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• Alec Baldwin Won’t Be the Joker Movie’s Trump-Like Character After All

  29-08-2018 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just two days ago it was reported that Alec Baldwin would be joining the Todd Phillips–directed and Joaquin Phoenix–starring Joker movie on deck at Warner Bros. Now, according to Baldwin, he’s out! The actor, who was apparently set to play Bruce Wayne’s dad, tweeted this morning that he would not...More »
  
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• Hacker sentenced to prison for role in Jennifer Lawrence nude photo theft

  29-08-2018 23:13
  George Garofano, 26, one of four charged over illegal hacking of American actor and other celebrities A hacker was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday for a scheme that exposed intimate photos of the actor Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities.George Garofano, 26, was accused of illegally hacking the private Apple iCloud accounts of 240 people, including Hollywood stars as well as average internet users, allowing their nude photos and private information to be spread around the in
  
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• Horizon: A Week Without Lying – The Honesty Experiment review – a social experiment that was bound to fail

  29-08-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  A teen, priest and ad consultant are asked not to lie for a week, but the psychological complexity of something so fundamental to humans cannot be revealed by putting sensors on peopleHow often do you lie? Go on, tell the truth. Only to be kind to others? Lying by omission doesn’t count? Your carefully curated Instagram feed isn’t a form of deception – it’s just that applying the Clarendon filter to photos of you holding a smoothie makes you feel good.It is estimated that
  
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• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's Charles Manson Actor Eerily Resembles Real-Life Serial Killer

  29-08-2018 22:55 via feeds.eonline.com
  Once upon a time, Quentin Tarantino cast Damon Herriman to play the infamous serial killer Charles Manson in his new movie.The role is eerily spot-on in the looks department, especially...
  
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• Crazy Rich Asians’ John M. Chu and Ken Jeong Are Getting That Netflix Money

  29-08-2018 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  As their hit romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians continues to rake in the box-office dollars, director Jon M. Chu and actor Ken Jeong have decided to collaborate again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jeong has just signed a deal with Netflix for his first-ever comedy special, with Chu attached to...More »
  
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• What’s Leaving HBO: September 2018

  29-08-2018 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even though they almost always return eventually, losing easy access to a bunch of old favorites on a streaming platform always stings a bit. This fall, HBO subscribers are going to have to say good-bye to the Alien films, at least temporarily. So take some time to rewatch them or...More »
  
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• Comicsgate Is a Nightmare Tearing Comics Fandom Apart — So What Happens Next?

  29-08-2018 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you follow comics professionals on Twitter, Sunday was a surreal day. All of a sudden, it seemed like everyone was posting the exact same tweet. First came Injustice writer Tom Taylor:I believe comics are for everyone. There is no excuse for harassment.There is no place for homophobia, transphobia, racism...More »
  
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• Venice Is Over the Moon for Damien Chazelle’s First Man

  29-08-2018 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  You don’t schedule a film on the opening night of the Venice Film Festival without assuming that it’ll make waves, but judging by the atmosphere around Damien Chazelle’s First Man, the Neil Armstrong biopic is out of this world. Critics at the festival are hailing it as a giant leap...More »
  
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• The Innocents Recap: Monsters and Men

  29-08-2018 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Finally, we’re getting a little backstory on the good Dr. Halvorson and how his Norwegian Shape-Shifting Colony, apologies, new family came to be. We definitely need more info on Sanctum but “Deborah” at least offers some hints to how this whole thing got off the ground.It all starts with our...More »
  
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• Review: In ‘1969: The Second Man’ Buzz Aldrin Is an Unhappy Runner-Up

  29-08-2018 20:05 via nytimes.com
  The creators of this folk-rock musical about the second man on the moon want us to sympathize with his emotional wound.
  
