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• Harvey Weinstein Apologizes to Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep for Using Their Names

  22-02-2018 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Harvey Weinstein regrets that his legal team used statements by Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence — without their permission — to bolster the case for his innocence in the face of numerous sexual-misconduct accusations and a pending class-action lawsuit. Both actresses have said that they were not personally assaulted or...More »
  
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• Britannia recap – series one, episode six

  22-02-2018 23:00
  Kerra returns to Cantii as their new queen, Amena lays a curse on her beautiful nemesis – and the gods have a plan for CaitThere’s been a Regni spy inside the Cantii citadel all along whom we assume is the now-fled Philan. Divis is possessed by Puica and feels ghastly rumblings that the demon king might be about to return.Continue reading...
  
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• The Black Panther Press Tour Has Now Gifted Us the Cast Singing K-Ci & JoJo’s ‘All My Life’

  22-02-2018 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Black Panther press tour is going exactly according to plan: We’ve got Michael B. Jordan bursting out of sweaters, Michael B. Jordan doing push-ups whenever Lupita Nyong’o says he has to, Michael B. Jordan getting flirty with Lupita, and just generally all things Michael B Jordan. (But also, hello,...More »
  
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• Every Major Sci-Fi Influence in Altered Carbon

  22-02-2018 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The first season of Netflix’s Altered Carbon has already thrilled sci-fi fans with its story of betrayal, identity, and murder. Created by Laeta Kalogridis, the show’s main inspiration is Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 novel of the same name, but it also layers on plenty of other inspirations, references, and sly...More »
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence on Harvey Weinstein: This Is What Predators Do

  22-02-2018 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jennifer Lawrence does not want Harvey Weinstein’s legal team using her name to help defend him in court.On Wednesday, the disgraced mogul’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit being brought by six women accusing him of sexual misconduct, arguing that the claims were “fatally overboard,” and that “as...More »
  
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• 8 New Photography Books to Check Out in February

  22-02-2018 22:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Looking to treat your eyeballs to something especially nice this month? A rich array of photographs made on repeat visits to Walter De Maria’s Lightning Field, a chronicle of the civil-rights struggle at the landmark encampment Resurrection City, and a collection of works by a radical innovator of the photo-book...More »
  
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• Game Night Will Make You Wish Rachel McAdams Still Made Comedies

  22-02-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2017, I wrote what felt like many words about the fall of the mainstream comedy, from the workshopped-into-anonymity flops (Rough Night) to the dead-on-arrival studio unloadings (The House). Someday in film-history textbooks, they’ll write about the arc that began with the mid-aughts shedding of the “alt-” from alt-comedy. The...More »
  
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• Joss Whedon Has Left DC’s Batgirl Movie

  22-02-2018 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Warner Bros. superheroes really can’t catch a break, can they? Just three months after the severe critical and financial disappointment that was Justice League, more bad news has come across the pike for fans of the Warner-owned DC Entertainment brand: Joss Whedon is giving up on his Batgirl movie. First...More »
  
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• Here’s Every Upcoming Action Movie With a Female Lead

  22-02-2018 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  From Annihilation to Red Sparrow to Tomb Raider, there’s about to be a flood of action heroines at the multiplex, meaning we’ll get the chance to watch women do a lot of cool, death-defying stuff onscreen. But how will we sate our unremitting appetite for badass ladies post-March? Vulture has...More »
  
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• Were There Songs Better Than ‘Creep’ on Radiohead’s First Album?

  22-02-2018 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  In terms of future paths, every band has several bands within it at the beginning. Radiohead was lucky; they got to walk down most of them. Over a career spanning decades, the British quintet has been, at different times, an electronica outfit specializing in cold, alienating brilliance; a delicate art...More »
  
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• Every Aardman Animations Movie, Ranked

  22-02-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The easiest way to tell if you’re watching a film produced by Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based out of Bristol, is to check for fingerprints. If you look closely enough at any frame of their stop-motion short or feature films, you can see fingerprint ridges left by an...More »
  
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• In This #MeToo Moment, Academy Awards Want to Spotlight the Films

  22-02-2018 20:14 via nytimes.com
  “The Oscars should be a spectacle,” one of the show’s lead producers said, a sign that the industrywide reckoning over sexual harassment may not take center stage during the March 4 telecast.
  
