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• Nathan Lane Shares His Response to Billy Eichner’s Lion King Casting: ‘How Dare You!’

  10-02-2018 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  While a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Friday, Nathan Lane recalled the very kind, very un-Billy Eichner-like email he had received from the Billy on the Street host after the younger actor learned he had been cast in the upcoming Lion King remake. In turn, Lane wrote...More »
  
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• Underbelly Files: Chopper – gratuitous crime drama butchers logic and style

  10-02-2018 22:05 via theguardian.com
  Nine’s attempt to carve a sympathetic likeness of the notorious Melbourne gangster is a crime against good tasteIt takes about 10 seconds of watching actor Aaron Jeffery play Mark “Chopper” Read in Underbelly Files: Chopper before it becomes painfully clear that, sadly, his performance will not hold a candle to Eric Bana’s portrayal of the same character in the 2000 classic film, Chopper. It takes three or four minutes of running time to ascertain that this two-part mini-
  
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• Theory of Everything composer Johann Johannsson dies at 48

  10-02-2018 21:10
  Icelandic musician won a Golden Globe in 2015 for his score to the Stephen Hawking biopicThe Theory Of Everything composer Johann Johannsson has died aged 48, his management has confirmed.The Icelandic musician and producer, who won a Golden Globe for his score to the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic starring Eddie Redmayne, was found dead in Berlin on Friday. Related: Arrival composer Jóhann Jóhannsson: 'People are hungry for new sounds'Continue reading...
  
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• Theory of Everything composer Jóhann Jóhannsson dies at 48

  10-02-2018 21:10
  The Icelandic musician won a Golden Globe in 2015 for his score to the Stephen Hawking biopicThe Theory of Everything composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has died aged 48, his management has confirmed.The Icelandic musician and producer, who won a Golden Globe for his score to the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic starring Eddie Redmayne, was found dead in Berlin on Friday. Related: Arrival composer Jóhann Jóhannsson: 'People are hungry for new sounds'Continue reading...
  
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• ‘There is nothing fake about it’: real Derry Girls revel in TV show’s wit

  10-02-2018 21:02 via theguardian.com
  C4 comedy set in the Troubles has won fans for its witty and authentic portrayal of the early 1990sThey wear the same green school uniforms and speak in the same quick-fire north-west Irish accent – they are the real-life versions of the Derry Girls, the raucous, funny, eponymous heroines of the runaway hit TV drama series.Pupils and their teachers at the school once attended by two of the young actresses in Derry Girls speak of their pride at how the programme has shown the world there is
  
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• Watch Idris Elba Publicly Propose to His Girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre at a Yardie Screening

  10-02-2018 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bad news, everyone who thought they were going to marry Idris Elba. Unless your name is Sabrina Dhowre, we’ve got some tough news you’re really not going to like. David Marsden, Managing Director and partner at Sainou Talent Agency London, posted an Instagram video of the moment Idris Elba took...More »
  
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• Award-Winning Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson Dead at 48

  10-02-2018 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has died at the age of 48, having reportedly been found dead at his Berlin apartment on Friday. His manager confirmed his death. Jóhannsson was a celebrated film composer, earning an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win for his work on 2014’s Stephen Hawking biopic The...More »
  
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• Catastrophe’s Rob Delaney Writes About Late 2-Year-Old Son Henry Following His Death From Cancer

  10-02-2018 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Actor Rob Delaney took to Facebook Friday to reveal the details of a private family tragedy: the death of his son Henry from a brain tumor. The Catastrophe star described the toddler’s struggle with cancer, which was diagnosed around the child’s first birthday. While the tumor was removed in early...More »
  
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• Altered Carbon Recap: Family Reunion

  10-02-2018 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a sense, “Nora Inu” plays out similarly to the controversial seventh episode of Stranger Things 2. Sure, this one isn’t a trip to Pittsburgh inspired by The Warriors, but it is a lengthy flashback episode that fills in the gaps of our knowledge of the backgrounds of Takeshi Kovacs,...More »
  
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• The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Was the Best I’ve Seen in Years

