
  
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• Nelly Will Play an All-Male Concert in Saudi Arabia

  25-11-2017 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  What do Toby Keith and Nelly have in common? Well, they’re both American musicians. They both experienced a surge in popularity in the early aughts. And soon, they will both hold the distinct honor of playing an all-male concert in Saudi Arabia. The BBC reports that Nelly will be in...More »
  
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• Al Franken Apologizes After Two More Women Accuse Him of Assault

  25-11-2017 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two more women have come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of inappropriate touching, the Huffington Post reports. The women, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retribution, allege that Franken grabbed their butts, at two separate events. These are the third and fourth allegations against the senator. Last week,...More »
  
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• David Lynch Isn’t Sure How Twin Peaks’ Roadhouse Booked All of Those Famous Bands, Either

  25-11-2017 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nine Inch Nails. Sharon Van Etten. Eddie Vedder. James Hurley, the man himself! Screw that terrifying finale scream — the real mystery of Twin Peaks: The Return was how the town’s tiny Roadhouse was able to wrangle some of the finest musicians our country has to offer for a one-song...More »
  
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• Charlie Rose: two US universities rescind honors in wake of 'egregious' allegations

  25-11-2017 16:44 via theguardian.com
  Arizona State and Kansas act after multiple sexual misconduct allegationsCBS fired Rose from its morning show after initially suspending himTwo universities have rescinded honors bestowed on Charlie Rose, the journalist who was fired this week by CBS News and whose program was canceled by PBS in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women. Related: Weinstein inquiry: police departments likely to join forces, experts sayContinue reading...
  
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• Persconferentie als protest tegen zwarte piet in Zwols theater - De Stentor

  25-11-2017 16:19
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  Persconferentie als protest tegen zwarte piet in Zwols theater
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  De Actiegroep Theater Voor Iedereen ziet af van een stille protestactie voorafgaand aan de Mega Sint Show, woensdagmiddag in Zwolle. In plaats daarvan hebben de theaterstudenten een persconferentie belegd in theater Odeon. Die begint 's ochtends om ...
  
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• Will Ferrell Wanted to ‘Torture’ the USC Graduation Ceremony With His Whitney Houston Rendition, But the Joke’s on You, Buddy! We Loved It!

  25-11-2017 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The University of Southern California’s outgoing class of 2017 had the thrill of a lifetime when Will Ferrell waltzed onto the stage to perform Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” in lieu of a standard commencement address about, we don’t know, starting a 401k and learning about bonds? And...More »
  
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• The West Wing Cast Sure Doesn’t Love Sarah Huckabee Sanders Comparing Herself to Them

  25-11-2017 15:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  As any human might reasonably react to having a photo opportunity with a cute and feathery turkey, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders excitedly tweeted some pictures of herself and one of the pardoned gobble-monsters in the day leading up to the annual Turkey Pardon. There are two black...More »
  
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• Ernest Beuving met Vision het theater in - Dinxpers Nieuws (persbericht)

  25-11-2017 15:20
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  DINXPERLO - Op zaterdag 2 december staat Ernest Beuving samen met popkoor Vison op de planken in het Kulturhus in Dinxperlo. Vision zal begeleid worden door de band van Ernest Beuving en er wordt gesproken over een 'cabaretesk ...
  
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• This week’s best radio: poetry, Parkinson’s, diabetes and me

  25-11-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Northern Irish poet Frank Ormsby reflects on his conditions on Radio 4, while Demetri Goritsas reads Lou Reed’s new biography on the same stationThe interview of the week is in The Art of Living: Frank Ormsby’s Parkinson’s (26 November, 4.30pm, Radio 4). This sensitively produced programme takes the form of a visit to the home of the Northern Irish poet as he deals with Parkinson’s and diabetes. In certain lights, his condition could be seen as a gift for a man licensed t
  
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• The Sex Robots Are Coming: seedy, sordid – but mainly just sad

  25-11-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The sex-doll industry is going from strength to strength in the drive to make the figures more lifelike, but where will it end?‘People say there’s no such thing as loving an inanimate object,” says James, solemnly. “I don’t necessarily think that’s true.” James is a 58-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, and the owner of four life-size dolls. Every morning he carefully gets them dressed and puts on their makeup. One day he might take them for a picnic; on an
  
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• She’s Gotta Have It's DeWanda Wise: ‘Our bodies are being policed'

  25-11-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The star of Netflix’s adaptation of Spike Lee’s groundbreaking film talks about working with the feted director, Sex and the City and the black female gaze DeWanda Wise has the kind of relaxed self-confidence that is infectious. She feels so good about herself, that she makes everyone else in the vicinity feel good too. As she laughingly tells the story of her first “general” with Netflix – a sort of informal industry chat – it sounds, at first, disastrous. Th
  
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• Haags theater PePijn stopt met jaarlijkse benefietshow - NU.nl

  25-11-2017 10:31
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  Haags theater PePijn stopt met jaarlijkse benefietshow
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  Er komt een einde aan de jaarlijkse benefietvoorstellingen in PePijn, waarbij artiesten belangeloos optreden om het Haagse theater financieel te steunen. Maandag is de laatste keer dat PePijns Benefiet voor Talent wordt georganiseerd. Dat meldt het AD.en meer »
  
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• Dan Stevens: ‘I’d like to say sorry to Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012’

  25-11-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com
  The actor on Yosemite national park, robot vacuum cleaners and vegan cheesecakeBorn in Surrey, Stevens, 35, starred in the TV adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line Of Beauty in 2006 and played Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey from 2010. This year, he starred in Disney’s remake of Beauty And The Beast and he plays Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas, which opens in cinemas on 1 December.Continue reading...
  
