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• Drake Fails to Grow on Scorpion

  02-07-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you take him at his word, Drake is hip-hop’s James Bond: suave, rich, clever, vengeful, mercenary, and effective. He thinks things through to their logical conclusions before they get there. That lands him steps ahead of the competition. He knew that Meek Mill didn’t have a plan past Twitter...More »
  
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• Which Rich Knucklehead Should Actually Be the Boss on Succession?

  02-07-2018 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you haven’t been keeping up with HBO’s Succession, now would be a good time to catch up. As suggested by the show’s title, the plot quite literally hinges on a matter of succession: Which of media mogul Logan Roy’s children will take over his corporate empire? His second-oldest son,...More »
  
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• The NHS: A People’s History review – Britain at its best and its worst

  02-07-2018 23:00
  This documentary on the early years of the health service shares tales of derring-do – and painful accounts of racism, mistreatment and misogynyIn a south London house plastered with posters tracking 40 years of fighting for the NHS, June Hautot brings out a little booklet her father kept in his pocket. What is inside? A list of the family’s expenditure on doctor’s fees that tells a concise, brutal story of what life before the NHS looked like. Every visit to the GP, of wh
  
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• Cardi B Becomes First Female Rapper to Have Two No. 1 Hits

  02-07-2018 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  We like this! Cardi B just made Billboard chart history as the first woman rapper to have two No. 1 hits. Last year, with her summer anthem “Bodak Yellow,” she nabbed the title of the first solo female rapper to get a No. 1 since Lauryn Hill. Now, she’s done...More »
  
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• Judge Dismisses Plagiarism Lawsuit Against The Girls Author Emma Cline

  02-07-2018 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A judge has officially dismissed the contentious copyright infringement lawsuit against Emma Cline, author of the best-selling book The Girls, Publishers Lunch reports.Cline was just 25 when she received a reported $2 million three-book deal from Random House, which began with her coming-of-age novel based on the Manson Family. The...More »
  
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• New York Times Writer Regrets Spoiling Batman’s Wedding in Headline

  02-07-2018 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers for Batman No. 50 below.It was supposed to be the wedding of the century. In the pages of this Wednesday’s Batman Vol. 3, No. 50, Batman and Catwoman were going to tie the knot after nearly 80 years of will-they-or-won’t-they romance. The Dark Knight had proposed to his foe...More »
  
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• HBO Orders Spanish-Language Comedy Los Espookys Starring Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega

  02-07-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  HBO just ordered a new comedy series “set in a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City,” and it’s got the backing of SNL’s Lorne Michaels and Fred Armisen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has given a series order to a half-hour Spanish-language series called Los Espookys....More »
  
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• The Very Real Story Behind A Very English Scandal

  02-07-2018 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Very English Scandal, the new three-part series from Queer As Folk and Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies and director Stephen Frears, is a wild tale of politics, ambition, sex, mental illness, attempted murder, and virulent homophobia. It’s also pretty much a true story.A dramatization of John Preston’s book...More »
  
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• Sorrell in talks on first acquisition since leaving WPP

  02-07-2018 21:30 via ft.com
  S4 Capital eyes Netherlands-based digital production company MediaMonks
  
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• Ofcom receives 650 complaints over Sunday's Love Island episode

  02-07-2018 21:29
  Viewers felt producers caused Dani Dyer unnecessary distress with a misleading videoOfcom received 650 complaints after Sunday night’s episode of Love Island, amid suggestions producers unnecessarily caused distress to a contestant by showing her a misleading video.Dani Dyer, the daughter of the actor Danny Dyer, burst into tears after being shown footage of Jack Fincham, who she paired up with on the dating show, in a different location alongside his real-life ex, a new contestant. Contin
  
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• What’s Leaving Showtime: July 2018

  02-07-2018 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you saw Hereditary and still need a fix: The BabadookThis summer’s art-house horror craze Hereditary has a lot of similarities to the 2014 hit The Babadook, and the former’s success makes for a good opportunity to revisit the latter—or even better, watch it for the first time. Like Hereditary,...More »
  
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• Marvel’s Luke Cage Recap: I’m a Rook

  02-07-2018 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  We open the final episode of season two with a shot of Mariah in court – which is fitting, because she’s clearly the season’s star. We’ve watched Luke flail from one predicament to another. We’ve seen Bushmaster, an entirely competent villain, reveal that he really isn’t that that bad. We’ve...More »
  
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• Review: 9 Brave Students and the Shame of ‘Little Rock’

  02-07-2018 20:39 via nytimes.com
  Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s visceral play with music explores an ugly historical chapter in the fight for school integration.
  
