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• Get Shorty’s Chris O’Dowd on His Absolutely Worst Day Job

  18-06-2018 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 2018 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes on June 25.The Irish actor and comedian looks back on his short-lived gig as an Easter bunny at office parties, and explains how he creates his characters’ backstories in everything from...More »
  
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• Queer Eye Recap: Feel the Burn

  18-06-2018 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are a few people who you should never really question about their lifestyle choices unless you want your ear to be monopolized for the remainder of the party/barbecue/ice-cream social that you are attending. Those people include CrossFitters, anti-vaccine people, vegans, polyamorous couples, and new dog owners. But of all...More »
  
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• US leveraged bids: high-wire act

  18-06-2018 22:52 via ft.com
  Companies are keen to assure investors that debt is fine because of ‘rapid de-levering’
  
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• Report: XXXTentacion Was Shot and Is in Critical Condition

  18-06-2018 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rapper XXXTentacion has been shot in Florida, TMZ reports. According to eyewitnesses, who have posted graphic footage from the scene on social media, the Florida rapper (real name Jahseh Onfroy) “appeared lifeless with no pulse.” Variety reports his condition as “critical.” According to emergency dispatch audio, picked up by TMZ,...More »
  
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• Surprise! Jon Bernthal Is Somehow Returning to The Walking Dead

  18-06-2018 22:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’ve already been teased that the upcoming ninth season of The Walking Dead will be a “very different” show, and now we’ll offer the court exhibit A of the evidence: The return of a very dead character. And a very dead character from many seasons ago. THR is reporting that...More »
  
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• The Fourth Estate Takes on #MeToo and the New York Times

  18-06-2018 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Showtime documentary The Fourth Estate does an uncannily great job of replicating the experience of being inside the New York Times during the first year of the Trump administration. Over four episodes, the last of which aired Sunday, it follows several familiar figures from the paper’s Washington bureau, particularly...More »
  
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• Will Ferrell Is Going to Eurovision for Netflix

  18-06-2018 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Will Ferrell is coming to assert his Eurovision dominance, ABBA! Even if it’s just in a fictional setting, for about an hour and a half. Deadline is reporting that Ferrell is set to write and star in an original comedy film for Netflix called Eurovision, which will revolve around the...More »
  
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• Dr Dre to make Marvin Gaye biopic with rights to singer's catalogue

  18-06-2018 22:00
  The rapper, whose film credits include Straight Outta Compton, has the singer’s family estate’s blessing to produce the biopicThe rapper and business mogul Dr Dre is working on a movie about the Motown legend Marvin Gaye, who died in 1984 after being shot by his father.Related: Marvin Gaye’s family approve What’s Going On documentaryContinue reading...
  
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• Will Ferrell to star in Eurovision song contest comedy for Netflix

  18-06-2018 21:19
  Actor is writer and star of feature based on the international singing competitionWill Ferrell is set to star in a Netflix film based around the Eurovision song contest. Related: Eurovision 2018: five things we learnedContinue reading...
  
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• Tiffany Haddish and Tyler Perry Team Up for ‘Nobody’s Fool’

  18-06-2018 21:19 via nytimes.com
  Whoopi Goldberg and Tika Sumpter also appear in the comedy, due in November.
  
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• The Best Westworld Fan Theories About the Season-Two Finale

  18-06-2018 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’re nearly finished with Westworld season two, but … we’re still pretty confused. The addictive HBO drama has come a long way with Dolores, Bernard, Maeve, Teddy, and William in its sophomore year, and fans can’t help trying to decipher some of the biggest questions of this universe. Which questions...More »
  
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• On Everything Is Love, Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Performing a Marriage in Real Time

  18-06-2018 20:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  “This is your final warning, you know I give you life / If you try that shit again, you gon’ lose your wife.” — Beyoncé, “Don’t Hurt Yourself” (2016)“I apologize, often womanized / Took for my child to be born to see through a woman’s eyes.” — Jay-Z, “4:44” (2017)“You...More »
  
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• Question Time: BBC has 'great opportunity' to appoint female host

  18-06-2018 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Programme should be presented by a woman for first time, say MPs and journalistsThe BBC has been urged to appoint a woman as the host of Question Time when David Dimbleby quits the high-profile political show at the end of this year.
  Maria Miller MP, the chair of the parliamentary women and equalities select committee, said it was time the discussion programme, which has only ever been hosted by men, took the opportunity to put a woman in charge. Continue reading...
  
