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• Amy Poehler Is Directing Wine Country And It Stars All Her Cool Friends

  20-03-2018 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  It's happeningAmy Poehler's directorial debut, Wine Country, is coming soon to Netflix! Starring Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey and featuring Tina Fey. Get excited. Get real excited. March 20, 2018...More »
  
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• Who Do You Think You Are? USA review – the one where Monica goes in search of her ancestors

  20-03-2018 23:00
  Courteney Cox hoped her forebears hadn’t murdered anyone, but found that real life is often more gruesome than Game of ThronesThe one where Monica goes to England and finds she’s related to the Queen. Or should be the Queen, maybe. Courteney Cox would take either. At home in California, she jokes: “I hope I’m from Buckingham Palace”. Pronounced the American way: Bucking Ham Palace. She also hopes that her ancestors made a mark, though maybe not by murdering anyone.
  
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• Black Panther Is the Most Tweeted About Movie of All Time

  20-03-2018 22:15 via feeds.eonline.com
  Wakanda forever! Black Panther is now the most tweeted about movie of all time!With over 35 million tweets about the film, Black Panther has destroyed the social media competition....
  
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• Fifth Harmony’s Successor Should Be Little Mix

  20-03-2018 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, it finally happened. Fifteen months after Camila Cabello left Fifth Harmony for solo stardom, the girl squad that was once “Better Together” has fully come apart. Dinah Jane, Lauren, Normani, and Ally announced on Monday that they’ve hit their limits as components within a high-powered pop machine, and are...More »
  
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• Analyzing the Crazy, Complicated Credits of Avengers: Infinity War

  20-03-2018 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ve long been obsessed with star billing, the delicate art of negotiation that decides the order of where actors will be placed in the credits of their project. It involves contractual wrangling and supersized egos, and sometimes the results can be as revealing as any industry exposé. Do you remember...More »
  
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• The 25 Most Essential Roseanne Episodes

  20-03-2018 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  With ABC’s Roseanne reboot set to debut next Tuesday, it’s time to reacquaint yourself with the Conner family of Lanford, Illinois. Even if you’ve never seen the groundbreaking sitcom, now is the time to discover how funny, irreverent, and still genuinely sweet Roseanne was at its best. From 1988 to...More »
  
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• You Crazy Kids Literally Bought All of John Oliver’s Gay Rabbit Children’s Books

  20-03-2018 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  John Oliver’s gay rabbit children’s book is gleefully hopping down a trail to greatness. Appearing on Ellen today, Oliver revealed that his new book, a satirical jab at Mike Pence, had completely sold out within a day. (It’s No. 1 on Amazon, baby!) “I did hear that unfortunately we have...More »
  
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• Vivendi unplugs from battle with games maker Ubisoft

  20-03-2018 21:00 via ft.com
  Blow for Bolloré as media group outlines stake sale
  
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• The Tag Trailer Shows a Wonderful World Where Jon Hamm and Hannibal Buress Hang Out

  20-03-2018 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  It feels almost impossible to put a unique spin on the buddy comedy at this point, but Tag may have done it. Based on the true story of a group of friends who have been playing one continuous game of tag for decades, the aptly named new movie stars Jon...More »
  
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• Black Panther becomes most tweeted-about movie ever

  20-03-2018 20:15
  The hit Marvel adventure has been mentioned more than 35m times, knocking off Star Wars: The Force Awakens from the top spotBlack Panther has become the most tweeted-about movie ever.Twitter revealed news that the Marvel hit has been mentioned more than 35m times, pushing previous record-holder Star Wars: The Force Awakens to second place, with Star Wars: The Last Jedi in third place. Related: After Black Panther: can Hollywood maintain black visibility on screen?Continue reading...
  
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• The Handmaid’s Tale Cast Explains What’s Really Under Those Cloaks

  20-03-2018 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  What’s beneath those frumpy red cloaks in The Handmaid’s Tale? At the show’s PaleyFest event in Los Angeles on Sunday, Vulture did a little investigating to learn how the cast handles its undergarment wardrobe, especially while they’re shooting scenes in frigid Canadian climates.“Granny panties for sure,” says Samira Wiley, who...More »
  
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• How Facebook 'likes' can be weaponised for political gain

  20-03-2018 19:58 via ft.com
  Personalities can be profiled to target users with specific ads
  
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• BBC presenters say broadcaster badly let them down on tax

  20-03-2018 19:58 via ft.com
  Staff anger over being pushed into pay schemes now being probed by HMRC
  
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• Which Musical Should Madeline Produce in Big Little Lies Season Two?

  20-03-2018 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whether you like it or not, Big Little Lies fever is back. After announcing that the (formerly) limited series would return, HBO has pushed out a steady stream of updates about the upcoming season: Meryl Streep is coming to town! All the women will be back! Adam Scott is …...More »
  
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• Aisles of Dogs

  20-03-2018 19:45 via nytimes.com
  A canine-friendly showing of “Isle of Dogs” brought out that rare breed: cinephile dogs and their owners.
  
