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• Condor Reboots a Beloved ’70s Thriller, But With Fewer Thrills

  06-06-2018 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new AT&T Audience drama Condor is loosely based on James Grady’s novel Six Days of the Condor, which begat the beloved 1975 Robert Redford spy thriller Three Days of the Condor, a movie so determined not to bore its audience that it sliced the time frame of its source material in half. The...More »
  
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• Lindsay Mendez Just Wants to Be Honest With You

  06-06-2018 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Delightful,” a man sitting behind me at a recent performance of Carousel shout-whispered the first time Lindsay Mendez left the stage. This would not be the only time he’d do this throughout the nearly three hours we’d spend in the theater. He’s not wrong; Mendez, as the kindhearted Carrie Pipperidge,...More »
  
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• Het toneelstuk over Trump en Kim is van belang, maar het theater waar het ... - Volkskrant

  06-06-2018 22:43
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  Het toneelstuk over Trump en Kim is van belang, maar het theater waar het ...
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  Volgende week dinsdag ontmoeten de presidenten Donald Trump (VS) en Kim Jong-un (NK) elkaar in Singapore. Om precies te zijn: op het schiereiland Sentosa ('Vrede en Rust'), voor de kust van de stadstaat. Daar ligt Hotel Capella, gebouwd in 2009 en ...en meer »
  
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• Jerry Maren, Who Sang and Danced as a Munchkin in Oz, Dies at 98

  06-06-2018 22:00 via nytimes.com
  He led the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 classic movie and was the cast’s last surviving dwarf. Behind the scenes, he fought for the dignity of dwarfs.
  
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• Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger Stars Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt Had a Very Unusual Audition

  06-06-2018 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  We won’t name names, but superhero TV shows can often feel like black holes of thespian charisma. Not so in the Freeform series Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. The newest televised Marvel outing features crackerjack performances from Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt, its two relatively unknown leads. Joseph and Holt play...More »
  
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• We Had to Wonder: How Did Sex and the City Portray Queer People?

  06-06-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Twenty years after the release of HBO’s hit feminist dramedy, Sex and the City remains a trailblazer for sex-positive commentary. However, the show that paved the way for modern comedies like Girls and Broad City didn’t always accurately represent the LGBTQ community. The show both celebrated gay men and reduced...More »
  
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• Arrested Development Creator on Origin of Tambor–Walter Fight: ‘It Was Something Minor’

  06-06-2018 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a new interview with Deadline, Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz gives his recollection of Jeffrey Tambor’s on-set outburst against co-star Jessica Walter. Hurwitz recalled the day, and expressed regret at not realizing how the verbal harassment affected Walter. “I’m guilty of not realizing how deeply upsetting that was for...More »
  
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• Paul Dacre to step down as Daily Mail editor after 26 years

  06-06-2018 20:40 via ft.com
  Move to role of chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers
  
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• Maeby Fünke Is Still the Ultimate Scammer Heroine

  06-06-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s 2018, and the summer of scam is in full swing. From Patron Saint of Credit Card Fraud Anna Delvey to lesser deities like the Portofino Pirate and the potentially felonious Vogue assistant, first-rate scammers are everywhere you look. It seems fortuitous, then, that the moment should coincide with the...More »
  
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• Joe Pintauro, Playwright Who Had Been a Priest, Dies at 87

  06-06-2018 20:32 via nytimes.com
  His works on topical subjects like the AIDS crisis and suburban sprawl were widely staged, including by Circle Repertory Company and the Bay Street Theater.
  
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• Yes, That Really Is Lady Gaga in the Trailer for ‘A Star Is Born’

  06-06-2018 20:28 via nytimes.com
  The singer is brunette and relatively barefaced in the third remake of the romantic drama, this time directed by and co-starring Bradley Cooper.
  
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• Mel Weinberg, F.B.I.’s Lure in the Abscam Sting, Dies at 93

  06-06-2018 20:19 via nytimes.com
  A swindler facing jail, Mr. Weinberg helped snare politicians in the biggest corruption scandal of the 1970s, a case dramatized in “American Hustle.”
  
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• Mel Weinberg, 93, the F.B.I.’s Lure in the Abscam Sting, Dies

  06-06-2018 20:19 via nytimes.com
  A swindler facing jail, Mr. Weinberg helped snare politicians in the biggest corruption scandal of the 1970s, a case dramatized in “American Hustle.”
  
