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• Killing Eve review – comedy, tragedy and thrills, this spy series has it all

  15-09-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Fleabag writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge shakes up the genre, in a show that wears its feminist credentials lightlyWhen William Goldman wanted to demonstrate economy in screenwriting in his book Adventures in the Screen Trade, he used a scene from Raymond Chandler: a husband and wife are travelling silently together in a lift, she carrying her handbag, he wearing his hat. The lift stops, the doors open and a pretty young woman gets in. The man takes off his hat – that brief, wordless scene tell
  
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• Why Anna Kendrick Once Called President Barack Obama an "A--hole" Right to His Face

  15-09-2018 22:52 via feeds.eonline.com
  Aca-scuse me, Anna Kendrick said what?During an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the A Simple Favor star told Stephen Colbert about a time she once made President Barack...
  
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• Suriname's enige schouwburg Theater Thalia gesloten - Waterkant

  15-09-2018 21:58
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  Suriname's enige schouwburg Theater Thalia gesloten
  Waterkant
  PARAMARIBO, 15 sep – Het enige schouwburg van Suriname theater Thalia is wegens renovatiewerkzaamheden voor twee maanden gesloten. Bij een controle is gebleken dat het dak van het gebouw op instorten staat. Het bestuur van het ...
  
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• Anthony Bourdain Loved Mocking His Nice Lil’ Buddy Anderson Cooper About His Food Choices

  15-09-2018 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  After meeting as colleagues on CNN about a decade ago, Anthony Bourdain and Anderson Cooper formed a close friendship that flourished outside the constraints of the network — a friendship that, as others can attest to, was full of goofs and loving insults. The main source of disagreement for the...More »
  
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• BoJack Horseman Recap: Bobo the Angsty Zebra

  15-09-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A lot of TV shows will attempt zany conceits, from format shake-ups, to exotic locations, to live episodes. But if we’re being honest, there often isn’t a lot of meaning behind those choices. They’re often conceits for conceits’ sake. But the best television shows know there has to be a...More »
  
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• American Vandal Recap: The Search for the Hot Janitor

  15-09-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This week, the boys go looking for the school’s mysterious previous janitor, whose last day was December 4th, the same date as the Turd Burglar’s final, mysterious post. Said janitor was by all accounts superhot and, according to DeMarcus, changed “the whole janitor game.” The new janitor, a perfectly ordinary-looking...More »
  
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• Male SNL Cast Members Made Maya Rudolph Feel Bad About Her Hair

  15-09-2018 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saturday Night Live has a notoriously bad track record when it comes to hiring women of color, with Maya Rudolph, who was on the show from 2000-2007, being one of the show’s few examples of diverse hiring. (Leslie Jones and Sasheer Zamata have since followed in her footsteps.) While Rudolph...More »
  
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• TIFF Review: If Beale Street Could Talk Is Romance on Top, Despair Beneath the Surface

  15-09-2018 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  With his third feature, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins has cemented his style: lush romance on top, hyper-realistic despair just beneath the surface. The title is symbolic: The film takes place in Manhattan and not on the Memphis Street where the blues...More »
  
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• Forever Recap: This Is Just for You

  15-09-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The conflicts fueling June and Oscar’s discord finally begin converging in Forever’s fifth episode. Faced with the news that nothing is ever truly destroyed in this new life (death!), June has to contend with the fact that it’s unlikely anything will ever really change.All of this comes to a head...More »
  
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• Bachelor in Paradise’s Jenna Cooper Vows to Clear Her Name From Cheating Scandal ‘Fraud’

  15-09-2018 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  ABC’s annual summer freak-fest Bachelor in Paradise didn’t end with whimper or a bang this season, but rather, an epic scam tailor-made for reality television history. After accepting a proposal from Jordan Kimball in the show’s finale, a tidal wive of allegations against Jenna Cooper soon piled up, which accused...More »
  
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• BoJack Horseman Recap: The Eulogy

  15-09-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Why do our parents matter so much?For a long time, I’ll admit that I thought the concept was overstated. I was an independent kid, but that just means I had transcended the limitations of my crappy childhood! Yeah, no. That’s not how it works. We always inherit a whole range...More »
  
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• So, Who’s Modern Family Killing Off This Season?