  10-02-2018 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  NBC’s coverage of the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea was the least obnoxious opening ceremony coverage I’ve seen in a very long time. There were moments when the taped broadcast even became a model of how to do this kind of after-the-fact presentation....More »
  
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• Kim Cattrall Does Not Want ‘Hypocrite’ Sarah Jessica Parker’s Condolences At This Time

  10-02-2018 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sadly, the cast’s very public disagreement this fall about a third Sex And The City movie should have put to rest any fantasies you might have had about Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker sipping cocktails and indulging in retail therapy in NYC IRL. On Saturday, Cattrall posted an Instagram...More »
  
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• Kim Cattrall Slams Sex and the City Co-Star Sarah Jessica Parker: "You Are Not My Friend"

  10-02-2018 16:49 via feeds.eonline.com
  Kim Cattrall wishes someone from the Sex and the City franchise would leave her alone.Close to four months after news broke that Sex and the City 3 would officially not be happening,...
  
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• Kill Bill Stunt Coordinator Says He Wasn’t Even Told About Uma Thurman Driving Scene

  10-02-2018 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a New York Times article published last Saturday, Kill Bill star Uma Thurman described being injured in an on-set accident that she alleges was covered up by now-disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein and CAA. Director Quentin Tarantino subsequently addressed her account, in which the actress recalls driving an improperly outfitted...More »
  
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• House of Cards actor Reg E Cathey dies aged 59

  10-02-2018 12:29 via theguardian.com
  David Simon leads tributes to ‘masterful actor’ who also appeared in The WireReg E Cathey, who featured in the US version of House of Cards and in The Wire, has died aged 59.David Simon, the creator of The Wire, announced Cathey’s death on Friday night. “Not only a fine, masterful actor – but simply one of the most delightful human beings with whom I ever shared some long days on set,” Simon tweeted.Continue reading...
  
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• Obituaries: Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards Emmy Winner and 30-Year Theater Vet, Dies at 59

  10-02-2018 12:00
  Cathey had reportedly been battling lung cancer.
  
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• All Together Now: the TV talent show that hits a bum note

  10-02-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The televised singing competition, featuring a hundred judges - and a Spice Girl! - is the hopeful leading the hopeless“This is no ordinary singing competition,” promises the voiceover at the start of All Together Now (Saturday, 7.15pm, BBC One), in which members of the public honk their way through pop classics in the hope of trousering £50,000 and a selfie with Geri “Ginger Spice” Horner.Mere months after the choral contest Pitch Battle, the Gary Barlow-mastermind
  
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• Goodbye Lena Dunham! Why John Early is millennial comedy’s new king

  10-02-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From his hipster satire in Search Party to Britney Spears impressions, the Tennessee comic’s joyful characters mark a departure from self-absorbed twentysomething humourIn one of the final episodes of subversive murder mystery series Search Party, John Early’s fantastically vainglorious character Elliott has an epiphany. He sits at the desk of his book publisher and addresses a room of staff who are impatiently waiting for a first draft of his autobiography. “Here’s the t
  
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• Saturday’s best TV: Hard Sun; Modus

  10-02-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The finale of outlandish apocalypse drama Hard Sun and another series of Scandi cop drama Modus. Plus, a tribute to the late Mark E Smith Continue reading...
  
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• A Spiral binge is the perfect kiss-off to dry January

  10-02-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  I rewind and slip back into an exotic, seductive world where cops kiss each other hello at murder scenes I come home from a weekend in Italy, repack and head straight back out again on a band tour – Southampton, Birmingham, Cambridge; places where, as far as I’m concerned, the restrictions of dry January do not apply. My month without alcohol has been so successful that I feel able to wrap it up a few days ahead of schedule. My wife, however, is staying the course.On the afternoon of
  
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• Meloni takes Italian far-right back to 1930s roots

  10-02-2018 06:08 via ft.com
  Brothers of Italy could be in government as part of Berlusconi-led coalition
  
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• High Maintenance Recap: Off the Path