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• Simone Missick on Luke Cage Season Two, Misty’s Bionic Arm, and the Rise of Black Superheroes

  02-07-2018 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  In its second season, Netflix’s Luke Cage is a more beguiling, knotted story than it was previously, granting complex story lines to each of its characters. But what hasn’t changed from its freshman outing is that the female characters remain the crown jewels of the show. This is especially true...More »
  
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• Prep for Sorry to Bother You by Watching Director Boots Riley’s Videos With the Coup

  02-07-2018 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  You’ll have to look hard this year to find a stranger movie than Sorry to Bother You. It begins as a parody of bottom-feeding capitalism, following Lakeith Stanfield’s Cassius Green — a down-on-his-luck resident of Oakland — as he takes a job at a telemarketing operation where he succeeds beyond...More »
  
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• Sharon Horgan’s 10 Favorite Books

  02-07-2018 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they’d take to a desert island, and they’ve shared the results with Vulture. Below is Catastrophe and Motherland actress Sharon Horgan’s list....More »
  
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• Sara Schaefer and Sabrina Jalees on How Nanette Will Change Stand-up

  02-07-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been almost two weeks since Hannah Gadsby’s debut Netflix stand-up special Nanette premiered, and critics and comedians alike can’t stop talking about it. The New York Times described Gadsby as “a major new voice in comedy” and Nanette as “a ferocious attack on comedy itself,” while The Atlantic called...More »
  
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• Uncle Drew Is Hollywood’s Best Kung Fu Movie in Years

  02-07-2018 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  As fellow philosophers hidden behind rippling physiques, Kyrie Irving feels a certain kinship with Bruce Lee. In a recent video interview with GQ, the Celtics point guard shouted out the Bruce Lee Podcast, an ongoing discussion of the famed fighter’s life and Tao with the late Lee’s daughter. Last year,...More »
  
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• Love Island: Ofcom receives 650 complaints over Sunday episode

  02-07-2018 18:57
  Viewers felt producers caused Dani Dyer unnecessary distress with a misleading videoOfcom received 650 complaints after Sunday night’s episode of Love Island, amid suggestions producers unnecessarily caused distress to a contestant by showing her a misleading video.Dani Dyer, the daughter of the actor Danny Dyer, burst into tears after being shown footage of Jack Fincham, who she paired up with on the dating show, in a different location alongside his real-life ex, a new contestant. Contin
  
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• Scarlett Johansson to play mob-connected massage parlour owner in Rub & Tug

  02-07-2018 18:56
  Film is based on the life of Dante ‘Tex’ Gill, a Pittsburgh massage parlour owner who used a male identityScarlett Johansson is to play a celebrated real-life massage-parlour owner, a woman who lived as a man, in new film Rub & Tug.Deadline reports that Hollywood production outfit New Regency (previously involved with 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, and The Revenant) has picked up the project, which will see Johansson working again with Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders. Cont
  
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• I Am the Night Trailer: Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine Make Their Own TV Noir

  02-07-2018 18:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  It is hard to tell what exactly is happening in I Am the Night, but what is clear is that it does involve Chris Pine shirtless on the telephone. Patty Jenkins is teaming up with the Wonder Woman (and somehow Wonder Woman 1984) actor for the L.A.-noir TV series I...More »
  
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• Hallmark Channel's Christmas in July Is Back! Which Classic Holiday TV Movie Will You Be Watching?

  02-07-2018 18:22 via feeds.eonline.com
  Santa is coming to town!OK, it's not December, so Santa still has a little bit of time to make toys and check the naughty and nice list, but thanks to Hallmark Channel we can...
  
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• Liliane Montevecchi, Tony Winner for ‘Nine,’ Dies at 85

  02-07-2018 18:13 via nytimes.com
  Frank Rich called Ms. Montevecchi “a glorious amalgam of music-hall feistiness and balletic grace, with Toulouse-Lautrec shadows about the eyes.”
  
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• Marvel’s Luke Cage Recap: So Where Is It?

