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• Janice Dickinson Tells Courtroom She Wants to Punch Bill Cosby in the Face

  12-04-2018 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Model Janice Dickinson looked positively subdued in a white blouse and dark blazer as she walked down the hallway of the Montgomery County Courthouse this afternoon. On this, the fourth day of the felony sexual-assault retrial of Bill Cosby, the former model, 63, took the stand for the first time.Cosby,...More »
  
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• Deep State review – Fox tries to follow in Homeland’s well-trodden footsteps

  12-04-2018 23:00
  Mark Strong assembles a bomb before you can say Jason Bourne, and the spy thriller rattles along with big bangs and fabulous locations. But there’s a sense we’ve seen it all beforeWhere were we? You will remember (or maybe not, because Deep State is on Fox) that Max Easton, played by Mark Strong, has been called out of his idyllic rural retirement with his lovely new French family for the inevitable one last job. And it’s not a bank job, even though his family thinks he used to
  
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• Mariah Carey Is Writing a Memoir

  12-04-2018 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Diva, actress, skinny legend, and local elusive chanteuse Mariah Carey is working on a memoir. A source has told “Page Six” Carey is “looking inward,” after disclosing her bipolar disorder diagnosis, and Carey’s reps confirmed she’s writing a book. “There were very few people in her circle who knew [she...More »
  
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• Time to Go Denim Shopping: Jessica Jones Is Coming Back for Season 3

  12-04-2018 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Have you gotten enough of those Jessica Jones jeans? Of course you haven’t, so Netflix is going to bless you with a third season of Krysten Ritter wearing her now-iconic denim so you can keep considering the finer points of urban superhero fashions. The last time we saw Jessica, she...More »
  
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• Screen Actors Guild calls for end to private meetings in hotel rooms

  12-04-2018 21:45
  Union issues guideline urging film and TV industry to curb meetings in ‘high-risk locations’ in the wake of Harvey Weinstein allegations The Screen Actors Guild has called for an end to private meetings in “high-risk locations” in the wake of a string of sexual assault allegations in Hollywood.Sag-Aftra, the labor union for actors in film and television, has issued a guideline calling on producers and executives to avoid arranging meetings in hotel rooms or private reside
  
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• Lost in Space Gets a Fine, But Not Must-Watch Reboot

  12-04-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Netflix version of Lost in Space resembles Irwin Allen’s original, 1960s-era Lost in Space in the most basic ways. It centers around the five members of the Robinson family, space colonists who wind up on a far-flung planet after their ship is knocked off course. It features a robot...More »
  
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• Review: A Cinematic Marvel, ‘Zama’ Brilliantly Tackles Colonialism in the New World

  12-04-2018 21:35 via nytimes.com
  In Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama,” an 18th-century magistrate in the Americas desperately tries to leave a cruel, cruelly comic world he has helped make.
  
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• Third Accuser Tells Courtroom Cosby Gave Her Quaaludes

  12-04-2018 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  She was a bartender at the Harrah’s Hotel & Casino in Reno, Nevada, when she first met Bill Cosby in 1982. Over the course of two days of testimony, Janice Baker-Kinney, the third accuser to be called as a witness in Cosby’s felony sexual-assault retrial, painstakingly recounted her story of...More »
  
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• How Truth or Dare Came From an Actual Dare

  12-04-2018 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  As Vulture reported last year, the forthcoming body-count romp Truth or Dare was pitched to Blumhouse head Jason Blum by Universal’s co-president of worldwide marketing, Michael Moses, as nothing more than a title. Moses had no plot, no director, no star, no storyboards — just those three little words. Blum liked...More »
  
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• Broad City Is Ending, But Abbi and Ilana Signed a Major Viacom Deal

  12-04-2018 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Broad City’s fifth season will be its last, but that doesn’t mean stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are done with Comedy Central. The duo has signed a first-look television deal with Comedy Central parent company Viacom, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and they have three projects in development. “Broad...More »
  
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• Chloé Zhao Is Rethinking the Western

  12-04-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When you picture what a modern auteur of the American West should look like, Chloé Zhao isn’t the stereotypical choice by a long shot. But now with her second, Spirit Award–nominated feature film The Rider, the Beijing-raised writer-director has established herself as a distinctive poet of the Plains, particularly of...More »
  
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• Anatomy of a Scene | ‘A Quiet Place’

  12-04-2018 21:00 via nytimes.com
  The director John Krasinski narrates a sequence from his film, in which he stars with Emily Blunt.
  
