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• The Flu That Killed 50 Million review – could the deadly pandemic have been avoided?

  25-09-2018 23:00
  Just when the Spanish flu pandemic begins to feel like an almost unimaginably ancient past, recognisable landmarks appear out of the mist of sprayed sputumIt is fascinating how language can buckle under the strain of what it has to bear. “A very depressing time,” Sister Katherine McPhee noted in a letter home in 1918. She was writing from a casualty clearing station just behind the front, as flu-ridden soldiers arrived, blue about the lips and gasping as the virus destroyed their lun
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2018: episode five – as it happened

  25-09-2018 22:25
  Time to whip out the cayenne pepper and cumin; it’s spice week and our contestants were tasked with creating ‘a tricky Arabian pastry’ 9.13pm BST So that’s it for another week! Next week is all about PASTRY, so join me for our annual discussion about why you’d bother making your own filo when Jus-Rol exists. Thank you for all your brilliant comments, don’t forget to come and join the Strictly liveblog if you’re passing on Saturday, or say hi on Twitter @
  
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• The 7 Best This Is Us Episodes If You’re Just Watching the Show to Cry

  25-09-2018 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  You’re going to cry while watching This Is Us. Any fan of the NBC drama, entering its third season on Tuesday night, knows that it’s useless to pretend otherwise. Indulging a good cry while watching the life and times of the Pearson family is a weekly cathartic ritual at this...More »
  
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• Ex-Southern Charm Star Thomas Ravenel Arrested for Assault and Battery

  25-09-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  In May, a woman reported Southern Charm’s Thomas Ravenel to the police for sexual assault, and this morning he was charged with second-degree assault and battery, according to People.A woman named Dawn previously spoke to People and said she was the one who reported Ravenel to the police. Reportedly a...More »
  
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• 9 Episodes That’ll Make You Love The Big Bang Theory

  25-09-2018 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fine cast, top-notch guest stars, a super-couple, a super bromance, and a penchant for jokes that are funnier than the show’s broad comedy audience might suggest: That’s what The Big Bang Theory brings to the table. Still, haters gonna continue to hate on the CBS sitcom, whose ratings and Emmy...More »
  
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• Bill Cosby Sentenced to Serve Time in a Pennsylvania State Prison

  25-09-2018 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bill Cosby will serve time in a Pennsylvania state prison after being convicted of three counts of drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple employee Andrea Constand at his home in 2004. The judge ruled that he was a “sexually violent predator.” This is an ongoing story. We will update as we learn...More »
  
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• Comcast’s expensive bet on the future of media

  25-09-2018 19:37 via ft.com
  Sky deal is the latest megamerger aimed at countering the technology titans
  
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• Veronica Mars Writers Room Adds Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Of Course

  25-09-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  So you’re the all-time leading scorer in the NBA. You’re well into your next act professionally, and you’re ready to take on new creative pursuits? So what do you do next? You join the writers room of a high-profile television revival, naturally. Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas announced his new...More »
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber Hasn’t Met Taylor Swift, But He Likes That She’s a Cat Person

  25-09-2018 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Between earning his EGOT status, celebrating his 70th birthday, releasing his memoir Unmasked, and being honored last night for his legendary career at the annual American Theatre Wing gala, 2018 has been a big year for Andrew Lloyd Webber. (And he knows it, too.) When Vulture caught up with him...More »
  
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• How BTS’s Embrace of Korean Tradition Helped Them Blow Up

  25-09-2018 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although K-pop has been an international phenomenon for two decades, debates about the precise definition of the term “K-pop” are still raging. It’s difficult to resolve because it is not always entirely clear what is so Korean about K-pop. K-pop is K-pop because it is music performed by (mostly) Korean...More »
  
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• Which Tea With the Dames Dame Are You?