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• Silicon Valley’s Thomas Middleditch on Mocking the Tech Elite

  18-06-2018 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 2018 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes on June 25.The star of HBO’s satirical comedy Silicon Valley talks about the two things that real-life tech guys always say about the show (and he also tried out his impression...More »
  
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• Falling for the Lure of the Stage. The Backstage.

  18-06-2018 20:19 via nytimes.com
  Natalie Soto and her brother, Christian, joined a training program at Roundabout Theater Company that aims to diversify the ranks of theater workers.
  
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• A Few Questions We Have After Watching John Travolta’s New John Gotti Biopic

  18-06-2018 19:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Twenty years ago, news that John Travolta — then resurgent, still riding the second wind that Pulp Fiction had given his career — was starring in a biopic treatment for one of the most infamous men to have ever lived would have heralded a capital-E Event. Today, however? The John...More »
  
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• Showtime Orders Its First-Ever Late Night Show Hosted by Desus and Mero

  18-06-2018 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Desus and Mero are heading to Showtime. The network announced Monday that it’s ordered its first-ever weekly half-hour late-night series, which will be hosted by Desus Nice and the Kid Mero and debut sometime next year. The show will feature the duo “speaking highly off the cuff and chatting with...More »
  
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• The Opposition’s Cancellation Is Great News for Jordan Klepper

  18-06-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After nine months on the air, last week Comedy Central canceled The Opposition, former Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper’s stand-alone series. The final episode will air June 28, after which development on a new show, tentatively titled Klepper, will begin immediately. Billed as a “weekly half-hour series,” it will see...More »
  
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• Westworld recap: season 2, episode 9 – will man or machine be the last standing?

  18-06-2018 18:53 via theguardian.com
  In another fine late-season episode, Dolores, the Man in Black and Bernard all face their demons as a final reckoning loomsSpoiler alert: this blog is published after Westworld airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK on Sunday night/Monday morning. Do not read unless you have watched season two, episode nine.Another week, another emotional wallop. This penultimate episode to Westworld’s second season carried a real punch, hitting the Man In Black straight in the gut (twice) and le
  
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• Vanessa Kirby on How The Crown’s Pay Gap Scandal ‘Incited a Change’

  18-06-2018 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 2018 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes on June 25.You know the old saying: Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because you got two seasons of a young Princess Margaret wreaking royal havoc in the House of Windsor....More »
  
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• Jason Mitchell Has a Crazy Story for You

  18-06-2018 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jason Mitchell is holding court in the back of Nick’s Coffee Shop in Los Angeles, one of the city’s last great greaseball diners, not far from where he filmed Straight Outta Compton. It’s the kind of joint with headshots on the walls and scrambles named after famous customers, like veteran...More »
  
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• Disney plans to add cash to its bid for Fox

  18-06-2018 18:34 via ft.com
  Entertainment group seeks to regain upper hand in M&A tussle with Comcast
  
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• Why Holly Hunter Put Her Faith in Incredibles 2

  18-06-2018 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brad Bird’s Pixar hit Incredibles 2 delivers the same superhero thrills as the first film, but with a distaff twist: This time, Holly Hunter’s Elastigirl is the main protagonist of the movie, fighting crime in the big city while her husband Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) tries to put out...More »
  
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• The obvious choice to replace David Dimbleby on Question Time? | Brief letter