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• Leaving Hulu: September 2018

  29-08-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Brothers BloomThe path Rian Johnson was charting as a director before landing The Last Jedi — which subsequently put him at the helm of a brand-new Star Wars trilogy — was remarkably eclectic. Johnson didn’t seem to gravitate toward any particular genre, and each of his three pre-Jedi films...More »
  
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• Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Squabbles and Hot Dogs

  29-08-2018 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s time we admit a few things about Bachelor in Paradise. First, they do not have enough footage to fill four hours a week. CUT AN HOUR OUT! How many minutes of a man walking sadly on a beach throwing sand into the ocean do we need? Second, and this...More »
  
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• What Pachinko Author Min Jin Lee Can’t Live Without

  29-08-2018 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair, but the hand sanitizer and the electric toothbrush. We asked Min Jin Lee, author of National Book Award finalist Pachinko, about the red lipstick, greens supplement, and sun hat she can’t live...More »
  
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• 10 Mitski Songs to Listen to If You Liked Her New Album, Be the Cowboy

  29-08-2018 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this month, the incomparable indie rock songwriter Mitski released her fifth album, Be the Cowboy. On it, slinky disco and country twinges intermingle with her ever-discerning ear for bringing revealing characters to life. It’s a huge a sonic leap for a songwriter who, since 2012’s Lush, has shown that...More »
  
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• New Trailer: Ryan Gosling in ‘First Man’

  29-08-2018 19:20 via nytimes.com
  The actor teams up with the director Damien Chazelle again for this Neil Armstrong biopic.
  
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• The big question: Bodyguard versus The Bodyguard – which is better?

  29-08-2018 19:17 via theguardian.com
  The BBC’s new thriller has got everyone talking, and Channel 5 didn’t let the opportunity to air the 1992 Whitney Houston classic pass it by. But which one should you watch right now?If you are into fast-paced, high-stakes TV then the BBC’s Bodyguard may be for you. The latest endeavour from Line of Duty maestro Jed Mercurio sees Sgt David Budd (Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden) take on the job of protecting the home secretary, Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes). Kicking off wi
  
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• Amazon Releases Episode Descriptions for The Romanoffs Just As Vague As Those for Mad Men

  29-08-2018 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  By the end of Mad Men, creator Matthew Weiner made sure that audiences knew comically little about every episode before it aired. In advance of his Amazon anthology series The Romanoffs, Weiner seems to be sticking with the vagary, though the mere fact that the episode descriptions exist in the...More »
  
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• Mr. Robot To Go Offline After Season 4

  29-08-2018 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  No, a dark manifestation of your subconscious isn’t manipulating you. Mr. Robot really will end after season four, according to Variety. The episode count hasn’t been disclosed yet, but based on what creator Sam Esmail said following the conclusion of season three, the final one will focus on what happens...More »
  
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• Two Women Describe Louis C.K.’s ‘Uncomfortable’ Comedy Cellar Set

  29-08-2018 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the New York Times reported, when Louis C.K. took the stage for a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar Sunday night, he was met with applause. The short set was his first appearance after he released a statement in November admitting to sexually harassing five women following a New...More »
  
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• New Trailer: Orson Welles’s ‘The Other Side of the Wind’

  29-08-2018 18:52 via nytimes.com
  The film will premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week, and its preview is head-spinning.
  
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• To All the Boys’ Anna Cathcart on Peter Versus Josh and Kitty’s Best One-Liners

  29-08-2018 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eleven-year-old Katherine Song Covey is a movie sibling like Black Panther’s Shuri (Letitia Wright) or Phantom Thread’s Cyril (Lesley Manville): You want her exasperated eye rolls in the back of every scene, nudging the movie’s main characters to keep up with their wisdom. in To All the Boys I’ve Loved...More »
  
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• Jennifer Garner Hits the Red Carpet After Ben Affleck's Rehab Return

  29-08-2018 18:41 via feeds.eonline.com
  It was Jennifer Garner's night.
  The movie star hit the red--er--gray carpet in Los Angeles on Tuesday night in honor of her newest movie, Peppermint. The leading star stepped out...
  
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• Kanye Has Finally Answered Kimmel’s Question About Trump After the World’s Longest Pause

  29-08-2018 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  It might’ve taken him a deep breath and a pause that extended over two weeks, but Kanye is finally ready to answer Jimmy Kimmel’s question about whether or not he thinks Donald Trump cares about black people. Earlier this month, Kanye got out of answering the question by taking too...More »
  
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• Clayne Crawford Responds to Lethal Weapon Allegations, Claims Some Are a ‘Blatant F*cking Lie’

  29-08-2018 18:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  This fall, Lethal Weapon returns to TV with a new face, Seann William Scott, who’s replacing Clayne Crawford as the character Martin Riggs. Crawford was fired amid allegations that he created a hostile environment on set, and now, in an interview with the Drinkin’ Bros podcast, Crawford denied some of...More »
  
