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• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – a comic reflection on life, mortality and tench

  20-06-2018 23:32 via theguardian.com
  The two funnymen bond by the river as they recuperate from heart operations and contemplate life without biscuitsI remember it well. Staring at – practically hypnotised by – the float, a little orange stick in the water, willing it to twitch. And then, when it does, that magical moment, not quite believing it. Did it really happen, or did I imagine it? It twitches again, bobs down and goes under. You pick up the rod and strike. Yes! Resistance, a connection via a thin nylon thread to
  
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• Springsteen Interrupted His Broadway Show to Slam Trump’s ‘Disgracefully Inhumane and Un-American’ Border Policy

  20-06-2018 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bruce Springsteen has performed his one-man Broadway show based on his memoir 146 times, each sticking to the usual script and set list, as most theater productions tend to do. But during Tuesday night’s performance, he went rogue with an emotional speech slamming Donald Trump’s new (and short-lived) border-control policy...More »
  
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• Trial & Error Season Two Trailer: Kristin Chenoweth, Murderer?

  20-06-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sometimes all you need from a TV show is Kristin Chenoweth playing a woman capable of murder. In its second season, NBC’s true-crime mockumentary is doing just that, which, honestly, is a blessing upon us all. Chenoweth is Lavinia Peck-Foster, a pop-u-lahr woman about town in East Peck, who has...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Brings the Gang Back. Sigh.

  20-06-2018 22:14 via nytimes.com
  Extinction is not an option, but exhaustion is a distinct possibility.
  
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• Minnie Driver Really, Really Wishes She Could Sing More Often

  20-06-2018 21:47 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 the ABC comedy Speechless reflects on how the show has helped to shine a light on kids with disabilities, and why she’s dreaming of an all-musical...More »
  
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• The Best of Antoni Not Cooking on Queer Eye Season Two

  20-06-2018 21:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Antoni Porowski, a sweet man with a passion for fitted tees and avocados, technically serves as Queer Eye’s food expert. Whether he succeeds in that role is a matter of some debate, which we will not get into here, because [vaguely gestures as if exhausted by the whole matter]. What...More »
  
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• Queer Eye’s Antoni Is Opening a ‘Fast-Casual Food Concept’ in New York City

  20-06-2018 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Are you ready to experience the Queer Eye dining experience for yourself? During a cast panel at the 92nd Street Y, Antoni Porowski announced that he’s starting a fast-casual restaurant in New York City. “I’m all about, like, cheese and pork belly and decadence, and as a result of the...More »
  
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• Watch a Doll Version of Steve Carell Fight Off Nazis in the Welcome to Marwen Trailer

  20-06-2018 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Get ready to dab the corners of your eyes because this one looks like it’s going to hit you right in the heart. In the Robert Zemeckis–directed Welcome to Marwen, Steve Carell stars as Mark Hogancamp, a man whose life is shattered after being beaten within an inch of his...More »
  
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• Just 3 Minutes and 52 Seconds of Ariana Grande Frolicking in a Forest With Her Clones

  20-06-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Please don’t ask me to explain what’s happening in Ariana Grande’s new video for “The Light Is Coming,” featuring her BFF when she’s not with Pete Davidson, Nicki Minaj. To do so would imply that there’s anything happening at all in this video. There is not. In (very brief) summary:...More »
  
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• How to Clean a Dinosaur at NYC’s Museum of Natural History

  20-06-2018 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  As Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hits theaters this June, we have dinosaurs on the brain....More »
  
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• Chemistry? Watch Sheila Carrasco and Eliot Schwartz in Piano Lessons

  20-06-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Altadena middle-school music teachers Marty (Will Ferrell) and Bobbi Mohan-Culp (Ana Gasteyer) were innovators when it came to cringey covers of modern pop songs on Saturday Night Live. From their makeshift pulpit at the far end of the gymnasium, they keyboarded and gyrated their way into our hearts. We loved...More »
  
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• AMC Starts Subscription Service, Challenging MoviePass

  20-06-2018 19:39 via nytimes.com
  AMC’s new service will cost $20 a month — double MoviePass’s price — but will come with fewer restrictions.
  
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• What Is the Gayest Marvel Movie?

