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• Barack Obama Once Shook What His Mama Give Him in Front of Prince

  10-01-2018 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wasting no opportunity to embarrass her dad, a few months before Prince died, Sasha Obama dragged Barack up onstage at an event where Prince was performing to dance with her. “This surprised me because she always mocks my dancing,” Barack explains to David Letterman in a clip from his new...More »
  
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• Kiri review: beautifully observed drama, and not as grim as expected

  10-01-2018 23:00
  A nine-year-old black girl is about to be adopted by a white middle-class family in drama which teases out tangle of themesOf all the caring professions, social workers probably have the blackest humour. And need it the most. So it feels appropriate that the beautifully observed and not-as-grim-as-expected Kiri (Channel 4) opens with a small dark laugh. The kind that tugs at the corners of the mouth where sadness also resides. Senior social worker Miriam (Sarah Lancashire), whose day begins with
  
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• The Trailer for Netflix’s Dirty Money Will Stoke Your Outrage at Corporate America

  10-01-2018 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  The perfect docuseries for 2018 has arrived. Each of the Dirty Money’s six episodes will focus on a specific story of corporate scandal and corruption, and each will have a different director. Oscar winner Alex Gibney will dig into the dangerous decision-making that led VW to a massive vehicle recall...More »
  
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• Here’s Your First Look at Silicon Valley Without T.J. Miller

  10-01-2018 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  With T.J. Miller off the show, Silicon Valley will return this March in rebooted form. Richard’s trying to build his “new internet,” which means he has a bunch more employees, while Jian’s taken control of the incubator himself. Expect everyone to fail spectacularly and then somehow fall upward. Silicon Valley...More »
  
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• Modern Love: Modern Love Podcast: Lois Smith Reads ‘Yes, We Do. Even at Our Age.’

  10-01-2018 22:17 via nytimes.com
  On this week’s podcast, the “Lady Bird” actress reads Nancy Price Freedman’s essay about how sex changes over time.
  
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• I Wonder Why James Franco’s Stripper Saga Movie Is Maybe Not Happening

  10-01-2018 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Once upon a time, a woman named Zola told Twitter her story: It was a tale of sugar daddies, Florida, and the phrase “vibing over our hoeism or whatever.” Pre– Golden Globe win, James Franco was signed on to direct and star in a film adaptation of the infamous Zola...More »
  
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• The Advice Every Comic Should Hear Before Performing at the Correspondents’ Dinner

  10-01-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before going on at Comedy Central’s “Colossal Clusterfest,” comedian and Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj let us in on his pre-show mantra and how to judge the crowd response at one of the most difficult gigs, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner....More »
  
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• Review: ‘Vazante’ Revisits Brazil’s History in Black and White

  10-01-2018 22:08 via nytimes.com
  Set in 1821, during the slavery era, the film is an austere story about white farmers and enslaved black men, women and children.
  
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• New Yorkers Making Up Bigger Portion of Broadway Audience

  10-01-2018 21:36 via nytimes.com
  Other findings from a report on the 2016-17 season: Crowds remain white and predominantly female, but more young people are attending.
  
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• Browsing: 9 to 5 Dressing, Updated for 2018

  10-01-2018 21:12 via nytimes.com
  In honor of the film “The Post,” an ode to 1970s office wear.
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Oscars So Awkward? Trying to Top the Globes Won’t Be Easy

  10-01-2018 21:04 via nytimes.com
  As the women behind Time’s Up figure out if they can sustain the momentum from Sunday’s event, the Academy Awards face the specter of uncomfortable male moments.
  
