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• Burt Reynolds's most memorable performances – video

  06-09-2018 23:57
  The American actor Burt Reynolds has died aged 82. The star had undergone a quintuple heart bypass in February 2010 but had been working until recently. Reynolds forged a film career that marked him out as a singular talent, starring in classics such as The Longest Yard, Deliverance and Boogie Nights.Burt Reynolds, star of Deliverance and Boogie Nights, dies aged 82Continue reading...
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Academy Scraps Popular-Film Oscar in a Year That Doesn’t Need It

  06-09-2018 23:35 via nytimes.com
  Some of the year’s top-grossing films are already in the hunt for best picture, says our new Carpetbagger, Kyle Buchanan.
  
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• Olivia Munn Speaks Up After Learning a Registered Sex Offender Was Cast in Predator

  06-09-2018 23:21 via feeds.eonline.com
  Olivia Munn took a stand.
  According to a new report from The Los Angeles Times, the actress, who came forward publicly with allegations against film producer and director Brett Ratner...
  
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• Hollywood Reacts to the Death of Burt Reynolds

  06-09-2018 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Burt Reynolds died at the age of 82 on Thursday. The Emmy winner, Cosmopolitan magazine centerfold, and paradigm of 1970s masculinity starred in beloved hits including Hooper, Smokey and the Bandit, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Deliverance early on in his career, but also kept working until late...More »
  
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• Press review – an old-fashioned view of journalism, but an entertaining one

  06-09-2018 23:00
  Mike Bartlett’s interest in the media comes through in this fast-paced drama, but its picture of the industry is 20 years out of dateI am not a proper journalist; I have never done a death knock. This cub reporter from the Post is doing his first here in Mike Bartlett’s drama (BBC One), ringing the doorbell of the family of a footballer who has killed himself. A gay footballer, it turns out. It does not go well. The dad slams the door in the journalist’s face. He tries again, t
  
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• Why You Should Watch Vox Lux Director Brady Corbet’s Brilliant, Overlooked First Movie

  06-09-2018 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The standout premieres of the fall festival circuit tend to fall into two categories. First, there are the favorites, the studio-backed movies by Oscar-nominated or Palmes d’Or–winning filmmakers that come into Venice or Telluride or Toronto with high hopes and a lot to lose; in that category this year, you...More »
  
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• Oscars Postpones New Popular Film Category to Seek ''Additional Input''

  06-09-2018 22:19 via feeds.eonline.com
  UPDATE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday its plan to scrap the new Popular Film Category ahead of the 2019 Oscars.
  In a statement obtained by E! News,...
  
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• Burt Reynolds, Self-Mocking Hollywood Heartthrob, Dies at 82

  06-09-2018 21:55 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Reynolds carried on a long love affair with moviegoers even though his performances were often more memorable than the films that contained them.
  
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• Jennifer Garner Is Just the Worst in the Trailer for HBO’s Camping

  06-09-2018 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner are great at writing women you’d never want to hang out with but feel compelled at your core to keep watching, and that’s exactly what’s going on in the first teaser for their HBO series Camping. Jennifer Garner stars as Kathryn, a woman officially described...More »
  
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• Oscars: Academy suspends plans to add popular film category

  06-09-2018 21:45
  Academy said that it recognized new award created challenges for films already released amid widespread backlash to the categoryThe organization that bestows the Academy Awards says it is suspending plans to award a new Oscar for popular films amid widespread backlash to the idea.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says it will further study plans for the category. It wrote in a statement that it recognized that implementing a new award three-quarters of the way into the year created
  
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• Burt Reynolds, 1970s Leading Man, Dies at 82

  06-09-2018 21:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Burt Reynolds, the 1970s leading man and star of Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit, and Boogie Nights, has died. He was 82. The Emmy-winning actor died Thursday morning at Jupiter Medical in Florida, his manager Erik Kritzer told The Hollywood Reporter.During the ’70s, Reynolds was a box-office attraction, starring in movies...More »
  
