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• Candice Bergen Is Bringing Back Murphy Brown

  24-01-2018 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Shoulder pads better come back soon, because Murphy Brown is. CBS announced today that it’s reviving the classic Candice Bergen comedy about journalist and news anchor Murphy Brown with a 13-episode season set to air in the 2018–2019 season. Bergen will still star as Murphy and creator Diane English will...More »
  
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• Review: The Bitter Tears of Dean Moss & Co.

  24-01-2018 23:10 via nytimes.com
  “Petra,” by the director-choreographer Dean Moss, riffs on a Fassbinder film and sadomasochistic relationships.
  
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• Meryl Streep to star in Big Little Lies season two

  24-01-2018 22:43 via theguardian.com
  The Oscar winner will join Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman in the return of the Emmy-winning HBO dramaMeryl Streep is set to join the cast of Big Little Lies for the show’s second season.The Oscar-winning actor, fresh off her record-breaking 21st Academy Award nomination for her role in The Post, will join the multi-award-winning drama alongside Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern. Continue reading...
  
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• Video: Grutto Theater in Natuurmuseum Fryslân - Friesland - LC.nl - Leeuwarder Courant

  24-01-2018 22:36
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  Stap in de wereld van de weidevogel. Het kan tot september in Natuurmuseum Fryslân. Dinsdag opende daar Het Grote Grutto Theater. Via een combinatie van technische installaties, een tentoonstelling en theater wordt de belevingswereld van de grutto ...
  VIDEO: 'Het Grote Grutto Theater' in Natuurmuseum Fryslân | Omrop ...Omrop Fryslanalle 3 nieuwsartikelen »
  
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• ‘Tootsie’ Musical Sets Its Sights on a Broadway Opening

  24-01-2018 22:33 via nytimes.com
  David Yazbek, the composer of “The Band’s Visit,” will write the score and Santino Fontana has signed on to play the role created by Dustin Hoffman in the film.
  
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• Meryl Streep Is Joining the Cast of Big Little Lies Season Two

  24-01-2018 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård has been staying vague about a possible return to Big Little Lies, but we know who will play Perry’s mama: Meryl Streep.HBO has announced that the three-time Oscar winner will be joining the show in season two as Mary Louis Wright. According to the casting breakdown, “concerned for...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure,’ an Enjoyably Overstuffed Sequel

  24-01-2018 22:05 via nytimes.com
  However silly it may sound, the third “Maze Runner” really moves.
  
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• Review: Balls

  24-01-2018 22:00
  One Year Lease and Stages Repertory Theatre coproduce a battle of the sexes at 59E59 Theaters.
  
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• Mark E. Smith of the Fall Dead at 60

  24-01-2018 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mark E. Smith, lead singer of Manchester post-punk band the Fall, has died at age 60, his partner and the group’s manager Pam Van-Damned announced on Twitter on Wednesday. No cause of death was given, though Smith had been in ill health for some time, performing from a wheelchair during...More »
  
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• Claire Danes and Jim Parsons Are Stunningly Good in the Smart, Graceful A Kid Like Jake

  24-01-2018 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Sundance Film Festival is an eavesdropper’s dream for two main subjects: industry gossip and the private-school admissions scene in New York and Los Angeles. Pretty much everything I know about the difficulties of getting a privileged child into the kindergarten that will ensure a successful future and, eventually, great...More »
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Exponential Festival: Unexpected Theater in Unfamiliar Real Estate

  24-01-2018 21:26 via nytimes.com
  This New York-based showcase offers the kind of experimental plays, like “Pillowtalk,” that thrive in more obscure performance spaces.
  
