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• Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Recap: Monotone Horror

  14-01-2018 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  The thing I’ve come to like best about Electric Dreams is how every episode is completely different. Not just in terms of conceit, but voice, strengths, flaws, and even basic approach. Ultimately, it seems that Philip K. Dick’s name was crammed into the title as a selling point, while each...More »
  
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• McMafia recap – series one, episode four

  14-01-2018 23:00
  Will Alex double cross Kleiman? Can Dimitri and Oksana be reconciled? Is the Klaus Kinski-esque hacker to be trusted? McMafia is starting to boilAny concerns that Alex was planning to double cross Kleiman appear to be scotched as the pair sit in the blandly opulent environs of Geneva airport, Alex telling all as if to a father confessor about his encounter with Mendez. He assures Kleiman the only reason he did not contact him was that, fearing he would be blackmailed, he should abide by Mendez&r
  
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• Response to French Letter Denouncing #MeToo Shows a Sharp Divide

  14-01-2018 22:12 via nytimes.com
  French feminists criticized the letter signed by Catherine Deneuve and other women, saying it underestimated the harm inflicted by sexual harassment.
  
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• The Coronation – Queen shines in a surprisingly fun royal coup

  14-01-2018 22:00
  After decades of negotiations, the BBC put its access to good use. ‘Coronation expert’ Alastair Bruce guides the action, but it’s the smiling sovereign who starsIn 1930, MGM could revel in its success. Anna Christie was released to the accompaniment of the blazing promise “Garbo talks!” to mark the first time the silent film star had given utterance on camera.I suspect the BBC’s publicity department collectively ruptured several vital organs as they strained n
  
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• Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Recap: A Better Life

  14-01-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  As we near the end of Electric Dreams, we’ve gotten oodles sterile CGI cities, bizarro apocalypse noirs, and pulpy alien paranoia. But we’ve gotten very little of the ponderous, small-stakes yearning that was Philip K. Dick’s hallmark, which is part of what makes “The Commuter” feels so refreshing. The episode...More »
  
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• Just The Crown’s Two Princess Margarets, Hanging Out

  14-01-2018 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Honoured.” That was the only Anglo-Saxon verbiage required from The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby on Instagram last night, when she posted a photo of herself and Helena Bonham Carter smiling in different directions. For some people, this photo means nothing at all: Cool! Two talented British actresses like to hang out...More »
  
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• ‘Jumanji’ Tops Box Office for a Second Week

  14-01-2018 20:26 via nytimes.com
  The sequel starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson has now made $283 million domestically, while “The Commuter” saw disappointing totals.
  
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• Time's Up: Michelle Williams praises Mark Wahlberg donating reshoot fees

  14-01-2018 19:47
  Actor welcomes her co-star’s donation to campaign, after it was revealed he was paid $1.5m for reshooting All The Money In The World while she got than $1,000The actor Michelle Williams has welcomed co-star Mark Wahlberg’s decision to donate his $1.5m (£1.1m) pay cheque for reshoots of All The Money In The World to Time’s Up, thanking fellow actors who “stood by me and stood up for me”.
  Wahlberg said on Saturday his donation to the initiative, which was set up
  
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• Time’s Up Leaders Tell Oprah Why They Decided to Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment

  14-01-2018 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  From its successful demonstration at the Golden Globes to its Legal Defense Fund of nearly $20 million, the Time’s Up initiative has proven to be a powerful force since its launch on New Year’s Day. On CBS’s Sunday Morning, Oprah Winfrey sat down with the campaign’s leaders to discuss the...More »
  
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• Phillip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Recap: Another Earth

  14-01-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We’re con artists?”“What other type is there?This exchange is at the heart of “Impossible Planet,” an episode of Electric Dreams set in a distant future where two low-level tour guides pilot a spaceship for gawking passengers, eager to take in the wonders of space. The service is called Astral Dreams...More »
  
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• Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Recap: Another Earth

  14-01-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We’re con artists?”“What other type is there?This exchange is at the heart of “Impossible Planet,” an episode of Electric Dreams set in a distant future where two low-level tour guides pilot a spaceship for gawking passengers, eager to take in the wonders of space. The service is called Astral Dreams...More »
  
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• The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Trailer: Paranoia Strikes Deep, Especially When a Weird Buffalo Springfield Cover Is Involved

  14-01-2018 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stop, hey, what’s that sound? Look up! It’s the trailer for the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale! Hulu’s crown jewel of dystopian programming is back, promising to expand on the words of Margaret Atwood’s original novel for the sake of more content. (Seriously, just preemptively give Elisabeth Moss and...More »
  
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• Review: Without Singing, the Moth Hits the High Notes in ‘The Echo Drift’

  14-01-2018 18:28 via nytimes.com
  Stark, intricate and often exciting, the two-character chamber opera finds a prisoner tormented by the insect in her cell.
  
