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• Robert Pattinson Recalls "Magical" Twilight Experience: "It's All Fond Memories"

  28-11-2017 23:43 via feeds.eonline.com
  Robert Pattinson is dishing on his "amazing" Twilight experience.The 31-year-old actor attended the 27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards on Monday evening in New York City, where he was...
  
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• Streaming: Barbra Streisand’s Misty, Water-Colored Memories in a Netflix Concert Film

  28-11-2017 23:28 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Streisand takes her fans on a tour of the way she was in “Barbra: The Music … the Mem’ries … the Magic!”
  
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• Meek Mill Is Denied Bail, Visited in Jail by Al Sharpton

  28-11-2017 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  After visiting incarcerated hip-hop star Meek Mill at the Chester State Correctional Institution outside of Philadelphia yesterday, Reverend Al Sharpton told Vulture that the rapper is “strong” and “wise.”During a phone interview less than 24 hours after Sharpton, along with Mill’s attorney Joe Tacopina, traveled to the prison in a...More »
  
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• Q-Tip Accuses the Grammys of Using A Tribe Called Quest to Perform Following 2018 Nomination Snub

  28-11-2017 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some Grammy snubs might be more political than others. After learning that A Tribe Called Quest’s final album was shut out entirely from the 2018 Grammy nominations, Q-Tip has accused the institution of exploiting his group. At this year’s ceremony, Tribe delivered a searing performance advocating for resistance with Busta...More »
  
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• Everyone Was Talking About the Call Me by Your Name Peach at the Gotham Awards

  28-11-2017 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers ahead for Call Me by Your Name.Call Me by Your Name is enjoying the year’s highest per-screen opening weekend for an independent film. So it was only natural that at last night’s 2017 IFP Gotham Awards, where Luca Guadagnino’s Italian-summer gay romance also won Best Feature, that talk would turn to peaches....More »
  
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• Steven Spielberg’s The Post and ‘Astounding’ Meryl Streep Praised in Early Reactions

  28-11-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  The embargo for reviews of Steven Spielberg’s newsroom drama The Post doesn’t lift until December 6, but critics have already begun to tweet their thoughts on the film, especially their love for Meryl Streep. Mark Harris called Streep’s performance “astounding,” and BuzzFeed’s Adam B. Vary called it “her best performance...More »
  
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• What Would It Mean for Kendrick Lamar to Win Album of the Year?

  28-11-2017 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  By now, Kendrick Lamar is no stranger to the Grammys. Between guest appearances on others’ songs and his debut album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Kendrick netted seven nominations at the 2014 Awards, though he somehow won none. Good Kid lost out on Album of the Year to Daft Punk; even...More »
  
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• The Post Named Best Film by the National Board of Review

  28-11-2017 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although it has yet to open, Steven Spielberg’s new movie The Post was the big winner at today’s National Board of Review awards, taking home the honors for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Other winners included Lady Bird’s Greta Gerwig and Get Out’s Jordan Peele, following up their...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: ‘The Post’ Lands Top National Board of Review Prizes

  28-11-2017 22:08 via nytimes.com
  Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama leads, as “Lady Bird,” “Get Out” and “Call Me by Your Name” gain momentum
  
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• Marvel’s New Editor-in-Chief Admits Writing Under Japanese Pseudonym ‘Akira Yoshida’

  28-11-2017 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what is surely one of the most bizarre stories to come out of the comics industry in recent years, incoming Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski — a Caucasian person — has copped to writing under the Japanese-sounding pseudonym “Akira Yoshida” in the mid-aughts. The revelation comes after a few...More »
  
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• Who Is Best New Artist Nominee Julia Michaels?

  28-11-2017 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  This morning’s 2018 Grammy nominations brought with them several surprises, from a few controversial absences to several unexpected but deserved inclusions. One of the latter choices is Julia Michaels, who’s been nominated both for Best New Artist and Song of the Year for “Issues.” Though not a household name just...More »
  
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• Beyond Suits: Your Guide to Meghan Markle’s TV Work

  28-11-2017 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made their romantic relationship public last year, you likely weren’t able to escape the inevitable barrage of “Learn Everything About This Suits Actress” headlines. (If you didn’t, kudos to you — she was the most Googled actress last year by a long shot.) And...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving HBO: December 2017

  28-11-2017 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Because it’s time to get into the holiday spirit: The Muppet Christmas CarolAre there more faithful adaptations of Charles Dickens’s classic Christmas tale? Perhaps. Are there cleverer, more assured films in the Christmas canon? Maybe. Does anyone really care? Probably not, because this version of A Christmas Carol has the...More »
  
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• How the Amtrak Dining Car Could Heal the Nation

  28-11-2017 20:53 via nytimes.com
  A songwriter’s six-train, 8,980-mile cross-country journey reminds him that slowing down, logging off and meeting strangers is an antidote to pessimism.
  