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• Zazie Beetz on Fame’s Limitations: ‘The Version of Me on the Internet Isn’t Me’

  24-01-2018 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Zazie Beetz stopped by the Vulture Studio at Sundance to talk about her new film, Dead Pigs, which premiered at the festival. Beetz also spoke about the inherent limitations of fame, especially as a black woman in Hollywood. “All of who [you] are is never going to be accepted or...More »
  
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• 'I've never done the Presidents Club before and I wouldn't again'

  24-01-2018 21:21 via theguardian.com
  Hostess of 19 describes ‘scary’ event where guest decades older asked her: are you a prostitute? At around 8pm last Thursday evening around 130 young women walked into the ballroom of the opulent Dorchester hotel in London’s Park Lane.
  To the tune of “Power” by the British girl band Little Mix, these “hostesses” – each one clad in a short, tight black skirt and high heels – made their way to one of 24 tables, where around 360 men had squeezed
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Will Now Be Queen of HBO, Thank You Very Much

  24-01-2018 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  She ready! Tiffany Haddish — inspirational NYFCC speaker, Groupon spokeswoman, drunk historian, and late-night queen — has signed a first-look deal with HBO. Per Variety, the deal between Haddish’s She Ready Productions and HBO will be a two-year pact. What more can we expect from the woman who delivered a...More »
  
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• Octavia Spencer Was Mistaken for Mo’Nique

  24-01-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  When she stopped by the Vulture Studio to promote her new Sundance film, A Kid Like Jake, Octavia Spencer told a story about a time when an elderly woman approached her excitedly, assuming she was Mo’Nique. “I didn’t want to shoot her parachute down,” laughed Spencer. “I went with it.”...More »
  
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• Kelly Macdonald Stans for Margot Robbie

  24-01-2018 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kelly Macdonald, star of the Sundance drama Puzzle, stopped by the Vulture Spot and revealed her love for awards-season contender I, Tonya and star Margot Robbie....More »
  
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• This Is Us Creator Wants You to Know Not All Crock-Pots Will Kill You

  24-01-2018 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just because one Crock-Pot started a fire that might kill Milo Ventimiglia, that doesn’t mean every Crock-Pot is out to kill you. Last night on This Is Us, the decades-old slow cooker that Jack and Rebecca’s neighbors gifted them when they moved in malfunctioned and started a fire in their...More »
  
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• Carrie Brownstein Is Redefining Ambition

  24-01-2018 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Portlandia’s eighth and final season premiered last week on IFC. And while Carrie Brownstein will miss the rich, off-kilter world she and Fred Armisen created together, she’s also looking forward to striking out on her own. “I’m excited, just because I’m more certain of my own voice as a writer...More »
  
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• Ursula K. Le Guin Broke Down Walls With Her Writing

  24-01-2018 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the phone with Ursula K. Le Guin ten years ago, we were talking about pronouns. I was an editor, in the position of playing mediator between the writer and the house style at Harper’s Magazine. The prescriptions of house style have a way of crumbling under the pens of...More »
  
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• Here’s the Advice Chris Elliott Gave Daughter Abby Elliott When She Joined SNL

  24-01-2018 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  What advice did Chris Elliott give daughter Abby when she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, making them the only parent-child legacy in the show’s history? “I was terrified!” Abby admitted on a visit to the Vulture Spot at Sundance while promoting her sister Bridey’s film, Clara’s Ghost....More »
  
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• Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ Heading to Broadway

  24-01-2018 20:46 via nytimes.com
  Mr. McCraney, the playwright who won an Oscar for “Moonlight,” will make his Broadway debut in 2019 as part of the upcoming Manhattan Theater Club season.
  
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• The End of the F***ing World Recap: A Period Apart

  24-01-2018 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s a lot to unpack in this episode when it comes to James and Alyssa, but because it takes some very heavy detours before it arrives at somewhere sweet, let’s start by talking about my new favorite pair on TV: Teri Darego and Eunice Noon.Teri and Eunice have the unenviable...More »
  
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• Remembering Hugh Masekela

  24-01-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The series of black-and-white photos was entitled “Hugh Masekela With the Trumpet From Satchmo,” as captured by South African photographer Jürgen Schadeberg in 1954. It documented what would become a profound moment in music. A South African minister who was deported due to his anti-apartheid views, Reverend Trevor Huddleston encountered...More »
  
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• The 27 Best ER Episodes to Watch If You’ve Never Seen It

