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• United Talent Agency Severs Ties With Danny Masterson Amid Rape Allegations

  04-01-2018 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  United Talent Agency has broken ties with its former client Danny Masterson, who has been accused of rape by four women. UTA represented Masterson for two decades, and according to a report in the HuffPost, the decision was made some time back. Netflix cut Masterson from The Ranch in December,...More »
  
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• Astorkable! New Girl’s Final Season Will Have Lots of Babies

  04-01-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  When we last left our friends on New Girl, they were getting engaged (Winston and Aly), getting pregnant (Cece and Schmidt), and finally getting some overdue action (Jess and Nick). We learned last spring that when the show returns for its seventh and final season, they’ll jump three years ahead,...More »
  
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• Every Major Easter Egg in Black Mirror Season Four

  04-01-2018 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  In four seasons of Black Mirror, creator Charlie Brooker has leaned into the idea that many of the show’s stand-alone episodes exist in the same shared universe, dropping hidden Easter eggs that connect one chapter to another. Brooker & Co. take this habit to a new level in the fourth...More »
  
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• Publishers bring forward release of exposé Trump tried to stop

  04-01-2018 23:24 via ft.com
  Explosive book prompts acrimonious split between president and former adviser Steven Bannon
  
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• Incendiary book on Trump released early

  04-01-2018 23:24 via ft.com
  President’s lawyers tell publisher to stop sale of ‘Fire and Fury’
  
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• The Best Episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ranked

  04-01-2018 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered 25 years ago, it was entering into a storied science-fiction enterprise that prized camaraderie and intellectual curiosity. Almost immediately, Deep Space Nine set itself apart from its predecessors. If previous incarnations saw their story lines born from a place of peace and exploration,...More »
  
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• Animaniacs Reanimating at Hulu

  04-01-2018 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  As part of what we assume must be a plan to try to take over the world, Hulu has decided to revive the classic WB series Animaniacs. The streaming service ordered two new seasons of the animated series, which stars, of course, the zany to the max Warner siblings Yakko,...More »
  
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• Bobby Darin Who? Jonathan Groff Gets It Now

  04-01-2018 22:09 via nytimes.com
  In a new show, the Broadway and television star is paying tribute to the late 1950s pop singer whose musical virtuosity is now little-recognized.
  
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• The Good Place’s Manny Jacinto on Jason’s Voice, Asian Stereotypes, and Ted Danson’s Grossest Prank

  04-01-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oh, Jason Mendoza, you sweet, beautiful idiot. As played by actor Manny Jacinto, The Good Place’s resident aspiring DJ marks a significant moment in the very short history of dumb, hot Asian bros on television (see also: Chan, Josh on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). Jason seems to have been specifically engineered to...More »
  
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• Explaining the Cult Popularity of N.E.R.D.

  04-01-2018 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Can you really be mad at Pharrell Williams? The 44-year-old producer — who could surely pass for a decade younger thanks to a dogged skin-care regimen — is one of the most consistently influential figures in modern popular music. Pharrell’s production team, the Neptunes, which he formed with Chad Hugo,...More »
  
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• Ars Nova Finds a New Theater in Greenwich Village

  04-01-2018 21:25 via nytimes.com
  The Off Broadway company will keep its home in Hell’s Kitchen, but will use the Greenwich House Theater as its primary venue beginning in early 2019.
  
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• Who Should (and Will) Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?

  04-01-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Golden Globe Awards are this Sunday night, and everything about them seem even more unpredictable than usual. What will women say on the red carpet now that the Time’s Up effort has been established? How will host Seth Meyers use his opening monologue to comment on the wave of...More »
  
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• The Met’s Admission-Fee Hike Points at a Much Bigger Problem

  04-01-2018 21:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  This morning, the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the greatest encyclopedic museum of art in the world — willfully threw a piece of its greatness away. Its longtime admissions policy of paying what you wish as long as you pay something, a singularly democratic, Jeffersonian, and flexible economic and ethical...More »
  
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• 39 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2018

  04-01-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s harder than ever to keep track of great television. No matter your taste, from trashy reality to highbrow prestige, there’s definitely a show out there that you’ll love — or two, or three, or more — but only if you actually find it among the hundreds and hundreds scheduled to...More »
  
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• HBO Confirms Game of Thrones Won’t Return Until 2019

  04-01-2018 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s going to be a long wait until we get to see those dragons again. Today, HBO said the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones won’t air until 2019, confirming months of speculation (and also the words of Sophie Turner herself). The season began filming in October, and...More »
  
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• Lady Bird, Logan Score WGA Nominations; The Post Snubbed

  04-01-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) announced nominations for the 2018 awards, and The Post did not make the cut. (Sorry, iconic gold caftan — we were all rooting for you!) Things are getting complicated for the righteous newspaper drama, which also...More »
  
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• In Between Is the Movie of the Feminist Arab Awakening

  04-01-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In Between, in theaters Friday, is Palestinian director Maysaloun Hamoud’s very first film — and she’s already receiving death threats for it. Earlier this year, Islamists issued a fatwa against her, declaring the film “haram,” or forbidden, for promoting ill morals and debauchery. Why has this particular film — a...More »
  
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• Did Lady Bird Make the Right College Choice?

