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• Bryan Singer Goes Unmentioned During Fox’s Unveiling of Queen Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

  26-04-2018 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  As a kind of grand finale to 20th Century Fox’s CinemaCon panel presentation, which featured a Las Vegas retinue of dancing girls — and a guy dressed in a Deadpool mask and knee-high patent-leather boots high-kicking and twirling — as well as an orchestra playing the studio’s horns-and-violin fanfare, Fox...More »
  
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• Tessa Thompson and Lily James Get ‘Emotional’ Talking About Playing Sisters

  26-04-2018 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Little Woods, the first feature from writer-director Nia DaCosta which premieres this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, uses the majesty of wide open spaces to tell a panicked, grueling emotional story. It’s a Western with fresher stakes, centered on two sisters and their strain to pull together the money...More »
  
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• Hannibal Buress: how a comedian reignited the Bill Cosby allegations

  26-04-2018 23:07
  Sexual assault allegations had surrounded Cosby for years, but when Buress’ standup joke went viral, dozens of women came forwardAllegations of sexual assault had swirled around Bill Cosby for years, but it is the comedian Hannibal Buress who is often credited with helping to put the actor’s treatment of women front and center in public consciousness.Related: Bill Cosby found guilty in sexual assault trial in milestone for #MeToo eraContinue reading...
  
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• Who’s the Arrested Development Character That Pops Up in Infinity War?

  26-04-2018 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Warning: This post spoils the bit of Avengers: Infinity War the headline makes clear it will.It’s tempting to zone out during the nearly infinite words in the credits of Infinity War, but once you’re done analyzing the order the cast was billed, a few Easter eggs stand out. One in...More »
  
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• 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend

  26-04-2018 23:00 via nytimes.com
  Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.
  
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• Gertrude Jeannette, Actor, Director and Cabdriver, Dies at 103

  26-04-2018 22:59 via nytimes.com
  Believed to be the first woman to drive a taxi in New York City, she also overcame a speech impediment to work on Broadway, in film and on television.
  
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• An Elegiac Tone as 20th Century Fox Faces a Disney Future

  26-04-2018 22:41 via nytimes.com
  When Stacey Snider, the studio’s chairwoman, made a presentation on Thursday it was perhaps the last time Fox would appear in front of the National Association of Theater Owners as a stand-alone entity.
  
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• Cosby Denies Being a Flight Risk After Guilty Verdict: ‘I Don’t Have a Private Plane, You Asshole!’

  26-04-2018 22:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill Cosby had no reaction when the guilty verdict was announced Thursday during the 80-year-old’s felony sexual-assault trial outside of Philadelphia, but the comedian erupted during a subsequent discussion on whether he was a flight risk.Initially, the prosecution team was concerned about Cosby having access to a private plane. Cosby...More »
  
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• Duck Butter Is an Almost Overwhelmingly Intimate Romantic Comedy

  26-04-2018 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Once you know the meaning of the title of Duck Butter, it’s hard to say it without a little bit of a grimace; it seems like a little bit of mischief on the part of co-writers Alia Shawkat and Miguel Arteta to make so many nice rich people at the...More »
  
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• Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Disobedience’

  26-04-2018 21:43 via nytimes.com
  Sebastián Lelio narrates a sequence from his film, starring Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz.
  
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• The Utter Shock of Philip and Paige’s Fight on The Americans

  26-04-2018 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers below for this week’s episode of The Americans.“I want you to come at me and hit me.”That invitation from Philip Jennings to Paige in Wednesday night’s exceptional episode of The Americans led to a father-daughter sparring match that qualifies as one of the more memorable moments in the show’s...More »
  
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• Tom Cruise Reveals the "Most Challenging" Movie He's Ever Made

  26-04-2018 21:40 via feeds.eonline.com
  Tom Cruise brought some serious star power to CinemaCon in Las Vegas Wednesday.The actor was on hand to promote Mission: Impossible - Fallout as part of Paramount Pictures'...
  