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• Quincy Jones’s Daughters Sat Him Down and Made Him Apologize for ‘Silly Things’ He Said

  22-02-2018 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Quincy Jones recently gave several interviews (including one with Vulture) in which the music-industry legend was quite candid with recollections about his life and work. In some instances those memories included stories about famous friends he’s had over the years, and apparently his children were not pleased with their father’s...More »
  
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• What to Watch After Black Panther: An Afrofuturism Primer

  22-02-2018 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  With its fully realized, finely detailed vision of the technologically advanced, never-colonized African republic Wakanda, Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is notable for being one of the purest expressions of Afrofuturism rendered on film to date. The term, coined by the academic Mark Dery in his 1994 essay-cum–interview collection “Black to...More »
  
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• Spotify’s listing puts pressure on group to broaden playlist

  22-02-2018 19:36 via ft.com
  Streaming service will have to add more business lines to offset reliance on labels
  
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• Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson Made You a Bisexual Anthem and Whole Mood Board

  22-02-2018 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Janelle Monáe calls her music videos emotion pictures because they are cinematic masterpieces that will make your feelings run the full spectrum. She’s about to release her third album, Dirty Computer, on April 27, and has blessed us with not one but two videos for our patience. The first is...More »
  
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• Slings and Arrows Was Like Nothing Else on Television

  22-02-2018 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  We live in a time of Peak TV, when it feels like there’s always something new and Zeitgeist-y to watch. There’s a new Marvel thing! And a different new Marvel thing! And yet another anti-hero drama that’s too dark to actually see! What if, though, you want to watch something...More »
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Is Hosting the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards

  22-02-2018 19:15 via feeds.eonline.com
  She ready!Tiffany Haddish is set to host the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Monday, June 18, at 9 p.m., the network announced Thursday. Categories and nominees will be shared at a...
  
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• Is It Possible to Predict Best Picture in Our Politically Charged Moment?

  22-02-2018 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year’s Best Picture contenders are an unusually eclectic bunch, which may be why the Oscar race still feels too close to call. Which movies may have the best shot to win Best Picture, and why? Vulture’s Oscar pundits Mark Harris and Kyle Buchanan tried to make sense of this...More »
  
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• Review: With Hello, Dolly!, Broadway Welcomes Bernadette Peters Back Where She Belongs

  22-02-2018 19:00
  Victor Garber also joins the cast of the Tony-winning revival.
  
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• Lemony Snicket Accused of Making Lewd Comments About Female Authors

  22-02-2018 18:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Multiple female authors have accused Lemony Snicket, the writer behind A Series of Unfortunate Events, of making sexually inappropriate comments, according to the Pacific Standard. The allegations against Snicket, whose real name is Daniel Handler, first surfaced last week after he signed a pledge launched by YA author Gwenda Bond...More »
  
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• Minor Characters in Black Panther, Ranked

  22-02-2018 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  You’ve been fascinated by Erik Killmonger. You’ve cheered for Shuri. But don’t other inhabitants of Wakanda deserve their chance to shine? Black Panther has some of the best world-building of the recent superhero boom, with a host of stunningly conceived minor characters you suspect could carry an entire film on...More »
  
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• We Can Answer Every Question You Have About Every Day, That Teen Body-Swapping Romance

  22-02-2018 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Somewhere between Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Notebook sits Every Day, a new teen romance movie that, at first glance, and also at second and third glances, appears to make absolutely no sense at all. Here is our best attempt at a plot summary: Every day, a “teen”...More »
  
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• Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon Will Be Jesus Christ Superstar Live’s Judas

  22-02-2018 18:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert has found its Judas and he’s a [pauses to reach for a high note] gooood choice. Brandon Victor Dixon, who recently played Aaron Burr as a replacement in Hamilton and has Tony nominations from Shuffle Along and The Color Purple, has joined NBC’s...More »
  
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• Brendan Fraser Claims He Was Groped by the Former President of the HFPA

  22-02-2018 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a period of movie superstardom in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Brendan Fraser fell into obscurity. In a long profile for GQ timed to his return to TV in Trust, Fraser digs into the long arc of his career, claiming he backed away from Hollywood, in part, after...More »
  
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• Oprah, Who Doesn’t Get Out Much, Didn’t Recognize Leonardo DiCaprio

  22-02-2018 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oprah, goddess divine, doesn’t get out much. She’s Oprah — she doesn’t have to! But when she did make it to Ellen’s star-studded birthday party, she ran into a white guy in a baseball cap that looked semi-familiar. “This guy comes back, I know it’s somebody, I know it’s somebody…...More »
  
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• Gemini Clip: Lola Kirke Tries to Protect Zoë Kravitz from a Stalker

  22-02-2018 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having so many celebrities on social media these days may demystify Hollywood, but it’s still a dark environment that serves as the perfect stage for a neo-noir murder mystery. In Gemini, Lola Kirke stars as Jill LeBeau, the personal assistant and best friend of Zoë Kravitz’s in-demand starlet, Heather Anderson....More »
  
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• Theater News: New Repertory Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season

  22-02-2018 18:00
  Young Jean Lee's Broadway-bound Straight White Men will open the season of Awakening.
  
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• Muslims Like Us was an enlightening experiment, but where were the Muslim minorities? | Ruby Hamad

  22-02-2018 18:00
  There were nods to Islam’s ethnic diversity and the sectarian divide, but SBS left many questions unanswered
  It could have been a recipe for disaster. A reality show where 10 Australian Muslims briefly share a house in Sydney’s leafy – and very white – northern beaches that, as the narrator gravely informs us, “had no Muslim residents. Until now.”But SBS’s Muslims Like Us, spread over two nights, actually made for an interesting and at times enlightening
  
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• Rovio: floppy bird

  22-02-2018 17:50 via ft.com
  Mobile gaming pioneer shows the pitfalls of going public after profit warning sends shares tumbling
  
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• Review: In ‘The Lodgers,’ Something Wicked This Way Trundles

  22-02-2018 17:35 via nytimes.com
  A brother and sister live alone in an eerie ruin that Miss Havisham (and real-estate flippers) would love.
  