  04-01-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  This post contains spoilers for Lady Bird.If you’ve seen Lady Bird, you’ve likely marveled at the sensitive performances given by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf. You’ve possibly had a flush of recognition at Justin Timberlake and the Dave Matthews Band on the soundtrack And, if you’re anything like me, you’ve...More »
  
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• The Golden Globes’ all-black protest dress code is confirmed – with even some male stars obliging

  04-01-2018 19:34
  Attendees will be using this year’s event to make a point about sexual abuse in the film industry with their outfit choices – prompting plenty of hilarious claims from stylistsDo you remember the “mani-cam”? This was the miniature red carpet on which female Golden Globes stars were required to display their manicures – or rather, to walk their fingers down while conducting interviews with the various entertainment reporters. Splay those digits, girls! Any woman who
  
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• Lucy Hale Strangles Tyler Posey While Having Sex in Truth or Dare Trailer

  04-01-2018 19:21 via feeds.eonline.com
  Universal Pictures released the trailer for the new horror film Truth or Dare on Jan. 3. Produced by Blumhouse Productions, the film follows a group of friends who get wrapped up in a deadly...
  
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• Opera Review: The Met’s Tosca Is Afraid of Its Own Past

  04-01-2018 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Welcome to Operaland, where a brand-new production evokes nostalgia for a 33-year-old forerunner, where singers compete with the memory of long-dead predecessors, and the spirit of a disgraced genius haunts the hall. Zeffirelli, Callas, Pavarotti, Levine — these old names cling to the Metropolitan Opera’s new Tosca, directed by David...More »
  
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• Dave Chappelle's 'reckless' #MeToo and trans jokes have real after-effects

  04-01-2018 19:15
  In his Netflix shows the comic defends his right to provoke, but protests against his gags about misconduct allegations and transgender people are justifiedDave Chappelle’s first Netflix specials, released last spring, left his reputation in need of recovery. Those two sets were widely criticised for their transphobia. Suddenly, a comic once considered radical for his super-smart critiques of race in America was toeing a conservative line on a new generation’s struggle for social jus
  
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• The Met to Charge $25 Admission Fee for Out-of-Town Visitors

  04-01-2018 19:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art was open for business today, not just for visitors but for a last-minute press conference to announce a major policy change — the first since the resignation of its last director, Tom Campbell, led to questions about its financial stability.The news? Beginning in March, for...More »
  
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• Unproduced Woody Allen Project Would Have Had Him Play a Porn Director Hitting on a Younger Woman

  04-01-2018 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since 1980, Woody Allen drafts, notes, and various musings have been collected at Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Finally, someone has read them. In an essay for the Washington Post, freelance writer Richard Morgan has shared his observations from combing through the “56-box, 57-year personal archives” in Princeton’s collection. According to...More »
  
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• 8 New Books You Need to Read This January

  04-01-2018 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.A State of Freedom, by Neel Mukherjee (Norton, January 1) The Indian-born Londoner Mukherjee’s first two novels, including his Booker-short-listed The Lives of Others, focus tightly on people crossing boundaries of class and country....More »
  
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• The 20 Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2018

  04-01-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last year was officially the biggest year on record for horror films, with scary movies accounting for more than $730 million at the domestic box office. Movies like Get Out, Split, It, and Annabelle: Creation all obliterated their budgets, with each one exceeding $200 million around the world, and Happy...More »
  
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• ‘Angels in America’ Casts Stephen Spinella and Bob the Drag Queen

  04-01-2018 19:00 via nytimes.com
  Berkeley Repertory Theater said Mr. Spinella — who won two Tony Awards as Prior Walter in the original Broadway production — will play Roy Cohn.
  
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• One female director for every 22 men: Hollywood's stark diversity problem

  04-01-2018 18:31
  Despite a momentous year heralding change, women and ethnic minority film-makers are no better represented in Hollywood today than they were a year, or even a decade agoThe film industry has had momentous upheavals over the last 12 months, but an annual diversity survey has found that the US movie industry is no more diverse than it was a decade ago, and “there was no meaningful or sustained change in 2017” for female, black or Asian directors in Hollywood. The report, commissioned b
  
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• Hollywood diversity sees no improvement in 2017, report finds

  04-01-2018 18:31
  Despite a momentous year heralding change, women and ethnic minority film-makers are no better represented in Hollywood today than they were a year, or even a decade agoThe film industry has had momentous upheavals over the last 12 months, but an annual diversity survey has found that the US movie industry is no more diverse than it was a decade ago, and “there was no meaningful or sustained change in 2017” for female, black or Asian directors in Hollywood. The report, commissioned b
  
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• DC Superhero Movies Get New President in Walter Hamada

  04-01-2018 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’ve known for a few weeks now that changes were coming at Warner Bros.’ line of DC Comics–based superhero movies. In the wake of the severe financial and critical underperformance of Justice League, the studio announced that Jon Berg, who has been co-head of the DC movie operation since spring...More »
  
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• André Holland and Mark Rylance in New Season at Shakespeare’s Globe

  04-01-2018 18:07 via nytimes.com
  The open-air London theater will return to traditional 16th-century stage practices for its first season with Michelle Terry at the helm.
  