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• Cynthia Nixon Is Running for Office, But Some Can Only See Miranda Hobbes

  20-03-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  To announce the launch of her campaign for governor of New York, Cynthia Nixon released a video on Monday that featured footage of herself doing typical New Yorker things: dropping off her daughter at school, walking through the streets with a cup of coffee, taking the subway. Even though Nixon...More »
  
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• Katie Boyle obituary

  20-03-2018 19:32
  Popular presenter best known for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest who brought a touch of glamour to British TV in the 1950s and 60sKatie Boyle, who has died aged 91, was one of the last survivors of an era when popular television did not exclude airs of vivacious gentility. She was made by the BBC, for which she starred in many guises, from compering the Eurovision Song Contest to appearing in gameshows, was watched by millions and even appeared in cheerful commercials for Camay soap.Boyle wa
  
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• Publicis: creatives’ accounting

  20-03-2018 19:03 via ft.com
  If staff-connecting platform is done well, agency should prosper despite ad disruption
  
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• Primetime problems: what next for Ant and Dec?

  20-03-2018 18:35
  The Geordie pair have been an uninterrupted fixture of ITV’s biggest shows for years. But the arrest of Anthony McPartlin on suspicion of drink driving has jeopardised their status as TV’s golden duo. Where do they go from here?They work together, holiday together, even live on the same street – a duo, a twosome, that have outlasted all the defining partnerships of our age: Charles and Diana, Liam and Noel, even LMFAO.Now for the first time in their near three-decade-long caree
  
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• Treating colleagues as fellow humans means we all prosper

  20-03-2018 18:30 via ft.com
  A meditation expert makes the business case for workplace compassion
  
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• Review: A Man Confronts a Mountain in ‘Monte’

  20-03-2018 18:28 via nytimes.com
  This movie, part of a retrospective of films by the Iranian director Amir Naderi, is another example of his range.
  
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• Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano to Star in ‘True West’ on Broadway

  20-03-2018 18:03 via nytimes.com
  Roundabout Theater Company announced Tuesday that its new production of “True West” will begin previews in December at the American Airlines Theater.
  
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• Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Will Star in Sam Shepard’s True West on Broadway

  20-03-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than a year after his death, Sam Shepard’s work is getting a new life on Broadway. The Roundabout Theatre Company announced today that Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano will star as the brothers Lee and Austin, respectively, in a new production of Shepard’s True West directed by James Macdonald....More »
  
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• Love, Simon Is a Sweet, Toothless, and Utterly Unstoppable Love Story

  20-03-2018 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  One credit in the opening roll of Love, Simon serves more as an indicator of what’s to come than any other, and that is the name Jack Antonoff. The pop producer, who has risen to fame through his work with the likes of Taylor Swift and Lorde, served as the...More »
  
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• Cynthia Nixon Gets Delayed by Subway on Her Way to Try to Fix the Subway

  20-03-2018 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ladies, gentlemen, and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon: The train you’re on is being taken out of service. On her way to her first event as a political candidate Tuesday, and ostensibly on her way to fix the subway system and restore order back to our lives, Cynthia Nixon’s No. 3...More »
  
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• Google commits $300m to help news publishers

  20-03-2018 17:04 via ft.com
  Google News Initiative aimed at supporting subscriptions and tackling fake news
  
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• Photo Flash: Rehearsals Begin for Jagged Little Pill at American Repertory Theater

  20-03-2018 17:00
  Tony Award winner Diane Paulus helms Diablo Cody, Alanis Morissette, and Glen Ballard's adaptation of Morissette's 1995 album.
  
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• How Quickly Does This Mr. Rogers Documentary Trailer Make You Weep Happy-Sad Tears?

  20-03-2018 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Go ahead and excuse yourself to the restroom: The trailer for the Mr. Rogers doc Won’t You Be My Neighbor? will surely make you tear up. Directed by Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet From Stardom), the film follows Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood from its debut through the decades of generations the show...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Distant Observer’ Shifts Shape as Authors Take Turns

  20-03-2018 16:45 via nytimes.com
  Reality and identity are mutable things in “Distant Observer: Tokyo/New York Correspondence,” by Takeshi Kawamura and John Jesurun, at La MaMa.
  
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• Man dies after getting trapped in cinema seat

  20-03-2018 16:42
  Victim suffered cardiac arrest after reportedly attempting to retrieve his phone at screening in Birmingham multiplexA man whose head became wedged under the electronic footrest of a cinema seat has died.In a statement from operator Vue International, the cinema said the man died on 16 March, a week after the incident. Continue reading...
  
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• UK data watchdog still seeking Cambridge Analytica warrant

  20-03-2018 16:37 via ft.com
  Information Commissioner raises concern about Facebook move to send in auditors
  
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• Roxanne Finally Gets Her Revenge, 3 Decades After Her Hit Single

  20-03-2018 16:32 via nytimes.com
  Roxanne Shanté was among the first solo female rappers when she made “Roxanne’s Revenge” in 1984. Her stymied career is now the subject of a biopic.
  