  25-09-2018 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  If Vulture blogger Quincy Jones has taught us anything, it’s to gossip with the confidence of an 80-year-old with nothing to lose. Tea With The Dames doubles down on this lesson, and satisfied an urge I didn’t even know I had: I desperately need to gossip with Maggie Smith. The...More »
  
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• Natasha Rothwell Says Saturday Night Live Is ‘Hyperaware’ of Diversity Problem

  25-09-2018 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prior to landing a breakout role on HBO’s Insecure, comedian Natasha Rothwell was one of a handful of black women who auditioned for Saturday Night Live back in 2013 following an online backlash against the show’s lack of diversity, especially when it came to black women in the cast. While...More »
  
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• Read Andrea Constand’s Powerful Victim Impact Statement From Cosby’s Sentencing

  25-09-2018 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the first day of Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing on Monday, Andrea Constand, the woman he was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting in 2004, was present in the courtroom. She addressed Judge Steven O’Neill only briefly, instead letting her written word do the talking. ”Your honor, I have testified,...More »
  
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• Can't-Miss Moments From the New Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Movie Trailer

  25-09-2018 19:07 via feeds.eonline.com
  Ever since we saw the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) escape at the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we've been patiently awaiting the release of the...
  
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• BBC Two to get first full rebrand since early 90s

  25-09-2018 19:07
  Channel also working with Black Mirror writer Charlie Brooker to develop new showsBBC Two is being completely rebranded for the first time in more than 25 years as the channel looks to reinvent itself in the face of threats from streaming services such as Netflix.The channel’s controller, Patrick Holland, also confirmed BBC Two was working with the Black Mirror creator, Charlie Brooker, to develop new programmes, and revealed Eva Green, Eve Hewson, and Marton Csokas would star in a big-bud
  
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• New Trailer: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ With Johnny Depp

  25-09-2018 19:03 via nytimes.com
  The effects-heavy trailer puts more emphasis on Mr. Depp’s titular villain than a previous clip did.
  
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• Yes, Even Zendaya Is Obsessed With the "Zendaya Is Meechee" Meme

  25-09-2018 18:48 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's the meme pop culture fans can't stop talking about!Before Smallfoot is released in theaters everywhere this Friday, YouTube star Gabriel Gundacker decided to create a catchy...
  
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• Padma Lakshmi Pens New York Times Op-Ed About Being Raped At 16

  25-09-2018 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  In an essay for the New York Times, Padma Lakshmi has revealed that she was raped when she was 16 years old. Lakshmi, the host and executive producer of Top Chef, detailed being assaulted by an older boyfriend one New Year’s Eve. “While we were talking, I was so tired...More »
  
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• Making a Murderer to return for a second season in October

  25-09-2018 18:36
  The series will focus on the appeals process of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey, sentenced to life in prison for murderNetflix’s hit true-crime documentary series Making a Murderer will return for a second season on 19 October, focusing on the appeals cases of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Massey.The new season will look at the post-conviction appeals of Avery, who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2005 death
  
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• How BoJack Horseman Addresses the Silencing of Women

  25-09-2018 18:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  BoJack Horseman has always been about one man’s — fine, technically one horseman’s — journey through depression, fallen stardom, addiction, and half-hearted attempts at redemption. The animated send-up of Hollywood hypocrisy and narcissism has explored the experiences of other characters, too, including Diane Nguyen, BoJack’s closest friend, and Princess Carolyn,...More »
  
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• Adam Resnick Breaks Down the Surreal W.C. Fields Comedy Million Dollar Legs

  25-09-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Adam Resnick is a writer whose name makes comedy geeks sit up and take notice. He’s penned material for Late Night With David Letterman and Saturday Night Live, served as a writer and co-executive producer on The Larry Sanders Show, and in addition to consulting on HBO’s dearly departed Bored...More »
  
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• Fyre Festival Founder Says Mental Illness Led Him to Commit Fraud

  25-09-2018 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last year’s disastrous Fyre Festival went up in smoke because its organizer has an untreated mental illness — or at least that’s the argument his lawyers are using in court. As Billy McFarland awaits sentencing for fraud, his attorneys are asking that the judge be lenient, citing a psychological evaluation...More »
  
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• Opera Review: The Met Brings Back Samson et Dalila, With Just Enough Fromage

  25-09-2018 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  To describe the Metropolitan Opera’s season-opening production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila as gaudy, cheesy, and silly is a compliment, not a complaint. The director, Darko Tresnjak, embraces the work’s orientalist camp and labors mightily to save it from self-importance. The staging steers clear of biblical Gaza or any attempts...More »
  
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• Making a Murderer Is Coming Back Very Soon, Specifically on October 19

