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• A Complete Timeline of the Smashing Pumpkins Reunion Drama

  14-02-2018 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Almost 18 years after the Smashing Pumpkins officially broke up in May of 2000, the band seems to be moving forward with a reunion tour and album … without former bassist D’arcy Wretzky. Despite having put aside their differences in mid-2016, Wretzky and Billy Corgan have begun beefing again in...More »
  
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• Strictly Ballroom to get its West End musical debut

  14-02-2018 23:46
  Will Young stars as new band leader character in a production promising ‘subversive anarchy’Details of a new West End musical were announced on Wednesday. It will be based on the 1992 Baz Luhrmann film, which told the story of a young maverick ballroom dancer who follows his heart, breaks the rules and takes on a rigid autocracy in the form of the Australian Dance Federation.Related: Strictly Ballroom: The Musical review – utterly ridiculous, totally joyousRelated: Portrait of
  
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• Why Star Trek: Discovery Needs to Evolve

  14-02-2018 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the very end of its first season, Star Trek: Discovery — the polished, bombastic prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series and the first television entry into the storied franchise in 12 years — introduces the iconic USS Enterprise. The scene is framed for maximum suspense as the crew...More »
  
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• Damned review – pitch black comedy finds the funny in social services

  14-02-2018 23:30
  Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks’s sitcom is scathing and subtle as it makes unfunny subjects hilarious. Plus: playing bigamy for laughs in BlissCuts notwithstanding, the team at Elm Heath social services still have their jobs. Damned (Channel 4), created by Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks, is usually described as a black comedy, although that implies that it has its heart in the wrong place. It doesn’t.It is, however, dry to the point of aridity; if it wasn’t funny, you could still tak
  
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• Natalie Portman Acknowledges Annihilation Whitewashing is ‘Problematic’

  14-02-2018 23:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Natalie Portman has responded to claims that her new film Annihilation whitewashes the identities of its main characters. In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Portman and her co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh say they only learned about the race of the characters in the film’s source material this week. When asked...More »
  
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• RuPaul Will Sashay Onto Grace and Frankie Season Five

  14-02-2018 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Netflix’s Grace and Frankie is a place for queens, so it’s only natural that RuPaul would be making an appearance. The show has just been renewed for its fifth season, and it’s been announced that RuPaul will guest star as an adversarial character named Benjamin Le Day. Since the fourth...More »
  
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• A Second Charles in Charge Star Accuses Scott Baio of Sexually Harassing Him As a Minor

  14-02-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Another Charles in Charge co-star has come forward to accuse Scott Baio of sexual assault. At a press conference on Wednesday, Alexander Polinsky claims that Baio abused him when Polinksy was between the ages of 12 and 15, including both sexual harassment and assault. Polinksy was joined at the press...More »
  
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• Modern Love: Modern Love Podcast: Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon Read ‘Overfed on a Mother’s Affection’

  14-02-2018 22:40 via nytimes.com
  This week, the couple that co-wrote their love story for “The Big Sick” tells the story of a parent who shows her love through leftovers.
  
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• Dev Patel and His Hair Will Be in Armando Iannucci’s David Copperfield

  14-02-2018 21:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Happy Valentine’s Day! Just when it seemed like GQ’s dreamy Timothée Chalamet floppy-haired photo shoot won the day, awards-season-2016 crush Dev Patel has sent your heart a telegram: He’s back, set to star in Armando Iannucci’s retelling of David Copperfield. Per Variety, the project will “offer a modern take on...More »
  
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• That Time the CIA Tried to Recruit Me: Our Reporter on Covering Spies

  14-02-2018 21:12 via nytimes.com
  Why do people love spy stories? Scott Shane, our national security reporter, talks tomorrow night with Jennifer Lawrence, star of the new spy thriller “Red Sparrow.”
  
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• All That Sexy Olympic Figure Skating Is Making People Listen to Moulin Rouge!

