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• Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode three: Siege

  03-03-2018 23:00
  Surely, most of us at home were yelling for Hector to do the right thing with Paris – to no avail – while certain scenes offered a tantalising glimpse of a stronger, more complicated show
  It was a bonding special this week. Helen, newly married to Paris – because charges of bigamy pail into insignificance when you’re facing being starved out of house and home – treated us to her best Lady Bountiful impersonation. She handed out grain to the starving, before trying t
  
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• Dear God, Don’t Poke Elton John, Caesar’s Palace Isn’t a Petting Zoo

  03-03-2018 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  In today’s edition of “things that seem fun and ballsy in theory but are really just genuinely bad ideas,” a bunch of fans attending a concert at Elton John’s Las Vegas residency thought they would reach out and grab the legend when they had a clean break — prompting John...More »
  
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• Civilisations takes on hurdles undreamt of by Kenneth Clark

  03-03-2018 19:41
  Cultural sensitivities, red tape and signage plagued the making of the BBC Two seriesThe makers of the epic BBC arts series Civilisations faced major hurdles during filming, they have revealed – with tourists, bureaucrats, security staff and cultural sensitivities all standing in their way.Despite the big budget and the modern technical know-how, the central images of great world art used in the series were tricky to secure – more difficult, they believe, than for the landmark 1969 p
  
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• A New Zealand Teenager’s 1981 Attempt to Assassinate Queen Elizabeth Was Covered Up, Until Now

  03-03-2018 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a bizarrely fascinating story that will undoubtedly be explored in The Crown’s fourth or fifth season, it’s come to light by many news organizations this week that in October 1981, a teenager named Christopher John Lewis attempted an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth II when she was on a...More »
  
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• Razzies 2018 Winners Include Tom Cruise and Emoji Movie

  03-03-2018 17:50 via feeds.eonline.com
  How to describe the big winner of the 2018 Razzies? How about, [poop emoji]?This year's Golden Raspberry Awards, honoring the worst in film, were announced on Friday, two days before...
  
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• And Your Proud 2018 Razzie Winners Are…

  03-03-2018 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Okay, let’s just cut to the chase here. You know it, we know it, even educated fleas know it — The Emoji Movie was crowned Worst Picture at the 2018 Razzie Awards. It was a hard fight, with brief attempts made by Baywatch and The Mummy to steal its thunder,...More »
  
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• Amy Schumer Had Some Harsh Words for Jennifer Lawrence After Her Breakup

  03-03-2018 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  In difficult times, it’s so important to have close friends to bring you comfort, joy, and to remind you that ultimately, we all die alone. Like Amy Schumer, who sent a bouquet of flowers and a sweet note to her friend Jennifer Lawrence after her split from director Darren Aronofsky...More »
  
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• All Intellectual Hell Broke Loose on Jeopardy! With Its First-Ever Tiebreaker

  03-03-2018 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Suck it, Wheel of Fortune. What wild third-act twist have you pulled this week?! Huh?! Things took a turn for the dramatic on a Thursday Jeopardy! episode when, for the first time in its history, the show was forced to do a “tiebreaker” round after Final Jeopardy! to determine the...More »
  
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• We’re One Step Closer to Getting That Raunchy Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer Movie

  03-03-2018 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly three years (three years!) has gone by without as much as a peep from Jennifer Lawrence or Amy Schumer about the movie they were writing together — which was described at the time as being an adjective trifecta of “funny,” “dirty,” and “real.” Patience is a virtue with these...More »
  
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• To Think Steve Buscemi’s Career Could’ve Gone the Way of ‘Prolific Stand-Up Comedian’

  03-03-2018 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back in the 1970s, young’n Steve Buscemi had a plan. He was going to try his hand in the New York City stand-up scene — alongside people you definitely never heard of, like Jerry Seinfeld and Gilbert Gottfried — in the hopes of using his improv to land him a...More »
  
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• Brooklynn Prince and the New Age of Social Media for Child Stars

  03-03-2018 15:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Brooklynn Prince, the breakout and Critics' Choice Award-winning star of the Oscar nominated The Florida Project, has an active social media life. She's on Twitter and Facebook, but by far...
  