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• I watched a 17-hour broadcast of a train crossing Australia. It didn't disappoint

  14-01-2018 18:00
  Cruelly tasked with sitting through Australia’s first foray into “slow TV”, Naaman Zhou found The Ghan both mesmerising and rewarding After 13 hours, The Ghan crosses a bridge and I finally understand what is happening to my brain. I have been watching the same train since 2:30am, and it has shown me more of my country than I could ever remember, and wrapped my life, for one day, around the very simple but compelling promise of movement. Continue reading...
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Fires Royal Bra-Fitter Over Tell-All Book

  14-01-2018 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Queen Elizabeth has been getting her bras from luxury London-based lingerie company Rigby & Peller since at least 1960. But as the BBC reports, the queen has fired the supplier after a new tell-all book exposed secrets of royal bra fittings. Rigby & Peller has held the “royal warrant” for...More »
  
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• From Turner to Lowry: Timothy Spall provides portrait of another artist

  14-01-2018 17:38
  Actor says he is ‘trying to tick off all the artists’ as he starts work on film exploring LS Lowry’s relationship with his motherAfter rave reviews for his portrayal of JMW Turner in 2014, Timothy Spall is to star in a film about another British artist – LS Lowry.Shooting begins this week on Mrs Lowry & Son, directed by Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Continue reading...
  
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• Sam Rockwell Joins the Prestigious ‘Drops F-Bomb on SNL’ Club

  14-01-2018 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Honestly, this might be more satisfying than the Five-Timers Club. Sam Rockwell has ascended into the ranks of one of the few people who have accidentally cursed on SNL, forever immortalizing the term “you can’t be this fucking stupid!” in the process. If you quickly want to watch this molotov...More »
  
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• Aziz Ansari Accused of Sexual-Misconduct by Photographer

  14-01-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari has been accused by a New York-based photographer of sexual misconduct during a date. Speaking anonymously with Babe, the 23 year-old woman claims she met Ansari at an Emmys after-party in L.A. last fall. They exchanged numbers, which lead to a date in Manhattan about...More »
  
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• SNL Finally Comes to Its Senses By Dedicating Entire Sketch to Character Actor Extraordinaire Stanley Tucci

  14-01-2018 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Frankly, how dare SNL wait 43 seasons to come up with a rap-centric sketch about Stanley Tucci. Does it matter that The Tooch’s first acting role was in the early ‘80s while SNL premiered in the mid ‘70s? Not really. Logic doesn’t apply here. The writers really should’ve anticipated our...More »
  
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• Bella Emberg obituary

  14-01-2018 16:06
  Actor and comedian best known for her TV role as Blunderwoman alongside Russ AbbotThe actor Bella Emberg, who has died aged 80, played stooge to comedians such as Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Dick Emery, Stanley Baxter and Les Dawson on TV before gaining her greatest fame as a foil to Russ Abbot.Alongside his spoof superhero Cooperman, a fusion of Tommy Cooper and Superman, she was memorable as Blunderwoman, one of her many metaphorically and physically larger-than-life characters. “It&rsqu
  
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• Saturday Night Live Recap: Sam Rockwell Knows His Gay Porn Stars

  14-01-2018 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sam Rockwell has a way with weirdos. Just about every one of his roles — whether it’s quiet one like in Moon, or something bigger and broader like Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind — is some kind of freakazoid on the edge. While his Golden Globe win for playing...More »
  
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• SNL’s Oprah Is Considering Running for President to Get White Women Back on Track

  14-01-2018 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Will Oprah actually run for president in 2020? Who knows. Perhaps. Definitely. Maybe. But if she does decide to leave her empire in favor of a democratic ticket, you can thank one group of voters in particular for her change of heart: Those pesky white women. “Every since I’ve been...More »
  
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• Bill Murray’s Steve Bannon Refuses to Believe His Time in the Spotlight Is Actually Over

  14-01-2018 15:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new day is upon us here on Morning Joe. Or rather, a Steve Bannon political dynasty is only a few days away from coming to fruition, with Bill Murray’s blotchy alt-righter assuring everyone that “Steve Bannon, that Bannon canon, magic magic magic magic magic” will definitely live to see...More »
  
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• Bill Murray as Steve Bannon on Saturday Night Live – video

  14-01-2018 15:08
  The actor debuts his take on Trump's former chief strategist in an interview alongside Fred Armisen as the Fire and Fury author Michael WolffSaturday Night Live: Bill Murray as Steve Bannon … but downhill from there Continue reading...
  