  15-09-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Grim Reaper has finally come for a member of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan, and no amount of intervening from the ABC overlords can prevent it. In the upcoming tenth season of Modern Family — which will likely be its last, but who knows anymore — a “significant” character will die,...More »
  
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• Anna Kendrick, Somehow, Got Away With Calling President Obama an ‘Asshole’ to His Face

  15-09-2018 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  2012 was a simpler time, when we could call our President an asshole in an endearing, funny way and capture the moment for the masses to enjoy. Right? That’s a thing, right? That’s what Anna Kendrick did anyway, when she had the opportunity to meet President Obama at a Los...More »
  
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• Writers’ wilderness haven split over Brecon Beacons phone mast plan

  15-09-2018 15:24
  Edna O’Brien, Ian McEwan and Bruce Chatwin have treasured its wild beauty. But now plans for a 17.5-metre tower have divided a tranquil hamletIts monks left more than a century ago but the whitewashed stone walls of the monastery in Capel-y-ffin stand proud. Outside, a large, well-preserved statue of the Virgin Mary welcomes visitors to the venerable Victorian building, which has now been converted into self-catering apartments in great demand when the crowds flock to nearby Hay-on-Wye for
  
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• Theater bij VRIJDAG: ontdekkingsreis voor kinderen - Nieuws.nl

  15-09-2018 15:09
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  Theater bij VRIJDAG: ontdekkingsreis voor kinderen
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  VRIJDAG, het huis van de amateurkunst voor Groningen, start dit schooljaar met nieuwe theatercursussen voor kinderen. Behalve acteren leren kinderen in de leeftijd van 4 tot en met 12 jaar ook dansen, zingen, spreken, roepen, rappen, dichten, vloggen, ...
  
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• Forever Recap: Different From Us

  15-09-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The fourth of episode of Forever is, in many ways, a revitalization: the appearance of a new neighbor, Kase, played by Catherine Keener, is a shot of adrenaline that’s to the series’ benefit. Oscar and June’s monotony had begun to slowly unspool, but it’s easy to see that, left to...More »
  
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• American Vandal Recap: Kendall Jenner Is My Best Friend

  15-09-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  I don’t want to keep saying things like, “Hey, remember last season of this show, which was transcendentally good in a way that I can’t imagine having to live up to,” but this season has yet to find its “Who did the dicks?” moment — a recurring question/rallying cry/shibboleth that...More »
  
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• BoJack Horseman Recap: Losing Numbers

  15-09-2018 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “You know what ‘from’ means? It means you don’t have to be there anymore.” With these terse words, BoJack puts the notion of escaping your hometown into plain English. For all those coming to Hollywoo, it makes sense. They’re coming to escape something, to seek fame, to forge a new...More »
  
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• The X Factor’s return: ‘Simon Cowell is like a cross between Steve Bannon and an Irish wolfhound’

  15-09-2018 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The autumnal reality staple is back! But despite some new Robbie-shaped additions, it’s never looked so flat, joyless and bored of its own existenceThe nights are drawing in, the kids are back at school and, like a turd that just won’t flush, The X Factor (Saturday, 8.25pm; Sunday, 8pm, ITV) is back on the telly. Mustering a sense of occasion for the arrival of this autumn staple is akin to throwing a party to celebrate a new train timetable. System improvements are habitually promis
  
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• ‘It’s playful and anarchic’: the cast of Killing Eve on the psycho thriller

  15-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The show that Ridley Scott described as a threat to the movie industry hits UK screens this week. Its stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer talk about anoraks, assassins and female brutalityKilling Eve is the kind of show that demands you discuss its finer details. Sandra Oh plays the Eve of the title, a dishevelled MI5 employee who ends up hunting a brutally efficient assassin. Oh humours me as I pick apart the show’s symbolic wardrobe choices, including Eve Polastri’s dowdy anorak. &ldqu
  
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• Festival, theater en diner bij De laatste zomeravond - Stadsblad Den Bosch (persbericht) (Blog)

  15-09-2018 09:07
  Stadsblad Den Bosch (persbericht) (Blog)
  Festival, theater en diner bij De laatste zomeravond
  Stadsblad Den Bosch (persbericht) (Blog)
  DEN BOCH - Een Bosch theatergezelschap, dansgroep en muziekfestival slaan samen de handen ineen voor een podiumervaring dat tussen dinsdag 18 en zaterdag 22 september de opening vormt van het nieuwe seizoen van Verkadefabriek. Bij De ...
  