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• Made in Dagenham, yes – but women went on strike in Halewood too

  06-06-2018 20:04
  Female machinists at Ford in Liverpool walked out in 1968 in solidarity, but feel they have been airbrushed from history
  Women have to unite to tackle the obstacles they continue to face in the workplace, a former sewing machinist at Ford in the 1960s has said on the 50th anniversary of the epochal Dagenham strikes that changed the face of history. Related: Harriet Harman on exposing the pay gap: ‘This is kind of … revolutionary’ Related: From matchgirls to matching money: Mil
  
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• 13 Reasons Why Recap: Wishful Thinking

  06-06-2018 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  To be honest, I’d almost forgotten about Mr. Porter. He’s been absent for a couple of episodes after, you know, physically threatening a student and then getting into a fistfight with another student’s de facto stepfather, but he’s back in the spotlight as “The Missing Page” places him on the...More »
  
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• 'Yass Queen': Queer Eye cast descend on rural Australian town

  06-06-2018 20:00
  The fab five stars of the rebooted makeover show brought their brand of glitz and glamour to a town of 6,600 people
  In an unexpected turn, the stars of Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot have been crowned honorary royalty of the small rural town of Yass, New South Wales, after spending a day of their Australian press tour making over one of the township’s residents and one of its pubs.
  In the early hours of Wednesday 6 June, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo Brown and Jonathan
  
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• My Show: So Good I Can’t Tell If It’s Bad

  06-06-2018 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Okay, first: My Show has one episode. Will there be more after its Channel 101 cancellation? That’s beside the point. The job’s been done with the one, blithely titled “Episode 1.”What begins as a recitation of Between Two Ferns in sensibility — an under-produced talk show where the host doesn’t...More »
  
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• Let Troye Sivan’s ‘Bloom’ Video Be Your Couture Pride Lookbook

  06-06-2018 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not enough to simply show up to Pride — you must show out. There are infinite tutorials to show you how it’s done, but may we make two recommendations: Ryan Murphy’s Pose and Troye Sivan’s new video for his bottoms-up paean “Bloom,” one of the year’s best songs. The...More »
  
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• This ‘Othello’ Is Powered by Women

  06-06-2018 19:32 via nytimes.com
  In Shakespeare in the Park’s 57 years at the Delacorte, this is the first production whose design roles are all filled by women.
  
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• A very English scandal that rumbles on still | Letters

  06-06-2018 19:28
  Paul Bessell defends his father Peter, who testified in the Jeremy Thorpe trial, Nicholas Billingham says there are still serious questions to answer about suppressed evidence, and other readers weigh in on issues raised by the caseWell it has to be said that’s a pretty scathing and unnecessary attack on my father, Peter Bessell, from Paul Tyler (Letters, 4 June).Lord Tyler, Sherborne- and Oxford-educated, pillar of the establishment, appears to be smarting at the fundamental moral shift i
  
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• A Star Is Born: first trailer for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper film hits internet

  06-06-2018 18:44
  Cooper makes his directorial debut with a remake of the classic story, as well as providing a major film role for Lady GagaThe first trailer for the remake of A Star Is Born, featuring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, has been released. It is also Cooper’s first feature film as director, as well as Lady Gaga’s first significant film acting role.This is the fourth version of A Star Is Born: after its original creation in 1937, it was remade with Judy Garland and James Mason in 1954, and
  
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• Oh Boy, Rita Ora’s ‘Girls’ Video Is Here

  06-06-2018 18:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rita Ora really stepped in it last month with the release of her new song “Girls,” a misguided attempt at coming out as a girl who enjoys kissing girls just for fun. The song was criticized by other queer artists for trivializing the experiences of gay women; ultimately, Rita Ora...More »
  
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• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Sing Their Hearts Out in First A Star Is Born Trailer

  06-06-2018 18:32 via feeds.eonline.com
  The first trailer for A Star Is Born is here!The upcoming movie starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper is set to hit theaters in October and now we're getting a first full preview of...
  
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• A Star Is Born Trailer: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Go Very, Very Country

  06-06-2018 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Are you ready for Lady Gaga’s Oscar campaign? The trailer for Bradley Cooper’s adaptation of A Star Is Born is here, and it is very committed to being un-glam and very inspiring. Cooper plays country star Jackson Maine who falls in love with the struggling Ally. Andrew Dice Clay, Dave...More »
  
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• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Is Chasing Its Own Tail

  06-06-2018 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s a lot of tsk-tsking in the fifth Jurassic movie, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, about the bad guys wanting to “weaponize” the dinos, both the original flavor and the new-formula extra-crispy. As it happens, weaponizing the dinos is exactly what the filmmakers do. The fun — such as it is...More »
  
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• How Many Spideys Can Fit in a Trailer? Try 3 in ‘Into the Spider-Verse’

  06-06-2018 18:02 via nytimes.com
  In the diverse alternate reality of the new movie, Miles Morales is the lead superhero but he’s joined by Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, both in costume, too.
  
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• Ocean’s 8 Panders Very Specifically to My Rihanna-Leo Dating Fantasy

  06-06-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hidden inside Ocean’s 8 is one split-second joke that panders very specifically to a bit that I have dedicated my entire life to: the rumored romance between Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio.As the women plot their Met Gala heist, they scan the Gala’s seating chart. Someone entirely unrelated to their caper...More »
  
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• Ocean's 8 Review Roundup: Did Sandra Bullock and Company Wow Critics?

  06-06-2018 17:53 via feeds.eonline.com
  Girls run the world, or rather, heist in Ocean's 8. So how'd they do, according to critics?Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Awkwafina, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Helena...
  