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• Sterling K. Brown to Guest on Brooklyn Nine-Nine As an Unusual Suspect

  04-01-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Randall Pearson is about to get into a little trouble with the law. Fox announced today that This Is Us’s Sterling K. Brown will guest star in an upcoming “unique” episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in which he’ll play a murder suspect interrogated by Andy Samberg’s Jake Peralta and Captain Holt...More »
  
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• Gal Gadot Reflects on Her "Amazing" Wonder Woman Year

  04-01-2018 18:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  2017 was a big year for Gal Gadot.Not only did she star in the box office hit Wonder Woman, but she also appeared in Justice League, gave birth to her second child and was named a winner...
  
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• Father of Slender Man attacker calls new movie 'extremely distasteful'

  04-01-2018 17:48
  Bill Weier, whose daughter attacked a classmate inspired by the fictional bogeyman, has claimed that Sony’s new horror film is ‘popularizing a tragedy’The father of a girl who violently attacked a classmate after being inspired by fictional character Slender Man has criticized a new horror film of the same name as being “extremely distasteful”. Related: Slender Man trailer: a mythical monster worth the wait? Fat chanceContinue reading...
  
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• Trump tries to stop publication of explosive book

  04-01-2018 17:45 via ft.com
  Exposé prompts acrimonious split between president and former adviser Steven Bannon
  
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• Kendrick Lamar and SZA Team Up for Black Panther's "All the Stars"

  04-01-2018 17:45 via feeds.eonline.com
  People of Wakanda, listen up!Kendrick Lamar and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith are curating and producing Black Panther: The Album. The soundtrack will feature music from and...
  
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• Sufjan Stevens’s ‘Mystery of Love’ Video Will Make You Cry an Embarrassing Amount of Tears

  04-01-2018 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  How many tears did you expect to shed today? One or two, maybe because of the “bomb cyclone“? Perhaps a couple more, because Black Panther is on our horizon? Possibly a dozen when you saw that Greta Gerwig wrote an essay about her mother? Congratulations! Budget in about one hundred...More »
  
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• Cardi B Is Perfect for Bruno Mars’s ‘Finesse’ Video in More Ways Than One

  04-01-2018 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bruno Mars may be the PT Cruiser of contemporary pop, but if he is, at least he’s a deluxe model. The man sports every optional bell and whistle one could ask for from a musical performer. He sings gorgeously and dances with impeccable and practiced ease. He co-produces his own...More »
  
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• Five Comic-Book Stories That Might Happen Onscreen After the Disney-Fox Merger

  04-01-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comic-book fans have spent decades imagining what some iconic comic books might look like on the big screen. From superhero battles to universal crossovers, the juggling of movie rights between Disney, Sony, and Fox has blocked a lot of these stories. Now, with the looming megamerger of Disney and 21st...More »
  
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• Theater News: Drama League Announces Casting for 2018 DirectorFest

  04-01-2018 17:00
  The event will take place January 13-22.
  
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• The 32 Most-Anticipated Albums of 2018

  04-01-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Music currently relies on the momentum of the surprise release. Artists like Beyoncé or Frank Ocean or Drake will drop a hint that something could be coming at some point, but won’t say what or when or where. In most cases, speculation is the name of the game, whether we...More »
  
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• Search Party season two review – a flawless millennial murder mystery

  04-01-2018 17:00
  Dory Sief and her equally monstrous, self-obsessed friends are back for a second seriesWhat is it? A second series of the basically perfect millennial murder mystery comedy.Why you’ll love it: In 2016, we first caught sight of Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and her stupid, self-obsessed, independently wealthy friends trying to solve the disappearance of their old college acquaintance, Chantal. Even though they totally, like, couldn’t stand her. #thoughtsandprayers. Dory, along with her lim
  
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• 32 Albums We’re Excited About in 2018

  04-01-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Music currently relies on the momentum of the surprise release. Artists like Beyoncé or Frank Ocean or Drake will drop a hint that something could be coming at some point, but won’t say what or when or where. In most cases, speculation is the name of the game, whether we...More »
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Shares a Graphic Girls Trip Joke Cut From the Movie

  04-01-2018 16:55 via feeds.eonline.com
  No one was more shocked than Tiffany Haddish when she as given the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress--because she knew nothing about the annual event."I...
  
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• Taylor Swift Says No One Can Own the Idea of Players Who Will Play

  04-01-2018 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Players have been playing and haters have been hating since the beginning of time – that’s Taylor Swift’s story and she’s sticking to it. In response to a lawsuit filed by the writers of 3LW’s aughts-pop classic “Playas Gon’ Play” last year accusing Swift’s “Shake It Off” of cribbing their...More »
  
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