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• 6 Signs That You’re Watching an Amy Sherman-Palladino TV Show

  28-11-2017 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon’s new original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the latest work from TV showrunner extraordinaire Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino, and in many ways, it stands on its own. Mrs. Maisel has a distinctive premise — a jilted ’50s housewife takes up stand-up comedy after her husband leaves...More »
  
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• Daniel Day-Lewis Finally Explains Why He’s Retiring, Sort Of

  28-11-2017 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Daniel Day-Lewis is an elusive figure. Even when you see him on screen, you’re never really seeing the man, since he’s so immersed in his roles that he’s actually inhabiting the skin of a different human that just happens to be wearing a Daniel Day-Lewis suit. He also doesn’t like...More »
  
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• Review: Who's Holiday!

  28-11-2017 20:00
  Matthew Lombardo pens a parody sequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
  
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• 2018 Grammy Nominations: The Snubs and Surprises

  28-11-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 2018 Grammy nominations are here! Kendrick Lamar is back, and this time he might take Album of the Year, but he’s up against some strong contenders: Jay-Z, Lorde, Bruno Mars, and Childish Gambino all released major, career-defining (or in Jay’s case career-redefining) albums as well. In other categories, Cardi...More »
  
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• Can We Talk About How Charming The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Is?

  28-11-2017 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Throughout the run of Gilmore Girls, Lorelai Gilmore made a determined effort to escape the suffocating expectations set by her parents and the wealthy society into which she was born.At first, Miriam Maisel of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the new Amazon series created, like Gilmore Girls, by Amy Sherman-Palladino, appears...More »
  
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• Well, 2017 Has Sent Paddington the Bear to Prison

  28-11-2017 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Right on cue, 2017 has pulled its most foul twist yet: Paddington the Bear, having just escaped the Weinstein Company’s clutches, has found himself in da clink. In the upcoming Paddington 2, the plush, sentient teddy bear is just trying to make his money moves, a.k.a. do odd jobs to...More »
  
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• Armie Hammer’s Pair of Peaches Had to Be Edited Out of Call Me by Your Name

  28-11-2017 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Call Me by Your Name, a movie about two young men who love each other and also stone fruit, features many scenes in which Armie Hammer wears short shorts, ridiculously short shorts. In an interview with Andy Cohen, Hammer and director Luca Guadagnino revealed that Hammer’s shorts were so short...More »
  
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• How to See The Room Before You See The Disaster Artist

  28-11-2017 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Do you need to see The Room before you see The Disaster Artist? The Vulture consensus seems to be no, the movie stands perfectly fine on its own. But should you decide you need to watch Tommy Wiseau’s opus before checking out the story of its creation, you may find...More »
  
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• Theater News: M. Butterfly, Starring Clive Owen, Sets Broadway Closing Date

  28-11-2017 19:00
  The Tony-winning play's Broadway revival is directed by Julie Taymor.
  
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• Review: ‘Naples ’44’ Chronicles Life During Wartime

  28-11-2017 18:59 via nytimes.com
  Taken from a British intelligence officer’s memoir, and narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, this film paints a portrait of the occupied city.
  
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• Why The Disaster Artist Needed the Franco Brothers

  28-11-2017 18:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s telling of the making of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, is a lot of things. It’s a big, loopy comedy about a strange movie that shouldn’t have existed, let alone found love. It’s the best thing our ever-restless boy Franco has ever made. It’s the first...More »
  
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• Before Meghan Markle Became a Real-life Princess, She Reigned Over the Hallmark Channel

  28-11-2017 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Depending on whom you ask, the Hallmark Channel and its saccharine slate of movies were either sent by God himself or orchestrated as a torture device for Dante’s fifth circle of hell. For Meghan Markle — the newest addition of Britain’s royal family, thanks to her engagement to noted ginger...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving Hulu: December 2017

  28-11-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Because there’s a new Alexander Payne movie in theaters: ElectionNo matter how many times Alexander Payne’s name shows up in the trailer for Downsizing, I still can’t believe it’s an Alexander Payne movie. I shouldn’t doubt it, though: It’s a biting satire of a mundane aspect of modern life explored...More »
  
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• Watch an Adorable Exclusive Clip From The Shape of Water

  28-11-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every frame of The Shape of Water positively glows with director Guillermo del Toro’s affection for films of a bygone era. It’s both a period romance and a monster movie, since it follows a mute Sally Hawkins as she falls in love with a strapping fish-man imprisoned at the secret...More »
  
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• Fantastic Beasts Director David Yates Defends Keeping Johnny Depp Despite Amber Heard’s Abuse Accusations

  28-11-2017 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Johnny Depp appears at the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as the villainous Grindelwald, and will have a larger role in the sequel, an unsettling prospect for many considering the domestic abuse allegations leveled against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard. The two reached a settlement...More »
  
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• The Most Fascinating Part of The Big Bang Theory Is How Bad Everyone Is at Fake-Eating

  28-11-2017 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  I don’t dislike The Big Bang Theory. In fact, I’ve found it’s a decent enough sitcom to accompany me in various settings of my life: the elliptical at the gym, in-flight entertainment on long plane journeys, and background sound for sick days. But I’m not here to convince you to...More »
  
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• Late-night hosts blast Trump as 'our neediest and most insecure president'

