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• Scarlett Johansson Withdraws From Transgender Role After Backlash

  13-07-2018 23:02 via nytimes.com
  The actress dropped out of her role as Dante Gill, a.k.a. Tex, in “Rub & Tug,” citing ethical questions surrounding her casting.
  
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• Zombieland Will Return From the Undead With a Sequel

  13-07-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  As its writers hinted to Vulture before, Zombieland is coming back for a sequel. The original cast of the 2009 movie, including Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin will return, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed, as will original director Ruben Fleischer. The movie is scheduled to come out...More »
  
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• Scarlett Johansson Exits Trans Film Rub & Tug Amid Backlash

  13-07-2018 22:22 via feeds.eonline.com
  Scarlett Johansson will not play a transgender character on the big screen after all.Last week, news that she would play real-life transgender man Dante "Tex" Gill in a new movie...
  
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• Harvey Weinstein lawyer denies report producer 'offered acting jobs for sex'

  13-07-2018 22:05
  Lawyer for Weinstein – whose client faces up to life in prison if convicted of sexual assault – says he did not make quoted remarks in interview with the SpectatorThe disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer has claimed that his client was misquoted in an interview where he’s cited as admitting to having offered acting jobs in exchange for sex. Related: Harvey Weinstein out on bail after pleading not guilty to sex assault chargesContinue reading...
  
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• A Complete Guide to Sacha Baron Cohen’s Many Controversies

  13-07-2018 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Get on your knees and beg for mercy, America: Sacha Baron Cohen will return to TV this weekend in Who Is America?, a new Showtime series that’s shrouded in mystery. Both Cohen and Showtime have remained mum on the show’s purpose — it’s going to be political, that’s for sure...More »
  
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• Get a Spooky Peek at Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

  13-07-2018 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today being Friday the 13th, Kiernan Shipka has chosen an appropriately spooky time to share a first glimpse at Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Netflix’s dark, broody, and otherwise Riverdale-esque take on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Wearing the headband that appears in the show’s poster art but otherwise dressed in civvies,...More »
  
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• Joss Whedon Gets New HBO Series, and Yes, It Will Have Sci-Fi Heroines

  13-07-2018 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Joss Whedon is making a new series for HBO. In this round of Whedon TV Mad Libs the badass heroines will exist in a quirky, sci-fi version of the Victorian Era and use their “unusual abilities” to fight “relentless enemies” who are almost definitely going to be men who underestimate...More »
  
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• Scarlett Johansson drops out of trans role after backlash

  13-07-2018 20:52
  The actor has exited the fact-based drama Rub & Tug after the casting angered trans actors and activistsScarlett Johansson has dropped out of her role in fact-based drama Rub & Tug after backlash from the trans community.The actor was set to play the role of crime kingpin Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born Lois Jean Gill but identified as a man. He used his massage parlors as a front for prostitution.Related: 'Third-class citizens': trans actors see stereotyping and exclusion in
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: The Trouble With Bernstein’s Broadway in the Concert Hall

  13-07-2018 20:50 via nytimes.com
  Recent concert stagings of “West Side Story” and “On the Town” show the pitfalls — and solutions — for symphonic performances of these musicals.
  
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• Scarlett Johansson Leaves Her Role in Rub And Tug

  13-07-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a wave of backlash came crashing down on Scarlett Johansson for taking the role of a trans man in the film Rub & Tug, the actress has departed the film and issued the following statement to Out magazine.In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante...More »
  
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• Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz Want to Know: Where Are All the Latinx Emmy Nominees?

  13-07-2018 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  What does Latinx Hollywood need to do to earn some Emmy love? In a year with plenty of striking contenders — Jane the Virgin, One Day at a Time, and Vida, just to name a few — no Latinx were recognized in the lead acting or show categories when the...More »
  
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• Weinstein Admits to Offering Jobs In Exchange for Sex

  13-07-2018 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well he’s back. Harvey Weinstein has given his first interview since his arrest and indictment, and it’s another bonkers statement. This time, the ex–Weinstein Co. boss found a sympathetic ear — European socialite turned journalist Taki Theodoracopulos, writing for The Spectator — and has unleashed a series of defenses. In...More »
  
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• Jack Black and Joaquin Phoenix Talk Colons In Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot Clip