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• Kelis Reveals That Nas Allegedly Abused Her Throughout Their Marriage

  26-04-2018 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a new interview with Hollywood Unlocked, singer Kelis revealed for the first time publicly, that she was abused by Nas during their five-year marriage. Before alleging that Nas would instigate physical fights with her while blacked out from drinking, Kelis alluded to the abuse by saying the rapper’s infidelity...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Duck Butter’ and the 24-Hour ‘for Real’ Relationship

  26-04-2018 20:07 via nytimes.com
  Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa star in this charmer about strangers who hook up and try to cram a world of togetherness into a day and night.
  
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• Will Paris Hilton Go on Tour?

  26-04-2018 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  During the Tribeca Film Festival, Paris Hilton and director Bert Marcus stopped by to play the classic game of “It’s a Yes or No Question, It’s Truly Not That Complicated.” While doing so, they reflect back on Hilton’s music career and hint at the possibility of her going on tour.Their...More »
  
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• Cosby Found Guilty on All Accounts in Sexual Assault Retrial

  26-04-2018 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Moments ago, the jury in the Bill Cosby felony sexual-assault retrial found the 80-year-old comedian guilty on all counts.Cosby now faces up to ten years for each of the three counts of drugging and raping Andrea Constand in his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.The much-awaited announcement came just after lunch at the Montgomery County Courthouse...More »
  
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• MoviePass Says All Is Well. Even Some of Its Customers Are Skeptical.

  26-04-2018 19:49 via nytimes.com
  The subscription-based service for movie theater tickets is facing questions about its long-term viability, but executives say they are confident the company will flourish.
  
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• A History of Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson’s Maybe-More-Than Friendship

  26-04-2018 19:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier today, singer and multi-hyphenate Janelle Monáe came out in a Rolling Stone interview, saying she has “been in relationships with both men and women,” and that she identifies as panseuxal. Monáe’s sexual orientation has long been a source of speculation, with many wondering if her close friendship with actress...More »
  
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• Online streaming services face '30% made in Europe' law

  26-04-2018 19:42
  EU directive says services must meet ‘Netflix quota’ and fund European TV series and filmsNetflix, Amazon and other online streaming services will have to dedicate 30% of their output to TV shows and films made in Europe, which they must subsidise, under the terms of a new EU law agreed in Brussels on Thursday.As well as the “Netflix quota”, the streaming services will have to fund European TV series and films, either by directly commissioning the content or contributing
  
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• Women Are Keeping Dancehall Fresh

  26-04-2018 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine, as the vigorous gyration of the waist is known across the Caribbean, and the lyrics to gyal tunes like...More »
  
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• Cosby Barked Like a Dog in Court Today

  26-04-2018 19:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The sequestered jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault retrial, now on day two of deliberations, got some good news today. Judge Steven O’Neill announced that jurors will have the opportunity to visit with an emotional therapy dog later this afternoon. The dog, which works in the courthouse, will provide the jurors...More »
  
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• Silicon Valley’s Jimmy O. Yang on How Crazy Rich Asians Changed His Life

  26-04-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I literally had a car drop me off and I walked in the front door, which is weird,” Jimmy O. Yang says as he speedwalks with a tote bag full of hardcover editions of his new memoir, How to American, to the greenroom at the Bell House, where he’s doing...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving Showtime: May 2018

  26-04-2018 19:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  If Mad Max: Fury Road is one of your favorite movies: BabeThe last 20-odd years of George Miller’s filmmaking career have been one of the most charming and surprising turns in Hollywood, as the director who knocked everyone on their ass in 1979 with Mad Max suddenly pivoted to delightful...More »
  
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• Facebook promises UK more transparency on political adverts

  26-04-2018 19:22 via ft.com
  MPs still want to quiz Zuckerberg over data leaks
  
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• Ken Loach responds angrily to Belgian PM in antisemitism row

