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• General Hospital Star Susan Brown Dead at 86

  01-09-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Susan Brown, best known for her role as Dr. Gail Adamson Baldwin on General Hospital, died on Friday. She was 86. Frank Valentini, executive producer of General Hospital, shared the news on Twitter, writing, “It’s a very sad day in Port Charles as the wonderful Susan Brown (“Gail Baldwin”) passed away today. My sincerest...More »
  
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• Ozark Recap: The Righteous Path

  01-09-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  What first looks like it will be a straightforward follow-up to the twist at the end of the last episode — when Rachel Garrison revealed to Marty Byrde that she was a confidential informant, wired to Agent Roy Petty — goes somewhere else, turning into a showcase for Laura Linney...More »
  
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• Suspiria Is a Bleak, Gorgeous, Radical Reimagining of Its Predecessor

  01-09-2018 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  I know this isn’t cool and perhaps pointless to say, but I wish a woman had remade Suspiria. Let me unpack that. One: I wish a woman had been empowered and/or inspired to take a crack at Dario Argento’s iconic but deeply flawed witch tale. But I love Luca Guadagnino’s...More »
  
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• Ozark Recap: Them Bones

  01-09-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It took a bit too long to get there, but the sixth chapter of the new season of Ozark ended with the best scene of the season to date as two people who desperately needed a moment of kindness and human contact in their lives took it, and then Marty...More »
  
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• The Innocents Recap: Shapeshifting 101

  01-09-2018 17:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  It might behoove Harry and June to take some advice from another sci-fi TV show and, like The X-Files warned us all, “trust no one.” I mean, can’t two star-crossed teens run off to London and bump into one benevolent adult? Is this too much to ask? Needless to say,...More »
  
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• Bishop Apologizes to Ariana Grande for His Behavior at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

  01-09-2018 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an interview with the Associated Press, the bishop who led Aretha Franklin’s funeral apologized on Friday for his conduct toward Ariana Grande after she performed “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who greeted Grande onstage after her performance, said he was sorry...More »
  
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• False conceit: why is Vanity Fair's scheming heroine misread on screen?

  01-09-2018 16:00
  In William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel she’s an amoral social climber – yet in adaptions Becky Sharp is warm and relatableThough usually seen as an amoral, repellent schemer, William Makepeace Thackeray’s Becky Sharp has become warmer and more “relatable” in 21st-century portrayals. Produced by the makers of Poldark, ITV’s new version of Vanity Fair (starting on Sunday) similarly shows a likable low-born woman winning the heart of a toff – several
  
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• Ozark Recap: Acceptable Risk

  01-09-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The centerpiece of this second season is a tense, scary episode of Ozark that centers on two hammer-wielding forces coming down on the Byrdes and Langmores in the form of the FBI and the Mexican drug cartel. The former is represented by the horrible human being that is FBI agent...More »
  
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• Kathleen Turner: Millions paid to Hollywood A-listers is ‘immoral’

  01-09-2018 15:00
  Celebrated star of Body Heat and Prizzi’s Honor calls on film industry to invest in writers and allow more rehearsal timeShe is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actresses, the award-winning star of John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor and Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married – for which she received an Oscar nomination.But now Kathleen Turner has turned on Hollywood with an angry attack on the eye-watering millions that studios spend on movies and A-list act
  
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• The Deuce’s Gary Carr on battling stereotypes on TV

  01-09-2018 11:00
  From being the first black actor on Downton Abbey to starring in David Simon’s porn drama, the British actor talks about how he flourished StatesideWhen season two of The Deuce airs later on this month, it will return us to a very specific section of 1970s New York society, populated by mob heavies, crooked cops, Vietnam vets, smut-peddlers, prostitutes and pimps. The Martino twins, both played by James Franco, will continue thwarting each other’s ambitions on the nightlife scene, ex
  
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• Martin Clunes: ‘The worst thing anyone’s ever said to me? “God, you’re ugly”’

  01-09-2018 10:30
  The Doc Martin and Vanity Fair star on Russian surrealism, bedwetting and his love of all things equestrianBorn in London, Martin Clunes, 56, starred in the 90s television sitcom Men Behaving Badly. He went on to play Richard Burbage in the 1998 award-winning film Shakespeare In Love and starred in the 2002 TV film Goodbye, Mr Chips. Since 2004, he has played the lead role in the television drama Doc Martin and he appears in the ITV adaptation of Vanity Fair, which starts tomorrow. He is married
  
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• Saturday's best TV: The X Factor; Jackie Chan's Green Heroes

  01-09-2018 07:00
  The singing contest returns with Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field joining as judges, while the martial-arts movie star turns eco warrior8pm, ITV Continue reading...
  
