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• Homeland recap: season 7, episode 11 – All In

  29-04-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The Moscow caper is an unbearably tense barnstormer as Carrie’s Hail Mary pass takes the game into overtime and next week’s finaleCarrie flanks Saul at the table as he gets to work telling the Russians how miffed he is at their rotten subterfuge. When he can finally be bothered to swing by, Yevgeny answers the numerous accusations levelled against him with flat denials and some world-class whataboutery chronicling the US’s history of less-than-stellar foreign interventions. Con
  
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• Michelle Wolf White House routine ignites backlash and defence of Sanders

  29-04-2018 21:36 via theguardian.com
  Reporters and conservatives condemn jokes about press secretaryMichelle Wolf shocks media with Sarah Sanders attackEven in a nation with a long and noble history of brutal comedy roasts, the performance of Michelle Wolf at the White House correspondents’ dinner put the cat among the social media pigeons.Related: Michelle Wolf: 'Four years of Donald Trump jokes will drive me insane'Continue reading...
  
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• No, Michelle Wolf Didn’t Joke About Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Looks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  29-04-2018 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  As soon as Michelle Wolf finished delivering her blistering White House Correspondents’ Dinner roast of the Trump administration and the members of the press that cover it, she was, not surprisingly, criticized for much of what she said. Oddly, however, a lot of that criticism zeroed in on something that...More »
  
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• ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Lands the Biggest Global Opening Ever

  29-04-2018 21:01 via nytimes.com
  The Disney-Marvel movie collected $630 million worldwide and $250 million domestically.
  
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• Dozens of Women in Media Sign Letter in Support of Tom Brokaw

  29-04-2018 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than 60 women in media, including Rachel Maddow and Andrea Mitchell, have signed a letter in support of veteran NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, days after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. In the letter, which was first obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Brokaw’s former colleagues paint the accused...More »
  
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• Pope Francis Graced With Katy Perry’s Presence

  29-04-2018 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hail Katy full of grace, the Pope is with thee. And your boyfriend. In enlightening news fitting for the Sabbath, Katy Perry was able to touch hands and exchange remarks with noted cool man of the cloth, Pope Francis, while visiting Vatican City this weekend. Orlando Bloom, her boo, was...More »
  
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• CVC approaches WPP over potential Kantar sale

  29-04-2018 19:03 via ft.com
  Talks with the private equity group follow the end of negotiations with Nielsen
  
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• CVC approaches WPP over potential Kantar Media sale

  29-04-2018 19:03 via ft.com
  Talks with the private equity group follow the end of negotiations with Nielsen
  
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• White House Correspondents’ Association President Believes Michelle Wolf’s Jokes Didn’t ‘Embody the Spirit of the Night’

  29-04-2018 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re daring enough to open Twitter today, you’d pretty much find a 50/50 split over people lauding or lamenting Michelle Wolf’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening. (Want to determine for yourself? Grab some popcorn and watch it here.) Since Donald Trump has already given...More »
  
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• Mira Sorvino on Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Exposé: ‘All of a Sudden, I Mattered’

  29-04-2018 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  This year’s Tribeca Film Festival devoted an entire day to Time’s Up. Of Saturday’s nearly 30 panels, performances, and speeches, Lupita Nyong’o, Cynthia Erivo, “Feminist AF” host Amber Tamblyn, and Mira Sorvino gathered to speak about “reclaiming the narrative” in the arts. Sorvino, who accused Harvey Weinstein of harassment in...More »
  
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• What a Convenient Time to Watch the Trailer for Michelle Wolf’s New Netflix Series!

  29-04-2018 18:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sunday, April 29 will forever be known as the day Michelle Wolf divided America with her comedy stylings following her set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but enough about politics for a moment, okay? [Inhales.] Because Wolf has a new variety-sketch series coming to Netflix, The Break, and the...More »
  
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• Petitie voor behoud Theater De Schuur in Zevenbergen - BN DeStem

  29-04-2018 18:00
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  ZEVENBERGEN - Wethouder Thomas Zwiers (VVD) begrijpt het bestuur van theater De Schuur niet helemaal. Niemand in de gemeente Moerdijk wil dat het Zevenbergse theater dicht gaat en toch is het bestuur begonnen met een online petitie om De Schuur open te ...
  
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• Contact Bronckhorst Noord - Opnieuw blues in Theater Onder de ... - Contact Bronckhorst Noord (persbericht)

  29-04-2018 17:58
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• Celebrities and activists on Time's Up at Tribeca festival: 'this moment is here'

  29-04-2018 17:57
  Celebrities including Lupita Nyong’o and Julianne Moore discussed the work of the group that was formed to counter sexual harassmentActivists, media-makers and celebrities including Lupita Nyong’o and Julianne Moore convened at the Tribeca film festival on Saturday, to discuss the work of Time’s Up, the group formed to counter systemic sexual harassment in the entertainment business and US workplaces.“I am still trying to catch my breath that this moment is here and that
  
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• The Most Memorable GIF Reactions from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  29-04-2018 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Depending on who you ask, Michelle Wolf’s performance at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was either a seminal moment in comedy or the worst thing to ever happen in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Regardless — if we were to actually read the room and watch the reactions from...More »
  
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• Donald Trump Really Wants This Person to Be the Next White House Correspondents’ Dinner Host

  29-04-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Unsurprisingly, President Trump has a few thoughts about an event he’s refused to attend for two years in a row now. Skipping out on the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner in favor of a campaign rally in Michigan, the president wrote on Twitter this morning how the event “just didn’t...More »
  