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• Nico Santos on His Superstore Breakthrough, Homophobia, and Crazy Rich Asians

  10-01-2018 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  NBC’s Superstore, a workplace comedy about a big-box store in the middle of America, offers a breath of sharp, shady air in the form of Mateo. It’s not because he’s a gay, undocumented, Filipino-American working at a place called Cloud 9, but simply that he’s fully realized as a snarky,...More »
  
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• Steven Spielberg Doesn’t Think Women Will Be Shut Out of This Year’s Oscar Nominations

  10-01-2018 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Natalie Portman was simply stating an objective fact when she introduced the Golden Globes directing nominees as “all male.” Even though the nominees grimaced through the shade Sunday night, bespectacled zaddy Steven Spielberg was okay with it, saying women’s contributions to film in 2017 needs more attention. “There’s a watershed...More »
  
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• The 12 Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2018

  10-01-2018 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Can 2018 match the particularly strong year that podcasts had in 2017? If so, it’ll be because some of the shows on this list really took off. These are 12 of the most anticipated podcasts scheduled to drop in the first half of the year, with two big trends standing...More »
  
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• The 12 Most Anticipated Podcasts We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2018

  10-01-2018 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Can 2018 match the particularly strong year that podcasts had in 2017? If so, it’ll be because some of the shows on this list really took off. These are 12 of the most anticipated podcasts scheduled to drop in the first half of the year, with two big trends standing...More »
  
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• The new culture secretary: besides loving Galway Girl, what do we know about Matt Hancock?

  10-01-2018 18:33
  He rides a racehorse, plays Arctic cricket and has already seen Hamilton. How will the new boss do at the DCMS – and will Ed Sheeran be invited to its Xmas party?In the BBC’s self-satire W1A, the government office that supervises the corporation is referred to as “the Department for Culture, Media and – for some reason – Sport”. There was a time when many would have put the words “for some reason” in front of the whole thing.The job of running the
  
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• Let’s Talk About the Ending of Black Mirror’s “Hang the DJ”

  10-01-2018 18:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Like all episodes of Black Mirror, the end of “Hang the DJ” offers up a closing twist that forces the audience to rethink everything they’ve seen so far. The setup and the flip work like this: Two attractive young people named Frank and Amy meet on a date, and we...More »
  
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• Michelle Williams Is Ready to Lead

  10-01-2018 18:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Consider the curious career of Michelle Williams. She is, at 37, regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, with four Oscar nominations to prove it. She is private but well-known, with the sort of fame that requires little upkeep because, after coming of age on the youthquake...More »
  
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• Review: In ‘The Insult,’ the Dispute Is Personal. And Political.

  10-01-2018 18:23 via nytimes.com
  Lebanon’s energetic Oscar entry is the story of a quarrel that escalates into greater conflict.
  
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• Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious

  10-01-2018 18:11 via nytimes.com
  Her new Jim Crow-era play, “He Brought Her Heart Back in Box,” shows that even late in an influential career, she’s not mellowing.
  
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• Rex Reed Bangs a Gong on the Mediocrity of Modern Life

  10-01-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  The tirelessly acidic film critic recalls when screens were silver, not small; when actors were stars, not celebrities; and when written opinion wasn’t free.
  
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• Review: Excellence Pursued in ‘Paddington 2’

  10-01-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  A neighborly bear makes for an adorable sequel.
  
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• Trevor Noah: 'In Trump's mind, the attorney general is his personal attorney'

  10-01-2018 16:55
  Comics, including Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel discussed immigration reform and the reading level at which Donald Trump speaksLate-night hosts on Tuesday discussed Donald Trump’s open-door meeting with Democrats and Republicans on immigration reform, his posture towards the justice department, and a new website that placed Trump’s speeches at a fourth-grade reading level. Related: Late-night hosts on Oprah's Golden Globes speech: 'A year ago, I would've called it pre
  
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• Catherine Deneuve's claim of #MeToo witch-hunt sparks backlash

  10-01-2018 16:47
  French actor and 100 other women who signed letter are accused of being ‘apologists for rape’The French actor Catherine Deneuve has sparked a furious international backlash after she denounced the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment as a “witch-hunt” against men.Deneuve and around 100 other women had signed an open letter blasting the new “puritanism” of the avalanche of “denunciations” following claims that the Hollywood producer Harvey Wein
  
