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• Eight New Books You Should Read This May

  03-05-2018 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible....More »
  
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• Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing Might Come Back on Fox

  03-05-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tim Allen might soon achieve Tim Allen’s dream of being back on TV again. The conservative actor’s show Last Man Standing, which was cancelled by ABC in 2017, might live again on Fox, which is in early discussions to bring back the show, according to Variety.Perhaps due in part to...More »
  
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• It’s Going Down: Pitbull Composed the Film Score for John Travolta’s Gotti Biopic

  03-05-2018 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Iconic film score arriving! Pitbull will lend his musical genius to Gotti, the John Gotti biopic directed by Pussy Posse member/Entourage alum Kevin Connolly. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Pitbull (real name Armando Christian Pérez) will score the entire film, and contribute an original song. “Music has played an integral...More »
  
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• Find Out Which Avenger You Are With Our Superhero Personality Quiz!

  03-05-2018 23:21 via feeds.eonline.com
  Have you ever thought you resemble a superhero? Are you a fan of all-things Avengers? Do you already have an alter ego thought up and ready to go? Then you need to take our Avengers quiz right...
  
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• Syria: The World’s War review: Lyse Doucet dissects a brutal and misunderstood conflict

  03-05-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The veteran BBC reporter has been on the ground in Syria since the early days of hope in the Arab spring. It’s her expert witness that brings so much weight to this two-parterThe worst humanitarian crisis of the century. A conflict that has gone on longer than the second world war, drawing in 75 countries and counting. Half a million killed. Millions displaced. A country in utter ruins. And still, seven years on, no military solution, no prospect of a diplomatic answer and no end in sight.
  
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• Japan pushes back against #MeToo movement

  03-05-2018 23:00 via ft.com
  Latest scandal highlights country’s aversion to addressing sexual harassment and discrimination
  
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• Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan's drug possession case goes to grand jury

  03-05-2018 22:53
  The actor sought to have the charges dismissed, suggesting the drugs may have been planted by agents hired by Harvey WeinsteinA drug possession charge against actor Rose McGowan, one of the principal figures accusing fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, moved a significant step closer to trial on Thursday.A charge against her relating to possession of cocaine will go before a grand jury, a judge in Virginia ruled. Continue reading...
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War’s Facial Hair, Ranked

  03-05-2018 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  A funny thing happened between Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War: Everyone grew a beard. Or, at the very least, a mustache. An hour into Infinity War, I could no longer look past the obvious: There are good guys and bad guys and Infinity Stones, but this is...More »
  
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• Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski Expelled From the Film Academy

  03-05-2018 21:38 via nytimes.com
  The actions follow the ouster of Harvey Weinstein in October and the conviction of the comedian last week.
  
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• Conan on TBS Will Be Switching to a Half-Hour Format

  03-05-2018 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  TBS is shaking up Conan O’Brien’s late-night show. Conan will still air four nights a week on the network, but starting in 2019, each episode will only be 30 minutes long. The change will happen in conjunction with the network making a bigger commitment to digital content from O’Brien, and...More »
  
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• How Broken Lizard Capitalizes on Super Troopers 2 Will Make or Break Them

  03-05-2018 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Recently, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, and Paul Soter — the comedy team better known as Broken Lizard — spent the majority of two days doing the same task over and over again: signing autographs. More specifically, they had to sign 7,000 Super Troopers 2 posters to...More »
  
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• Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski Expelled from Oscars Academy

  03-05-2018 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, according to the Hollywood Reporter. During a meeting on Tuesday, the board of governors voted that both men have violated the newly implemented rules governing Academy members’ conduct. The rules were implemented after...More »
  
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• Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby expelled from the film Academy

  03-05-2018 20:52
  The governing board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to remove both disgraced stars Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Related: How Bill Cosby went from 'America's dad' to convicted sex offenderContinue reading...
  
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• Thinking the unthinkable at Vivendi

  03-05-2018 20:05 via ft.com
  A break-up of the French media group could generate hitherto hidden value
  
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• Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx Inspire Avengers and Assassin's Creed Comparisons With Robin Hood Trailer

  03-05-2018 19:46 via feeds.eonline.com
  The man under the hood has been revealed.
  In the first official trailer for Otto Bathurst's upcoming silver screen rendition of Robin Hood, the Taron Egerton takes center stage as...
  