  10-02-2018 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tonight’s episode of High Maintenance is entitled “Derech” after the Hebrew word that means “path.” It’s most often employed in the expression “off the derech” or “off the path,” which is used to describe someone who leaves an Orthodox Jewish community. It certainly applies to the episode’s driving force, an...More »
  
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• Elisabeth Moss Set to Star in A Letter From Rosemary Kennedy Biopic

  10-02-2018 05:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to Variety, Elisabeth Moss will star as the titular lead in the upcoming biopic A Letter from Rosemary Kennedy, which explores the life of John F. Kennedy’s sister through her personal writings. Eldest daughter of the Kennedy clan, Rose Marie Kennedy, known as Rosemary, reportedly exhibited behavioral and intellectual...More »
  
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• House of Cards and The Wire Actor Reg E. Cathey Dead at 59

  10-02-2018 04:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Actor Reg E. Cathey, known for his roles on House of Cards and The Wire, has died at the age of 59. Born Reginald Eugene Cathey, the Yale School of Drama grad appeared in a wide variety of film and TV projects since making his screen debut in 1984, including...More »
  
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• Jane the Virgin Recap: Alba Get Your Vibrator

  10-02-2018 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  I have to say, this may be close to my platonic ideal of a Jane the Virgin episode. There’s a solid romance plot, including some very coy dirty talk and some very sincere reckoning about how to be in a relationship. There’s a surfeit of Jane/Petra scenes, a gift we...More »
  
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• Rob Delaney announces death of two-year-old son from cancer

  10-02-2018 03:04 via theguardian.com
  Catastrophe actor and writer says Henry died in January and writes: ‘I will endeavour not to go mad with grief’The actor and writer Rob Delaney has announced the death of his two-year-old son Henry in an emotional Facebook post.Delaney, the co-star of the Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, said his family were devastated following the toddler’s death from cancer in January. Continue reading...
  
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• Florida Project’s Brooklynn Prince Pitches Her Dream Movie, Starring Emma Watson and John Boyega

  10-02-2018 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an interview so sweet your teeth will fall out, which would be perfect for Christopher Rivera’s zombie movie, A24 asked The Florida Project’s kid stars Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto and Rivera to pitch their dream project. While Cotto’s anti-bullying drama and Rivera’s zombie apocalypse action flick are both important...More »
  
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• John Gavin, Actor and Ambassador to Mexico Under Reagan, Dies at 86

  10-02-2018 02:28 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Gavin played romantic leads in the 1950s and 1960s and was served in Mexico City for a rocky five-year tenure.
  
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• Roman Polanski Victim Accepts Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Sincere’ Apology for His Comments

  10-02-2018 01:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  After news emerged that Quentin Tarantino made comments during a 2003 interview with Howard Stern alleging she was engaged in a consensual, albeit illegal, relationship with director Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer stepped up to clarify that the director was wrong about her assault. “I know what happened,” Geimer told the...More »
  
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• Terry Crews’ Sexual Assault Claim Against Agent Adam Venit Sent to Los Angeles District Attorney

  10-02-2018 00:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Terry Crews has already taken legal action against Adam Venit, the WME agent he alleges assaulted him at an industry party in 2016, by filing a lawsuit against him back in December. Now, according to Deadline, Crews’ allegation of sexual assault is reportedly being considered for a potential criminal charge....More »
  
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• Jamestown review – new settlers make a splash in Virginia

  10-02-2018 00:15 via theguardian.com
  Girl power may not yet rule 17th-century America, but it’s only a matter of time in the tobacco colonies’ big smokeSo where were we then, in Jamestown, now starting its second series (Sky1)? Still in early 17th-century Virginia, with the first English settlers. Alice and Verity are taking a stroll inland into the New World. Both are hitched now, and Alice is heavily pregnant. Verity would like to be too, but her useless husband is a drunk and can’t live up to his name: Meredith
  
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• Interviews: Gillian Jacobs and Sarah Burgess Are Kings of the Public Theater

  10-02-2018 00:00
  Jacobs, star of TV's Community and Love, returns to the stage in Burgess's new play.
  
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