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• The Woman in White review – the Victorian classic updated for the #MeToo era

  22-04-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  This latest Wilkie Collins adaptation strikes a very modern note while hanging on to the original’s gothic creepinessThis adaptation of The Woman in White begins with a woman in black. She is Wilkie Collins’ best character, Marian Halcombe (played by Jessie Buckley), who has come to see a man called Mr Nash for help. She is wearing black – including veil – because she’s in mourning.“The coroner stated that the cause of death was natural, wh
  
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• Homeland recap: season seven, episode 10 – Clarity

  22-04-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  There’s a change of pace as Elizabeth gets tough, Franny’s fate is decided and Carrie gets back in the game and heads to MoscowWe rejoin Carrie, a week after the hospital meltdown, for her third and final ECT treatment. With normality restored, her thoughts turn to keeping hold of Franny. Continue reading...
  
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• Homeland recap: season eight, episode 10 – Clarity

  22-04-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  There’s a change of pace as Elizabeth gets tough, Franny’s fate is decided and Carrie gets back in the game and heads to MoscowWe rejoin Carrie, a week after the hospital meltdown, for her third and final ECT treatment. With normality restored, her thoughts turn to keeping hold of Franny. Continue reading...
  
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• Here’s Why Ansel Elgort Wants To Take His Biggest Hit Off Spotify

  22-04-2018 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  When actor and musician Ansel Elgort stopped in the Vulture studio at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival with Jonathon co-star Suki Waterhouse, he discussed his complicated feelings about his hit song “Thief” as well as his desire to find a new sound in his music — only, we had to...More »
  
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• Lady Gaga Convinced Bradley Cooper to Sing Live in A Star Is Born

  22-04-2018 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lady Gaga is starring in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born remake, and the singer had one key request: All of the singing should be done live. In a conversation with Robert De Niro at the Tribeca Film Festival Saturday night, Cooper described working on the film, which also happens...More »
  
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• Christina Hendricks Appreciates Her Status As a Gay Icon

  22-04-2018 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  While visiting this year’s Tribeca Film Festival with her new film Egg, Christina Hendricks took a moment to reflect on the gay icon status she earned by playing the beloved Joan in Mad Men. Her co-stars Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black) and David Alan Basche also discuss their...More »
  
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• ‘A Quiet Place’ Returns to No. 1 at the Box Office

  22-04-2018 19:13 via nytimes.com
  John Krasinski’s horror film beat out the Rock’s “Rampage” and Amy Schumer’s “I Feel Pretty” for the top spot.
  
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• Karen Gillan Weighs In On the Age-Old Question: Who’s the Hottest Friend?

  22-04-2018 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  While visiting the Tribeca Film Festival with her directorial debut The Party’s Just Beginning, Karen Gillan (you know, of Avengers and Doctor Who fame!) told Vulture that Friends was her inspiration for moving to NYC and seeking out an exposed brick apartment. She also weighed in on the age-old question...More »
  
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• Beyoncé Debuted Completely New Looks for Her Second Coachella Performance

  22-04-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite suffering a slight human error on stage, Beyoncé once again dominated the second weekend of Coachella — or, we should say, “Beychella.” While last night’s set was largely the same as her one last weekend, Queen Bey did majorly switch up one feature: Her outfits.Though she stuck with custom...More »
  
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• Tanzania’s bloggers face hefty fees for right to post online

  22-04-2018 18:25 via ft.com
  Activists fear levies of hundreds of dollars are tool to stifle freedom of expression
  
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• Watch Shaggy Perform at Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday, Just for the Confused Royal Family Reactions

  22-04-2018 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sting and Shaggy, if you’re out of the “unlikely musical collaborations” news cycle, have just released the reggae album 44/876 together — an album that is, to the surprise of many, quite good. This genre-defying, sexy Stiggy duo was deemed worthy enough to perform at Queen Elizabeth’s 92nd birthday party...More »
  