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• Parkland victim's father to join weekend protest against NRA in Dallas

  03-05-2018 19:43
  Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin died in Florida attack, says presence at rally near convention can help push for stricter gun lawsA year ago, Manuel Oliver thought his family had achieved the American dream. His daughter had graduated from high school in Florida. His son was close to graduating, full of plans for the great things he wanted to do. More than a decade after emigrating from Venezuela, the Olivers had become American citizens.Then, on Valentine’s Day this year, his son, 17-yea
  
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• Bill Cosby’s Wife Slams His Guilty Verdict As ‘Mob Justice’

  03-05-2018 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  In her first public statement since her husband Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault, Camille Cosby has slammed the guilty verdict as “mob justice.” “The overall media, with their frenzied, relentless demonization of him and unquestioning acceptance of accusers’ allegations without any attendant proof, have superseded the Fifth and Fourteenth...More »
  
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• Netflix Is Trying to Get in Fewer Fights With Everyone

  03-05-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Netflix’s days of feuding with film festivals, Oscar voters, and theater owners may soon be at an end. During Reed Hastings’s appearance at Series Mania Thursday, the Netflix CEO explained that the company was trying to change its film strategy to avoid the kind of public squabbles that led to...More »
  
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• The Best Podcasts of 2018 (So Far)

  03-05-2018 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Four months into the year, the fight for the Podcast Throne of 2018 remains very much up for grabs. We were spoiled last year with the early introduction of S-Town, which dropped in March and pretty much owned the industry narrative for the rest of the calendar. No such instant...More »
  
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• Helena Bonham Carter to play Princess Margaret in The Crown

  03-05-2018 19:24 via theguardian.com
  Actor says she is terrified to be taking over from Vanessa Kirby for third series of Netflix dramaHelena Bonham Carter has said she is terrified to be taking over from Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret in the third series of the drama The Crown.
  Bonham Carter, who was previously rumoured for Netflix’s show, was officially announced for the role alongside Jason Watkins, who will play Harold Wilson. Continue reading...
  
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• The Rain Is a Gripping Apocalyptic Drama, But It’s a Bit Too Familiar

  03-05-2018 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Rain may be Netflix’s first Danish original series, but its premise will look somewhat familiar to anyone who watches The Walking Dead. No, The Rain does not contain any zombies. But within the first ten minutes, it becomes obvious that it will be another post-apocalyptic drama about a virus...More »
  
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• Deadpool Wants Céline Dion to Take It Down a Few Notches in This ‘Ashes’ Music Video

  03-05-2018 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’ve officially reached the saturation point in the “unlikely musical collaborators” category, thanks to noted Canadian goddess Céline Dion joining [looks at notes] Deadpool for a musical number about rising from the ashes like a phoenix and being your best self. The song, “Ashes,” will be featured in some capacity...More »
  
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• The Best Comics of 2018 (So Far)

  03-05-2018 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been a good year for comics — and it’s not even May yet. Just in time for assembling your beach-read shopping list, we present you with a list of the best comics of 2018 so far. A note on methodology: To be eligible, a work had to be a...More »
  
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• The Delicate Fury of Keri Russell on The Americans

  03-05-2018 19:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  When we first meet Elizabeth Jennings — the highly trained Russian spy hiding under the cover of a perfect American family with her husband, Philip (Matthew Rhys) — she is unlike herself. At a loud bar, over a cocktail, she works a government agent several notches below her cunning and...More »
  
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• From Michael Cohen to Michael Clayton: A Look at the Fixer

  03-05-2018 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  One Monday morning a few weeks back, as the opening salvo for a federal court case now active in the Southern District of New York, the FBI raided the Rockefeller Center office and Park Avenue hotel of Michael Cohen. In so doing, they not only opened a new legal front...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Overboard’ Remake Is So Sweet It Makes the Original Look Edgy

  03-05-2018 18:57 via nytimes.com
  The American comedic treasure Anna Faris is paired with the Mexican star Eugenio Derbez in this likable, if not hilarious, retelling of the 1987 movie.
  