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• Touch of British magic as Roald Dahl classic is tipped for Oscar

  03-03-2018 12:56
  
  Revolting Rhymes is the fourth film by Magic Light to be nominated for an Academy AwardThe list of British talent contending for Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night is topped by some illustrious names: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Hawkins, Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman and newcomer Daniel Kaluuya. Yet a handful of other characters will not have their moment of red-carpet glory, despite having played starring roles in an Oscar-nominated British film already enjoyed by milli
  
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• Touch of British magic as Dahl classic is tipped for Oscar

  03-03-2018 12:56
  
  Revolting Rhymes is the fourth film by Magic Light to be nominated for an Academy AwardThe list of British talent contending for Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night is topped by some illustrious names: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Hawkins, Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman and newcomer Daniel Kaluuya. Yet a handful of other characters will not have their moment of red-carpet glory, despite having played starring roles in an Oscar-nominated British film already enjoyed by milli
  
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• The Emoji Movie named worst picture at the 2018 Razzies

  03-03-2018 12:24
  Talking-emoticon animation leads way with four Razzies, while Tom Cruise, Kim Basinger and Mel Gibson receive other brickbatsThe Emoji Movie has been hailed at the worst picture of 2017 at the Golden Raspberry awards (AKA the Razzies), making it the first animated feature in 38 years to earn the top dishonour.“Leading this year’s list of movie-misfires is the emoticon-based, talking poop opus,” the Razzies said in a statement announcing the recipients, saying the film came in a
  
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• The Little Movie Studio That Could

  03-03-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  How three young upstarts from the New York indie film scene built A24 into a Hollywood powerhouse.
  
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• Seven Year Switch: Wife Swap with the looming threat of divorce

  03-03-2018 12:00
  Four sets of spouses dispatched to an island to couple up with strangers … what could possibly go wrong?“You can’t be naked around her,” rumbles Michelle darkly as her husband George packs his suitcase, ready to move in with his new wife. “And if your hands go on her arse, you won’t have hands.” Behold Seven Year Switch (Tuesday, 9.15pm, Channel 4), the latest reality TV brain-fart in which four couples whose marriages are on the rocks are dispatched to
  
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• At 101, a Survivor of Hollywood’s Golden Age Throws Down the Gauntlet

  03-03-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  In the era of “I, Tonya,” the Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against FX and Ryan Murphy Productions has a certain potent symbolism.
  
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• Flint Town: Netflix docu-series shines light on the harsh reality of US policing

  03-03-2018 11:00
  Flint, Michigan’s understaffed, underfunded police force is the focus of a new, eight-part documentary series In the new Netflix documentary series Flint Town, city police officers are called to respond to a drug incident: patrol lights flash, the camera convulses and police are shouting and drawing their weapons. A split second later, the chaos stops and an officer is telling the suspect he’s cuffing: “Boy, you look just like your daddy.” The officer, Scotty Watson, chec
  
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• RuPaul: ‘Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture’

  03-03-2018 09:00
  A mix of high camp and compassion has made RuPaul’s Drag Race a TV hit. But beneath the wigs and corsets, the lip-syncing showgirls have a radical messageWhen RuPaul Charles was seven, one of his sisters comforted him with a promise. “Everyone who’s in charge of the world now,” she told him, “they’re all making it better, so that years from now everyone on the planet will have at least eight pairs of shoes.” Her prediction tells us something about the be
  
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• Young Brixton activists recreate film posters with black leads

  03-03-2018 08:00
  Members of Legally Black vent their frustration at the lack of black actors in top roles Shiden Tekle and his friends became so frustrated about the lack of black actors in films and TV shows that they decided to recreate famous movie posters, including Titanic, Harry Potter and The Inbetweeners, with black people taking the leading roles.
  The posters, created in Brixton with the activism group Advocacy Academy, were only intended to line the bedroom walls of Tekle and his mates, but the subvers
  
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• Saturday’s best TV: Troy: Fall of a City; Modus

  03-03-2018 07:00
  The siege of the now starving city of Troy goes up a level and the Swedish crime drama concludes. Continue reading...
  