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• A Discovery of Witches review – a bubbling cauldron of fantasy cliches

  15-09-2018 07:30 via theguardian.com
  Oxford is overrun with vampires and witches in Sky1’s new potion, which blends ingredients from Harry Potter, Being Human and Inspector Morse Matthew Goode is standing on a bridge in Oxford at sunrise on the autumn equinox, looking out over the shimmering river. “We creatures have all but disappeared,” he says to himself. “Demons, vampires and witches, hiding in plain sight, fearful of discovery, ill at ease even with each other.”His character, Matthew Clairmont, is
  
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• Saturday’s best TV: Killing Eve; The Plague

  15-09-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The beginning of a new spy thriller adapted by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the conclusion of the Spanish historical thriller Continue reading...
  
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• Iranian comedies thrive at box office as audiences look to lift gloom

  15-09-2018 06:00
  Filmgoers flock to screens in newly built shopping centres, as critics warn that other genres are being sidelinedAs they rose to their feet for the national anthem, the mood among the crowd was sombre. Iran’s leading film festival, usually seven days of red carpet premieres and gong-giving, was forgoing the glamour of the silver screen as the country outside suffered the chill of economic hardship.The organisers had months earlier said the festival would match the downcast mood of a countr
  
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• Michael Che and Colin Jost (and Ellen) Wet Your SNL Whistle With a Little Weekday Update

  15-09-2018 05:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  If any ventriloquists are nominated for an Emmy this year, they and their puppet’s faces are about to be absolutely drenched with tears come Monday night, if Michael Che and Colin Jost’s pre-Emmy Ellen visit is any indication. The pair stopped by ahead of their award show hosting gig next...More »
  
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• A Damascene conversion for the Daily Mail

  15-09-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  A change of editor suggests the Enemies of the People have suddenly all retired
  
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• Frank Ocean Says His Astroworld Cease and Desist, Resolved ‘Weeks Ago,’ Was Never About The Music

  15-09-2018 02:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier today, rumors flew that Frank Ocean had filed a cease and desist to have his vocals removed from Travis Scott’s Astroworld track “Carousel,” allegedly because the final version had Autotuned and otherwise manipulated his voice. Now, in a new Tumblr post, Ocean clarifies that their reported beef was both...More »
  
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• Blackstone/Refinitiv: terminal velocity

  15-09-2018 02:47 via ft.com
  Debt investors cannot hold the line against private equity
  
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• American Vandal Recap: Every Handshake a McNugget

  15-09-2018 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  I figured out something that I’ve been missing from season one beyond mere nostalgia when my friend Jaya mentioned feeling like something’s been lost having the student filmmakers being a part of the action: “It felt like they were missing some of that investment in teen minutiae that made the...More »
  
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• Peter Donat, Actor Who Played a Panoply of Roles, Dead at 90

  15-09-2018 01:41 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Donat acted often on the screen and had a recurring role on “The X Files.” But he said he was most gratified by theatrical work.
  
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• Here It Is, Dolly Parton and Sia’s New ‘Here I Am’ Duet

  15-09-2018 01:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  If Dolly Parton, a full gospel choir, and an electric guitar isn’t enough to inspire self-love, would a little Sia help? The pair released a new duet version of Parton’s “Here I Am,” originally from the soundtrack to her 1971 film Coat of Many Colors, Thursday night. Their new rendition...More »
  
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• BoJack Horseman Recap: The Apology Tour

  15-09-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Episodes of BoJack Horseman have taken on social issues before. Last season’s gun control episode stands out as a shining example, and the show has always had the ability to cut to the bone. Like most good satire, the show will often state the darkest, most plain-faced version of the...More »
  
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• ABC’s Roseanne Spinoff The Conners Casts Maya Lynne Robinson As DJ’s Wife

  15-09-2018 00:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Conners, ABC’s version of Roseanne minus Rosanne, will return to TV this fall without Roseanne herself (she’s probably dead in the world within the show), and will include another recasting of a side character who will apparently be more prominent in the series. New series regular Maya Lynne Robinson...More »
  
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• The Most Vicious Lines From Eminem’s New Machine Gun Kelly Diss

  15-09-2018 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly are beefing and it’s time to grab the flavorless popcorn. After two weeks at each other’s throats over a beef that can be traced back to at least 2012, Eminem has officially issued the response to MGK’s “Rap Devil” diss. But how did we even...More »
  
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• Forever Recap: Cabin

  15-09-2018 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’ve now been reunited with Oscar who has, for better and worse, died. He’s dead! And June’s dead, too! They’re both gone, done, a whole year apart. Now they’ve been reunited, dearly, in the afterlife.On the surface, this isn’t the worst news that we’ve gotten during this series. The neighborhood...More »
  
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