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• The Dietland Trailer Goes to War With The Patriarchy, and Specifically Julianna Margulies

  03-05-2018 18:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meet Plum Kettle, the main character of AMC’s new show Dietland, who’s trying to slim down to live up to society’s standards. That turns turns out to be incredibly hard when society’s standards are embodied by her boss, a fearsome magazine editor played by Julianna Margulies in the wig of...More »
  
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• Every Snatch Game Impersonation on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Ranked

  03-05-2018 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  For almost as long as RuPaul’s Drag Race has been on the air, fans each season have waited with bated breath for the recurring challenge that, in RuPaul’s own words, “separates the basic bitches from the fierce-ass queens.” Such is the cultural importance of Snatch Game, a parody of Match...More »
  
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• Lagardère sees off activist hedge fund pushing for board shake-up

  03-05-2018 18:26 via ft.com
  French conglomerate to retreat from sport and focus on publishing
  
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• Inside TV’s First All-Latinx Writers’ Room

  03-05-2018 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  The origin story of Starz’s new series Vida is as refreshingly unusual as they come in Hollywood. Its creator and showrunner, Chicago-based playwright Tanya Saracho, moved to Los Angeles in 2012 to try to make it as a TV writer. After staff jobs on shows like Devious Maids, Looking, and How...More »
  
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• MTV Movie & TV Awards 2018: Complete List of Nominations

  03-05-2018 18:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  The 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards just let out a resounding, "Wakanda forever!"Nominations for the annual award ceremony were revealed Thursday, and Marvel blockbuster Black...
  
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• Portishead’s Third Was a Major Comeback for a Major Band

  03-05-2018 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Artists can have awful timing when it comes to putting out new work. Regardless of the field, the same conundrum tempts them to blunder. Emerging as a major talent requires a unique style, a sensibility that seamlessly joins inner experience to outer presentation. But that uniqueness, once recognized by an...More »
  
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• TV is where women’s attackers get caught | Letters

  03-05-2018 17:25 via theguardian.com
  Responses to Zoe Williams’s article about the claim that women enjoy dramas depicting sexual violenceSince most violence towards women goes unpunished, is there not an understandable pleasure in seeing the guilty come to a bad end – as happens in most crime fiction (Are women drawn to sexual violence on TV?, G2, 2 May)? Thomas Aquinas said that the virtuous enjoyed the pleasures of heaven all the more because “they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell&rdquo
  
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• Aaron Tveit Singing for the Moulin Rouge! Musical Is Just As Exclamation Point As the Movie

  03-05-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In order to live up to your movie boyfriend Ewan McGregor, the forthcoming Moulin Rouge! musical has cast your theater boyfriend Aaron Tveit as Christian, a.k.a. the writer who is artistic and sad. In advance of its out-of-town run at the Emerson Colonial Theatre this summer in Boston, the musical...More »
  
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• Actress Denise Gough Pays Homage to Bygone Angels

  03-05-2018 16:43 via nytimes.com
  The Tony-nominated actress, who plays Harper Pitt in “Angels in America,” visits the AIDS Memorial Park, near the now-demolished St. Vincent’s Hospital.
  
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• Gayle King on Charlie Rose Allegations: ‘You Can’t Ignore What These Women Are Saying’

  03-05-2018 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Washington Post published a bombshell report on Thursday about the ongoing Charlie Rose sexual-harassment scandal — with allegations of abuse from 27 additional women, including some who claimed they complained about his behavior to CBS News managers and supervisors. That morning, Rose’s former CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King...More »
  
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• 27 More Women Have Accused Charlie Rose of Sexual Harassment

  03-05-2018 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  An additional 27 women have come forward to the Washington Post to accuse Charlie Rose of sexual harassment and misconduct. Fourteen CBS News employees and 13 women who worked with Rose elsewhere, say that the former CBS This Morning anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent groped or harassed them. This news...More »
  
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• Troye Sivan Releases “Bloom,” Which Isn’t Really About Flowers