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• Beyoncé Suffers Human Error, Falls on Coachella Stage

  22-04-2018 17:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Beyoncés, they’re just like us. .0001 percent of the time. Capping off her already-iconic two headlining performances at this year’s Coachella festival, Bey shared a cute moment with her sister, Solange, on stage as the siblings did a dance-off to the certified seduction jam “Get Me Bodied.” The sister act...More »
  
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• Thandie Newton Says Hollywood’s #TimesUp Movement Didn’t Want Her Participation

  22-04-2018 16:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  When she was a teenager, Thandie Newton was sexually abused by an unnamed casting director during an audition. She has since been very vocal about the exploitative nature of Hollywood for women, an advocacy of which left her feeling upset and surprised when she was shut out from participating in...More »
  
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• It Sounds Like Pippa Middleton Is Pregnant!

  22-04-2018 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to all the British tabloids — the Sunday Express, The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, you name it — Pippa Middleton is reportedly expecting her first child with her financier husband, James Matthews.One in-the-know source told the Sunday Express, “When Pippa found out she was pregnant, she was...More »
  
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• Oman Police Release Preliminary Findings for Avicii’s Death

  22-04-2018 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two days after the prolific Swedish DJ Avicii — born Tim Bergling — was found dead at the age of 28 in Muscat, Oman, the country’s authorities have officially ruled out any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Per a CNN report, the Royal Oman Police carried out two postmortems and...More »
  
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• Verne Troyer, actor who was Mini-Me in Austin Powers films, dies aged 49

  22-04-2018 09:05
  Family announces death on social media sitesStatement: ‘Verne was an extremely caring individual’The actor Verne Troyer has died, according to a statement posted to his social media pages on Saturday. He was 49. Related: Verne Troyer: a cult star who sustained a career with dignity and good humour | Peter BradshawContinue reading...
  
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• Smallville's Allison Mack was allegedly a 'top member' of cult that abused women

  22-04-2018 09:04 via theguardian.com
  Actor may be first leader to face punishment for involvement in Nxivm, a group that forced members to conform to sexual demandsAs she was led from court in Brooklyn on Friday, Allison Mack appeared to wipe away a tear. The actor, best known for a role in the TV series Smallville, had entered a plea of not guilty to sex trafficking and forced labor charges which carry mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years and could lead to life in jail.Related: Smallville actor Allison Mack pleads not guilty on
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: Ring Rees-Mogg; The Naked Podcast; Sandra

  22-04-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Jacob Rees-Mogg didn’t connect much with his callers in his new fortnightly phone-in, while a jolly podcast bared allAt 9am on Monday, in another of LBC’s “What fresh hell is this?” politician-as-presenter signings, weird, be-tweeded boy-man Jacob Rees-Mogg burst brightly on to our airwaves to take listeners’ phone calls for half an hour. Happy Monday, chums! Ring Rees-Mogg is the name of his new fortnightly show, and after reading out the usual methods of getting i
  
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• Audiences Continue Flocking to A Quiet Place

  22-04-2018 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Though theaters tried to tempt them away from it, moviegoers this weekend decided to continue tensely eating popcorn as slowly as possible so as not to make any noise at all during A Quiet Place. The film is in its third week of release and raked in over $21 million,...More »
  
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• The week in TV: Stephen – The Murder That Changed a Nation; The Alienist; Lifeline; Ordeal By Innocence; Paradise Hunters

  22-04-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  An exemplary three-part documentary on the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence was nothing less than the story of Britain over the past quarter centuryStephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation (BBC One) | iPlayer
  The Alienist (Netflix) | netflix.com
  Lifeline (C4) | All4
  Ordeal By Innocence (BBC One) | iPlayer
  Paradise Hunters (C4) | All4For once, the title wasn’t overegged. The murder of Stephen Lawrence, 25 years ago tonight, really could be said to have Changed a Nation, and this was explo
  