  14-02-2018 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the Olympics this year, figure skaters and ice dancers are allowed to perform to music with lyrics, and — bless their beautiful, basic, bedazzled souls — they all seem to love Moulin Rouge! Canada’s super-sexy ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have a scandalous routine set to a...More »
  
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• Curling Is the Great British Bake Off of the Olympics

  14-02-2018 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ve never liked flying, and a few years ago, I started getting terrible anxiety attacks every time I stepped on a plane. I would eventually discover the magic of benzos, but in the meantime, for want of a pharmaceutical solution, I turned to the next best thing: The Great British...More »
  
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• Marvel movie Black Panther is box office hit in UK and Ireland

  14-02-2018 20:26
  Cinemagoers flock to see Ryan Coogler’s film on opening dayMarvel superhero film Black Panther has enjoyed the biggest opening day of 2018 so far at the UK and Irish box office. Ryan Coogler’s hotly anticipated film, which features an almost entirely black cast, pulled in £2.67m on its opening day on 13 February, Disney said, delivering the highest-grossing single day at the UK box office this year.Related: Black Panther review – Marvel's thrilling vision of the afrofutur
  
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• Audible Will Bring Back ‘Harry Clarke’ Off Broadway

  14-02-2018 20:26 via nytimes.com
  The production of “Harry Clarke,” a one-man show starring Billy Crudup, is the latest step in the audiobook maker’s investment in contemporary theater.
  
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• Lena Waithe’s Queer Comedy About Her Life Gets Pilot Order at TBS

  14-02-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  -Today in delightful Black History Month gifts: Lena Waithe’s new series Twenties has landed a pilot order from TBS. Waithe created and wrote the show, which focuses on a queer black girl and her two straight friends, when she was in her early 20s. Last May, Waithe described the show...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: The Agony, Absurdity and Ecstasy of the Oscar for Best Song

  14-02-2018 20:12 via nytimes.com
  The first-time nominees Sufjan Stevens and Mary J. Blige join repeat nominees in a category that has always been a mash-up of hits, snoozers and misfires.
  
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• Ironically, Netflix Is Adding a Marie Kondo Series

  14-02-2018 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Now that your Netflix queue has become unmanageable, the streaming company knows you need some help getting back on track, so it’s enlisted world-famous minimalist Marie Kondo to help tidy up your life with a new unscripted series. The untitled project will be eight episodes long, and will feature the...More »
  
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• Strictly Ballroom gets heavily sequinned west end musical debut

  14-02-2018 19:58
  Will Young stars as new band leader character in a production promising ‘subversive anarchy’It is a story about speaking up, daring to be different and rebelling against a badly-tanned, power-hungry dictator – so yes, Strictly Ballroom is just as relevant now as it was 25 years ago, producers of a new musical believe.Details of a new west end musical were announced on Wednesday. It will be based on the 1992 Baz Luhrmann film, which told the story of a young maverick ballroom da
  
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• Kendrick Lamar and the Art of the Guest Appearance

  14-02-2018 19:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are years when Kendrick Lamar doesn’t release an album, but he never takes a year off: Any listener to his music knows that, however spiritually troubled the artist is, being unable to write lyrics has not been a worry for a very long time. Kendrick’s prodigious output and his...More »
  
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• Chris Rock Is As Funny As Ever in His Netflix Special Tamborine

  14-02-2018 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chris Rock’s first new stand-up special in ten years is called Tamborine, but it could have been called This Is How You Do It. He’s a veteran now, an avatar of the craft. There’s no fanfare or self-regard to be seen here. He just walks out onstage to the (seemingly mandatory) standing ovation, asks the audience...More »
  
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• What You Need to Know Before Seeing Black Panther

  14-02-2018 19:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  All Marvel Cinematic Universe movies these days are blockbusters, but they don’t usually feel like events. As excited as people may have been for The Avengers or Spider-Man: Homecoming or Thor: Ragnarok, none of those films were preemptively held up as turning points for world cinema. Black Panther, on the...More »
  
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• Sky the winner as BT trims Premier League ambitions

  14-02-2018 18:55 via ft.com
  Battle for TV rights falls flat as telecoms group cuts cost of its live football bill
  
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• TV deal signals end of Premier League’s big spending

  14-02-2018 18:23 via ft.com
  Two of the seven packages of games on offer remain unsold
  
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• Photo Flash: First Look at The Wolves at the Goodman Theatre

  14-02-2018 18:00
  Vanessa Stalling directs the Chicago premiere of Sarah DeLappe's play.
  