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• Clive James on his new epic poem: ‘The story of a mind heading into oblivion’

  01-09-2018 07:00
  In and out of hospital, the writer felt compelled to write something new – an epic, with himself as the heroUntil a few days ago, I was a patient in Addenbrooke’s hospital, here in Cambridge, while a busload of nurses and doctors strove to persuade my temperature to stop acting like a wobbling yo-yo. Or anyway I assume they arrived by bus. I myself arrived by ambulance, strapped down against any tendency to slide on to the floor like a speeding custard.It was a low moment in my recen
  
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• Clive James on his epic new poem: ‘The story of a mind heading into oblivion’

  01-09-2018 07:00
  In and out of hospital, the writer felt compelled to write something new – an epic, with himself as the heroUntil a few days ago, I was a patient in Addenbrooke’s hospital, here in Cambridge, while a busload of nurses and doctors strove to persuade my temperature to stop acting like a wobbling yo-yo. Or anyway I assume they arrived by bus. I myself arrived by ambulance, strapped down against any tendency to slide on to the floor like a speeding custard.It was a low moment in my recen
  
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• Vanity Fair: a period drama for a millennial age

  01-09-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Thackeray’s drama was reshaped for contemporary tastes throughout the 20th century
  
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• Much Like the Show Itself, The Conners First Teaser Contains Zero Roseanne

  01-09-2018 04:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  You know your spin-off has sufficient buzz when an empty couch is all you need to get your audience’s attention. To be fair, it is a truly iconic couch, and ABC is relying on all your potentially complicated emotions about the couch’s return to hype the premiere of their new...More »
  
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• ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together’ to Close Sept. 16

  01-09-2018 03:51 via nytimes.com
  The musical comedy, about a group of middle-aged New Jersey men dissatisfied with their lives who reform their high school band, had poor reviews and ticket sales.
  
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• NatGeo Resumes Work on Morgan Freeman’s The Story of God Following Sexual Harassment Investigation

  01-09-2018 03:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  After CNN published a report containing eight women’s sexual harassment allegations against actor Morgan Freeman, National Geographic paused production on his docuseries The Story of God with Morgan Freeman while Fox performed an internal investigation. On Friday, the channel announced the conclusion of that investigation and the forthcoming third season...More »
  
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• New on Showtime: September 2018

  01-09-2018 03:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a lovely bit of streaming serendipity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is coming back to Showtime the same month the Jim Carrey-starring Kidding premieres (see below) — which means there’s no reason not to dive into one of the most lovely and melancholic love stories in recent memory....More »
  
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• Neil Armstrong’s Sons Defend First Man From Claims That the Movie Is ‘Anti-American’

  01-09-2018 01:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’ve seen the harrowing, action-packed trailer for Damien Chazelle’s First Man, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that the Neil Armstrong biopic and ensuing conversation around the film has focused largely on the moon landing as a height of human achievement (i.e. can you believe these crazy astronauts...More »
  
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• Stevie Wonder Sings ‘I’ll Be Loving You Always’ At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

  01-09-2018 01:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  After opening with a performance on his harmonica, Stevie Wonder addressed the crowd at Aretha Franklin’s funeral with messages of hope and love before taking his place in front of the keyboard. He was then joined by the church choir and a handful of individual guests for a praise-worthy version...More »
  
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• Bringing us sunshine: BBC images celebrate Morecambe & Wise

  01-09-2018 01:01
  Broadcaster releases 140 photos to mark 50th birthday of duo’s comedy showA tranche of previously unseen photographs is being released by the BBC to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Morecambe & Wise Show. Continue reading...
  
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• New on HBO: September 2018

  01-09-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last year’s Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water is both a loving ode to fables and fairy tales and also a moving allegory for our times. A movie about othered people of all kinds finding and helping each other in the face of bigotry. The Shape of Water is...More »
  
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• Noah Centineo Wants to ‘Bring Back Proper Intimacy’

  01-09-2018 00:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  In To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Noah Centineo plays Peter Kavinsky, the smooth-but-vulnerable jock the entire internet has a crush on. But in Centineo’s next Netflix romantic comedy Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, his character Jamey is a little more self-conscious in love. “Jamey has a scene where...More »
  
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• Jennifer Hudson Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at Aretha’s Funeral, Presumably as Practice for That Biopic

  01-09-2018 00:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  News of an Aretha Franklin biopic has percolated for years, with Jennifer Hudson attached to star as the Queen of Soul. Earlier this year, the project appeared to become more concrete and, hopefully, it still follows through because we just got our first glimpse of how great it could be....More »
  
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• Celebrating The Life of Aretha Franklin

  01-09-2018 00:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Tuesday, August 28th, mourners came to to celebrate and remember Aretha Franklin. Their relationship to the late singer varied — some were fans, or admirers, others had had memorable encounters with her or her family. They were all connected by their love of Franklin’s music and her spirit. New...More »
  
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• Ozark Recap: Blood Money

  01-09-2018 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, that’s more like it. After a couple frustrating episodes, Ozark returns to near-prime form with an excellent, tense hour that allows some of the supporting cast other than Julia Garner a chance to shine. Consequently, we get a series-best performance from Jordana Spiro, and great work from Charlie Tahan,...More »
  
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