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• Damian Lewis Is Unrecognizable as Rob Ford on Run This Town Set

  24-04-2018 23:53 via feeds.eonline.com
  Damian Lewis, is that you?The Billions star was spotted on the set of his new film, Run This Town, in Toronto on Monday looking a little different than usual.In the snaps,...
  
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• Lethal Weapon’s Clayne Crawford Admits Reports of His Bad Behavior Are True

  24-04-2018 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A day after it was reported that Lethal Weapon star Clayne Crawford was in serious jeopardy of being recast on the hit Fox drama due to continued toxic behavior on set, Crawford has issued an apology for his actions. Posting a note on Instagram, the actor and director admitted that...More »
  
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• Turns Out Damian Lewis Actually Makes a Terrific Rob Ford

  24-04-2018 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  When it was announced that original Billions boy Damian Lewis would play late Toronto mayor Rob Ford in the biopic Run This Town, many skeptics were not convinced Lewis would be able to pull it off. How could the tiny-mouthed Englishman, whose whole thing is barely simmering intensity, embody the...More »
  
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• The Very Best Schoolhouse Rock Songs by Bob Dorough

  24-04-2018 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bob Dorough, the musician best known for writing and performing some of the most beloved Schoolhouse Rock songs, has died at 94. For anyone who grew up learning grammar and multiplication tables by listening to songs like “Conjunction Junction” or “Three Is a Magic Number,” it’s like a light in...More »
  
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• Halle Berry Doesn't Regret Catwoman, Thanks to Her Hefty Paycheck

  24-04-2018 23:04 via feeds.eonline.com
  Halle Berry doesn't see Catwoman as a failure, partly because she got a "shitload" of money for it that changed her life.The Oscar winner was honored at the 2018 Matrix...
  
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• The Split review – Abi Morgan’s shiny lawyers show life in all its wondrous mess

  24-04-2018 23:01
  Nicola Walker stars in this gorgeously slick, witty and thoroughly grown-up tale of high-end divorce lawyers by the Bafta-winning writerI am never bothering to watch a drama that doesn’t show people having a laugh ever again. That was my greatest takeaway from the new drama by Abi Morgan, who won Baftas for Sex Traffic and The Iron Lady, and an Emmy for The Hour, and is not quite as flippant as it sounds.The meat of the thing lay in the story of two generations of lawyers working the high-
  
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• McQueen Captures the High Emotion and Creative Brilliance of the Late Fashion Designer

  24-04-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The skull motif, launched over a decade ago and seen now on countless knockoff scarves around the world, might be the most lasting imprint of the late British designer Alexander McQueen. Given his suicide in 2010, it’s a legacy that risks feeling both uncomfortably on the nose and overly simplistic,...More »
  
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• Report: Meek Mill to Be Freed From Prison Shortly

  24-04-2018 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meek Mill’s long, muddled legal troubles may soon be coming to an end. Both TMZ and a local Fox news affiliate are reporting that the rapper will be released from a Philadelphia prison Tuesday afternoon. Mill has been incarcerated for a probation violation since last November, when a Philadelphia judge...More »
  
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• Disney Screened a Sneak Peek of Solo: A Star Wars Story at CinemaCon

  24-04-2018 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Save for a couple of brief and none-too-revealing trailers, Disney has maintained a CIA-like veil of secrecy around one of its most eagerly anticipated summer films, Solo: A Star Wars Story, the stand-alone prequel detailing the personal backstory of a Galaxy Far Far Away’s favorite interstellar smuggler. But at a...More »
  
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• Women in The Handmaid’s Tale: A Comprehensive Taxonomy

  24-04-2018 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Handmaid’s Tale — an even darker timeline than real-life 2018 — returns with its second season tomorrow. As we prepare to reacquaint ourselves with TV’s foremost patriarchal dystopia, the Cut has created a handy taxonomy of all the possible roles for women in the totalitarian state of Gilead, based...More »
  
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• Cosby’s Wife Appeared in Court Today for the First Time

  24-04-2018 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Bill Cosby arrived at the Montgomery County Courthouse near Philadelphia this morning, his wife Camille Cosby was on his arm. It’s the first time the 80-year-old comedian’s wife has made an appearance at his contentious felony sexual-assault retrial since it started earlier this month. Both Cosbys were smiling as...More »
  
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• Review: Is There a Method to the Madness of ‘Seagullmachine’?

  24-04-2018 20:43 via nytimes.com
  A razzle-dazzle mash-up of “The Seagull” and “Hamletmachine” at La MaMa has a ramshackle feel.
  