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• Your Two Sweet Dads Weird Al Yankovic and Lin-Manuel Miranda Lip Sync ‘Hamilton Polka’

  03-03-2018 06:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  In five years when you’re sobbing in the back row of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new polka pop musical, you’ll remember when it all started. Okay, technically it started when the Hamilton creator grew up on a steady diet of Weird Al parodies, but their joint appearance on the Tonight Show seemed...More »
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster Will Present Best Actress Oscar In Casey Affleck’s Absence

  03-03-2018 06:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to Variety, Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will be presenting the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar at Sunday’s award show, filling the gap left by Casey Affleck’s decision to not to participate in the ceremony earlier this year. Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren, meanwhile, will present Best Actor.As...More »
  
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• Someone Reportedly Impersonated Armie Hammer’s Wife to Snag A Vanity Fair Oscar Party Ticket

  03-03-2018 04:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Creating the true-life basis for the sequel Call Me By Armie Hammer’s Wife’s Name, Deadline reports that an imposter pretending to be the actor’s wife Elizabeth Chambers attempted to obtain a ticket to Vanity Fair’s extremely invite-only Academy Awards afterparty. Chambers, an actress herself who appeared 2 Broke Girls and...More »
  
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• Jane the Virgin Recap: Whose Story Do You Think This Is?

  03-03-2018 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Leave it to Jane the Virgin to deftly combine stories about the fraught power dynamics in academia, frame narratives, chasing your dreams, being set-up for your twin sister’s murder, and your lack of chemistry with your newly discovered cousin, Eva Longoria. What even is this show? How does it exist?!...More »
  
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• Harvey Schmidt, Co-Creator of ‘The Fantasticks,’ Is Dead at 88

  03-03-2018 03:32 via nytimes.com
  He wrote the music. A former college friend, Tom Jones, wrote the words. What resulted was the world’s longest-running musical (and a lasting partnership).
  
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• Jessica Alba Will Be The Nancy to Gabrielle Union’s Syd In Bad Boys Series

  03-03-2018 02:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gabrielle Union’s agent Syd Burnett has a new partner. TVLine reports that Jessica Alba will join the upcoming Bad Boys TV reboot as Nancy McKenna, an Army veteran who’s returned from deployments in Iraq in Afghanistan, and will now put bad guys in lock up with Gabrielle Union back in...More »
  
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• The Hunger Games Screenwriter Will Pen the Logan’s Run Remake

  03-03-2018 02:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  That must be the look of… of being a remake. The 1976 movie Logan’s Run has informed any number of futuristic film dystopias, so it makes sense that Hollywood would eventually go running back for more. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2 writer...More »
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Tried — Unsuccessfully — To Seem Sober At The Red Sparrow Premiere

  03-03-2018 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even though Jennifer Lawrence openly hates doing press, she’s unfailingly great television when she’s forced to promote a new movie. As the Red Sparrow star has made clear, drinking helps her get through the media circuit, and talk show hosts are only too happy to help her take the edge...More »
  
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• How Far is Hollywood From Achieving Equality?

  03-03-2018 01:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  A handful of female nominees does not signal an end to Hollywood’s history of exclusion....More »
  
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• Why Oscar Attendees Will Be Wearing An Orange American Flag On Sunday

  03-03-2018 01:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Now you’ll have an answer ready when your mom leans over during the Oscars and asks, “What’s that thing on that guy from that one movie?” In the same spirit as the Time’s Up pins that appeared at this year’s Golden Globes, People reports that some celebrities will be attending...More »
  
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• RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 3’s BenDeLaCreme on Why She Made That Shocking Elimination Choice

  03-03-2018 00:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s always the quiet ones. BenDeLaCreme, the queen who largely eschewed interpersonal drama, did the unthinkable on a reality competition show, and eliminated herself. On Thursday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, the eliminated queens returned for their shot at “RuVenge,” creating a girl group to face off against...More »
  
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• Rick Ross Hospitalized After Being Found Unresponsive in His Home

  03-03-2018 00:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Early Thursday morning, Rick Ross was hospitalized after being found “unresponsive” in his home. Emergency dispatches obtained by Billboard had the 911 caller, who attempted to wake Ross up several times, describing the rapper as “slobbering from the mouth” and “nodding his head.” Police were notified when Ross got “combative”...More »
  
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• Special Reports: Celia Mei Rubin on How She Gives Back on the Road

  03-03-2018 00:00
  The Chicago actor talks about balancing community service with a tour schedule.
  
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