  02-07-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This season’s penultimate episode opens with a shot of Mariah’s foray into the drug business: We watch as her product takes effect inside of a crowded party, bringing its users to violence. The drug has been titled Bushmaster. And the next morning, Luke is updated at the barbershop — he...More »
  
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• Review: ‘Conflict’ Reaches Across the Decades and the Aisle

  02-07-2018 17:51 via nytimes.com
  A play from 1925 that argues, as one character says, “for giving the best in human nature a chance.”
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Indicted on Three More Charges in New York

  02-07-2018 17:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Manhattan District Attorney has filed three more charges against Harvey Weinstein. The ex-Weinstein Company producer was charged with an additional count of criminal sexual act in the first degree for a forcible sexual act against a third woman in 2006, and two counts of predatory sexual assault, Manhattan DA...More »
  
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• Harvey Weinstein faces three new sexual misconduct charges

  02-07-2018 17:47
  New York district attorney announces new charges including predatory sexual assaultDisgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was charged with additional crimes on Monday in New York, related to alleged sexual misconduct.Weinstein, 66, appeared in court in May, after being arrested in connection with accusations of rape from two women. Weinstein pleaded not guilty. Related: Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty on rape and criminal sex act chargesContinue reading...
  
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• John Malkovich Will Star With Jude Law in The New Pope, the Mysterious Follow-Up to The Young Pope

  02-07-2018 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  White smoke has emerged from the chimney at HBO’s offices, which can only mean one thing: They have chosen a new pope. John Malkovich will star with Jude Law in the successor season of HBO and Sky’s The Young Pope, which is dubbed The New Pope. The producers haven’t said...More »
  
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• John Oliver on the future of the supreme court: 'extremely grim'

  02-07-2018 17:08
  The Last Week Tonight host discussed the retirement of Anthony Kennedy and the implications that a Trump pick will have on the USJohn Oliver has discussed the future of the supreme court, calling the implications for America “extremely grim”. Related: John Oliver on migrant children: 'Trump said he couldn’t do a thing, then did it'Continue reading...
  
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• Hot Summer Nights Clip: Maika Monroe Licks Timothée Chalamet’s Lollipop

  02-07-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Will Timothée Chalamet ever have a nice, normal, wholesome summer with regular activities, like working a lame retail job at the mall, making goofy rap videos with friends, or putting off reading assignments until the last minute? Hot Summer Nights isn’t a love story on the level of Call Me...More »
  
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• Already at Movie Theaters Near You: Ticket Subscriptions

  02-07-2018 16:20 via nytimes.com
  From MoviePass to Alamo Drafthouse, more companies are getting into the ticket subscription business. Here’s a survey of some of the most prominent.
  
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• How Kanye Helped Bo Burnham Go From Having Panic Attacks Onstage to a Creative Breakthrough to Making Eighth Grade

  02-07-2018 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is a moment in “Can’t Handle This,” Bo Burnham’s Kanye West–inspired closer to his last special, 2016’s Make Happy, where he sings through Auto-Tune, “I can sit here and sing like my biggest problems are Pringles cans and burritos, but the truth is, my biggest problem’s you.” At that...More »
  
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• Ofcom receives 650 complaints over Love Island episode

  02-07-2018 16:00
  Viewers felt producers caused Dani Dyer unnecessary distress with a misleading videoMedia regulator Ofcom has received 650 complaints following Sunday night’s episode of Love Island, amid suggestions producers unnecessarily caused distress to a contestant by showing her a misleading video.Dani Dyer, the daughter of the actor Danny Dyer, burst into tears after being shown footage of her on-screen boyfriend, Jack Fincham, in a different location alongside his real-life ex, a new contestant o
  
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• Marvel’s Luke Cage Recap: It Needs a King

  02-07-2018 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The eleventh episode of Luke Cage ends with an expression of remorse from Luke to Misty — the pair has finally arrived at Gwen’s, and at what the news will later call “The Rum Punch Massacre.”“You were right,” says Luke, taking in the scene. “I should’ve let that bitch burn.”“Hey,”...More »
  
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• The 8 Best Comics to Read in July

  02-07-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each month, Abraham Riesman offers recommendations of comics media, including book-length graphic novels, comics-format nonfiction, ongoing series, and comics-related items in other forms. With any luck, at least one of them will be a match for you.Gumballs by Erin Nations (Top Shelf)“I’m probably an anomaly in the trans community,” Erin...More »
  
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• Let’s Recap the Twisted Mythology of The Purge

  02-07-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Five years ago, writer and director James DeMonaco brought forth his uncomfortably more-prescient-by-the-day Purge franchise, a movie universe in which the United States is ruled by a regime calling itself the New Founding Fathers of America. The NFFA dreamed up the annual Purge, an event where citizens can exorcise all...More »
  