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• 9 Of The Most Ridiculous Scenes From The Original Lost in Space

  12-04-2018 20:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Netflix’s revival of this classic ’60s science-fiction show has taken a much more serious approach to the story of the family Robinson’s adventures in space, so now the original series looks even more zany by comparison. With some truly bizarre episodes, Lost in Space was peak ’60s corny sci-fi....More »
  
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• Review: In ‘Zama,’ Trying to Say Goodbye (Cruel) New World

  12-04-2018 20:37 via nytimes.com
  In Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama,” an 18th-century magistrate in the Americas desperately tries to leave a cruel, cruelly comic world he has helped make.
  
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• Nicki Minaj Reveals the One Thing Cardi B Did That Hurt Her

  12-04-2018 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  While Cardi B has been saying the rivalry between her and Nicki was fan-made, Nicki now says it had legs. Though the two are cordial now, Nicki tells Zane Lowe in an interview for her new songs that the two got off on the wrong foot. It all stems from...More »
  
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• What Karamo Brown of Queer Eye Can’t Live Without

  12-04-2018 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked Queer Eye culture expert Karamo Brown about the lip balm, beard trimmer, and candle he can’t live without....More »
  
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• Can You Guess the Rock Movie From the Rock’s Torso?

  12-04-2018 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is a man of habit. When he needs to eat, he prefers to eat cod and steamed vegetables. When he needs to be photographed in a suit, he prefers to be posed like this. And when he needs to star in a movie, well, he prefers...More »
  
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• Khloé Kardashian Had Her Baby!

  12-04-2018 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  The final Kardashian baby of the season is finally here!According to the Kardashian scholars at TMZ, Khloé Kardashian gave birth to a baby girl early Wednesday morning, at a hospital outside of Cleveland.The news comes on the heels of reports that the baby’s father, Khloé’s boyfriend, Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson, has cheated on...More »
  
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• NYC Stories: Gina Rodriguez Loves Smooching in Central Park

  12-04-2018 19:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s no denying the romantic allure of Central Park, especially not for Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez. Here, she recounts her love for the city’s green spaces and for canoodling along its tree-lined paths....More »
  
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• ‘Ocean’s 8’: New Trailer Offers a Few More Details

  12-04-2018 19:33 via nytimes.com
  Sandra Bullock leads a cast of actresses, including Cate Blanchett and Mindy Kaling, pulling off a heist at the Met’s annual fashion gala.
  
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• The Best Dysfunctional-Teen Shows to Stream Right Now

  12-04-2018 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Teens! Those coming-of-age rapscallions! Whether they’re on the hunt to find out if their friend is really dead or just trying to get through high school in one piece, the young-adult experience is rife with dramatic opportunities for television. Yes, some teen shows are far more relatable than others —...More »
  
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• Nicki Minaj Drops Two New Songs, Announces the ‘Best Album I’ve Ever Created in My Life’

  12-04-2018 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  The queen has returned to her throne. After a year of radio silence (save for some features), Minaj has released two new solo songs at once, “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li.” And for the three-peat, she’s also hopped on Young Thug’s new song, “Anybody.” These are her first new lead songs...More »
  
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• BBC under fire over Enoch Powell 'rivers of blood' broadcast

  12-04-2018 19:07
  Calls for Radio 4 to cancel show that will critique anti-immigration speech 50 years onThe BBC has come under fire over plans to air a full recitation of Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech, with a Labour peer writing to Ofcom about the broadcast and one contributor saying she regrets taking part.The 50th anniversary broadcast on Saturday will feature the actor Ian McDiarmid reading the full text of Powell’s incendiary speech, interspersed with analysis and c
  
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• Martin Scorsese to Produce a Retrospective on SCTV for Netflix

  12-04-2018 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Martin Scorsese is bringing a group of comedy legends together for Netflix. The streaming service announced on Thursday that the filmmaker — a rather big deal in his own right — will direct a special called An Afternoon With SCTV, examining the impact of the influential Canadian sketch-comedy series that...More »
  
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• Pose Trailer: Ryan Murphy Invites You to Have a Ball

  12-04-2018 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the style of Paris Is Burning, the trailer for FX’s Pose approaches the 1980s New York ballroom world like a documentary, giving an introduction to the downtown dance scene that blossomed at the same time as Reaganite opulence by way of a few interviews with the show’s characters involved...More »
  
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• Call Out the Weeknd’s Name, and He’ll Puke Up Some Bats

  12-04-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Perhaps not satisfied with the Sasha Lane–starring Spotify visual for “Call Out My Name,” the Weeknd has released new music video for the My Dear Melancholy track. The vibe is still quite … melancholic: Abel Tesfaye walks alone down deserted streets or on deserted stages or in the deserted wilderness....More »
  