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• Hindu activists threaten to torch UK cinemas in Bollywood film row

  25-11-2017 08:00
  Indian release of Padmavati, about 14th-century queen, postponed after protests and death threats against cast and directorBritish film distributors are reconsidering the release of a Bollywood blockbuster after its production sparked threats, violence and protest in India over the mistaken belief that it insults a legendary 14th-century Hindu queen. Related: The poisonous dispute over Indian film Padmavati mustn’t spill over into the UK | Sunny MalikContinue reading...
  
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• Cheers for tears! How Dawson's Creek helped teen TV get emotional

  25-11-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From the OC to Riverdale, the erudite 90s phenomenon changed the face of pop culture – and spawned the ultimate emotional meme• Read a ‘lost’ page of Dawson’s Creek’s script
  No matter how old you are, no matter how untouched by human emotion you pretend to be, it is going to happen to you. You are going to develop feelings for a soapy TV drama aimed at American teens. If your formative television watching years occurred in the 90s, there were innumerable opport
  
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• A 'lost' page of Dawson's Creek script

  25-11-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Behold, an unearthed and unfilmed scene from the teen hit. That definitely – definitely – wasn’t made upHow Dawson’s Creek helped teen TV get emotionalContinue reading...
  
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• Ancient Mysteries: Eden Revealed review – all round Adam and Eve's for a gazelle feast?

  25-11-2017 07:45 via theguardian.com
  Excavations in Turkey reveal tantalising details about humankind’s great leap forward to hunter-gathering, and the role religion played in that shiftCould the Bible’s oldest story be rooted in reality, asked last night’s Channel 5 documentary Ancient Mysteries: Eden Revealed, about the archaeological discoveries at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. The short answer? No. The long answer? No, but it’s roughly where Genesis suggests it was and that’s a good enough excuse to
  
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• Saturday's best TV: Joe Orton Laid Bear; Witnesses: A Frozen Death

  25-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  A celebration of the playwright to mark 50 years since his passing and the second series of the French mystery thriller begins Continue reading...
  
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• Saturday's best TV: Joe Orton Laid Bare; Witnesses: A Frozen Death

  25-11-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  A celebration of the playwright to mark 50 years since his passing and the second series of the French mystery thriller begins Continue reading...
  
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• Luc Besson: acclaimed French director's studio struggles after losses

  25-11-2017 06:02
  EuropaCorp examines its debts and considers sell-off after being hit by disappointing box office for sci-fi spectacular ValerianThe French filmmaker Luc Besson’s production studio has said it is considering “different options” to raise cash and cut costs after sinking to record losses.
  The announcement comes after the underwhelming box-office take for Besson’s science-fiction spectacular Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Although the film brought in more than $
  
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• Björk Says Her Wu-Tang Collaboration, Which You Will Never Hear, Was ‘Magic’

  25-11-2017 06:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hope you filled up on thankfulness and gratitude yesterday, because you’re about to be stuffed with bitterness and resentment. In a new interview with FACT, Björk discusses her late ‘90s collaboration with the Wu-Tang Clan, specifically how you will never, ever, hear it because she doesn’t remember what happened to...More »
  
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• Charlie Rose’s Journalism Awards Revoked After Sexual-Harassment Claims

  25-11-2017 04:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A growing number of former employees at PBS and CBS continued to come forward this week to reveal incidents of sexual harassment and misconduct they allege were perpetrated by journalist Charlie Rose. Rose has since lost his job at CBS News following the accusations, and will now lose two professional...More »
  
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• Godless Recap: The Secret of La Belle

  25-11-2017 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Godless is a strong show, but this episode will try the patience of even the most hardcore Western fans. If “Shot the Head Off a Snake” could have sprinkled its best moments throughout the rest of the season, “Dear Roy…” could have almost been skipped, and that’s awfully damaging for...More »
  
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• OK Go’s New “Obsession” Video Will Give You Deep, Unholy Printer Envy

  25-11-2017 02:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Look at all those printers go! No paper jams! No low toner errors! No sobbing in the copy room because the printer says Load Paper and there is already paper in every tray what does this printer want from you? OK Go has done it again. The group’s new stop-motion...More »
  
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• Musical On Your Feet langer te zien in theater - NU.nl

  25-11-2017 01:54
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  Musical On Your Feet langer te zien in theater
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  De musical On Your Feet met de liedjes van Gloria Estefan en Miami Sound Machine zal langer te zien zijn in ons land. Vanwege de grote belangstelling is besloten de musical tot en met april volgend jaar op de planken te houden. On Your Feet ging eind ...en meer »
  
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• Jay-Z Releases Short Films for 4:44’s ‘Legacy,’ ‘Smile’ and ‘Marcy Me’

  25-11-2017 01:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  While you spent your Black Friday arm-wrestling over a VR headset in a Best Buy parking lot, Jay-Z was busy releasing three new visuals for the 4:44 songs “Legacy,” “Smile” and Marcy Me” on Tidal. In the “Legacy” video, Edi Gathegi, Jonathan Tucker, Emilie Hirsch, Jesse Williams and others navigate...More »
  
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