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• Peter Firmin obituary

  02-07-2018 14:46
  Innovative designer who co-created the children’s TV shows Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and The ClangersThe artist Peter Firmin, who has died aged 89, was a pioneer of children’s TV. The classic programmes he made with Oliver Postgate, including Ivor the Engine, Bagpuss and The Clangers, were loved by generations of British viewers.The world they created during their 30-year partnership involved a crude but innovative animation system. Characters were moved by magnets positioned under a
  
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• Missing The Bridge already? Hidden could be the perfect replacement

  02-07-2018 14:03
  The Welsh crime drama ticks a lot of the Scandi-noir boxes, but with its bilingual edge and familiar scenery, it is weirdly wonderful in its own waySpoiler alert: Contains plot details for Hidden.What is an acceptable period of mourning before moving on from The Bridge? The beloved Scandi-noir drama, wrapped up its fourth and final season on BBC2 on Friday night, and it managed to be nerve-shredding, sorrowful and quietly optimistic – the sort of finale that leaves a mark. Yet, even while
  
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• When good TV goes bad: Made in Chelsea

  02-07-2018 13:59
  The latest instalment tackles the structured reality show – which went from memorable bust ups to Instagram-fan chasing Reality shows live and die by their villains. The Hills might have been about beige-personified Lauren Conrad, but it was Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt who gave us the show’s best moment (“YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!”). Without Mark Wright dropping his trousers for anyone called Lauren, Lucy or Samantha, The Only Way Is Essex would just have been a carousel
  
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• It’s not just Queer Eye – bad subtitling is a daily problem for deaf viewers | Josh Salisbury

  02-07-2018 13:42
  Netflix is at least looking into complaints about shoddy captioning, but virtually all on-demand services treat us as lesser customersThe second season of Queer Eye, the show in which five gay men give out well-deserved makeovers, recently hit Netflix. It’s pure heart-warming escapism – hour-long breaks in which the “Fab Five” make you and their subjects feel good about themselves from head to toe. Less fabulous, though, is the mis-subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing
  
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• Incredibles 2 powers North American box office to biggest ever quarter

  02-07-2018 11:50
  Blockbuster sequels including Avengers: Infinity War and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom have contributed to record-breaking box office figuresThe North American box office achieved record figures over the last three months, achieving its biggest ever quarterly results with an estimated $3.33bn for April, May and June, thanks to hits such as Avengers: Infinity War, Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the total has exceeded the previous record hold
  
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• Eddie Mair to host new LBC show from September

  02-07-2018 11:10
  PM presenter ‘eager to get started’ at London-based radio station after 30 years at BBCDeparting BBC radio host Eddie Mair will present a new show on LBC from September, it has been confirmed.Mair, who will host his last edition of Radio 4’s flagship evening news programme PM on 17 August, said: “LBC has established itself as a groundbreaking broadcaster. Innovative, informed and fun with appointment-to-listen shows and a reputation for setting the agenda, its growth has
  
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• Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne dies aged 92

  02-07-2018 11:10
  Tributes paid to the former dancer and choreographer whose West End hits included The Phantom of the OperaGillian Lynne, the leading British choreographer who created the slinky moves of Macavity, Grizabella and other feline stars of the West End hit Cats, has died aged 92. Lynne had a long-running collaboration with the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and choreographed The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love. The composer paid tribute to her on Twitter, saying: “Farewell dearest Gillie,
  
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• Atlantic Media sells Quartz to Japan’s Uzabase

  02-07-2018 09:35 via ft.com
  Deal values news site at up to $110m and is part of US group’s step away from publishing
  
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• Michelle Wolf Has Some New, More Personally Devastating Insults for Ivanka Trump

  02-07-2018 08:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having declared this year Unhinged 2018 after being referenced in a recent GOP commercial, Michelle Wolf is back with some incivility for the Trump administration and beyond, including Scott Priutt and Mitch McConnell. Insults, she suggests, should be more “life-alteringly hurtful” than the more general trash talk that’s been bandied about...More »
  
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• Monday's best TV: The NHS: a People’s History; 24 Hours in Police Custody

  02-07-2018 07:30
  The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker takes us on an eclectic ride around the health service; police at Luton airport investigate a newly arrived passenger 9pm, BBC FourContinue reading...
  
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• Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn Looks Back on All the ‘Bizarre’ Fan Hate She Received as Skyler White

  02-07-2018 06:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s been more of a conversation about toxic fandoms as of late, as apparently people just cannot stop themselves, but one actress intimately familiar with the “bizarre and confusing” heat of audience anger started experiencing it in 2008, with the premiere of the critically-acclaimed Breaking Bad. As part of Entertainment...More »
  
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