  13-07-2018 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new film Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is based on the life of cartoonist John Callahan. Played here by Joaquin Phoenix, Callahan was a lifelong hard drinker living in Los Angeles who, after a terrible car accident, was left paralyzed and in a wheelchair. In the...More »
  
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• Queer Eye’s Getting a Third Season, Yes, We Can Believe

  13-07-2018 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In news as unsurprising as Tan suggesting someone try a French tuck, Queer Eye is coming back for a third season. Netflix announced the news a day after the show received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, Casting, Picture Editing, and Cinematography. In its next season, which is...More »
  
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• This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Cristela Alonzo on Doughboys

  13-07-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional and the noteworthy. Each...More »
  
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• Every Gus Van Sant Movie, Ranked

  13-07-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  To put it mildly, Gus Van Sant’s three-decade feature-film career covers a lot of ground. Starting from his adopted home of Portland, Oregon, Van Sant began as a fiercely independent director, creating cult films like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho. He eventually moved into mainstream fare, with an...More »
  
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• The BDE in Ariana Grande’s ‘God Is a Woman’ Video Is So Strong, It’s Got Madonna Quoting Pulp Fiction

  13-07-2018 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Except actually, just check your Big Dick Energy at the door before entering Ariana Grande’s video for her new single “God Is a Woman,” which is essentially a master’s thesis on Big Pussy Energy. (And, it’s directed by actual god Dave Meyers.) Set in her own version of Themyscira, the...More »
  
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• Starz to Get Even More Wine Drunk with Sweetbitter Season 2

  13-07-2018 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Uncork your bottles of Albert Boxler Riesling, friends! Sweetbitter was picked up for a second season. “Season one gave audiences a taste of the characters and backstory of an upscale New York restaurant, leaving them wanting more — which we will deliver with a second helping of Sweetbitter,” Chris Albrecht, president and CEO of Starz, said in a...More »
  
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• Brantley in Britain: Review: ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Is a Transfixing Epic of Riches and Ruin

  13-07-2018 19:13 via nytimes.com
  In the National Theater’s adaptation of Stefano Massini’s play, three wondrous actors become multitudes.
  
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• ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Is on the Way

  13-07-2018 18:36 via nytimes.com
  Brian Percival will direct, and the show’s creator, Julian Fellowes, and its main characters, will return.
  
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• The Pro-Life ‘Roe v. Wade’ Movie Sounds Like a Total Disaster

  13-07-2018 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Recently, a number of bizarre reports have emerged about a pro-life Roe v. Wade movie currently in production, including graphic scenes featuring “buckets of baby fetuses,” cameos by the likes of Tomi Lahren and Milo Yiannopolous, countless cast and crew members dropping out over the script’s explicit content, and, most...More »
  
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• Southern Charm Season Finale Recap: Kathryn the Great

  13-07-2018 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is so much that we could talk about during this episode, like Craig yanking up his fly with a coat hanger because his hand is busted or Austen singing live karaoke like he was playing the skinny John Popper from Blues Traveler in a Lifetime biopic, but what we’re...More »
  
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• Yaari Tal on Finding Comedy Within His Feelings

  13-07-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Yaari Tal (@yaaaaaaaaari) is a Queens-born, Brooklyn-based comedian, improviser, pianist, and podcaster. His podcast Influenca, in which he interviews creative people about four songs that influence their artistic point of view, starts its second season this September. His other podcast Obnoxious Laughter, co-hosted with Spencer Moravek, will start again later...More »
  
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• Rick Ross and Dave East Really Love The Fresh Prince

  13-07-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  You work a job long enough, and you start to pick up certain occupational perks. Doctors have steady hands. Shippers are great drivers and routers. Rappers are geniuses with words, but a more fascinating perk they possess is the ability to look cool in any environment, both literally and figuratively....More »
  
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• The Handmaid’s Tale Sabotaged Itself With a Single Song

  13-07-2018 17:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ending of The Handmaid’s Tale’s second season was already frustrating enough. After two seasons of desperately trying to escape Gilead — where Elisabeth Moss’s June was forced into a life of rape, physical and emotional abuse, imprisonment, and being ripped from her daughters — she finally has a chance...More »
  
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• Hotel Transylvania 3 Is a Pleasantly Forgettable Parade of Ghouls and Spooks and EDM DJs