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• Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Annihilation’

  22-02-2018 17:34 via nytimes.com
  Alex Garland narrates a scene from his film featuring Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
  
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• Channel 4 given March deadline to agree move out of London

  22-02-2018 17:33 via ft.com
  Government will intervene if broadcaster does not present serious plan in under three weeks
  
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• The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too

  22-02-2018 17:32 via nytimes.com
  Audiences love the classic songs. And producers love filling seats. But in this #MeToo moment, what to make of musicals like “My Fair Lady” and “Carousel”?
  
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• Netflix Losing Zootopia, Hitch, Safe Haven and More in March 2018

  22-02-2018 17:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's time to re-prioritize your queue, because on Thursday, Netflix announced which film and TV titles will be expiring in the month of March. In less than a week, movies including Hitch,...
  
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• 50 First Dates, Cruel Intentions and Marvel's Jessica Jones Coming to Netflix in March 2018

  22-02-2018 17:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  Plan your binge-watching accordingly. On Thursday, Netflix announced which film and TV titles will become available to stream in the month of March. The company's catalogue includes dozens of...
  
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• On Chesil Beach Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Is Back at It With the Subtle Period Dramas

  22-02-2018 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Though she’s currently nominated for an Oscar playing a 21st-century American teen in Lady Bird, Saoirse Ronan really built her career on playing melancholy women in period clothing, and doggone it, she’s at it again. In On Chesil Beach, adapted from Ian McEwan’s novel, Ronan plays a young woman who...More »
  
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• Review: In ‘Annihilation,’ a Heroic Journey into the Alien Shimmer

  22-02-2018 17:07 via nytimes.com
  In the new movie from Alex Garland (“Ex Machina”), Natalie Portman plays a biologist who tries to unlock the mysteries of an extraterrestrial whatsit.
  
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• Exclusive: Sandra Oh Tries to Catch a Killer in First Killing Eve Trailer

  22-02-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  We are pleased to announce that Sandra Oh is back on TV and taking on murderesses. Oh, best known for epitomizing the beauty of female friendship on Grey’s Anatomy as Dr. Cristina Yang, will play Eve, a super-smart deskbound MI5 officer who gets into a cat-and-mouse game with Villanelle, played...More »
  
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• Olivia Cooke Teaches Anya Taylor-Joy the Art of On-Demand Crying in New Thoroughbreds Clip

  22-02-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The upcoming movie Thoroughbreds is a story of friendship. Amanda (Olivia Cooke) and Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) come back into each other’s lives after a period of estrangement at a time when they both need a sympathetic ear. So they watch old movies together. Drink wine on the sly late at...More »
  
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• Review: In ‘Every Day,’ Each 24 Hours Brings Another Boyfriend

  22-02-2018 16:46 via nytimes.com
  The film, based on a novel by David Levithan, is a love story of an unusual sort.
  
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• Seven Seconds Is a Grim But Hypnotic Crime Drama

  22-02-2018 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Seven Seconds, the new Netflix drama about crooked cops covering up a hit-and-run accident and investigators trying to punish them, is another TV series about how a murder affects a community. It’s not the best or the worst of the lot, but at its most intelligent and heartfelt, it generates empathy...More »
  
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• Number of female Hollywood leads fell in 2017, study shows

  22-02-2018 16:25
  Despite hits including Wonder Woman and Girls Trip, out of the 100 highest-grossing films of the year, just 24% were led by womenThe number of female protagonists on the big screen was down five percentage points in 2017, according to a new study. Related: 94% of women in Hollywood experience sexual harassment or assault, says surveyContinue reading...
  
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• Exclusive Preview: Video of Elsa’s New Ballad in Broadway-Bound ‘Frozen’

  22-02-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The Brooklyn songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez talked about the new song “Monster” in an interview this week.
  
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• Borgen envy: Dutch look to emulate Danish TV success

  22-02-2018 15:59
  The Netherlands’ council of culture says careful investment can boost its small-screen sectorFirst there was Scandi noir. Then gritty French crime dramas. It seems even Belgium has got in on the act. Now, the Dutch are fighting back.Unloved and uncelebrated, the small screen industry in the Netherlands has been screaming out for help as its European competitors soaked up the international plaudits. Meanwhile, its home audience has increasingly turned to English language shows rather than t
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Had the Correct Reaction to Being Surprised by Oprah: Uncontrollable Sobbing

  22-02-2018 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back in December, Tiffany Haddish revealed her next brilliant business plan to Ellen DeGeneres: Tiff and O’s, a traveling co-op selling veggies from her and Oprah’s flourishing gardens. The only issue being that Haddish doesn’t exactly have a direct line to Oprah to speak this business plan into existence. Good...More »
  
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