  03-05-2018 16:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Troye Sivan promised that his new song “Bloom” is “about flowers,” and well, sure, in the same way that Georgia O’Keeffe paintings are about flowers. In the newly-released video for the upbeat tribute to giving and receiving love, we meet a 3D-generated version o Troye, who floats around a greenhouse...More »
  
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• Ocean’s 8, Eighth Grade, and More Movies on Our Radar This Summer

  03-05-2018 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Summertime and the living is — well, not easy, but at least movie theaters are air-conditioned. From intergalactic bad boys to Silver Lake–set neo-noirs, Vulture has the rundown on all the season’s most-anticipated blockbusters and indies: Sundance’s horror breakout Hereditary kicks off a summer full of of heists (Ocean’s 8),...More »
  
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• The Crown Confirms Helena Bonham Carter as Margaret, Adds New Prime Minister

  03-05-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is rounding out to be quite a lovely bunch of actors, innit? Netflix confirmed something today what was pretty much already known, which is that Helena Bonham Carter will be taking the royal reigns as Princess Margaret for seasons three and four of The Crown. “I’m not sure which...More »
  
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• 2 Tony Winners Try to Upend Rodgers and Hammerstein

  03-05-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  How David Henry Hwang teamed up with the composer Jeanine Tesori for “Soft Power,” a play with music — or maybe a play that becomes a musical.
  
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• Review: In the Comedy ‘Tully,’ Mom’s Struggle Is Real

  03-05-2018 15:50 via nytimes.com
  Charlize Theron plays an overwhelmed mother who needs all the help she can get — and gets a magical, mysterious night nurse played by Mackenzie Davis.
  
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• Christina Aguilera to Make 2018 Infinitely Better With New Album and Music Video

  03-05-2018 15:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  To think us fools went to bed last night thinking, Gee, Christina Aguilera sure hasn’t released new music in a long time. What gives, you queen! Patience is most certainly a virtue. After a multiyear music hiatus in favor of some Voice and Carpool Karaoke exploits, Aguilera has returned with...More »
  
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• Rihanna is Making a Reggae Album

  03-05-2018 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rih-gae: Rihanna is officially working on a reggae album. In a Vogue profile promoting Savage X Fenty and Ocean’s 8, Rihanna gave details about Anti’s follow-up. “With her next record — her ninth — Rihanna is moving the needle on her creative output all over again: She plans to make...More »
  
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• The Best Horror Movies of 2018 (So Far)

  03-05-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  By this time, last year, Split and Get Out had already stomped through the box office and become two of the year’s top earners in the horror category. This year, John Krasinski and his monsters have made A Quiet Place this year’s spring surprise at the box office. But crowded...More »
  
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• Perils of the media’s candlelit festival of complicity with Trump

  03-05-2018 13:37 via ft.com
  The White House correspondents’ dinner is everything that is wrong with Washington
  
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• Perils of media’s candlelit festival of complicity with Donald Trump

  03-05-2018 13:37 via ft.com
  White House correspondents’ dinner is everything that looks wrong with political reporting
  
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• The Voters Have Spoken: Manhattan Beach Is This Summer’s One Book to Read

  03-05-2018 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  One book has emerged to rule them all — and, on subways, to spellbind them. The votes have come in for this year’s One Book, One New York, and the city’s choice is Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan’s fifth novel, which is set in Brooklyn during the 1930s and ‘40s and...More »
  
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• William Hartnell's first-ever Doctor Who script sells for £7,500

  03-05-2018 13:23 via theguardian.com
  The 43-page camera script for 1963’s An Unearthly Child still features the actor’s original annotations in blue pencilWilliam Hartnell’s original script from the very first episode of Doctor Who has been sold at auction for £6,200 plus fees, taking the total to £7,500. Anthony Coburn’s An Unearthly Child, billed as episode one of the story Doctor Who and the Tribe of Gum, runs to 43 pages.The script still includes blue pencil annotations by Hartnell himself, w
  
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• Review: To Catch a Thief, Drive a Fast Car in ‘Racer and the Jailbird’

  03-05-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The two leads in this thriller are sensational, but the movie is stuffed with confusing plot complications.
  
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