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• Nieuwe miljoeneninjectie voor Hoogeveense theater De Tamboer is 'een moetje' - Dagblad van het Noorden

  06-09-2018 21:13
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  Nieuwe miljoeneninjectie voor Hoogeveense theater De Tamboer is 'een moetje'
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  Een ruime meerderheid van de Hoogeveense raad vindt theater De Tamboer té belangrijk voor Hoogeveen om 'nee' te zeggen tegen een investering van 2,2 miljoen euro voor het wegwerken van achterstallig onderhoud. Dat bleek donderdagavond.en meer »
  
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• Diego Luna Makes You Consider Crushing on a Scary Drug Kingpin in Narcos: Mexico Teaser

  06-09-2018 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  After two seasons of tracking the Cali Cartel through Colombia, Netflix’s Narcos is moving onto more Latin American pastures. In the show’s third season, Narcos: Mexico, the drama will now follow the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s, with Diego Luna starring as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. Also...More »
  
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• Burt Reynolds, star of Deliverance and Boogie Nights, dies aged 82

  06-09-2018 21:04
  The much-loved star of hits such as Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run died on Thursday in FloridaBurt Reynolds, the star of Deliverance, The Longest Yard and Boogie Nights, has died, aged 82. His manager, Erik Kritzer confirmed the news on Thursday that Reynolds died that morning at Jupiter Medical in Florida. The star had undergone a quintuple heart bypass in February 2010 but been working until recently; he was currently filming Quentin Tarantino’s film about the Charles Manso
  
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• Burt Reynolds, Hollywood film star, dies aged 82

  06-09-2018 21:04
  The much-loved star of hits such as Deliverance and Boogie Nights died on Thursday in FloridaBurt Reynolds, the star of Deliverance, The Longest Yard and Boogie Nights, has died, aged 82. His manager, Erik Kritzer confirmed the news on Thursday that Reynolds died that morning at Jupiter Medical in Florida. The star had undergone a quintuple heart bypass in February 2010 but been working until recently; he was currently filming Quentin Tarantino’s film about the Charles Manson murders, Once
  
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• High School Musical Show Will Be About a High School Production of High School Musical

  06-09-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a case where italics have become very important to understand what’s going on, Disney’s new High School Musical TV show will be about a group of kids doing High School Musical as their high school musical. It’s formally called High School Musical: the Musical. Disney’s new series, which will...More »
  
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• ‘Beetlejuice’ Is Bringing Its Unholy Struggle to Broadway

  06-09-2018 21:00 via nytimes.com
  The “Beetlejuice” musical is adapted from Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy about the living and the dead vying for control of a haunted house.
  
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• Rob McElhenney Wants You To Know That Getting Swole Is an Unreasonable Process

  06-09-2018 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rob McElhenney, most famously known as Mac from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, debuted a fresh look on the show’s 13th season premiere this week — and no, that doesn’t mean he’s chimichanga fat again. Mac is now swole. Like, carved out of stone swole. And in case you were...More »
  
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• Academy Decides They Won’t Give a ‘Popular Oscar’ This Year After All

  06-09-2018 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Move over Best Title Writing, we’ve got a new shortest-lived Oscar category. After a whirlwind 29-day existence, the trophy for “achievement in popular film” is no more — for now. According to Variety, the Academy has decided to go back to the drawing board with the “Popular Oscar,” which proved...More »
  
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• New ‘Popular’ Oscar Scrapped by Film Academy for 2019

  06-09-2018 20:42 via nytimes.com
  Severe blowback from the public and members of the academy prompted the decision to table the creation of an Oscar for achievement in “popular” films.
  