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• The Crown Producers Apologize to Claire Foy and Matt Smith for Instigating Gender Pay Gap ‘Media Storm’

  20-03-2018 16:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  After receiving a wave of scrutiny and backlash for the recent revelation that Claire Foy, the lead of The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than Matt Smith, the key supporting character of Prince Philip, the producers behind the Netflix period drama are offering a public apology to...More »
  
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• Theater News: Derek Klena and Lauren Patten Join World Premiere of Jagged Little Pill

  20-03-2018 16:00
  American Repertory Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for the new musical featuring songs by Alanis Morissette.
  
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• Theater News: Christian Borle and Laura Michelle Kelly to Lead Cast of Me and My Girl

  20-03-2018 16:00
  Harriet Harris, Edward Hibbert, and more also join the final production of the Encores! at 25 season.
  
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• The march continues: why documentary sequels are on the rise

  20-03-2018 15:47
  Can belated follow-ups to hits like March of the Penguins, An Inconvenient Truth and Fahrenheit 9/11 prove their necessity?Hey, remember March of the Penguins? It’s been 13 years since a National Geographic-produced documentary about emperor penguin migration grew into a global phenomenon, and in a sense, it feels even longer. The year 2005 now looks like a foreign country, where Labour still ruled Britain, we thought the Bush family was the worst thing that could happen to American politi
  
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• Along Came Polly, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Sin City Coming to Netflix in April 2018

  20-03-2018 15:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away.Today, the company announced which film and TV titles will be available to stream in the month of April. Subscribers will soon be able to watch hit...
  
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• Ace Ventura, American Pie, Batman and Wild Wild West Leaving Netflix in April 2018

  20-03-2018 15:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  Say goodbye to Ace Ventura, American Pie, Batman and more of your favorite film franchises.Netflix announced today which film and TV titles will no longer be available to stream in the...
  
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• Here’s What Made Bill Hader Break the Hardest While Doing Stefon on SNL This Weekend

  20-03-2018 15:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s well-documented how John Mulaney, that handsome rapscallion, would make a habit out of torturing Bill Hader when the two worked together on SNL. Mulaney would change the script for Stefon’s Weekend Update visits mere seconds before Hader would do the sketch live — effectively making him break character in...More »
  
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• Music News: Shaina Taub to Release Second Solo Album

  20-03-2018 15:00
  Die Happy is set for an exclusive Bandcamp release on May 1.
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres Demands to Know Whether Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue Are a Couple

  20-03-2018 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Like most people who have seen them figure skate, Ellen DeGeneres firmly believes that ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are dating, despite their insistence to the contrary. After bringing the Canadian duo onto her show, DeGeneres repeatedly demanded to know whether they are together, and then made them...More »
  
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• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jessica Jones’s Jeans

  20-03-2018 14:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  I judged Jessica Jones’s jeans prematurely. Writing about the superpowered private detective’s return to Netflix a few weeks ago, I noted that Jones “still appears to possess exactly one pair of pants.” This was not true. (Blame screener sites, and reportorial laziness.) While our heroine’s favorite light-wash jeans still make...More »
  
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• Peter Rabbit kicks Black Panther off the top of the UK box office

  20-03-2018 14:42
  Family-friendly bunnies hop to the top in their first week with double the takings of Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft reboot Tomb Raider While Black Panther extends its run at the top of the US box office into a rare fifth week, in the UK the Marvel superhero hit succumbs to a well-aimed kick from the family-friendly Peter Rabbit. Very loosely adapted from Beatrix Potter’s children’s tale, this blend of humans (Domhnall Gleeson and Rose Byrne) and digital animals stuns with a &pou
  
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• Stub it out: Netflix criticised for too many smoking scenes

  20-03-2018 14:30
  Anti-smoking group finds streaming giant’s shows feature twice as many cigarettes and ‘tobacco incidents’ as traditional TV channelsNetflix has been singled out for criticism by an anti-smoking organisation, which released research that claims the streaming giant’s original programmes have more than twice as many scenes featuring smoking as its rivals.Truth Initiative, a US public health organisation, identified the 14 most popular shows with viewers aged 15-24 across bro
  
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• Zena Skinner obituary

  20-03-2018 14:22
  Television cook and author who offered sensible, homely advice about traditional dishes to British viewers in the 1960s and 70sZena Skinner, who has died aged 91, was a mainstay of daytime and early evening television during the 1960s and 70s, when her cookery demonstrations offered comfort, reassurance and instruction to the sometimes hapless viewer, in contrast to the prima donna approach of her contemporary Fanny Cradock or the emphasis of her younger rivals on entertainment and novelty.Altho
  
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• Parents Beware, Madeline and Renata Have Returned to Big Little Lies’ Favorite Coffee Shop

  20-03-2018 14:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Look who are back in town! Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) March 20, 2018...More »
  
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• The Crown producers apologise to Claire Foy and Matt Smith over pay dispute

  20-03-2018 14:15
  Producers behind Netflix show say they are in talks with Time’s Up after a petition called for Smith to donate part of his earnings in response to revelations he was paid more than Claire Foy
  Left Bank Pictures, the producers of The Crown, have apologised to Matt Smith and Claire Foy after it was revealed Smith was paid more than Foy for his part in the Netflix show. In a statement the company said “the actors are not aware of who gets what, and cannot be held personally responsible
  
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