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• The Cast of All About Nina Plays ‘Super Common or Not So Common’

  24-04-2018 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  While at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival with his new film All About Nina, Academy Award–winning recording artist Common — along with co-star Mary Elizabeth Winstead and director Eva Vives — took a moment to play everyone’s favorite game: “Super Common or Not So Common.” How likely is it that...More »
  
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• Jessica Chastain Fights Sexism With a Paintbrush In Woman Walks Ahead Trailer

  24-04-2018 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jessica Chastain loves playing women with a job to do who will face extreme adversity along the way. In Woman Walks Ahead, that woman is Caroline Weldon, an artist in 19th-century New York City on a mission to find Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota tribe leader in the Dakotas, so...More »
  
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• Here’s When the Sense8 Finale Will Air

  24-04-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  After experiencing an apocalyptic uproar following its choice to cancel the Wachowskis’ ambitious drama Sense8 — so much so that an unprecedented statement of apology had to be released — Netflix pulled a Timeless and revived the series for a two-hour finale to tie up those cluster-centric loose ends. And...More »
  
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• HBO’s Dern-aissance Continues With The Tale Trailer

  24-04-2018 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amy Jellicoe spiraled so Renata Klein could scream. Renata Klein screamed so Jennifer Fox could become one of Sundance’s most talked about performances. The Tale is the latest entry in HBO’s Laura Dern-aissance, the story of a journalist investigating her own sexual abuse. At Sundance, The Tale received rapturous reviews:...More »
  
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• Alden Ehrenreich on All the Real and Rumored Solo: A Star Wars Story Drama

  24-04-2018 19:45 via feeds.eonline.com
  Ironically, Alden Ehrenreich is quite unlike Harrison Ford.For starters, he reveals a lot in interviews. In Esquire's May issue, for example, he addresses everything from directors...
  
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• This New Dating Series From the Bachelor Creator Sounds Wild

  24-04-2018 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  At this point, keeping up with Bachelor Nation enterprises may soon prove to be more difficult than keeping up with the Kardashians. Following the decent reception of Bachelor Winter Games earlier this year, Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss has landed another reality dating series on ABC, although this one has no...More »
  
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• In ‘Venom’ Trailer, Tom Hardy Gets a Back Story

  24-04-2018 19:27 via nytimes.com
  Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate and Michelle Williams also appear in the new preview for the film.
  
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• French police detain billionaire Vincent Bolloré in Africa bribery probe

  24-04-2018 19:03 via ft.com
  Industrialist’s holding company denies any irregularities in Guinea and Togo
  
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• Five Great Writers Discussing Five Great Books

  24-04-2018 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Get a bunch of acclaimed writers in a room together and delightful things will happen. That was the premise — and outcome — of the PEN America Festival’s recent “One Book, One New York: Authors in Conversation” panel, featuring writers Hari Kunzru (White Tears), Jennifer Egan (Manhattan Beach), Esmeralda Santiago...More »
  
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• New Venom Trailer Finally Shows Tom Hardy's Full Anti-Hero Transformation

  24-04-2018 18:27 via feeds.eonline.com
  Sony Pictures dropped a new trailer for Venom on Monday, and fans finally got to see Tom Hardy mutate into Marvel's anti-hero.Back in February, the entertainment company released a...
  
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• Aidy Bryant Is Getting Her Own Series at Hulu

  24-04-2018 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  High-pitched screaming for everyone! Keep it going! Shriek some more! Because Aidy Bryant, who’s been a cast member on SNL since 2012, is expanding her television horizons over at Hulu. Per THR, Bryant and SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels are adapting Lindy West’s popular memoir, Shrill: Notes From a Loud...More »
  
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• Bridget Jones's Diary, Ocean's Eleven and High School Musical Leaving Netflix in May 2018

  24-04-2018 18:23 via feeds.eonline.com
  Bid farewell to some of your Netflix favorites.
  Netflix just announced its slate of May 2018 arrivals and exits and we're willing to bet some of your streaming staples didn't...
  