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• King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell Has Been Stripped of His Donkey Kong Records

  12-04-2018 18:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, we’ve officially found our video-game version of Icarus. One of the highest-scoring gamers of all time, Billy Mitchell — who was propelled into geeky stardom thanks to the 2007 documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters — has been stripped of all of his high scores due to...More »
  
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• Sandra Bullock Plots Met Gala Heist in New Ocean's 8 Trailer

  12-04-2018 18:36 via feeds.eonline.com
  The new trailer for the upcoming Ocean's 8 movie has arrived!Warner Bros. released the latest sneak peek from the highly-anticipated spin-off on Thursday, showing Sandra Bullock...
  
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• Cliff Richard sues BBC for filming police raid on his home

  12-04-2018 18:14 via ft.com
  Case will establish if there is right to privacy in early stages of an investigation
  
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• New Ocean’s 8 Trailer: Sandra Bullock and Friends Wanna Rob

  12-04-2018 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Danny Ocean is dead; long live Debbie. A new trailer for the coat extravaganza that is Ocean’s 8 is here, and as you might expect, it’s charming as heck. Sandra Bullock is off parole and planning a crime, Cate Blanchett is skeptical but enjoying this meal at Veselka, Mindy Kaling’s...More »
  
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• Meg Wolitzer Doesn’t Want to Be Tied to a ‘Moment’

  12-04-2018 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Depending on who you ask, Meg Wolitzer’s new novel, about female power and the conflicts and rewards of intergenerational feminism, is either “uncannily timely” (the Times) or a total “misread” of the current feminist mood (Bookforum). The Female Persuasion is Wolitzer’s 12th book, and as with others in her oeuvre,...More »
  
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• Spike Lee and Godard Films to Compete at a Cannes With No Netflix

  12-04-2018 17:55 via nytimes.com
  The streaming giant will boycott the festival this year in protest against a rule requiring them to show their movies in French movie theaters.
  
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• Springer Nature: fit to print

  12-04-2018 17:44 via ft.com
  Those buying into the IPO could find themselves in a small minority
  
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• Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day to be adapted for the stage

  12-04-2018 17:41
  Playwright Barney Norris will collaborate with the Booker prize-winning author on a production opening in Northampton in 2019Twenty-five years after it was made into an Oscar-nominated film, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day is to be adapted for the stage. Ishiguro will collaborate on the adaptation, by playwright and novelist Barney Norris. It will tour the UK after its world premiere at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate in February next year.Ishigu
  
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• Rising Filmmakers Every Cinephile Should Have on Their Radar

  12-04-2018 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Film is more than just entertainment — it’s also a catalyst for social change. In recent years within the industry, conversations about inclusivity and diversity have come under the heat of the spotlight. This year, AT&T and Tribeca Film Festival are celebrating diversity with the Untold Stories competition, an initiative...More »
  
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• Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler to the Rock Hall: Nah, I’m Good

  12-04-2018 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  This doesn’t really personify brothers-in-arms values, Mark. After weeks of surprisingly juicy drama surrounding the status of Dire Straits’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the band’s bassist, John Illsley, confirmed fans’ worst fears: Front man Mark Knopfler definitely won’t be attending the ceremony. Not because of health, not...More »
  
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• Meanwhile, Charlie Rose Is Shuttling Between His Mansions, Trying to Figure Out Where He Went Wrong

  12-04-2018 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Charlie Rose — once a denizen of uptown power spots like Le Bilboquet — is keeping a low profile these days. After a Washington Post report revealed decades of sexual-harassment allegations lodged against the former PBS and CBS host, Rose has been mostly absent from his prized place atop New...More »
  
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• Hypothesis: Season Two Is the Best or Worst Season of Every Show

  12-04-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After seven seasons on the air, Scandal finishes its run next week, which might be news if, like me, you are one of the legions of once-devoted Scandal fans who’ve since gotten show-divorced with the Shondaland drama. (Once it turned into 24: But Like, Sexy, I was out.) But whether...More »
  
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• Here’s Jon Hamm’s Very Nice, Two-Second-Long Ray Romano Impression

  12-04-2018 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jon Hamm, a noted golf-head within the Hollywood elite, enjoys dabbling in the sport with his pal Ray Romano if the opportunity presents itself. Would you like photographic proof of their outings in matching checkered vests? Too bad! Because the best Hammy can offer up at the moment is his...More »
  
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