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• Homeland recap: season 7, episode 5 – Active Measures

  18-03-2018 23:00
  The entertainment is cranked up as the president plays a blinder, while Saul investigates the red menace and Carrie reassesses her squad goalsCarrie puts together a team to beat the truth out of Simone Martin and we are reminded that while a Russian troll farm may be quite continental, a punch in the guts can still be a girl’s best friend. New squad members Doxie, Stein, Bennet and Anson join Carrie and Dante in a gloriously entertaining caper that takes them all over Washington, into a la
  
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• The Durrells review – Keeley Hawes is marvellous in this sunny, undemanding drama

  18-03-2018 22:00
  Aunt Hermione returns, but love has all but left the island of Corfu in this gentle instalment. Plus: Belgium’s answer to Scandi-noirBack to Corfu then, for The Durrells. Gerry has adopted a pair of flamingos to add to his menagerie. They look like a very pale and lanky British couple on the first day of their hot holiday. Get some lager in you, and then fall asleep in the sunshine.Actually they should get some shellfish in them, shouldn’t they, if they want to go pink? That is what
  
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• Theater News: Exploring the Jewish-Canadian Immigrant Experience in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

  18-03-2018 21:00
  A young couple's strange, exotic journey from Romania to Halifax takes center stage in this new klezmer folk musical at 59E59.
  
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• Review: Exploring the Jewish-Canadian Immigrant Experience in Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

  18-03-2018 21:00
  A young couple's strange, exotic journey from Romania to Halifax takes center stage in this new klezmer folk musical at 59E59.
  
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• Theater News: Come From Away Will Land in Australia

  18-03-2018 20:00
  The Broadway show follows what happens when 38 planes were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001.
  
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• Nun Says She’s Completely Broke After Legal Battle with Katy Perry

  18-03-2018 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the nuns embroiled in the years-long legal battle with first-kiss-ruiner Katy Perry says the nasty dispute over the Los Angeles property has completely bankrupted her.In 2015, five nuns connected to a convent located on an eight-acre estate in Los Feliz found themselves in the battle when Perry tried...More »
  
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• Flight of the Conchords postpone UK and Ireland shows

  18-03-2018 19:40
  Musical comedy group forced to delay tour after member Bret McKenzie injures his handFlight of the Conchords have postponed their upcoming UK and Ireland shows after member Bret McKenzie injured his hand.McKenzie said on Twitter that the musical comedy group had to delay their tour after he broke two bones falling down the stairs. Continue reading...
  
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• Review: In ‘The Wholehearted,’ Old Wounds Feel Angry and New

  18-03-2018 19:00 via nytimes.com
  A boxing champ who survived an attempt on her life prepares to seek revenge in this multimedia play at Abrons Arts Center.
  
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• Blue Ivy Bid $19,000 on Art

  18-03-2018 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wearing an extravagant gold gown and wig, Blue Ivy bid tens of thousands of dollars on art at her grandmother’s gala last night. Tina Knowles Lawson and Richard Lawson have hosted the Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles for the past two years, which Blue and Beyoncé showed up to in matching...More »
  
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• Naya Rivera Posts West Side Story Audition Video

  18-03-2018 18:10 via feeds.eonline.com
  It looks like Naya Rivera hopes to nab a key role in the new West Side Story reboot and she's giving fans a sneak peek of what they can expect to see if she gets the part.Steven...
  
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• ‘Tomb Raider’ Can’t Topple ‘Black Panther’ at Box Office

  18-03-2018 18:06 via nytimes.com
  “Black Panther” was No. 1 for the fifth straight week, with “Tomb Raider” second. The Christian rock movie “I Can Only Imagine” was a surprise hit.
  
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• Man Arrested for Orchestrating Bomb Threat at the Roots’ SXSW Concert

  18-03-2018 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Roots’ scheduled Saturday evening performance at the annual South By Southwest festival was cancelled minutes before they were expected to go on stage, owing to an emailed bomb threat to Live Nation Music. Per Variety, a man identified as Trevor Weldon Ingram emailed the entertainment company to report a...More »
  
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• Horny Old Bill Hader + Malfunctioning Mobility Scooter = Lots of SNL Breaking

  18-03-2018 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  As much as we love to regale you all with SNL witticisms here at Vulture dot com, sometimes the best course of action is, in fact, saying nothing at all. Take this sketch featuring an elderly Bill Hader who takes some Cialis pills for his much younger wife, for instance....More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live Recap: Welcome Back, Stefon!