  24-01-2018 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  What’s that sound you hear? That distant sound of cheers and huzzahs? That chorus of joyous voices shouting in celebration? Is it … can it be? Is ER finally available on a streaming platform? I am here, like a TV-recommendation annunciation angel, to say unto you: Yes! All of ER...More »
  
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• The Sexy, Theater Geeky Riverdale Teens Are Staging Carrie: The Musical in a Musical Episode

  24-01-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Riverdale teens love sex, intrigue, biker gangs, karaoke, murder investigations, and apparently revivals of infamous Broadway flops. Kevin Keller, Riverdale’s resident gay best friend and theatre aficionado, will be directing a high school production of Carrie: The Musical in an upcoming musical episode of the CW show. The musical,...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: This Year’s Oscars Belong to Strong Women in Fierce Roles

  24-01-2018 20:09 via nytimes.com
  Eight of the 10 nominated actresses this year are over 40. And almost none play a character you would want to cross.
  
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• The Carpetbagger: They Are Nominees, Hear Them Roar

  24-01-2018 20:09 via nytimes.com
  Eight of the 10 Oscar-nominated actresses this year are over 40. And almost none play a character you would want to cross.
  
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• Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska’s Damsel Is a Delightful, Violent Clown Show

  24-01-2018 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Few filmmakers earn the adjective “offbeat” as definitively as the Zellner brothers, David and Nathan, whose new Western (premiering at Sundance), Damsel, is a goof on the genre in which no trope is left unmolested and nothing goes the way it’s supposed to. Probably you should clear your head and...More »
  
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• Eigen koers voor museum Mensinge Roden los van het theater - DvhN - Dagblad van het Noorden

  24-01-2018 19:57
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  Voor een eigen koers voor museum Havezathe Mensinge in Roden is het nodig het museum los te koppelen van theater/cinema De Winsinghhof.en meer »
  
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• Elton John Will Retire From Touring, But Only After 300 Farewell Concerts

  24-01-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Elton John is calling it a day. But, first, he’ll spend many days saying good-bye. At an event livestreamed on Wednesday, the singer announced his decision to retire from touring in 2021, saying that he will embark on a three-year, 300-date worldwide farewell tour. John explained to host Anderson Cooper...More »
  
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• The Biggest Deal at Sundance Came for a Revenge Fantasy About Teen Girls Murdering Sexists

  24-01-2018 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  The news about acquisition wars at this year’s Sundance Film Festival has been basically nonexistent. A year after smashes like Get Out, Call Me by Your Name, The Big Sick, and Mudbound surfed out of Park City on waves of buzz, it’s been pretty quiet on the hype front this...More »
  
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• Sundance: Leave No Trace — a gracious view of life on the margins

  24-01-2018 19:14 via ft.com
  Thomasin McKenzie is outstanding in this study of a traumatised father and his daughter
  
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• Indians Are Convulsed by Anger Over Film About a Legendary Hindu Queen

  24-01-2018 19:12 via nytimes.com
  A group of 300 women threatened suicide. A lawmaker offered a reward to behead the actress and director. The police were out in force.
  
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• AMC sued for wrongful death of The Walking Dead stuntman

  24-01-2018 19:03 via theguardian.com
  The mother of John Bernecker, who died from injuries suffered on set of the zombie show, is filing a lawsuit against the networkThe mother of a stuntman who fell to his death on the set of The Walking Dead in Georgia has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the show’s network and other parties, saying unreasonably low budgets led to inadequate safety precautions.John Bernecker, 33, died on 12 July from injuries suffered in a fall on the set in Senoia, about 35 miles south of Atlanta. Con
  
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• In Russia, ‘The Death of Stalin’ Is No Laughing Matter

  24-01-2018 18:13 via nytimes.com
  The Culture Ministry withdrew permission for the film to be shown in the country, denouncing its satirical treatment of the Soviet Union and its legacy.
  
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• New Trailer: ‘Pacific Rim Uprising,’ Starring John Boyega

  24-01-2018 18:06 via nytimes.com
  The sequel to the 2013 monster hit was directed by Steven S. DeKnight, with the original’s director, Guillermo del Toro, now producing.
  