  13-07-2018 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Honestly, the end credits of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation almost make the whole thing worth it. Forgive me if this is a regular thing — this is my welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, you see — but the latest iteration of Genndy Tartakovsky and Adam Sandler’s apparently fruitful animation...More »
  
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• Late Night Coverage of the World Cup, Ranked

  13-07-2018 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  When the World Cup happens, America has to hand the talking stick to the rest of the world. Every four years (an interval I had to Google, because I grew up in a country where it is niche knowledge), the U.S. briefly acknowledges that other countries exist and that they...More »
  
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• Blake Lively Is the BFF You Never Wanted in New A Simple Favor Trailer

  13-07-2018 16:12 via feeds.eonline.com
  It looks like Blake Lively's latest character is the BFF of your nightmares.
  As we've been trying to put together the pieces of the actress's upcoming, ultra stylish...
  
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• Streaming: A Robot Romance on Amazon, American Indies and a ‘Taxi Driver’ Commentary

  13-07-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Amazon Prime’s “Zoe” stars Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux; a daring indie series is out on Filmatique; and Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader talk “Taxi.”
  
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• A Word With: Andy Samberg Has a New Late-Night Gig: Being a Dad

  13-07-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Samberg talks about “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” NBC’s rescue of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and how fatherhood is a little like “S.N.L.”
  
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• 11 Summer Camp Movies That'll Make You Nostalgic for Childhood Summers

  13-07-2018 16:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Summer is in full swing which means it's time for camp!OK, we aren't going away to summer camp, but that doesn't mean we can't daydream about the days when we...
  
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• Andy Samberg Reveals the First Photos of His Baby Daughter on Conan

  13-07-2018 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  During his appearance on last night’s Conan, Andy Samberg took a few minutes to share something very special with the world: the first photos — or at least what he claimed would be the first photos — of his 1-year-old baby daughter ever publicly revealed to the world. Of course,...More »
  
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• Downton Abbey Movie Is Officially Happening With Original Cast Returning for More Crawley Family Drama

  13-07-2018 15:37 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's time to return to Downton Abbey. The long-hyped movie is actually happening! The entire cast is expected to return for the film. Production is scheduled to begin during the summer of...
  
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• My Goodness, the Downton Abbey Movie Is Actually Going to Start Filming

  13-07-2018 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ready your finest jewelry and your sharpest quips, because the long-promised Downton Abbey movie is going into production this summer, according to Deadline. The original principal cast, including Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, and more, will all return to their lives as Crawleys in the film. The script was...More »
  
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• Welcome to the Village pakt uit met extra theater - Friesch Dagblad

  13-07-2018 15:24
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  Welcome to the Village pakt uit met extra theater
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  „Wij zijn een festival dat inhoudelijk wat te vertellen heeft”, legt artistiek leider Sjoerd Bootsma uit. „De wereld waarin we leven is mooi, maar een aantal dingen kunnen beslist beter. Met toneel kun je die boodschap scherp overbrengen.” Zo wordt het ...
  
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• More Movies Should Show Teen Acne

  13-07-2018 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  I have rules about Glossier, the millennial-pink beauty brand beloved by Instagram: I duck into its showroom after work (and sometimes on my way into the office, shhh…) and head straight for the glass checkout table. I come here for one thing and one thing only: their eyebrow gel Boy...More »
  
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• Theater bij de boer; de strijd om als boer te kunnen overleven - Biltsche Courant (persbericht) (Blog)

  13-07-2018 15:06
  Biltsche Courant (persbericht) (Blog)
  Theater bij de boer; de strijd om als boer te kunnen overleven
  Biltsche Courant (persbericht) (Blog)
  Astrid van Walsem. Toneelgroep Jan Vos trekt met het stuk 'Koning van het Grasland' door Nederland en speelt op locatie met hun mobiele theater in weilanden bij verschillende boerderijen. Westbroek - "De kloof tussen burgers en boeren is gigantisch.
  
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• Richard Bacon brought out of induced coma after pneumonia treatment

  13-07-2018 14:54
  British TV and radio presenter in intensive care for eight days after becoming ill on flightThe TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon has been brought out of a medically induced coma after becoming seriously unwell with suspected pneumonia.Bacon’s mother, Christine, said he was out of the coma but not yet fully conscious. She said her son was getting better.Continue reading...
  
