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• Every Melissa McCarthy Movie, Ranked

  24-08-2018 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  No one in the Hollywood biosphere is quite like Melissa McCarthy. In an industry that’s still dominated by male-driven movies, she’s nearly alone among female stars when it comes to her ability to open big, mainstream comedies that aren’t solely rom-coms. And not only is McCarthy a star, she’s a...More »
  
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• Emma Watson Replacing Emma Stone in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, an Emma Swap

  24-08-2018 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Part of Greta Gerwig’s singular vision for her adaptation of Little Women is apparently that it would star a famous young actress named Emma, and as Emma Stone is no longer available for the movie, Emma Watson is stepping into her part. That’s according to Variety, which says that Stone...More »
  
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• Labour vows to tighten regulation of Facebook

  24-08-2018 23:22 via ft.com
  Large fines for failure to remove hate speech could be introduced if UK party wins next election
  
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• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: The Biggest Changes From Book to Movie

  24-08-2018 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Though it’s only been out for a week, Netflix’s original movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before has already been anointed an instant rom-com classic. With the winning, charming teen characters of a John Hughes movie, an electric chemistry between the leads, and a modern sensibility, it is easily...More »
  
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• John Cho Is One Step Ahead

  24-08-2018 22:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  John Cho has been on and off the road promoting a parents’-worst-nightmare thriller about a father who follows his missing daughter’s digital footprints from Facebook to Venmo to the wild world of livestreaming. But when the actor is back at home with his kids in L.A., it’s all about Laura...More »
  
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• Wildfire Smoke Disrupts Oregon Shakespeare Festival

  24-08-2018 22:07 via nytimes.com
  Air-quality concerns have cost the theater festival about $2 million in ticket sales and led to cancellations of free outdoor performances.
  
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• The Everything is Alive Podcast Brings Objects to Life in an Odd, Edifying Way

  24-08-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ll be honest: I thought I was going to hate Everything Is Alive, the latest podcast from the Radiotopia network. When I heard about the premise — an unscripted interview show in which all the guests are inanimate everyday objects, anthropomorphized by talented improvisers — the whole concept immediately struck...More »
  
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• This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Jon Gabrus on Womp It Up!

  24-08-2018 21:00 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, the noteworthy. Each week...More »
  
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• Nicki Minaj’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week: The Complete Timeline

  24-08-2018 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some weeks feel like a year, but if you were to ask Nicki Minaj right now, she’s probably feeling more like she aged a decade over the last seven days. A mere two weeks after releasing her fourth album, Queen, with a sloppy rollout, she’s spun an even more tangled...More »
  
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• Lethal Weapon Season 3 Trailer: Hey, You’re Not Clayne Crawford!

  24-08-2018 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Martin Riggs is gone. Let the reign of [checks notes] Wesley Cole begin! Following the dismissal of Clayne Crawford from Fox’s Lethal Weapon due to a repeated history of on-set toxic behavior — behavior which Crawford admitted to and apologized for — Seann William Scott is now Damon Wayans’s right-hand...More »
  
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• Skinny Is Not Magic, But I Still Appreciated Insatiable

  24-08-2018 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this month, Netflix dropped all 12 episodes of its new show Insatiable. Since its release, the dark comedy from producer Lauren Gussis, featuring former Disney Channel star Debby Ryan and Alyssa Milano, has been widely panned by critics, receiving a sad 10 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes. Vulture’s Jen...More »
  
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• What Barry Taught Bill Hader About Filmmaking

  24-08-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you watch Bill Hader’s late-night appearances, a common theme becomes clear pretty quick: Everybody asks him to do impressions. Everybody. No matter what remarkable achievements Hader seemed to pull off — his performance in The Skeleton Twins, his series Documentary Now!, and so on — he keeps getting asked...More »
  
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• Samantha Bee and the Full Frontal Team Reflect on Their Wild Ride Since the Election

  24-08-2018 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Emmy-nominated members of Full Frontal With Samantha Bee joined us in May at Vulture Festival New York, where New York Magazine writer-at-large Rebecca Traister led a conversation featuring Bee and Full Frontal’s Melinda Taub, Ashley Nicole Black, Allana Harkin, Mike Rubens, and Amy Hoggart. Here’s the complete, lightly edited...More »
  
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• Laura LeeLun on Tweeting About Ice Cream, the News, and e.e. cummings

  24-08-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Laura LeeLun (@laleelun) is a Chicago-based comedy writer who has written for the Belladonna and Robot Butt. She also co-hosts the podcast, Riff Raff Revolution, which features interviews with comedians from underrepresented communities about their creative process and craft. This week, LeeLun talked with me about the sincerity of her...More »
  
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• Watch Sharp Objects to the Very End, or Else You’ll Miss a Post-Credits Scene

  24-08-2018 18:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  As Sharp Objects races toward its finale, you might be wondering how the HBO mini-series will find enough time to wrap up all the drama and mystery in Wind Gap, Missouri. The answer: It uses every last minute it has! At the very end of Sunday’s finale, “Milk,” keep watching...More »
  
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• Proportion of TV shows directed by women falls, report finds

  24-08-2018 18:55
  Campaigners say ‘warm words’ not enough as all four main UK channels see percentages dropThe proportion of television shows directed by women has fallen in the past four years despite broadcasters making public declarations to encourage diversity, a report has found. The percentage of programmes directed by women across all four of the main UK broadcasters dropped by nearly 3% between 2013 and 2016, with 24% of programmes directed by women in 2016, compared with 27% in 2013, accordin
  
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• Who Really Owns the ‘Blaccent’?