  20-06-2018 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ve never quite understood Marvel’s reluctance to introduce a gay character in their movies, mostly because have you seen those movies? They are gay, honey. They are fully on the precipice of coming out. They are so gay that I found pictures of Tom Daley in their search history.But which...More »
  
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• Disney ups the ante in Fox fight with new $71.3bn offer

  20-06-2018 19:15 via ft.com
  Sweetened cash-and-shares deal aimed at fending off rival bid from Comcast
  
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• Janet Jackson Opens Up About Overcoming ‘Intense’ Struggle With Depression

  20-06-2018 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Summer of Janet Jackson has now blessed us with an Essence cover, for which the artist has penned a letter to black women. In it, Janet talks about her evolution and the pain she’s suffered throughout various stages of her life, including an “intense” battle with depression in her...More »
  
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• Watch Nick Offerman And Kiersey Clemons Jam in This Hearts Beat Loud Music Video

  20-06-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the new film Hearts Beat Loud, a one-off father-daughter jam session results in a surprising Spotify hit. Sam (Kiersey Clemons) is leaving for med school soon and reluctant to record, but Frank (Nick Offerman) lands their song “Hearts Beat Loud” on a Spotify indie playlist between Iron & Wine...More »
  
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• Poetry and Puppets Are Part of La MaMa’s Coming Season

  20-06-2018 18:00 via nytimes.com
  Several world premieres are part of the 2018-19 season at La Mama Experimental Theater Club, which won the 2018 regional theater Tony Award.
  
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• Queer Eye Recap: Man of the Hour

  20-06-2018 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  I know that Queer Eye is always going to make me cry, but when this episode started, I didn’t think that I was going to be this shocked. I wasn’t sure what I was watching, but I knew it was riveting. I knew that it had the potential to change...More »
  
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• Cardi B Calls Trump a ‘Madman’ and a ‘Dickhead’

  20-06-2018 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cardi B, noted political history junkie and national treasure, is on the new cover of Rolling Stone with her man, Offset. Inside, she talks about what’s been on her mind lately, like planning her baby shower (“Shit, I might even drink some red wine. Red wine’s healthy, right?”), entering motherhood...More »
  
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• Josh Brolin Will Star in Hulu’s ‘The Untitled Josh Brolin Project’

  20-06-2018 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Josh Brolin is headed to Hulu. In a New York Times profile about the “Summer of Josh Brolin” — the actor has starring roles in Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado — the paper reports that Brolin has sold a show to Hulu called “The...More »
  
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• ‘Creed II’ Trailer: Someone Is Missing From Michael B. Jordan’s Corner

  20-06-2018 16:43 via nytimes.com
  The director Ryan Coogler did not return for the sequel to the boxing hit. Sylvester Stallone is back (as a co-writer, too) and so is Tessa Thompson.
  
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• Amy Adams Stood Up for Her Stand-in on the Sharp Objects Set

  20-06-2018 16:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  This summer, Amy Adams makes the jump from movies to TV, playing a woman who is scarred (both literally and figuratively) in an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Sharp Objects. Adams is also working as a producer on the project, and apparently used her power to stand up for other...More »
  
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• Akoestiek op podium Theater aan het Vrijthof jaar langer belabberd - De Limburger

  20-06-2018 16:39
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  Akoestiek op podium Theater aan het Vrijthof jaar langer belabberd
  De Limburger
  Musici op het podium van het Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht zullen het een jaar langer moeten doen met een allesbehalve optimale akoestiek. Dat heeft wethouder Bert Jongen (D66, Cultuur) laten weten. Grondig verbouwd. De grote zaal van het ...
  
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• Mandy Moore on This Is Us, Sad TV, and Touring With ‘N Sync

  20-06-2018 16:27 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 This Is Us talks about her performance in the heartbreaking episode “Super Bowl Sunday,” why she thinks Rebecca Pearson isn’t “particularly joyful,” and also shares her...More »
  
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• 20 Things You Didn't Know About Disney's Mulan

  20-06-2018 16:07 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's been two decades since Mulan made it's way into theaters.The beloved Disney film celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, June 19.As fans will recall, the movie...
  
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• Michael B. Jordan Faces a Family Rival in the New Creed II Trailer

  20-06-2018 16:02 via feeds.eonline.com
  Michael B. Jordan is getting back in the ring.
  Three years after his debut as Adonis Creed in the Rocky spin-off sequel, Creed, the star has picked up the boxing gloves once again and...
  
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• For ‘Mary Page Marlowe,’ Six Actresses Share One Role

  20-06-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  They portray the title character in this play by Tracy Letts. In a conversation, they talked about their work and the production.
  
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• Comedians Reveal What the L.A. Stand-up Scene Actually Pays

  20-06-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In their recent comedy-themed issue, The Hollywood Reporter published a controversial and unsubstantiated claim about the riches to be mined from the Los Angeles stand-up scene. In an article that chronicled a ride-along with a comedy agent as he traveled around town for a night of shows, THR noted that...More »
  
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• Report: Cops Use Tear Gas on Crowd at XXXTentacion Memorial

  20-06-2018 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  A memorial service in Los Angeles held on Tuesday night for rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot to death in Florida on Monday, erupted in a scene of chaos. The Los Angeles Times reports that a crowd of 1,000 people descended on the Fairfax area, without a permit, to pay tribute...More »
  
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• Advertising’s creative vision is old fashioned

  20-06-2018 15:41 via ft.com
  The industry struggles to adapt to the rise of brands that target consumers directly
  
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• Creed II Trailer: Boxing, Babies, and, Hallelujah, Michael B. Jordan’s Arms!