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• Kidding Is a Terrific Showcase for Jim Carrey

  06-09-2018 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jeff Pickles, the children’s television show host played by Jim Carrey in the new Showtime series Kidding, is not Fred Rogers, the beloved American icon responsible for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. But the two share a few things in common.They both bring a calming sense of comfort to children everywhere via...More »
  
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• Man Brings Trump Flag to Frozen, Is Forced to Let It Go

  06-09-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Years into Trump’s presidency, conservatives continue to stage their political protests during theater. Last night, a man sitting in the front row of Broadway’s Frozen musical decided to unfurl a “Trump 2020” flag during the show’s curtain call, only to have it snatched away by one of the cast members....More »
  
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• Before You See The Nun, Let’s Recap The Conjuring Universe

  06-09-2018 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Looking back at the films of the Conjuring universe so far — the original Conjuring and its sequel plus two Annabelle movies — is like leafing through a yearbook of supernatural assholes and trying to decide which villain was truly The Worst. Was it the first screen-incarnation of that awful...More »
  
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• Insecure, Ballers Renewed in Great News for Twitter, Elizabeth Warren

  06-09-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Long live Issa’s glow up! And whatever sports thing is currently happening over on Ballers: HBO has renewed Insecure for a fourth season, and Ballers for a fifth. Insecure creator and star Issa Rae announced the news in a tweet, and HBO issued a statement announcing the renewals.Insecure’s third season...More »
  
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• Beyoncé Wrote a Rare Instagram Caption to Celebrate Her Birthday

  06-09-2018 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re following Beyoncé on Instagram (if not, delete your account), you’ve probably noticed that while her feed is curated for the gods, it doesn’t have much to say. No corny song lyrics. No emojis. And definitely no #SponCon. Bey’s Insta is strictly the photo diary of her life, which...More »
  
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• The Joke I Most Regret

  06-09-2018 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  To err is is human; to forgive, divine is a proverb that seems to have been rejected by a large sector of the comedy community.Perhaps it’s a generational thing, but there’s this school of thought that pervades certain comedic circles where jokes are just that and nothing more, so if...More »
  
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• Quincy Trailer: Quincy Jones Isn’t Done Talking Just Yet

  06-09-2018 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the inevitable follow-up to his illuminating interview with our own David Marchese, legendary producer and honorary Vulture staffer Quincy Jones will be the subject of a full-length documentary directed by his daughter, Rashida, for Netflix. It’ll focus on how he became an icon, his health problems, his family (“I’ve...More »
  
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• Moonves set to leave CBS with potential $200m pay-off

  06-09-2018 19:25 via ft.com
  Board to be overhauled as directors decide to settle legal battle with Redstone
  
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• Peppermint Addresses the New York Times Review Misgendering Her Head Over Heels Character

  06-09-2018 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Peppermint, the trans actress who plays the oracle Pythio in the Go-Go’s jukebox musical Head Over Heels, has explained how she reacted to Ben Brantley’s New York Times review that misgendered her character in a new interview. “I thought it was unfortunate. I didn’t take it as personally as some...More »
  
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• Forgive me, daytime TV: how Roxanne Pallett and Loose Women launched the new Age of Sorry

  06-09-2018 18:50
  You’re semi-famous and have done something bad? Jeremy Vine, This Morning et al are all dying for you to apologise live on airBefore the legendary David Letterman was the king of American late-night TV, he got his big break with a mid-morning chatshow that stood out for its refusal to take the entire medium of telly seriously. In one episode, Letterman had a TV wheeled on to the set, and proceeded to flick through what was on the other channels and watch those instead. Rival broadcasts wer
  
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• Adam Venit, Hollywood Agent Accused by Terry Crews, Will Leave WME

  06-09-2018 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Adam Venit, the WME agent Terry Crews accused of sexual assault, is leaving the Hollywood agency. According to Deadline, Venit’s last day will be Monday. (Deadline describes Venit’s leave as a “retirement.”) Venit denied the allegations, but following Crews’s accusation, the agent stepped down as head of WME’s motion pictures...More »
  
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• Jesse Peretz’s 10 Favorite Books

  06-09-2018 18:40 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 Juliet, Naked director Jesse Peretz’s list....More »
  
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• Review: ‘Peppermint’ Is Neither Sweet Nor Good

  06-09-2018 18:20 via nytimes.com
  Jennifer Garner teams with the director of “Taken” for a hackneyed, dull vigilante thriller that plays into dangerous stereotypes about Latinos.
  