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• Only Queer Eye could make deconstructing toxic masculinity so much fun | Penelope Blackmore

  14-02-2018 18:00
  More than just a makeover show, Queer Eye shines a spotlight on the joys of freedom and self-careThe day that Netflix relaunched Queer Eye, a slicker, more zeitgeisty version of the original from the early 00s, I was on the couch, hands clutched to my heart, squealing with glee. I laughed, I cried, I believed. I found myself tallying all the men in my life that could use a healthy dose of Queer, and when I ran out of fingers on each hand and toes on each foot, I realised that the show and what i
  
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• Love Is Ending; Watch the Trailer for Its Third and Final Season

  14-02-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Happy Valentine’s Day, Love is ending. While I can’t offer any info on the long-term status of romantic attraction itself, I can at least confirm the Netflix show starring Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust as lovestruck Angelenos will definitely end after its third season. In the trailer for that season,...More »
  
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• The Story of Combat Jack, Hip-Hop’s Flagship Podcaster

  14-02-2018 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Combat Jack — Reggie Ossé as he was known to his friends — was lying in his hospital bed. His big belly pressed tight against his blue gown. His face was gaunt, missing 10 or 15 of the pounds that typically rounded out his cheeks. It was late October, nearly two...More »
  
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• A Barrier Breaks: An Actress With Down Syndrome Plays the Lead

  14-02-2018 17:52 via nytimes.com
  Jamie Brewer stars in “Amy and the Orphans,” about three siblings who reunite after their father’s death, and the road trip that follows.
  
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• We Asked a Gynecologist About That Ice-Cream Scene in Fifty Shades Freed

  14-02-2018 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the newest — and, tragically, final — installment of the Fifty Shades franchise, Fifty Shades Freed, there’s a darkly memorable scene wherein human pommel horse Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) appears to be seconds away from feeding an entire spoonful of Ben and Jerry’s into Anastasia Steele’s (Dakota Johnson) vagina. After...More »
  
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• Katharine McPhee Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Waitress (Unless Ivy Lynn Goes on Instead)

  14-02-2018 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Forget the pie that came before, forget what used to be, the past is on the cutting room floor, for Waitress, the future is here: McPhee. With all the enthusiasm of people on Twitter who won’t let the classic NBC musical drama and often unintentional comedy Smash die, the Broadway...More »
  
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• You Explain What’s Truly Great About ‘The Greatest Showman’

  14-02-2018 17:06 via nytimes.com
  We get it now! From the music to the film’s messages and the experience of watching it with loved ones, fans see what critics can’t.
  
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• Topicality and Risk in Next Playwrights Horizons Season

  14-02-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  The Off Broadway theater will present works by Craig Lucas and Halley Feiffer, as well as the first major New York showings for Larissa FastHorse and Tori Sampson.
  
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• Cabaret News: Justin Sayre to Bring His New Show, gAy-B-C's: A Brief History of Gay Culture, to Joe's Pub

  14-02-2018 17:00
  The first parts will be seen later this month.
  
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• The Fosters Recap: Sharon Knows Best

  14-02-2018 16:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having Annie Potts pop up on The Fosters is always a delight. When I think about the long (and ever-growing) list of things I will miss once we have to say good-bye to the place where we belong — excuse me, beloooooong — Annie Potts as Stef’s mom is high up...More »
  
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• Well, This New Eminem Video Is a Real Valentine’s Day Buzzkill

  14-02-2018 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eminem tried to warn us that his dating life was in shambles, but who knew it was this bad? Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a video/documentary/nightmare in which Eminem’s situationship with some woman implodes. “My personal life is not exactly a highlight reel,” he begins. That’s putting it mildly. What follows...More »
  
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• Double Lover Is a French Erotic Thriller Made for Valentine’s Day

  14-02-2018 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Is there any crime scene that has carried more fascination for filmmakers than a twin-bearing womb? There are any millions of monozygotic twins on Earth right now, but the close quarters and literal splitting of a future body and personality still feels uncanny to the modern imagination, more like magic...More »
  
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• Chris Rock: Tamborine review – Netflix special balances shock with introspection

  14-02-2018 16:38
  The comic’s first recorded special in 10 years is a sharp combination of social commentary and self-analysis deftly covering race, politics and relationshipsIn a comedy landscape with rapidly changing standards of taste, new stand-up specials from elder statesmen of taboo-poking humor arrive with a faint sense of queasiness. Whether they’ll break with propriety to challenge the status quo or jam their foot in their mouth is anyone’s guess, and Chris Rock likes keeping his audie
  