  18-06-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Jenni Murray | History of art A-level | Life on the moon | (Not Mount) Snowdon | God at the wheel of my Morris Minor | Jumping the sharkI am sorry to see you omit our most senior and distinguished female broadcaster and journalist from your list of possible replacements for David Dimbleby on Question Time (Report, 18 June). Dame Jenni Murray is surely an obvious choice. She not only has considerable and extensive experience in live political broadcasting – don’t forget she used to pr
  
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• Nieuwe sporthal-, theater- én bibliotheekcomplex Zuidwolde kost elf miljoen - RTV Drenthe

  18-06-2018 18:23
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  Nieuwe sporthal-, theater- én bibliotheekcomplex Zuidwolde kost elf miljoen
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  ZUIDWOLDE - Bij de gemeente noemen ze het een multifunctionele accommodatie, oftewel MFA. Maar voor het plan in Zuidwolde ter vervanging van de inmiddels 43 jaar oude Wessels-Boerhal is die term amper voldoende. Geschreven door. Hielke Meijer.en meer »
  
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• Leave No Trace Clip: A Tender Father-Daughter Moment

  18-06-2018 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  A father and daughter living in the wilderness and off the grid are forced to adjust to a new life in Leave No Trace, Debra Granik’s empathetic portrait of a family on the fringes. After the state intervenes and places Will (Ben Foster) and his daughter, Tom (Thomasin McKenzie), in...More »
  
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• Nobody’s Fool Trailer: Tyler Perry Unites Tiffany Haddish and Whoopi Goldberg

  18-06-2018 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Because you certainly need more Tiffany Haddish in your life, Tiff and Tyler Perry will appease you with Nobody’s Fool, which pairs Haddish with Tika Sumpter and Whoopi Goldberg. When Tanya (Haddish) is released from jail, she moves in with her type-A sister Danica (Sumpter), who’s dating a mystery man....More »
  
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• Who will succeed Dimbleby as Question Time host? A look at the candidates

  18-06-2018 18:03 via theguardian.com
  Kirsty Wark is the bookies’ favourite, but there is a long list of contenders to take over the coveted BBC hosting jobFor the first time in a quarter of a century, Question Time is hunting for a new host – or chairman, to give it its proper title – with David Dimbleby announcing he will step down from the role later this year. Given that the job is arguably the most high-profile hosting gig in British political TV, the hunt to find Dimbleby’s replacement is already the su
  
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• 'Ripe for disruption': female film-makers rally for industry overhaul

  18-06-2018 17:48
  From a toolkit inspired by Asia Argento to a feminist tattoo parlour, BFI’s Women With a Movie Camera summit offered inspiration – and a call to actionAva DuVernay may not have been at the BFI Southbank in London this weekend, but her films and her words were. Not to mention the number of people walking around with her name emblazoned on their chests. The film-maker’s assertion that “activism is inherently a creative endeavour” was quoted more than once from the sta
  
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• Christo rolls out the barrel in London’s Hyde Park

  18-06-2018 17:42 via ft.com
  Artist known for wrapping the Reichstag creates mountain of oil barrels in the Serpentine
  
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• The five best Flight of the Conchords songs

  18-06-2018 17:35 via theguardian.com
  New Zealand’s fourth-most-popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy duo are touring the UK once more. To celebrate, longtime fan Hadley Freeman picks the songs everyone should listen to• Hadley Freeman meets Flight of the ConchordsContinue reading...
  
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• The Bachelorette’s Big, Ugly Casting Problem

  18-06-2018 16:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Finding true love is hard. Almost as hard as getting cast on The Bachelor, which guarantees if not a soul mate, then at least a few paychecks for hawking FabFitFun boxes on Instagram. But a shocking pair of recent revelations — that current Bachelorette Becca Kufrin’s pool of suitors includes...More »
  
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• Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols'

  18-06-2018 16:39 via theguardian.com
  The fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand are back – and selling out stadiums. They’re now married, with kids, and fans still love their Sugar Lumps. But is there anything Bret and Jemaine actually like about fame?It’s an overcast Saturday morning in Dublin and Flight of the Conchords – AKA Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – and I are in a coffee bar discussing how the pair ended up being in one of the most successful musical comedy bands on the planet when t
  