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• Frank Skinner: 'Johnny Cash started me on the rocky road to alcoholism'

  24-04-2018 18:16
  In 1971, a boy named Frank saw Johnny Cash live. It changed his life. The comedian reveals why he has written – and starred in – a drama about the hellraising singer’s infamous fight with an ostrichThe first live gig I ever saw was Johnny Cash at the Birmingham Odeon in 1971. I was 14 and went with my dad. He wasn’t really a Cash fan. He liked light operatic tenors like Josef Locke and Mario Lanza. He once, after several drinks, was unable to bring Lanza’s name to m
  
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• Kevin Hart Stars in J. Cole’s New Video About Kevin’s Cheating Scandal, Which Isn’t Awkward at All

  24-04-2018 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  What are friends for if not to remind you of your absolute worst flaws and broadcast them for all the world to see? Kevin Hart stars in the new video for J. Cole’s “Kevin’s Heart,” which gets its name from the comedian and is inspired by Hart’s infamous cheating scandal...More »
  
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• Letter: Bill Maynard obituary

  24-04-2018 18:05
  At Kibworth Beauchamp grammar school, Leicestershire, in the 1950s we knew that former pupil Bill Maynard had left under something of a cloud. We therefore thought it very sporting of him that, as a famous TV star, he was willing to come and open a school fete, which he did with a panache we all admired. Continue reading...
  
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• Mamma Mia!, Shrek and Coco Coming to Netflix in May 2018

  24-04-2018 17:37 via feeds.eonline.com
  These Netflix arrivals are going to have you dancing and singing into spring.
  Netflix just announced everything that's coming to the site next month, so grab your calendar! The list...
  
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• UnREAL’s Showrunner on the Season 3 Finale and What’s Next for Rachel and Quinn

  24-04-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  You’d be forgiven for thinking that Monday night’s UnREAL season finale doubled as a series finale. Although the Lifetime satirical drama has already finished filming its upcoming fourth season, the end of season three finds its major characters in surprisingly good places: Rachel gets the cabin of her dreams, Quinn...More »
  
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• Alia Shawkat Calls Jeffrey Tambor Misconduct Allegations ‘Sad’ and ‘Strange’

  24-04-2018 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Becoming one of the first Arrested Development cast members to comment on the sexual-misconduct allegations against Jeffrey Tambor, Alia Shawkat is voicing her support for the women who have accused Tambor of repeated inappropriate behavior on the set of his Amazon series Transparent. “I was surprised, obviously. I’ve known him...More »
  
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• We Finally Have an Update on the New Tarantino Movie

  24-04-2018 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not one single frame of Quentin Tarantino’s Manson-murders-era period piece has been filmed, but the director and his star Leonardo DiCaprio showed up at CinemaCon to promote the movie on Monday. Tarantino showed up to give details about the movie, which follows an actor and his stunt double, and will...More »
  
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• Chasing Hillary: on the road with a cloistered, would-be president

  24-04-2018 17:05 via ft.com
  Chozick’s book reveals how Clinton team believed Trump’s run was ‘gift from heaven’
  
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• Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o Danced to ‘Make Me Feel’ Without You Last Night

  24-04-2018 16:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having a bad day? Lupita Nyong’o & Janelle Monae dancing to “Make Me Feel” should help. Sesali (@BadFatBlackGirl) April 24, 2018...More »
  
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• Bhagwan’s Doctor Gives His Take on Wild Wild Country

  24-04-2018 16:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Throughout Wild Wild Country, the buzzy new Netflix docuseries about followers of Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, there are a number of characters whom we meet via archival footage, yet whom directors MacLain and Chapman Way chose not to interview in the present day. One such character is Bhagwan’s British-born...More »
  
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• Allison Mack Tried to Recruit Emma Watson for Her Alleged Sex Cult

  24-04-2018 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  While Smallville actress Allison Mack has pleaded not guilty regarding her alleged role as a recruiter for the sex cult NXIVM, more damning evidence has piled up against her — and on social media, no less. As unearthed by People, Mack tried numerous times to convince Emma Watson to give...More »
  
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• Melissa McCarthy Can Rap Every Word of Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty’ and Crashed Carpool Karaoke to Prove It

  24-04-2018 15:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  If ever there was an appropriate stand-in for Redman, it’s Melissa McCarthy, obviously. The actress hopped into the back seat to crash Christina Aguilera’s Carpool Karaoke (crash the segment, not the actual car, phew) just so she could show off her unexpected flow. You, mere millennial peasant, may know the...More »
  
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• Patti Smith Brought Out Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe At Tribeca Film Festival

  24-04-2018 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following last night’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her new tour documentary, Horses: Patti Smith and the Band, the 71-year-old punk icon took the stage of the Beacon Theatre. Along with her touring band (Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Tony Shanahan, and Jackson Smith), Smith emerged from behind the screen...More »
  
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• Kanye West Raves His Way Into Trump Worship and the Alt-Right