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• Branchburg: Wildy, Wonderfully Weird

  29-08-2018 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ve said it before, but making weird stuff is easy.Making weird stuff good is genius.Directed by Daniel O’Hare, Brendan O’Hare, and Cory Snearowski and executive-produced by Abso Lutely’s pioneering co-founder Tim Heidecker and alt-comedy kingmaker Dave Kneebone, Branchburg is an absolute trip. I mean that literally.What seems at first to...More »
  
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• Tech We’re Using: The One Thing A.O. Scott Doesn’t Use to Review Movies (No Spoilers!)

  29-08-2018 17:15 via nytimes.com
  Technology has changed the way that movies are made, but not how our chief film critic likes to review them — and he has a low-tech writing method.
  
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• See the Trailer for Orson Welles’s Long-Lost, Finally Completed The Other Side of the Wind

  29-08-2018 17:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been a strange ride for The Other Side of the Wind. Orson Welles originally began shooting the Hollywood satire in 1970, but thanks to complicated financing problems, as well as his own … eccentric working methods (it took him years to cast a leading man), the film was never...More »
  
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• Reboot no more: the overused characters who should be retired

  29-08-2018 17:09 via theguardian.com
  The release of Amazon’s Jack Ryan marks the fifth time the character has been brought to the screen, one of many who need to be swiftly retiredAdvance word is that John Krasinski’s new Jack Ryan series isn’t very good, but that isn’t news. Chris Pine’s 2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit also fell short by being too anonymous. Ben Affleck was too preening as Ryan in 2002’s The Sum of All Fears. Harrison Ford’s Ryan in 1992’s Patriot Games and 1994&rsquo
  
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• How Harlots Mastered the Art of 18th-Century Sex Talk

  29-08-2018 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a particularly memorable scene in Harlots season two, a dim-witted man named Charles Quigley (Douggie McMeekin) ventures into the streets of Georgian London in search of new women to work in his bawdy brothel. He eyes Cherry Dorrington (Francesca Miles), a little person, with curiosity and says, “Hello little...More »
  
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• Gravity-defying dessert, $195 mac’n’cheese and Beyoncé’s guacamole: the tastiest food TV

  29-08-2018 16:17 via theguardian.com
  There’s plenty to satisfy your food-based telly cravings in the week between Great British Bake Off episodes. Here’s our pick ...While everyone was busy being distracted by all the prestige drama, streaming services have quietly built up a giant stockpile of food shows. With CNN’s Anthony Bourdain documentary not out for at least another year, and the next episode of the Great British Bake Off almost a whole week away, here’s a list of all the food shows you should be wat
  
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• Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical?

  29-08-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  They are often Broadway sensations, but jukebox musicals rarely get good reviews. We invited our critics to stop snarking and tell us what they want.
  
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• Venice film festival: Guillermo del Toro says gender disparity is 'a real problem'

  29-08-2018 15:51
  Oscar-winning director calls for greater female inclusion with 50:50 split by 2020The jury president of the Venice film festival has condemned the gender disparity in the film industry and demanded urgent reform. Speaking on the opening day of the 75th film festival, Guillermo Del Toro said equality must be achieved by the end of the decade. Only one of the 21 films in competition this year has a female director. Related: Cannes of worms: true gender equality in film will take more than 'just ad
  
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• Quentin Tarantino Has Found Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Charles Manson

  29-08-2018 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eeny, meeny, miny, Manson: Quentin Tarantino’s new period piece Once Upon a Time in Hollywood isn’t all about the Charles Manson murders, but the director has finally cast an actor to play the cult leader turned criminal. According to Entertainment Weekly, Australian actor Damon Herriman (FX’s Justified) will play Charles...More »
  
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• 3 NYC Ballet Dancers Won’t Perform This Season After Allegations of ‘Inappropriate Communications’

  29-08-2018 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the wake of the departure of ballet master Peter Martins over claims of sexual abuse, New York City Ballet has said that three male principals will not return this season after the ballet received a letter claiming “inappropriate communications made via personal text and email.” The New York Times...More »
  
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• Amazon suspends reviews of US Open coverage after deluge of complaints

  29-08-2018 14:57 via theguardian.com
  • Firm slammed amid first exclusive sport broadcast
  • Picture quality and lack of recording option criticisedAmazon has been flooded with so many complaints about its coverage of the US Open it has stopped disgruntled tennis fans from posting more bad reviews. Related: Can Amazon ace it in the brutal arena of live sports broadcasting?Continue reading...
  