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• Jaws at a swimming pool, Gladiator at a castle: how outdoor cinema seduced Britain

  22-04-2018 08:00
  Despite the fickle British weather, ticket sales to watch films in the open air have tripled in three yearsBritain is in the middle of a boom in outdoor cinema, as people brave the unpredictable British climate to watch films “on location” in castles, aircraft hangars and even beach huts.George Wood, founder of Britain’s biggest outdoor film company, the Luna Cinema, says ticket sales have tripled in the past three years. “You strike gold when you can actually pair the fi
  
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• Amy Schumer: ‘I’m not invincible. I need to slow down’

  22-04-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Outrageously rude and shockingly funny, Amy Schumer has always made her audiences gasp. She talks to Sophie Heawood about falling in love, one-night stands and going nuts on stageWhen I meet Amy Schumer, she has been married for exactly one month and is working on a joke about her husband’s penis. Something along the lines of, my husband is uncircumcised – for now. She had jotted it down on the Notes app on her iPhone, where she keeps a lot of ideas, but it duplicated the note five t
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: The Woman in White; Little Big Shots

  22-04-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  A new period drama obsession for Sunday evenings and the return of the kids’ talent show hosted by Dawn French Continue reading...
  
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• James Cameron Is Tired of Avengers Movies

  22-04-2018 06:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  While promoting his new documentary series AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction on Saturday morning, James Cameron expressed that he hopes people will finally get tired of Avengers movies so they can start getting tired of Avatar sequels. “I’m hoping we’re going to start getting Avenger fatigue,” the Academy Award...More »
  
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• Ariana Grande and KJ Apa Crashed Coachella Because All The Cool Stuff Happens When You’re Not There

  22-04-2018 05:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  As if your Coachella FOMO needed a boost, last night Ariana Grande herself showed up for a surprise performance of her new single “No Tears Left to Cry.” Grande rocked her new platinum blonde look while debuting the first ever live performance of the first single from her upcoming still-to-be-named...More »
  
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• Lost Anthony Burgess essays reveal his hidden inspirations

  22-04-2018 01:05
  Previously unseen work by the Clockwork Orange novelist and journalist discusses censorship, Hemingway and Fritz Lang’s MetropolisPreviously unpublished essays by Anthony Burgess have been discovered almost 25 years after his death.The writings cover a range of subjects, including Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 film, and fellow writers Ernest Hemingway and JB Priestley. They also include an unpublished 1991 lecture on censorship. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour to address lack of diversity in British film with new tax relief rules

  22-04-2018 01:05
  Changes to put ‘rocket booster’ under industry to improve inclusionLabour has drawn up plans that would force film production companies to ensure gender equality and diversity on set, following fresh evidence of the slow pace of change in the movie industry.Under a future Labour government, the party announcedon Sunday vital high-end tax relief, worth hundreds of millions a year, will be made dependent on a fairer, more inclusive mix of cast and crew on any film. Continue reading...
  
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• Verne Troyer, Mini-Me in Austin Powers Movies, Dies at 49

  22-04-2018 00:56 via nytimes.com
  At 2 feet 8 inches, Mr. Troyer was a versatile actor who was widely recognizable from the movies he appeared in.
  
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• Verne Troyer: a life in pictures

  22-04-2018 00:31
  Verne Troyer, who at 2ft 8in was one of the world’s shortest men, racked up 30 film credits in a career spanning 24 yearsActor who played Mini-Me in Austin Powers films dies age 49Continue reading...
  
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• Ansel Elgort Really Hates Our Vulture Hats

  22-04-2018 00:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ansel Elgort got pretty mad about our (free!) Vulture hats at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, while chatting with us about his new film Jonathon. Meanwhile, co-star Suki Waterhouse takes the opportunity to vape. Needless to say, the interview went a little off the rails. Ansel, we promise we’ll try...More »
  
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