  28-11-2017 17:31
  Comics, including Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers, discussed the Republican tax bill, Trump’s visit to Florida and his support for Roy Moore’s Alabama Senate runLate-night hosts on Monday addressed the GOP’s proposed legislation for tax reform and Donald Trump’s weekend in Florida, during which he reiterated his support for Roy Moore, the Senate candidate in Alabama who stands accused of sexually harassing multiple teenage girls. Related: Late-night TV on Trump and Roy Moore:
  
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• Hadewych Minis gaat theater in met solovoorstelling - NU.nl

  28-11-2017 17:20
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  Hadewych Minis gaat theater in met solovoorstelling
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  Zangeres en actrice Hadewych Minis gaat volgend seizoen het theater in met een solovoorstelling. Minis noemt I'm a woman, waar zij op dit moment aan werkt, "een ode aan de vrouw waarin ik alles wat ik leuk vind om te doen kan combineren: zingen, ...
  
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• Photo Flash: James Earl Jones, Sam Waterston, and F. Murray Abraham Discuss King Lear

  28-11-2017 17:00
  The three participated in the Shakespeare Society and Public Theater's Public Shakespeare Initiative.
  
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• Photo Flash: Brian Stokes Mitchell Presents Fred Ebb Award to Shaina Taub

  28-11-2017 17:00
  The songwriter and actor will receive a one-night-only showcase for her work produced.
  
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• Dame Angela Lansbury Shared Her Thoughts on Sexual Harassment and People Are Not Happy

  28-11-2017 16:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Angela Lansbury is a veteran actress, a proud socialist, and an all-around international treasure. Alas, we regret to inform you, in a recent interview with Britain’s Radio Times, she was asked to comment on the massive wave of sexual harassment allegations brought against Hollywood figures since Harvey Weinstein’s accusers went public — and she suggested that...More »
  
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• For the Love of God, Jennifer Lawrence Can’t Think About Mother! Every Second, Darren Aronofsky

  28-11-2017 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even though Jennifer Lawrence and director–scarf aficionado Darren Aronofsky have split, the awards-season campaign for their film Mother! continues to chug along. For Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Lawrence sat down with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories) to talk about each other’s movies, discuss whether they read reviews, and reminisce...More »
  
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• Photo Flash: In Rehearsal With Legs Diamond 30th Anniversary Reunion Concert

  28-11-2017 16:00
  The original cast of the musical reunites for two performances at Feinstein's/54 Below on December 3.
  
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• Photo Flash: Broadway's The Parisian Woman Releases New Photos

  28-11-2017 16:00
  Uma Thurman makes her Broadway debut under the direction of Pam MacKinnon in Beau Willimon's play.
  
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• Fall TV Scorecard: Which New Shows Are the Biggest Winners?

  28-11-2017 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  As audiences continue to flee old-school linear TV for streaming and on-demand, making precise judgments about a new program’s long-term survival odds has become trickier than ever. Embryonic series such as ABC’s Kevin (Probably) Saves the World or CBS’s 9JKL get their runs extended despite seriously disappointing ratings because networks...More »
  
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• Seth Meyers: Trump Standing by Roy Moore Is a ‘Big Beautiful Christmas Present to Democrats’

  28-11-2017 15:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  On last night’s episode of Late Night, Seth Meyers zeroed in on Trump, “our neediest, most insecure president,” and his defense of Roy Moore, accused child molester and Republican Senate candidate. “In other words, Trump has handed the Democrats a great, big beautiful Christmas present,” Meyers explained. There are also...More »
  
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• Theater News: Industry Reading Announced for New Musical Last Days of Summer

  28-11-2017 15:00
  Derek Klena and Anthony Rosenthal will star.
  
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• The Hurting: one man's mission to reinvent the clip show

  28-11-2017 14:58
  Dave’s new clip show is You’ve Been Framed in all but name, but with one crucial difference – Jake Yapp’s breathless voiceoverBy all accounts, Dave’s new clip show The Hurting should be a leaden slog to sit through. Because, well, it’s a clip show. It’s You’ve Been Framed in all but name. It’s the very lowest common denominator, a succession of sent-in clips where people fall over and bang into things and get bitten on the bum by a dog before
  
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• What’s Leaving Netflix: December 2017

  28-11-2017 14:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you want to see Jake Gyllenhaal at his most chilling: NightcrawlerDoes Jake Gyllenhaal blink even once in Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy’s blistering and deeply cynical thriller about a sociopath who sells crime-scene footage to news stations? Evidence points to no. But that’s part of why Gyllenhaal’s performance is so disturbing:...More »
  
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• Here Are Your 2018 Grammy Nominees

  28-11-2017 14:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Polish those golden gramophones, it’s time to find out who’ll come to collect. The Grammys have announced the nominees for its 60th anniversary show set to air live from New York City for the first time in 15 years. As we predicted, next year’s ceremony will see stiff competition between...More »
  
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• The Disaster Artist Is the Ultimate James Franco Showcase

  28-11-2017 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  In earlier eras, rampaging exhibitionists like The Room writer, director, and leading man Tommy Wiseau would have been displayed in cages, giving garrulous answers to cosmological questions and being poked with long sticks. Now they’re objects of ironic reverence and award-season biopics like The Disaster Artist, directed by and starring...More »
  
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