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• Golfer Bill Haas released from hospital after car crash that killed driver

  14-02-2018 16:11
  Collision killed driver of Ferrari golfer was driving inActor Luke Wilson escaped injury after clipping Haas’s carProfessional golfer Bill Haas was hospitalised but escaped serious injuries following a crash in Los Angeles that killed the driver of the Ferrari he was riding in and injured the driver of another vehicle, officials said on Wednesday.The two cars collided in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood around 6.30pm local time on Tuesday, according to a LAPD spokesperson. A third vehicl
  
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• Married U.S. Figure Skating Pairs Team Would Love Another Medal and a Baby, in That Order

  14-02-2018 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  To kick off the individual Olympic figure skating competition, married U.S. pairs team Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim got to spend their Valentine’s Day on the ice, days after winning bronze in the team portion. Skating to a decidedly less-raunchy song from Moulin Rogue! than their Canadian opponents, the...More »
  
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• Review: John Lloyd Young Sings Heart to Heart at Café Carlyle

  14-02-2018 16:00
  The Jersey Boys star returns to the Carlyle just in time for Valentine's Day.
  
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• The One Thing Omarosa and Melania Have in Common, According to Jimmy Kimmel

  14-02-2018 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s one major news event that President Donald Trump has been curiously mum on: No, not the Best Picture race. The Olympics! On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host shared his theory on what television programming the president is actually catching up on instead of the games. “Here’s what I bet...More »
  
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• Cool Teen Gold Medalist Stayed Up Watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine Before His Race

  14-02-2018 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year’s Olympics have mainly served as a forum for proving to the world that America’s cool teens are cooler than everyone else’s. Take Red Gerard, for instance, the 17-year-old snowboarder who won a gold medal in slopestyle after staying up late bingeing Brooklyn Nine-Nine and sleeping through his alarm....More »
  
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• The 9 Best Jokes From Chris Rock’s New Netflix Special

  14-02-2018 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been ten years since Chris Rock released an hour-long comedy special. To say that decade was eventful, both for the world at large and for Rock personally, would be a drastic understatement. Donald Trump is president. Rock is divorced. Police are shooting unarmed black children in the streets. Rock’s...More »
  
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• Lena Dunham has total hysterectomy because of endometriosis

  14-02-2018 15:27
  Actor tells of radical surgery in attempt to end years of chronic pain from debilitating disease Lena Dunham, the star and creator of the HBO comedy series Girls, has undergone radical surgery to remove her uterus and cervix in an attempt to rid herself of the debilitating disease endometriosis.The actor, 31, announced her total hysterectomy in an essay in Vogue. She hopes to end the chronic pain she has suffered as well as the “years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits&rdq
  
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• Sky/football rights: glacier mint

  14-02-2018 15:14 via ft.com
  With the potential for less cash in its coffers, officials at the Premier League may be downcast
  
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• This Close Is a Subtle, Groundbreaking Gem

  14-02-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the charming, observant Sundance Now series This Close, the fact that the two protagonists are deaf is both the whole point and completely beside it at the same time.Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman — deaf actors who created and wrote the series, which debuts Thursday on the Sundance streaming...More »
  
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• Theater News: Joshua Harmon to Discuss Admissions With Daniel Aukin

  14-02-2018 15:00
  The free pre-performance talk is part of Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series.
  
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• Theater News: Cleveland Play House Announces Works for 2018 New Ground Theatre Festival

  14-02-2018 15:00
  The festival enters its 13th year with world-premiere presentations.
  
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• Theater News: Billy Crudup to Reprise Performance in Harry Clarke in Off-Broadway Remount

  14-02-2018 15:00
  David Cale's solo thriller will have a limited engagement at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
  
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• Double Lover Is the Erotic Twin-Fetish Body-Horror Thriller You’ve Been Waiting For

  14-02-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This piece originally ran during the Cannes Film Festival, and we’re running it again ahead of Double Lover’s theatrical release this weekend. Spoilers ahead.What’s your sexual preference? Loving and slow? Fast and brutal? A little dangerous? Autoerotic? Do you like to have a cat looking at you while in the...More »
  
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