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• Theater News: Cast Announced for Musicals Tonight!'s All-Male Boys From Syracuse

  24-01-2018 18:00
  This new take on the Rodgers and Hart musical kicks off the nonprofit theater company's 20th season.
  
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• Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds

  24-01-2018 17:46 via nytimes.com
  Danai Gurira, Jocelyn Bioh, Mfoniso Udofia and Ngozi Anyanwu share first-generation stories. “You can complain about how your culture is depicted,” says Ms. Anyanwu, “or you can do it yourself.”
  
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• 25 Years After a Breakthrough at Sundance, Trying to Break Through Again

  24-01-2018 17:17 via nytimes.com
  Leslie Harris’s indie “Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.” won a special jury prize in 1993, but making another film about a black woman has proved difficult.
  
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• Let’s Talk About the Dark Season Finale

  24-01-2018 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The German time-travel thriller Dark debuted on Netflix back in December, but you may not have gotten around to watching all ten episodes until recently. Or maybe you’ve been stewing over what it all meant since Christmas and you’re desperate for somebody whose time-travel knowledge is based mostly on repeat...More »
  
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• Seven Seconds Trailer: Regina King Is on a Very Cold and Snowy Hunt for Justice

  24-01-2018 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  At this point, Regina King can’t appear in a TV show without something going terribly wrong in a gut-wrenching way. In Netflix’s Seven Seconds, the American Crime and Leftovers star plays the mother of a teenager accidentally hit and critically injured by a white cop , as the show traces...More »
  
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• Telling the Migos’ Voices Apart: A Brief Guide

  24-01-2018 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  With the days counting down to the Friday release of their third studio album, Culture II, the Migos look set to advance further than ever into mainstream visibility. Released three months ago, Culture II’s lead single “MotorSport,” juiced with verses from Nicki Minaj and Offset’s fiancée Cardi B, has been...More »
  
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• Theater News: Temptations Musical Ain't Too Proud Coming to Los Angeles and Toronto

  24-01-2018 17:00
  The musical, directed by Des McAnuff, features a book by Dominique Morisseau.
  
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• Photo Flash: First Look at Michael Cera, Chris Evans, and the Cast of Lobby Hero on Broadway

  24-01-2018 17:00
  Trip Cullman directs Kenneth Lonergan's drama, which also features Brian Tyree Henry and Bel Powley.
  
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• Sting and Shaggy Made a Reggae Album Together and, Quite Frankly, What Took So Long?

  24-01-2018 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today in sentences I could only dream of writing, Shaggy and Sting have recorded a reggae album together called 44/876 and it’s out on 4/20, hehe. This is a lot to process so, please, light one up and take a moment. We understand and are with you. According to Rolling...More »
  
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• From Pudsey the Dog to the Presidents Club: David Walliams just can’t say no

  24-01-2018 16:08 via theguardian.com
  The TV personality was last week named the bestselling author of 2017 – but has since come under fire for his role at the men-only charity gala at which ‘hostesses’ were allegedly gropedName: David Walliams.Age: 46. Continue reading...
  
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• Theater News: Santino Fontana to Star in World Premiere of David Yazbek's Tootsie Musical

  24-01-2018 16:00
  The production will open in Chicago.
  
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• Theater News: Nathan Alan Davis's Protect the Beautiful Place to Receive Spotlight Presentation

  24-01-2018 16:00
  The workshop presentation is a collaboration between McCarter Theatre Center and the Public Theater.
  
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• Theater News: Irish Rep Announces Three Small Irish Masterpieces

  24-01-2018 16:00
  The production, directed by Charlotte Moore, will include one-acts by Yeats, Gregory, and Synge.
  
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• The Scandal–How to Get Away With Murder Crossover Will Have So Many Power Handbags

  24-01-2018 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  We know next to nothing about the upcoming Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder crossover on ABC, other than that it’ll apparently be full of some impressive power handbags. In a first-look photo from EW, Olivia and Annalise head into a boardroom together to discuss important matters about...More »
  
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