  18-03-2018 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  At a live taping of the WTF podcast in 2011, Marc Maron groused to Bill Hader that most comics had to fight for years to find their voices, while Hader simply knew what was funny about him. Given Hader’s outstanding tenure at Saturday Night Live, jammed full of idiosyncratic oddballs...More »
  
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• Oh, Honey! The Will & Grace Revival Gets Renewed for a Third Season

  18-03-2018 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the great Karen Walker would suggest: Celebrate with some drugs, not hugs. Vulture can confirm NBC has given yet another season renewal for Will & Grace, rewarding the sitcom with an 18-episode third season set to air in the fall of 2019. What’s especially remarkable about the renewal is...More »
  
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• SNL’s Betsy DeVos Tries to Defend Her Credibility, But Can Only Muster ‘I Do Not Do a Good Job’

  18-03-2018 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following her less than ideal 60 Minutes sit-down last week, Betsy DeVos thought it would be a great idea to continue her media trainwreck with the folks over at Weekend Update, where she was given another chance to discuss the education topics most important to her. And if you thought...More »
  
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• Take Culver to the 1 and Turn Right on Sunset, and Then Watch SNL Revive ‘The Californians’

  18-03-2018 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  All of these bleach-blonde dopes are either drunk on their Sonoma rich California sparkling rosé, or they’re going through the five stages of grief after losing their beloved maid, Rosa. Or, of course, it could just be the traffic making them all antsy, but it’s more likely that the soapy...More »
  
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• SNL’s Unhinged Rex Tillerson Is Spiraling Into the Dark Abyss

  18-03-2018 13:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  You know what, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is doing fine. Better than fine, amazing. He’s alive and thriving after getting fired while sitting on the toilet. It wasn’t a good fit, these things happen! But, huh, now that he thinks about it, gulp, this whole situation doesn’t, gulp,...More »
  
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• New York’s Hottest Impression Is — Stefon Giving You Irish Club Recommendations

  18-03-2018 13:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Doing some cheap cocaine in Midtown on a laundry cart and looking for a St. Paddy’s Day rave? Stefon, as always, has you covered. The five boroughs’ resident party animal dusted off his favorite Ed Hardy shirt to return to Weekend Update with the latest and greatest club venues —...More »
  
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• Antitrust showdown with AT&T will resonate across all sectors

  18-03-2018 13:07 via ft.com
  DoJ’s challenge to Time Warner deal will set the stage for future media consolidation
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Kiss Me I’m Irish good, Canadian Harvey Weinstein … bad

  18-03-2018 12:22
  Bill Hader struggled and Kate McKinnon strained in an episode that left a bad taste. At least Fred Armisen was back too, a dead ringer for Michael Wolff“I’m just a simple man who wanted to make things bad for immigrants, and here I am taking away the pension of a Christian white!”Related: Saturday Night Live: this is US comedy in the age of Robert MuellerContinue reading...
  
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• Reggie Yates: ‘I have late-night romantic dinners with my laptop’

  18-03-2018 10:00
  The broadcaster and film-maker on working too hard, his favourite new music, and focusing on the human stories of Grenfell in his new documentaryReggie Yates started acting at a young age. He’s appeared on TV show Desmond’s, when he was eight, and featuring in Grange Hill and Doctor Who, as well as providing the voice of CBeebies character Rastamouse. In his 20s, he presented The Radio 1 Chart Show as well as Top of the Pops. Since 2011, Yates has forged an award-winning career in do
  
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• The week in TV: Being Blacker; The Ruth Ellis Files; Damned; Endeavour

  18-03-2018 08:00
  Molly Dineen’s film about a Brixton local hero rewarded with its subtleties, but a story about Ruth Ellis’s life lapsed into B-movie clichesBeing Blacker (BBC2) | iPlayer
  The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story (BBC Four) | iPlayer
  Damned (C4) | All 4
  Endeavour (ITV) | ITV HubTwo wildly different approaches to documentary-making on show this week, both by women, with wildly varying levels of resultant satisfaction. Continue reading...
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: Aftermath: After the Admiral Duncan; Mind the Gender Pay Gap and more

  18-03-2018 08:00
  Alan Dein’s mastery of hidden stories and everyday lives was back on display on Radio 4, where Emma Griffin provided a lively commentary on our attitudes towards payAfter the Admiral Duncan (Radio 4) | iPlayer
  Lives in a Landscape (Radio 4) | iPlayer
  Mind the Gender Pay Gap (Radio 4) | iPlayerAny radio programme that’s made and presented by Alan Dein is worth a listen. Unlike many Radio 4 stalwarts, he’s not a household name, but if you’re interested in everyday people an
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: The Durrells; The Good Karma Hospital

  18-03-2018 07:00
  A feel-good ITV double whammy as the boisterous Corfu period drama returns, followed by the Indian medical serial Continue reading...
  
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• Interviews: Melissa Gilbert Leaves the Prairie Behind as She Returns to the New York Stage

  18-03-2018 00:00
  The prolific actor once known as Half Pint is making a new name for herself off-Broadway.
  
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