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• Neil Young and Daryl Hannah reportedly marry in California

  29-08-2018 13:42
  Guitarist Mark Miller appears to confirm wedding after wishing pair well on FacebookThe singer-songwriter Neil Young and actor Daryl Hannah are said to have married during a small ceremony in California at the weekend. The couple reportedly wed on Saturday in Atascadero, after a ceremony on Young’s yacht near the San Juan islands. Related: And the band played on: how to grow old gracefully in popContinue reading...
  
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• BlacKkKlansman infiltrates UK box office but Christopher Robin stays on top

  29-08-2018 13:35
  Undercover-cop tale marks Spike Lee’s commercial comeback, while Ian McEwan adaptation The Children Act is dwarfed by box-office giantsAchieving the highest site average for any film on release at UK cinemas is BlacKkKlansman. Spike Lee’s undercover-cop tale – inspired by one Colorado police department’s successful infiltration of the local Ku Klux Klan chapter in the late 1970s – has begun with a very encouraging £1.11m from 217 venues, or £1.23m includ
  
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• Holly Willoughby to replace Ant McPartlin on I'm a Celebrity

  29-08-2018 12:45 via theguardian.com
  ‘Hols and Dec’ will head for the Australian jungle this autumn, while regular co-host takes time off to treat addictionHolly Willoughby will replace Ant McPartlin as the co-presenter on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! alongside Declan Donnelly, as MacPartlin takes time off to deal with an addiction to prescription drugs.Willoughby – who co-hosts This Morning, is one of ITV’s biggest names and has known McPartlin since their days hosting child
  
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• Johnston Press ad revenues hit by Google and Facebook changes

  29-08-2018 08:33 via ft.com
  The i newspaper was a rare bright spot for the media group
  
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• Google and Facebook algorithm changes hit Johnston Press

  29-08-2018 08:33 via ft.com
  Advertising revenues suffer at owner of 200 local newspaper titles across UK
  
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• Wednesday’s best TV: A Week Without Lying; Upstart Crow

  29-08-2018 07:20 via theguardian.com
  Pioneering scientists challenge three participants to eschew fibs for seven days, while David Mitchell returns in Ben Elton’s Shakespearean spoof9pm, BBC Two
  What would life be like in a world where we couldn’t lie? Find out as pioneering scientists rig three participants – a priest, an advertising executive and a YouTuber – with technology that makes it impossible for them to lie undetected and challenge them to live for a week without telling a single fib. The key to th
  
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• Castle Rock Recap: Graveyard Shift

  29-08-2018 07:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Does Henry Deaver really bring death with him wherever he goes? As a colleague of the now-deceased Alan Pangborn brutally reminds him, Henry has brought only pain to Castle Rock. Not only was he basically run out of town after people suspected him of killing his father, but there has...More »
  
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• A Wile E. Coyote Movie Could Be in Development, Or This Could Be a Trap

  29-08-2018 06:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been almost 70 years, and Wile E. Coyote has gotten no closer to catching that Road Runner. He has, however, scored his own movie with Warner Bros., the home of his family of Looney Tunes characters. Variety is reporting that the studio is moving forward with development on a...More »
  
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• ‘Seinfeld’ for the soul

  29-08-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  When gorging on a good box set is all the salve you need
  
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• You Can Stream Every Nickelodeon Show From the 90’s Right Now

  29-08-2018 05:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  NickSplat, the late-night Nickelodeon programming block that launched in 2011 and trades in 90’s Nick nostalgia, is now available as a channel on streaming service VRV. According to The Hollywood Reporter, for $6-a-month viewers can stream “a rotating selection of 300 episodes from the likes of All That, Are You...More »
  
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• Younger Season-Finale Recap: Last Looks

  29-08-2018 04:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  No. No. No. We’re going to give Liza and Charles everything they ever wanted — including holding hands in public — and end this glorious season on their happy, hopeful faces turning into straight-up terrified ones? Is this The Graduate? I know we need story for season six, but hard...More »
  
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