  20-06-2018 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was only three years ago that Creed revived the Rocky franchise and introduced us to Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan’s muscles!). Now, Creed II returns with a new director (The Land’s Steven Caple Jr. has stepped in for Ryan Coogler) and a new foe: Viktor...More »
  
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• AMC Launches $20 Subscription Plan to Rival MoviePass

  20-06-2018 15:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly a year after MoviePass first launched, AMC, the world’s largest theater company, has unveiled another low-cost alternative to paying full price for movie tickets. AMC Stubs A-List, a new program launching Tuesday, will allow guests to see up to three movies per week for the monthly fee of $19.95,...More »
  
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• Cher Explains How She and Meryl Streep Saved a Woman From a Violent Sexual Predator

  20-06-2018 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back before they were starring in future best movie of the year Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Cher and Meryl Streep once saved a woman’s life when she was being attacked by an abuser in downtown Manhattan. Streep had briefly talked about this story previously, but on The Late...More »
  
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• Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on World Cup midges and ageing gracefully

  20-06-2018 15:04 via theguardian.com
  The comedians, who are teaming up for a new unscripted series about fishing, answered your questions about Jacob Rees-Mogg, a ‘vegan fishing’ episode and forming a Bollywood cover band 2.04pm BST Thanks to everyone who posted questions. 2.02pm BST Andrewmcf asks:Did the midges in the England-Tunisia game fly over the top of the stadium or through the turnstiles?Paul: Those midgies, they look like the chironomid or non-biting midge. Trout love them.Bob: Why were there so many.
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• Ang Lee’s Hulk Is a Bad Movie, Except for This One Amazing Thing

  20-06-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  I always hate it when people call superhero movies “comic-book movies.” It feels pejorative, but that’s not why it bothers me — despite being paid to write about them, I harbor vast stores of resentment toward the damn things. I suppose part of it is me being offended on behalf...More »
  
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• Kevin Spacey Film to Hit Theaters Despite Sexual Misconduct Accusations

  20-06-2018 14:49 via nytimes.com
  The movie “Billionaire Boys Club,” which was shot before allegations surfaced against the actor, will be released via video on demand next month and in theaters in August.
  
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• Kevin Spacey Film to Be Released Months After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

  20-06-2018 14:49 via nytimes.com
  The movie “Billionaire Boys Club,” which was shot before allegations surfaced against the actor, will be released via video on demand next month and in theaters in August.
  
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• Walt Disney raises offer for Fox assets to $71.3bn

  20-06-2018 14:32 via ft.com
  Sweetened deal comes as it tries to fend off competing Comcast bid
  
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• Walt Disney raises Fox offer by $20bn to $71.3bn

  20-06-2018 14:32 via ft.com
  Sweetened cash and shares deal aimed at fending off rival bid from Comcast
  
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• 15 Times Chris Pratt's Instagram Was Out of This World

  20-06-2018 14:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  We're just two days away from the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom! Chris Pratt returns as Owen Grady in the latest epic adventure alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, who portrays Claire...
  
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• Alan Sugar under fire over 'racist' Senegal World Cup team tweet

  20-06-2018 12:42 via theguardian.com
  Peer compared players to people selling sunglasses and handbags on beachesAlan Sugar has been criticised for posting a tweet about the Senegal World Cup squad that compared the players to people selling sunglasses and handbags on beaches. The tweet featured a photoshopped picture of the team looking like there were selling counterfeit goods. “I recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella. Multi tasking resourceful chaps,” Lord Sugar said. Continue reading...
  
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• A Play About Refugee Camps Is Coming. With Refugees in the Cast.

  20-06-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  “The Jungle” was written by two British playwrights who spent time at a refugee camp in France, and the cast includes refugees who lived there.
  
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• Confronterend theater in de bajes: 'Elk verzetje is welkom, maar dit is uniek' - NOS

  20-06-2018 11:52
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  Confronterend theater in de bajes: 'Elk verzetje is welkom, maar dit is uniek'
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  Het begint wat ongemakkelijk. Het gevangenispubliek is giechelig. Een van de acteurs staat op vanaf zijn gevangenisbed. Hij zegt: "Ik ben niet van plan hier lang te blijven, ik ben onschuldig". "Ik ook", klinkt het vanuit de zaal. Er wordt gelachen ...
  
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• Yellowstone review – Kevin Costner's big budget series is a soapy mess

  20-06-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Sicario and Hell or High Water screenwriter Taylor Sheridan stumbles on the small screen with a bloated ranch-based drama with an unengaged leadWith his stint as actor on Sons of Anarchy safely behind him, Taylor Sheridan has moved onto a second act as prolific cartographer of the American West. His scripts for 2015’s Sicario and 2016’s Hell or High Water demonstrated a keen, detail-oriented understanding of Texas’ sociopolitical outlay, from the semi-militarized border with Me
  
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