  24-08-2018 17:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before Crazy Rich Asians steers into its third act, Rachel Chu, the Asian-American protagonist living the fish-out-of-water experience in Singapore at the invitation of her boyfriend, Nick Young, meets with her college friend Peik Lin for some much-needed girl talk. Seated side by side against the bright Peranakan-style shop houses,...More »
  
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• Sony Admits Posthumous Michael Jackson Songs Were Actually Sung By Michael Jackson Impersonator

  24-08-2018 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of pop’s weirdest conspiracy theories has turned out to be true. Back in 2010, the Jackson family claimed that three songs on Michael Jackson’s Michael, a collection of ostensibly unreleased tracks from the late singer’s archive, were not actually sung by the King of Pop. A Jackson fan named...More »
  
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• Why Drew Michael Dropped the Audience for His HBO Special

  24-08-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comedian Drew Michael toyed with the idea of naming his eponymous new HBO special Watch the Whole Thing. That proposed title speaks to his own self-awareness of the unconventionality of the project, and at the same time serves as good advice for the viewer. If the average person sees Drew...More »
  
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• Made of Blue Felt and Working Blue, Too: Dirty Puppets on the Big Screen

  24-08-2018 17:00 via nytimes.com
  The makers of “The Happytime Murders” and “The Littlest Reich” are betting that audiences want to relax with puppets who “say and do disgusting things.”
  
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• Robert Caro, for the Love of God, Let Conan O’Brien Interview You

  24-08-2018 16:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Conan O’Brien celebrates his 25th anniversary in late night next month and now reigns as the longest-serving late-night host currently on TV, so you’d think by now he’d be able to nab any guest he wants. It turns out, however, that there’s one guest in particular O’Brien has wanted to...More »
  
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• Lucas Hedges Vapes and Embraces Julia Roberts in Ben Is Back Teaser

  24-08-2018 16:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Mom! No, don’t!” Ivy Burns (Kathryn Newton) tells her mother Holly (Julia Roberts) when they pull up to their front door in Ben Is Back. The troubled Ben (Lucas Hedges) has returned to his family on Christmas Eve, out of the blue, and Holly rushes to embrace him. Not everyone...More »
  
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• BTS and Nicki Minaj Team Up on ‘Idol,’ So If All Else Fails, She Can Be a K-Pop Idol

  24-08-2018 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The BTS American crossover is officially complete: After testing the waters with the Chainsmokers and Steve Aoki, the K-pop megastars have now cannonballed into the rap game with an assist from Nicki Minaj. She features on an alternate version of the boy band’s new single “Idol,” off their just-released album...More »
  
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• You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go?

  24-08-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  For playwrights, productions that follow the premiere of their shows can be both exhilarating and frightening as others interpret their words.
  
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• How ‘Searching’ Uses Tech Devices as Narrative Devices

  24-08-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  A thriller that takes place entirely on computer screens and apps required rethinking everything. The filmmakers explain — by text, Google Hangout and other platforms.
  
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• The Weight of the Earth

  24-08-2018 15:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Devonté Hynes is a real life Renaissance man. He sings, writes, produces, directs, and plays at least half a dozen instruments. He’s an avid reader whose music brims with references to historical figures and allusions to modern art. There’s a palpable social justice undercurrent bubbling beneath the surface. Over the...More »
  
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• Jim Parsons Says ‘Grateful’ Five Times in His Goodbye Message to The Big Bang Theory

  24-08-2018 15:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sheldon Cooper will don his last graphic T-shirt and make his final “Soft Kitty” request next May, as CBS’s crown jewel of comedy — or rather, America’s crown jewel of comedy — The Big Bang Theory will be ending after 12 seasons of astronomical ratings, whatever your personal feelings on...More »
  
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• Corbyn's reforms and 'Finnish Weird': What we learned at Edinburgh TV festival 2018

  24-08-2018 15:58
  Michaela Coel’s MacTaggart lecture stunned the industry, Jeremy Corbyn unveiled some bold proposals, and Finnish TV might be the new Nordic NoirThe Edinburgh TV festival is dominated by the MacTaggart Lecture – an annual talk by a prominent figure on the future of the industry. This year it gave the honour to the actor and screenwriter Michaela Coel, a 30-year-old rising star who has only written one major TV series. She used the opportunity to deliver a highly personal and frank acc
  
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• Channel 5 'planning for a year without Big Brother' as series flops