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• Children (and Adults) Deserve More Films Like Paddington 2

  10-01-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Actors are some of the most despicable, devious people on the planet,” says the cantankerous housekeeper Mrs. Bird (Julie Walters) around the time that the dastardly villain of Paddington 2 is revealed. It’s about as close to a “for the adults in the room” line as the film gets, if...More »
  
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• Catt Sadler Responds to E!’s Defense of Co-Worker’s Higher Salary: ‘We Did Similar Jobs’

  10-01-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last month Catt Sadler quit E! News after learning that there was a “massive” pay disparity between her and her male co-host Jason Kennedy. On the Golden Globes red carpet Sunday night, many A-list actresses came to her defense. In response, an NBC executive tried to clarify the pay disparity,...More »
  
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• Review: Dancing to Destruction in Enda Walsh’s Fierce ‘Disco Pigs’

  10-01-2018 16:15 via nytimes.com
  This harrowing and exhilarating revival, featuring an inexhaustible cast of two, summons the agonies and ecstasies of being 17 in a blighted Irish town.
  
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• Les Misérables without the music – I dreamed a dream and it came true

  10-01-2018 16:10
  There is no place in the modern world for musicals now we have speech and emojis. Thanks to a new BBC version, starring Dominic West and David Oyelowo, I will be able to enjoy Victor Hugo’s epic story without getting a cluster migraine
  Television, like all other forms of traditional media, is in mortal danger. Audiences are fragmenting, advertisers are fleeing and money is running out fast. If it wants to survive, television needs one good idea. That’s it. Just one golden bullet of a
  
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• TV News: TNT Orders Full Season of Snowpiercer, Starring Daveed Diggs and Lena Hall

  10-01-2018 16:00
  The series is based on Bong Joon-ho's 2013 dystopian sci-fi film.
  
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• Theater News: Matilda, Legally Blonde, and More Join 210th Walnut Street Theatre Season

  10-01-2018 16:00
  The Philadelphia theater announces the 2018-19 roster.
  
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• Theater News: Immersive Theatrical Event The Hidden Ones to Open in February

  10-01-2018 16:00
  The intimate presentation explores the stories of Holocaust victims.
  
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• Theater News: 2017 Jimmy Award Winners to Perform at BroadwayCon

  10-01-2018 16:00
  Sofia Deler and Tony Moreno won last year's edition of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards.
  
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• Saga Creators: No Movie On the Way, But We Wouldn’t Say No to a Musical

  10-01-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an entertainment ecosystem where a comic-book character’s popularity is judged largely by whether it’s made it to a movie or a TV show, the heroes and villains of Saga stand apart for the fact that you can only find them in four-color format. No adaptations are on the horizon...More »
  
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• Winter Is the Best Season for Rom-Coms

  10-01-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, four of our writers are participating in an extremely serious debate regarding which season is the best setting for a romantic comedy. Is it winter, when Nancy Meyers bundles all of her characters in adorable sweaters? Is it spring, when both the ice and Tom Hanks’s cold corporate...More »
  
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• Summer Is the Best Season for Rom-Coms

  10-01-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, four of our writers are participating in an extremely serious debate regarding which season is the best setting for a romantic comedy. Is it winter, when Nancy Meyers bundles all of her characters in adorable sweaters? Is it spring, when both the ice and Tom Hanks’s cold corporate...More »
  
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• Spring Is the Best Season for Rom-Coms

  10-01-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, four of our writers are participating in an extremely serious debate regarding which season is the best setting for a romantic comedy. Is it winter, when Nancy Meyers bundles all of her characters in adorable sweaters? Is it spring, when both the ice and Tom Hanks’s cold corporate...More »
  
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• Fall Is the Best Season for Rom-Coms

  10-01-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, four of our writers are participating in an extremely serious debate regarding which season is the best setting for a romantic comedy. Is it winter, when Nancy Meyers bundles all of her characters in adorable sweaters? Is it spring, when both the ice and Tom Hanks’s cold corporate...More »
  