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• Richard Bacon brought out induced coma after pneumonia treatment

  13-07-2018 14:54
  British TV and radio presenter in intensive care for eight days after becoming ill on flightThe TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon has been brought out of a medically induced coma after becoming seriously unwell with suspected pneumonia.Bacon’s mother, Christine, said he was out of the coma but not yet fully conscious. She said that her son was “getting better”.Continue reading...
  
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• Amersfoorts Theater Terras - Tango Sumo - DeStadAmersfoort.nl

  13-07-2018 14:11
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  Amersfoorts Theater Terras - Tango Sumo
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  We hebben een bar waar je een uur voor en na de voorstelling terecht kunt voor thee, koffie, frisdrank, wijn en bier. Ook IJs van Vitelli is present. Bij de vrolijke ijscokar kun je kiezen uit bijzondere smaken zelfgemaakt ijs. Als de bar is geopend ...
  
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• Henry Cavill apologises for comments on #MeToo

  13-07-2018 14:09
  The Superman actor has expressed regret for his insensitivity, and insists the #MeToo movement is vitally important and has his wholehearted supportHenry Cavill has apologised “for any confusion and misunderstanding” over comments he made about the #MeToo movement. The Man of Steel actor had said, in an interview with GQ Australia, that he feels hesitant to talk to women in a flirtatious manner because he fears being called a “rapist or something”. In a statement to the P
  
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• This Week in Arts: ‘Spike Jonze Is a Dancer,’ Robin Williams

  13-07-2018 14:00 via nytimes.com
  The Dance on Camera Festival comes to Lincoln Center, and the Robin Williams documentary debuts on HBO.
  
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• How a Director Uncovered Whitney Houston’s Secret Pain

  13-07-2018 14:00 via nytimes.com
  The director of a new documentary said he consulted addiction experts and repeatedly interviewed her brothers to reveal her childhood abuse.
  
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• Watchdog arbitrates between shareholders and Disney in Sky battle

  13-07-2018 13:55 via ft.com
  Disney must offer all Sky investors £14 a share if other bids collapse, Takeover Panel rules
  
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• Takeover watchdog acts to protect Sky minority shareholders

  13-07-2018 13:55 via ft.com
  Disney must offer all Sky investors £14 a share if other bids collapse
  
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• Romy combineert tv-shows met theater - Panorama

  13-07-2018 13:29
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  Romy combineert tv-shows met theater
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  HILVERSUM - Romy Monteiro blijft nog tot eind van het jaar programma's presenteren voor AVROTROS. Wat er daarna gaat gebeuren is nog ongewis. Dit zegt een woordvoerster van de publieke omroep in een reactie op het nieuws dat Romy volgend jaar ...en meer »
  
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• Romy combineert tv-shows met theater - RTL Nieuws

  13-07-2018 13:21
  RTL Nieuws
  Romy combineert tv-shows met theater
  RTL Nieuws
  Romy Monteiro blijft nog tot eind van het jaar programma's presenteren voor AVROTROS. Wat er daarna gaat gebeuren is nog ongewis. Dit zegt een woordvoerster van de publieke omroep in een reactie op het nieuws dat Romy volgend jaar bij SBS6 de ...en meer »
  
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• This week’s best home entertainment: from Who Is America? to Songs of the Border

  13-07-2018 12:59
  Sacha Baron Cohen’s back to prank the Yanks, while a thoughtful Reginald D Hunter explores the music of the US/Mexico borderThe best shows to stream this month Dropped into the schedules at the last minute, Sacha Baron Cohen’s new US-set satirical series looks set to be the most talked-about show of the summer. He has largely kept the details under wraps, but rumoured victims of his pranking include Sarah Palin, Bernie Sanders and – maybe, just maybe – the current occupan
  
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• I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics?

  13-07-2018 12:40 via nytimes.com
  Melissa Errico, who is currently starring in “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” reflects on problematic female characters of Broadway’s golden age.
  
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• It’s the Movie Hit of the Summer: Why ‘The Kissing Booth’ Clicked

  13-07-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  The Netflix movie is based on a book by a real teenager, adapted by a fan of ’80s teen rom-coms and features stars who actually became a couple.
  
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