  24-08-2018 15:50
  Already firmly in Love Island’s shadow, latest series has been hit by dropouts and complaintsBig Brother is still watching you. But increasingly the public isn’t watching Big Brother.The latest celebrity series of the long-running reality TV programme launched last week but has been overshadowed by Love Island, beset by complaints over racist language and the behaviour of its contestants, and lost Stormy Daniels, its biggest star, hours before the first installment was due to air.Con
  
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• The Innocents Series-Premiere Recap: My Super Sweet Shape-shifting 16

  24-08-2018 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  June McDaniel is learning that it’s tough being a teenager. One minute you’re running away from your oppressive dad with your cute, romantic boyfriend, and the next you’re shape-shifting into a grizzly Nordic man who recently tried to kidnap you. Like, we get it June. We’ve all been 16 before.Okay,...More »
  
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• The Death of the Late-Night Snarker

  24-08-2018 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The era of the Late Night Meanie is over. Gone are the days when we’d line up for our nightly hate fuck from David Letterman. Maybe the world is too cruel to sustain nightly acerbic wit, but the acid-tongued comic is no longer the prototypical late-night host. The format is...More »
  
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• Streaming: ‘The After Party’ and ‘Baahubali’: Hip-hop Dreams and Indian Fantasy From Netflix

  24-08-2018 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Hip-Hop dreamers negotiate the pitfalls of ‘The After Party’; watch the blockbuster “Baahubali” franchise on Netflix before a prequel series arrives.
  
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• Here Are the Ashlee Simpson-Ross and Evan Ross Film & TV Roles You May've Forgotten About

  24-08-2018 15:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Lights, camera, action!This is something that Ashlee Simpson-Ross and Evan Ross have heard several times over their lengthy careers in Hollywood. While many may think of the "Pieces...
  
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• Richard Madden webchat – your questions answered on Game of Thrones and Bodyguard

  24-08-2018 14:57
  The Game of Thrones and Cinderella star discusses his favourite Pixar film, what he stole from the GoT set and when he’ll get to play a villain 1.57pm BST Thank you very much to everyone who sent in questions. They were really interesting and much more fun than some interviews I've had in the past! Have a great weekend and please check out the new Bodyguard clip that's gone out right now on Youtube and tune in on Sunday and Monday for the first two episodes. 1.56pm BST melissanbarrett asks
  
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• Richard Madden webchat – follow it live!

  24-08-2018 14:29
  The Game of Thrones and Cinderella star is back in Jed Mercurio’s latest thriller, Bodyguard – and here to answer your questions 1.29pm BST Therebelalliance asks:Who is your favourite Lord?Lord Dracula was pretty cool. 1.28pm BST Espressogirl24 asks:Have you received any homemade gifts from fans lately? Do you like that kind of thing?Wow thank you so much! I haven't received many homemade gifts. Always slightly freaked out my friend, who received some cupcakes from a fan who had put
  
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• Kleurrijk Cultuur aan de Maas: zang, dans, theater en muziek - Cuijks Weekblad (persbericht) (Blog)

  24-08-2018 14:23
  Cuijks Weekblad (persbericht) (Blog)
  Kleurrijk Cultuur aan de Maas: zang, dans, theater en muziek
  Cuijks Weekblad (persbericht) (Blog)
  Zondag 26 augustus is het voor de 15de keer weer volop genieten van Cultuur in Cuijk. Van zang, dans, theater tot muziek. Voorzitter Peter Schouten, van de werkgroep uit Cultureel Hart van Cuijk, de organisatie: "We hebben dit jaar een gevarieerd en ...
  
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• The Happytime Murders Is a Really Terrible Puppet Movie

  24-08-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Let me say off the bat that I have zero problem per se with smutty puppets. There’s a place in the firmament for Avenue Q (though it’s already dated) and the South Park guys’ Team America: World Police, in which puppets suck and f—. (I am using hyphens in case...More »
  
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• High-tech multimediakunst en jaren '70 theater op locaties Academie Minerva ... - Groninger Gezinsbode

  24-08-2018 13:37
  Groninger Gezinsbode
  High-tech multimediakunst en jaren '70 theater op locaties Academie Minerva ...
  Groninger Gezinsbode
  Ook dit jaar is Academie Minerva, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, locatie voor Noorderzon Groningen. De 28e editie van het festival vindt plaats van donderdag 23 augustus tot en met zondag 2 september in het Noorderplantsoen en op vele locaties in het ...
  
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• Anatomy of a Scene: How ‘Searching’ Creates Tension Through Email

  24-08-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The director Aneesh Chaganty discusses a thrilling moment from his film starring John Cho.
  
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• This week’s best home entertainment: from Bodyguard to Jack Ryan

  24-08-2018 12:59
  Keeley Hawes stars in the BBC’s latest nail-biting thriller, while Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is on Amazon Prime VideoFingernails finally grown back after the fourth series of Line of Duty? Well, be prepared to chew them down to the whites again as that show’s creator, Jed Mercurio, presents another tense thriller. This one stars Keeley Hawes as a hard-nosed home secretary, and Richard Madden as the man tasked with protecting her – but who might be her biggest threat instead.
  
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