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• Russell Simmons Investigated by NYPD for Two New Rape Allegations

  10-01-2018 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NYPD has added two new rape allegations to its investigation into music mogul Russell Simmons, the department announced Tuesday night. Though no other details were given, a police sergeant said, “The NYPD has received information regarding allegations involving Russell Simmons in the New York City area, and our detectives...More »
  
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• Jo Whiley to join Simon Mayo in drivetime slot in BBC Radio 2 revamp

  10-01-2018 15:24
  Schedule shake-up includes increasing number of female presenters and taking three long-running arts shows off airThe BBC has shaken up the daily schedule of Radio 2, the most listened to station in Britain, by moving Jo Whiley to its drivetime show, increasing the number of female presenters, and axing three long-running arts programmes.Whiley will move from her weeknight show to presenting an extended drivetime programme alongside Simon Mayo between 5pm and 8pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Late-Night Hosts Roast Trump for Maybe Not Knowing the Words to the National Anthem

  10-01-2018 15:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The College Football Playoff National Championship kicked off on Monday, as football games usually do, with the national anthem. This time, President Trump was there in the stadium to lead the country in singing some (emphasis on “some”) of the words. Late-night hosts had a field day with video footage...More »
  
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• Natasha Leggero Found Her Muse in the Last Place She Expected: Burning Man

  10-01-2018 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Burning Man is not only for VCs and Rosario Dawson. It also attracts people who spend the year looking forward to doing drugs while covered in dirt. It’s a place completely at odds with comedian Natasha Leggero and, especially, the version of Natasha Leggero she performs onstage. But after marrying...More »
  
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• Your Guide to the Three Billboards Backlash

  10-01-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Unlike last year, when the battle between Moonlight and La La Land became for many viewers a proxy war for the struggle against the incoming administration, the first few months of this year’s Oscars race denied us the pleasures of another stark contest. In part, this was because the industry...More »
  
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• Theater News: George Street Playhouse Announces Casting for American Hero

  10-01-2018 15:00
  Broadway alums Kally Duling and Laiona Michelle will be among the cast of Christopher Demos-Brown's military drama.
  
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• Michael Douglas Gives Interview to Preemptively Deny Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  10-01-2018 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an attempt to get ahead of a report of sexual misconduct about him, Michael Douglas gave an interview with Deadline, in which he preemptively denied alleged accusations from a former employee. According to Deadline, both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter were considering publishing accusations from a former employee against...More »
  
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• Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants

  10-01-2018 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Katja Blichfeld started 2017 with one tattoo, but after the two she’s getting today, she’ll end the year with eight. She’s standing outside the shop on Roebling Street, FaceTiming with her girlfriend as she waits for her appointment, and wearing a boxy quilted jacket, pale high-waisted jeans, and off-white leather...More »
  
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• Tom Hanks’s 10 Favorite Books

  10-01-2018 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they’d take to a desert island, and they’ve shared the results with Vulture. Below is author and star of The Post Tom Hanks’s list.A World Lit Only by Fire, by William ManchesterThe dark ages, explained as humans lived through them. A time...More »
  
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• UK House of Lords expected to vote for second inquiry into media

  10-01-2018 14:08 via ft.com
  Amendment to data protection bill calls for second phase of Leveson inquiry
  
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• Lords vote renews pressure for fresh UK phone-hacking probe

  10-01-2018 14:08 via ft.com
  May’s government defeated on amendment calling for second phase of Leveson inquiry
  
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• The Great Awokening

  10-01-2018 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2017, it was possible to see parables everywhere. The first year of Donald Trump’s presidency was one in which the destabilizing fact of that presidency was never far from mind — it made priorities clear, we told each other, unless it obscured them entirely. A racist reality star was...More »
  
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• Review: Disco Pigs

  10-01-2018 14:00
  A West End revival of playwright Enda Walsh's career-making play comes to Irish Repertory Theatre.
  
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