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• The UK is not a 'foodie nation', says chef Angela Hartnett

  14-01-2018 14:44
  The Michelin-starred restaurateur tells BBC’s Desert Island Discs that British food culture is ‘about money’Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett has dismissed the notion that the UK has become a “foodie nation”, saying that British people do not know how to shop. The former head chef at the Connaught, who trained under Gordon Ramsay, criticised Britain’s food culture, saying it was all about money.Continue reading...
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray as Steve Bannon… but downhill from there

  14-01-2018 13:32
  Sam Rockwell hosted, Cecily Strong stood out, Leslie Jones played Oprah twice and musical guest Halsey showed wild and winning charismaIt’s 2018, it’s Saturday night, and Fred Armisen is playing Michael Wolff in the cold open of SNL, being interviewed alongside Bill Murray as Steve Bannon. As Kate McKinnon, playing Mika Brezinksi, bemoans the future of America, they cut to Leslie Jones as Oprah.Related: Trumpocracy review: David Frum’s appalled analysis lacks fire and furyConti
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray as Steve Bannon… and downhill from there

  14-01-2018 13:32
  Sam Rockwell hosted, Cecily Strong stood out, Leslie Jones played Oprah twice and musical guest Halsey showed wild and winning charismaIt’s 2018, it’s Saturday night, and Fred Armisen is playing Michael Wolff in the cold open of SNL, being interviewed alongside Bill Murray as Steve Bannon. As Kate McKinnon, playing Mika Brezinksi, bemoans the future of America, they cut to Leslie Jones as Oprah.Related: Trumpocracy review: David Frum’s appalled analysis lacks fire and furyConti
  
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• Workshops en theater in Kulturhus Lintelo - Aaltens Nieuws (persbericht)

  14-01-2018 08:18
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  Workshops en theater in Kulturhus Lintelo
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  LINTELO - Aankomende maanden zijn er weer allerlei activiteiten in het Kulturhus Lintelo. Op 22 februari start het programma met een workshop betonlook van Geraldien Hoftijzer. Op 8 maart is er een workshop huidverzorging en make-up. Men leert in deze ...
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• The week in TV: Kiri; Next of Kin; Spiral

  14-01-2018 08:00
  Sarah Lancashire’s social worker is the perfect scapegoat in C4’s gritty adoption drama, while Spiral hits a scuzzy new highKiri (C4) | All 4
  Next of Kin (ITV) | ITV Player
  Spiral (BBC Four) | iPlayerWe learned from 2016’s National Treasure a couple of things about writer Jack Thorne: that he doesn’t do cheap sententious moralising – that particular take on Operation Yewtree could have been woefully tawdry in lesser hands – and that he likes to keep us guessin
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: Papa, We’re in Syria; The Cameron Years

  14-01-2018 08:00
  Radio Atlas turns up more foreign language audio gems, while Steve Richards unpicks David Cameron’s reign as PMPapa, We’re in Syria | Radio Atlas
  The Cameron Years (BBC Radio 4) | iPlayerRadio Atlas is the intriguing podcast strand curated by producer extraordinaire Eleanor McDowall. I’ve written about it before, but just to recap: McDowall finds excellent audio (documentaries, soundscapes, interviews) from places where English is not the spoken language. She adds a simple tran
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: McMafia; The South Bank Show 40th Anniversary Special

  14-01-2018 07:00
  The intriguing although not yet thrilling financial drama continues and Melvyn Bragg celebrates four decades of his hardy, middlebrow arts institution Continue reading...
  
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• Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Recap: Safety First

  14-01-2018 01:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hoo boy. Where to even start with one of the most sneakily offensive episodes of television I’ve ever seen?To talk about why “Safe and Sound” so drastically misunderstands its own message, we first need to talk about the portrayal of race in science fiction. It’s an issue that isn’t discussed...More »
  
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• Italy’s love affair with cinema cools as film fans turn to TV

  14-01-2018 01:05
  Piracy and online distributors such as Netflix keep audiences in armchairs at homeFrom Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 Oscar-winner The Great Beauty to Call Me By Your Name, the highly acclaimed gay love story directed by Luca Guadagnino, Italy still has a flair for making films that create a global buzz. But that doesn’t mean to say that Italians are such great fans of their homegrown productions – at least when it comes to taking themselves off to the cinema to watch them.According t
  
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• After the #MeToo backlash, an insider’s guide to French feminism

  14-01-2018 01:03
  Catherine Deneuve joined 99 other prominent French women in a letter last week accusing the Hollywood anti-abuse campaign of censorship and intolerance. Agnès Poirier explains how the debate is viewed in ParisFrench women made headlines all over the world last week. And not because they never get fat or their children never throw food, as a series of American bestsellers put it, but because 100 of them signed an open letter published in Le Monde offering an alternative view of the #MeToo
  
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• Spiral recap: season six, episodes five and six - another day, another body

  14-01-2018 00:50
  Another body shows up, a raid by the storm troopers goes pear-shaped, Joséphine goes rogue and Bambi is revealed as we reach the halfway pointThings have become a lot clearer as the season enters its mid-point. Mercier’s crew of good police grieving their buddy seem instead to be child abusing scumbags, who may well have had a hand in his death. Elsewhere, Joséphine has another abuser in her sights and we can only imagine what she’s got lined up for him. Continue readin
  
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• Interviews: Starring in a Big Musical at 18, Hailey Kilgore Swaps Stories With Lea Salonga

  14-01-2018 00:00
  As Kilgore makes her Broadway debut in Once on This Island, costar Salonga looks back to her debut in Miss Saigon.
  
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