  26-04-2018 19:21
  British film director asks if Charles Michel had examined the evidence before accusing him of anti-Jewish commentsKen Loach has responded with fury at a hastily convened press conference to a suggestion by the Belgian prime minister that a leading university was wrong to honour him following complaints that it had overlooked allegations of antisemitism.An hour before the 81-year-old British director received his honorary degree from the free university of Brussels (ULB) on Thursday, he told repo
  
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• Michael Che and Colin Jost Will Host a Very SNL Emmys

  26-04-2018 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  NBC, which will air the 2018 Emmy Awards, is doubling down on its own talent (see, it’s a pun). Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update anchors and co-co-head writers Michael Che and Colin Jost will host this year’s TV awards show together, which will be executive-produced by SNL head honcho Lorne...More »
  
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• The Habitat Is a Charming Story About Dreamers

  26-04-2018 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Let me begin with Matthew McConaughey. I didn’t particularly enjoy Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s 2014 space epic that pretentiously threaded big ideas about space and time with overwrought family melodrama. (I do, however, enjoy the memes.) But there’s a line uttered early in the movie by McConaughey’s ex-pilot protagonist that has,...More »
  
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• Stage Version of Bolaño’s ‘2666’ to Stream Free Online

  26-04-2018 18:30 via nytimes.com
  The Goodman Theater’s five-and-a-half-hour stage adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s mammoth, seemingly unstageable novel will be available for at least two years.
  
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• Writers Really Love Seeing People Being Courteous On the Subway

  26-04-2018 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  How do the experiences, opinions, and habits of great writers influence what appears on the pages they produce? To find out, we posed ten questions to the five writers involved in this year’s One Book, One New York contest: Jennifer Egan for Manhattan Beach, Hari Kunzru for White Tears, Imbolo...More »
  
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• The Best British Spy Shows to Stream Right Now

  26-04-2018 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The small-screen British spy genre is packed with the most tonally divisive marvels under the sun — pick one show, and you’ll bear witness to a lady assassin stabbing a man to death with a needle. (Right in the skull!) Pick another, and a guy is giggling his way through...More »
  
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• The Unerring Power of ‘This Woman’s Work’

  26-04-2018 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers below for The Handmaid’s Tale season two.“This Woman’s Work,” a ballad originally written by Kate Bush for a 1980s John Hughes movie, has appeared many, many times over the years in film and on television. Unlike other songs that suffer from pop-cultural overuse — like “Hallelujah,” in all its incarnations...More »
  
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• The Times’s Reporting on Harvey Weinstein Will Get Movie Treatment

  26-04-2018 17:33 via nytimes.com
  Plan B Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures bought the rights for a film about how the reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey helped set off the #MeToo movement.
  
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• The Party’s Just Beginning Is Karen Gillan’s Pitch-black Directorial Debut

  26-04-2018 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even in the strange realm of directorial debuts by actors, The Party’s Just Beginning is an odd little movie. It’s written, directed by, and stars Karen Gillan, the Scottish actress who has catapulted from the Whoniverse to comedic roles in big-budget Hollywood fare over the last several years, but its...More »
  
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• Watch People Try To Recap Every Marvel Movie

  26-04-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  With Avengers: Infinity War smashing its way into theaters, Marvel fans everywhere are scrambling to remember what exactly happened in the last 18 Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Worry not, Avenger-heads! We took to the streets of New York to get the ultimate recap of the MCU. You’ll get all the...More »
  
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• NYC Stories: Gillian Jacobs’s East Village Bar Crawl Doesn’t Go As Planned

  26-04-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Going out late in the city — especially in the East Village — is always a gamble. Gillian Jacobs, star of Netflix series Love, recounts a spontaneous night out in her youth that went slightly awry....More »
  
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• Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin Get Real About Their Chemistry in Adrift

  26-04-2018 17:04 via feeds.eonline.com
  Badly injured and clinging to life on a destroyed boat in the aftermath of one of the biggest hurricanes in history, Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin's newest characters have helped them form...
  