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• Yes, Of Course Ariana Grande Has a Song on Her New Album Called ‘Pete’

  18-06-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not a love story for the (modern Instagram) age until you write a song about it. So expect to hear all about Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s whirlwind romance on her new album Sweetener. Though much of the album was completed during her Mac Miller relationship (RIP), she has...More »
  
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• Like Father Trailer: Kristen Bell Gets Her Own Netflix Movie

  18-06-2018 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  In what’s known as a reverse Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Kristen Bell is getting dumped by someone and ends up on a tropical vacation. In Like Father, Netflix’s new entry in the genre of “comforting rom-com-like movies,” Bell plays a woman who’s left at the altar and ends up going on...More »
  
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• Thank All the Stars, SZA Says Her Vocal Chords Are Healing

  18-06-2018 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  After taking time off from her tour to rest her swollen vocal chords, SZA tweeted that last month that her voice was permanently damaged. But now, things are looking up! In tweets posted Sunday night, the singer updated her fans, assuring them that her voice is on the road to...More »
  
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• 3 Chers, 1 Broadway Musical, and a Costume Revival

  18-06-2018 16:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not one but three Chers are coming to the Broadway stage this fall in The Cher Show, opening December 3 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The ambitious musical covers six decades of Cher’s career – an endeavor that, according to the show’s website, couldn’t be performed by just one person....More »
  
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• Why the Louvre Allowed Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Film Their ‘Apes**t’ Video in the Museum

  18-06-2018 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  David. Géricault. Da Vinci! They were just a few of the artists Beyoncé and Jay-Z strategically featured in their new “Apeshit” music video — performing under the name the Carters — mostly because, oh, you know, they were given private access to the Louvre to groove around whichever masterpieces they...More »
  
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• How Patton Oswalt Did the Unimaginable: Write Stand-up About Being a Widower

  18-06-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  With a new special, Talking for Clapping, about to premiere on Netflix (which would eventually win a Grammy for Best Comedy Album and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special), Patton Oswalt was planning on taking a break from stand-up. Then his wife, true-crime writer Michelle McNamara,...More »
  
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• Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Joint Album Is Now on Spotify and Apple Music

  18-06-2018 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  It seems Beyoncé and Jay-Z might actually care about streaming numbers after all. After releasing their joint album, Everything Is Love, over the weekend initially as a Tidal exclusive, they’ve extended an olive branch to their rival streaming platforms. Everything Is Love is now available on Spotify premium, Apple Music,...More »
  
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• John Oliver calls deal between US and North Korea 'close to meaningless'

  18-06-2018 15:19 via theguardian.com
  On Last Week Tonight, Oliver addressed Trump’s deference toward Kim Jong-unOn Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discussed the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un and the former’s deference to the North Korean dictator. Related: John Oliver on Mueller investigation: 'If this is a witch-hunt, witches exist'Continue reading...
  
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• Vera Farmiga Defends Her Accent in The Departed

  18-06-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Vera Farmiga excels at playing women on the edge of crisis. Sometimes it’s the sort of personal upheaval everyone experiences from time to time, as with the philandering workaholic in Up in the Air that earned her an Oscar nomination, or the full-blown descents into madness of Orphan and The...More »
  
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• Why Claws Filmed a Brady Bunch–Inspired Abortion Scene

  18-06-2018 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  While abortion story lines on television run the gamut from guilt-ridden melodramas to NBD shrugs, the one thing they all have in common is that they are finite: A decision is made, and the character’s world is altered one way or another. Of course, television is not real life and...More »
  
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• The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Charity, Lies, and Wedding Planning

  18-06-2018 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Of all the Real Housewives franchises, this one feels the most like everyone is firmly in the sixth grade. There’s a particular paranoia and jealousy that permeates the sixth grade. Who just got a real bra? Is everyone talking about me behind my back? Whose boyfriend is a real person...More »
  
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