  24-04-2018 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you thought Kanye West’s tweet over the weekend recommending the ideas of right-wing activist Candace Owens was a fluke, well, prepare to think again. Early Monday afternoon, West tweeted snippets of a 22-minute video by Scott Adams, the erstwhile “Dilbert” cartoonist and would-be pro-Trump thought leader, in which Adams...More »
  
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• Unfit for office? How the 25th amendment could remove Trump – video explainer

  24-04-2018 15:00
  Political dramas Homeland and Designated Survivor have recently explored how a president could be removed from office using the 25th amendment to the US constitution. It can only be triggered if the president is deemed 'unfit for office'. But how would it work in reality? Who would be needed to trigger it? And why has it never been used before? The Guardian's US political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui explains Continue reading...
  
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• American Idol Recap: It’s My Right to Be Hellish!

  24-04-2018 14:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  American Idol is shedding contestants like an Agatha Christie whodunit. There goes Effie Passero through a trap door. A suit of armor fell on Ron Bultongez. Amelia Hammer Harris took a hard fall off the Orient Express. And now we’re at the top 14 with the shivering, terrified survivors who...More »
  
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• UnREAL Season-Finale Recap: I Choose Me

  24-04-2018 13:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The question here isn’t who Everlasting suitor Serena picked. (You could’ve guessed that from the start.) We’ve been here, all season, wondering about UnREAL itself: Could the show redeem itself from its sophomore slump? And now that we’ve reached the double-sized whammy of a third season finale … well, did it?It’s...More »
  
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• Rampage digs its heels in at UK box office, but sunshine is real winner

  24-04-2018 13:47
  Still No 1 despite a 55% drop from last week, the monster movie is still running amok in the hiatus ahead of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War A combination of sunny skies and a relatively low number of new releases a week ahead of the opening of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War combined to lay waste to the UK box office. Takings overall tumbled 55% from the previous frame, delivering the third-worst weekend of the past 12 months in the UK market, and the worst since early December. Apa
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War Spoiler-Free Social Media Reviews Are In

  24-04-2018 13:45 via feeds.eonline.com
  The embargo has been lifted--but don't worry about spoilers!With the exception of a few cast members, Monday's Hollywood premiere marked the first time that the stars of Marvel...
  
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• Vanderpump Rules Recap: Knocking Boots

  24-04-2018 13:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  I can’t talk about Brittany and Jax’s fake breakup anymore except, well, here we are and we have no other choice. It’s like having a vodka soda at the gay bar. You know there are better options, you know that it’s better if you just abstain altogether, but, well, it...More »
  
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• Winter is coming: how the weather became TV's coldest villain

  24-04-2018 12:18
  As in Game of Thrones and Fortitude, it is the unforgiving climate that give The Terror – AMC’s show about the doomed HMS Erebus – a real chillAs you navigate the TV listing straits, you might think that The Terror is one to swerve. It has the title of a B movie, the premise of a 50s creature feature and, frankly, looks colossally depressing. Curb your pessimism, though: the show has been one of the finds of 2018. An adaptation of Dan Simmons’ novel, it is based on the re
  
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• Measure for Measure gender swap may be theatrical first

  24-04-2018 11:00
  Male and female stars to share roles in new spin on Shakespeare tale of sex and powerGender fluidity on stage will be taken to the next level when the actors Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate the same role in a new version of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.Donmar Warehouse in London has what may be a theatrical first – both actors will play the parts of the powerful deputy and the powerless novice in the same production. Continue reading...
  
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• Inside Facebook’s content clean-up operation

  24-04-2018 11:00 via ft.com
  Social network lays out policies on content and allows right to appeal deleted posts
  
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• Facebook lays out policies on unacceptable content

  24-04-2018 11:00 via ft.com
  Social network introduces right of appeal over deleted posts amid controversy
  
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• Online travel magazine Culture Trip raises $80m to target bookings

  24-04-2018 09:40 via ft.com
  Czech fund PPF joins in one of largest-ever financing rounds for a European media start-up
  
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• Paradise found: Utopia's remake is a welcome dose of TV justice

  24-04-2018 08:00
  Dennis Kelly’s drama was dropped by Channel 4 after two acclaimed seasons. Now Amazon’s committed to a nine-episode revival will its potential be realised?Ultra violent, foul-mouthed and bloody minded, Utopia didn’t shy away from controversy. When the second series of Dennis Kelly’s dark comedy – about a group of unlikely characters who stumbled upon the key to an international conspiracy – debuted for a second season, it sent the Daily Mail into meltdown. In
  
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