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• Michelle Wolf Is Already Defending Her Sarah Huckabee Sanders Jokes

  29-04-2018 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  As it goes with literally every single White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a headlining comedian capped off the evening with some jokes — some people liked the jokes, or some people really didn’t’t like the jokes. Daily Show contributor Michelle Wolf had the honor of making everyone giggle uncomfortably this year,...More »
  
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• Michelle Wolf’s Best Jokes at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  29-04-2018 14:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just like last year, a certain alleged president skipped the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The yearly gathering used to be a time when the media and White House staffers to come together and chill. But this is an administration woefully bereft of chill, so once again, another former Daily Show...More »
  
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• Chinese unicorns tripped up by content crackdown

  29-04-2018 14:04 via ft.com
  Toutiao and rival news apps struggle to balance government rules and growth ambitions
  
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• When ‘Hair’ Opened on Broadway, It Courted Controversy From the Start

  29-04-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  When the rock musical opened on Broadway in April 1968, our critic called it the first “in some time to have the authentic voice of today.”
  
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• ‘Hair’ 50 Years Later: Readers Tell Us When They Let the Sunshine In

  29-04-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The rock musical moved to Broadway in April 1968, and it quickly became an inescapable part of American culture. Readers share what the show means to them.
  
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• Liam Charles: ‘People remember me for my flavours and one-liners’

  29-04-2018 09:59 via theguardian.com
  The Bake Off star nicknamed Cake Boy on co-hosting its spin-off, showing east London in a positive light and staying in shape with a sweet toothBorn in Hackney, east London, Liam Charles, 20, is nicknamed “Cake Boy” and shot to fame as the youngest contestant on last year’s The Great British Bake Off. He finished fifth. He’s the new co-host of spin-off show Bake Off: The Professionals and his debut cookbook will be published this summer. He also studies drama and theatre
  
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• The week in TV: The Split; The Woman in White; The Terror; Westworld

  29-04-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Abi Morgan’s new divorce drama is a delightful family affair, The Terror – if you can get it – is tremendous, and Westworld is back on trackThe Split (BBC One) | iPlayer
  The Woman in White (BBC One) | iPlayer
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  Westworld (Sky Atlantic)Several grand offerings last week, but without doubt the most human-sized was The Split. Being about a strong female dynasty of divorce lawyers in relatively humdrum London, it doesn’t (or not yet anyway) feature renegade robo
  
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• Siren, satanist or comic genius? The myths of Jayne Mansfield

  29-04-2018 09:00
  A new film released 50 years after Jayne Mansfield’s death aims to reveal the truth about her short, scandalous lifeSome of the best known lurid “facts” about Jayne Mansfield, the American film star of the 50s and 60s, are based on rumour. So the directors of a new documentary about her short and scandalous life faced a difficult task.Was Mansfield, one of the first actresses to be marketed as a “blonde bombshell”, also a violin-playing intellectual with superb comi
  
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• The week in podcasts: Death in Ice Valley; We Came to Win

  29-04-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A real cold case of a missing woman in Norway allows listeners to provide witness evidence, but an American spin on Italia 90 deserves a yellow cardDeath in Ice Valley BBC World Service
  We Came to Win: How the 1990 World Cup Saved English Soccer Gimlet
  Death in Ice Valley, the much-heralded new World Service podcast, is two episodes in and proving to be as classy and addictive as The Bridge. It’s a re-examination of a 48-year-old Norwegian death – the “Isdal woman” case &
  
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• Sunday’s best TV: Invitation to a Royal Wedding; The Woman in White

  29-04-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  A Harry and Meghan primer begins the royal wedding hype and the excellent Wilkie Collins adaptation continues Continue reading...
  
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• Michelle Wolf Burns Everyone at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

  29-04-2018 06:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tonight Michelle Wolf, former Daily Show correspondent and future host of her own Netflix show, hosted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and it. was. epic. The comedian made plenty of jokes about the president, who was absent, but soon turned her attention to the people actually in the room and...More »
  
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• Documentary film-maker Alex Gibney on why corporate scandals are hot right now

  29-04-2018 06:01 via ft.com
  Enron film director finds inspiration from VW emissions to Chinese investor offerings
  
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• Documentary film-maker Alex Gibney on why corporate corruption is hot right now

  29-04-2018 06:01 via ft.com
  The Dirty Money producer’s documentaries and dramas expose the darker side of business
  
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• To Dust and United Skates Win Tribeca Audience Awards

  29-04-2018 05:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tonight the Tribeca Film Festival announced the winners of their two audience awards for both narrative and documentary films. Shawn Snyder’s To Dust took home the narrative award, while United Skates, directed and produced by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, won for documentary. Read the full list of winners and...More »
  
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• Kanye West Calls Emma González His Hero And She Is Not Impressed

  29-04-2018 05:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  my hero Emma Gonzalez KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 29, 2018The shout out didn’t go over well with some of Yeezy’s new MAGA fans, who responded by tweeting things like “Anddddd you lost us” and the less subtle “BOOOO.” But the most shocking response came from González herself, who chose to...More »
  
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• MoviePass Users Shouldn’t Plan On Repeat Viewings of Infinity War

  29-04-2018 03:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Friday MoviePass updated its terms of service again, this time banning all their users from seeing the same movie more than once. Or, in their words, “THE SERVICE PROHIBITS REPEAT VIEWINGS OF THE SAME MOVIE.” Yikes. The move comes not long after the service scrapped its one-movie-a-day plan and...More »
  
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