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• Why Does Iron Fist Season 2 Exist?

  06-09-2018 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Iron Fist season two is an improvement on Iron Fist season one in the way that stubbing your toe is an improvement over jamming your finger in a car door. Even if you grade on a superhero-movie curve, you would still have to be a die-hard stan to defend it as anything other...More »
  
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• Review: Tracing the Rise and Fall of the Director Hal Ashby

  06-09-2018 17:30 via nytimes.com
  The documentary “Hal” looks at one of the most admired American directors of the 1970s, whose films include “Shampoo” and “Being There.”
  
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• Let These Jim Carrey Quotes Blow Your Mind, Man

  06-09-2018 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The New York Times published a new profile of Jim Carrey today to promote his upcoming Showtime series Kidding, and if you’re in the mood for some high-quality bong-rip enlightenment quotes, boy does it deliver. Reporter Dave Itzkoff did us all a solid by including plenty of bits of trademark...More »
  
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• CBS Reportedly Preparing Hefty Settlement Package for Les Moonves’s Exit

  06-09-2018 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  CBS is reportedly negotiating the terms of company chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves’s exit, following accusations of sexual misconduct. According to CNBC, the CBS board has been negotiating with Moonves on the terms of his exit and his settlement package. Based on these talks, CBS COO Joe Ianniello would be Moonves’s...More »
  
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• 31 New Albums to Listen to This Fall

  06-09-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This summer, just about every A-list musician released an album. In less than three months, we got releases from Drake, Kanye West, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Eminem, some more Kanye West, Ariana Grande, and some other things connected to Kanye West, among many, many others. If we learned anything from the...More »
  
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• What is the 25th amendment and could it remove Trump? – video explainer

  06-09-2018 16:33
  Political dramas Homeland and Designated Survivor have recently explored how a president could be removed from office using the 25th amendment to the US constitution. It can only be triggered if the president is deemed 'unfit for office'. But how would it work in reality? Who would be needed to trigger it? And why has it never been used before? The Guardian's US political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui explainsWhy forcing cyclists to wear helmets will not save lives – video explainerAfter you:
  
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• The Rise of the Murder-Com

  06-09-2018 16:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  It takes less than a minute for the first episode of Barry to depict a murder, or at least the aftermath of one. In the first scene, the titular protagonist, played by Bill Hader, is in a hotel room, standing near the body of a bald man with a massive,...More »
  
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• How To All the Boys’ Costumes Remixed High School Movie Clichés

  06-09-2018 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Lara Jean Covey makes her determined stride across the Adler High School lacrosse field in the last scene of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, the star of the scene isn’t either of the two lovers we’ve just spent almost 100 minutes falling for — it’s LJ’s platform...More »
  
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• The Future Belonged to Hilma af Klint

  06-09-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Guggenheim is making a full-barrel bid to canonize Hilma af Klint, the early-20th-century Swedish mystical abstract painter, in art history. It’s only a hundred years late. But then the show is titled “Paintings for the Future,” so perhaps the future she envisioned has arrived at last and she’s finally...More »
  
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• Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s Memoir Is the Sleeper Critical Hit of the Season

  06-09-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Steve Jobs’s official bio for Apple left out his oldest daughter, Lisa, who was born to a former girlfriend on a farm in 1978. It was no accident. Jobs famously lacked what Jennifer Aniston would have referred to as his “sensitivity chip.” He refused to acknowledge Lisa for years —...More »
  
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• 49 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Fall

  06-09-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Here, we highlight the 49 gallery shows (from a 20th-century mystic and abstract painter to a Facebook diarist–painter–photographer) and museum exhibitions (including disruptive surveys, post-war artist retrospectives, and a massive show featuring more than 60 black artists) we’re most excited to see this fall, and how long they’re on view.James...More »
  
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