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• Glynn Edwards obituary

  06-06-2018 17:44
  Actor best known for playing Dave, the long-suffering barman of the Winchester Club, in the TV series MinderDuring a 1980 episode of the TV series Minder, the dodgy wheeler-dealer Arthur Daley (played by George Cole) walks into the Winchester Club. “’Allo Arthur,” says Dave the Barman (Glynn Edwards). “You’re early. I’ve only just opened.” “Who said you can never find one when you want one?” asks Daley. “Who is it who said you can never
  
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• Into the Spider-Verse Trailer: All Your Faves Unite for a New Spider-Man Movie

  06-06-2018 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Is there a Vulture crush that wasn’t recruited for the Sony’s first Miles Morales Spidey movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? We’ve got Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Lily Tomlin, and Liev Schreiber. And it’s executive-produced by Lord and Miller? Okay Spider-Verse, go off! Moore stars as...More »
  
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• Where’s best for an ambitious young person: Love Island or Oxbridge?

  06-06-2018 17:32
  More people in 2017 applied to appear on the ITV reality show than to attend Oxford or Cambridge. Here is a cost-benefit analysis for potential applicantsThere is fierce debate doing the rounds online (when is there not?) about what it means that more people applied to appear on ITV2 reality show Love Island than to study at Oxbridge universities.The programme’s production team said that more than 85,000 people wanted to find love on an island this year (is Britain not good enough for thes
  
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• That Wyoming Ranch Kanye Took Over Hated Having Him

  06-06-2018 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Jackson Hole, Wyoming, resort where Kanye West holed up for months has proved to be a peaceful oasis, but only for him. The owners of the ranch where he held his campfire album-listening party last week considered the event nothing but stress and chaos. Diamond Cross Ranch operator Jane...More »
  
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• 13 Reasons Why Is Getting a Third Season, Why???

  06-06-2018 17:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  After tackling everything from suicide to gun violence, 13 Reasons Why is getting another 13 episodes to figure just how much worse the lives of its teen characters can get. Netflix announced today that the drama will return for third season in 2019 with a set of new episodes. We...More »
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe to Co-Star With Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale on Broadway

  06-06-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  “The Lifespan of a Fact” is an adaptation of a book about the long and difficult process of editing and fact-checking an essay about a child suicide.
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones Will Star in Broadway’s The Lifespan of a Fact

  06-06-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dragnet is shaking, because Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale are doing a play about just the facts, ma’am. The two very intense men will star with Cherry Jones in an adaptation of the 2012 book The Lifespan of a Fact, which documents the arguments between the writer John D’Agata and...More »
  
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• After 20 Years in New York, UCB’s Del Close Marathon Moves to Los Angeles Next Year

  06-06-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Big changes are coming to the Upright Citizens Brigade’s annual weekend improv event, the Del Close Marathon, next year. UCB has confirmed to Vulture that after DCM celebrates its 20th year in New York later this month, the event will make the move to Los Angeles and kick off at...More »
  
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• Your Guide to The Kissing Booth, the New Netflix Movie All the Teens Are Wild For

  06-06-2018 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Teens everywhere can’t stop talking about The Kissing Booth, the new Netflix movie about a teenage girl, her best guy friend, and the guy friend’s hot older brother. An adaptation of a popular story that first appeared on Wattpad — written when author Beth Reekles was only 15 — The...More »
  
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• We Can’t Trust Hollywood to Fix Toxic Fandom

  06-06-2018 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s a scene Alan Moore wrote into the graphic novel Watchmen that I think about a lot these days. Nebbishy Nite Owl and nihilist the Comedian are attempting to quell an anti-superhero riot, and the former finds himself in despair. “What’s happened to America? What’s happened to the American Dream?”...More »
  
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• 30 Comedians Give Advice to Their Younger Selves

  06-06-2018 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  When photographer Mindy Tucker first started regularly photographing comedians in New York in 2008, she saw it as a way to hang out with her friends and hone her art skills. But over the last decade, Tucker has built a reputation as the official documentarian of the New York comedy...More »
  
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• Yellowstone Is the Gritty New Drama You Won’t Want to Miss

  06-06-2018 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Check out the trailer for Yellowstone below, and don’t forget to watch on Paramount Network starting June 20 at 9 p.m. ET....More »
  
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• Anne Hathaway Is the Best Part of Ocean’s 8

  06-06-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Almost as soon as Anne Hathaway appears onscreen in Ocean’s 8, you realize that she’s playing herself. To be fair, her character, the actress Daphne Kluger, is less an exact parody of Anne Hathaway, and more the idea of Anne Hathaway, refracted through the fun house mirror of celebrity obsession....More »
  
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• The Beauty and Banality of Motherhood Stories Onscreen

  06-06-2018 15:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  For a few years now, there’s been a slowly growing fascination with stories about the reality of motherhood, a collection of parenthood narratives that’s recently crested into a wider cultural awareness. There’s Better Things and SMILF and Motherland and The Letdown; Ali Wong’s recent stand-up special Hard Knock Wife, the...More »
  
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