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• Vincent Bolloré under formal investigation for suspected bribery

  26-04-2018 16:48 via ft.com
  France’s most prominent dealmaker held for questioning in police custody
  
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• Meghan Markle exits TV show Suits with a wedding – video report

  26-04-2018 16:17
  Life imitates art … sort of. Meghan Markle has made her final appearance in the legal drama Suits, one month before her wedding to Prince Harry. Her character Rachel marries her longtime boyfriend Mike, not at Windsor Castle but in a more low-key, last-minute ceremony in New York. Markle says she has given up her acting career to be a full-time royal Prince Harry asks William to be best man at royal weddingContinue reading...
  
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• Springer Nature warns of ‘free access’ threat to revenues

  26-04-2018 14:36 via ft.com
  Academic publisher says changing law on exclusive content would weaken its business
  
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• From Aristophanes to Hitchcock, Celebrating Birds and Culture

  26-04-2018 14:00 via nytimes.com
  Here are five highlights to see from “Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes,” a citywide festival featuring a range of cultural events.
  
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• Big Daddy – the reboot: the welcome return of the World of Sport Wrestling

  26-04-2018 13:24
  The classic British wrestling show is being relaunched – giving fans old and new the chance to scream once again at big, hairy men in pantsTake the Technicolor storytelling of a comic book and combine it with the aerobic elegance of the Cirque du Soleil. Then inject the drama of an EastEnders Christmas special or the high-energy camp of a panto and cram it all into a sweaty lycra singlet for your nan to scream at. Such a heady combo is akin to the idiosyncratic brilliance of British wrestl
  
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• BBC shelves Human Planet over whale-hunting breach

  26-04-2018 13:10
  Broadcaster withdraws series from distribution amid doubts over harpooning scene
  The BBC has withdrawn its TV series Human Planet from distribution after finding a second editorial breach in a matter of weeks.
  Earlier this month the corporation said a scene in one episode showing tribal people living in treehouses had been faked by the programme’s makers. Now, it has said a scene showing a hunter apparently harpooning a whale is not an accurate portrayal of the man’s role. Continue r
  
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• Rewind: A Fiery Tale of Teenage Despair, as Fresh as When It Debuted in 1994

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Olivier Assayas’s “Cold Water” follows two French adolescents on the road to nowhere. It is finally getting a theatrical release in the United States.
  
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• Review: Zapped by Lightning, a French Teacher Becomes ‘Mrs. Hyde’

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Isabelle Huppert plays an inept educator who finds new abilities when a laboratory experiment goes awry.
  
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• Review: ‘The Test and the Art of Thinking’ Is About A) The SAT

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The documentary listens to dozens of student and academics who find that the test, and the ACT, fail to accurately gauge potential or ability.
  
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• Review: ‘The Rachel Divide,’ About Rachel Dolezal, Goes No More Than Skin-Deep

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The documentary doesn’t figure out how to deal with a woman who essentially owes her fame to the obfuscation of her past.
  
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• Review: ‘Supercon’ Cheats Its Audience Out of a Good Heist

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  With unpalatable characters and a crude style, the film makes robbing a comic book convention seem like a bore.
  
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• Review: Punk and Futurism Collide in ‘The House of Tomorrow’

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Peter Livolsi’s painfully quirky tale features two damaged young men — and a woman obsessed with her long-ago mentor, R. Buckminster Fuller.
  
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• Review: ‘In the Last Days of the City’ Is an Ode to Cairo

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  This movie from the Egyptian director Tamer El Said revolves around a filmmaker at work.
  
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• Review: In ‘The Escape of Prisoner 614,’ Tone Escapes as Well

  26-04-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  A pair of fired deputies set out to retrieve an escaped prisoner and appease a crusty old sheriff, but complications ensue.
  
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