  25-09-2018 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Almost three years after it first premiered, Making a Murderer is suddenly coming back. Netflix announced today that it will release a new season of its true-crime series on October 19, less than a month from today. According to a release, in Making a Murderer’s second season, filmmakers Laura Ricciardi...More »
  
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• It’s All Happening (in Song): Cameron Crowe Is Turning Almost Famous Into Musical

  25-09-2018 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rock and roll isn’t dead, it’s just living on in movies that get turned into Broadway musicals by big film studios. Today Sony’s Columbia Live Stage department announced that Cameron Crowe is writing the book for a musical adaptation of his movie Almost Famous. The stage version will have music...More »
  
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• Okay, But Really, Who Is the More Genuinely Upsetting Joker: Joaquin Phoenix or Tommy Wiseau?

  25-09-2018 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Joker’s wild, and we wouldn’t have it any other way! That’s right, America has clown fever (presumably contracted from a nasty It bite) and we absolutely refuse to be limited to one Joker per generation ever again. To whit, Nerdist asked The Room star Tommy Wiseau to revisit the classic...More »
  
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• How The Bachelor: Vietnam Made Its Surprise Love Story Happen

  25-09-2018 16:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Like their American counterparts, the producers of The Bachelor: Vietnam work hard to shape contestant story lines. But they want to make it clear that the biggest twist of their first season wasn’t planned. At all.“Myself, the story producer, the director, the host … I think ‘jaw drop’ is the only...More »
  
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• Maniac Recap: All the Feels

  25-09-2018 16:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Every time I take that pill,” Annie explains in the most poignant moment of this episode, “I have to live through the worst day of my life. I have to listen to myself say the worst, ugliest things I have ever said to anyone. And it ends with the worst...More »
  
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• Bill Cosby To Be Sentenced Today

  25-09-2018 16:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even before Bill Cosby arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse in the rain today, his possible sentence already came down from a maximum of 30 years to just 10. The prosecution and defense agreed to roll some of the charges together late Monday. After a long and tedious day of...More »
  
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• Anika Noni Rose Asked Wreck-It Ralph 2 to Reanimate Princess Tiana After Backlash

  25-09-2018 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Disney released footage from the Wreck-It Ralph sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, fans of The Princess and the Frog’s Princess Tiana noticed that the first black Disney princess didn’t look the same in this new film as she did in her standalone movie. Her nose was slimmer, her hair...More »
  
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• Credit Where Credit’s Due: Last Man Standing Is Unexpectedly Warm

  25-09-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this year, I had the bizarre experience of sitting down and watching a bunch of the original ABC run of Last Man Standing for the first time. I did not think it was a great show then, and I still don’t love it now. But I cannot deny that...More »
  
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• Flight of the Conchords Visit Colbert to Play Their New Song, ‘Father and Son’

  25-09-2018 15:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Flight of the Conchords stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to promote their brand-new special, which will air on HBO next month. During their visit, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement teased us all by sharing one of their newer songs from the special, titled “Father and...More »
  
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• Oscar Futures: A Best Picture Contender Is Born?

  25-09-2018 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a regular basis between now and February 24, 2019, when the winners of the Academy Awards are announced, Vulture will consult its crystal ball to determine the changing fortunes in this year’s Oscars race. In our Oscar Futures column, we’ll let you in on insider gossip, parse brand-new developments,...More »
  
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• 4 Black Women on Their Own Nappily Ever After-esque Big Chops

  25-09-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Violet, Sanaa Lathan’s character in Nappily Ever After, takes clippers to her frizzy, heat-damaged, and bleached-blonde hair, it’s portrayed as a moment of crisis. She’s just broken up with her boyfriend (he gave her a dog instead of an engagement ring), her career is suffering, her hair is damaged...More »
  
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• House With a Clock in Its Walls ticks up nicely for Steven Spielberg

  25-09-2018 14:12
  A cast including Jack Black and Cate Blanchett lifted the family drama to timely top position while Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour took runner-up slotThe robustly reliable family market propelled the latest production from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to the top of the UK box office, with £2.3m for the weekend period for The House With a Clock in Its Walls, and £3.37m including previews from the previous Saturday and Sunday. Local distributor Entertainment One sho
  
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• Comcast/Sky/Disney: wanted, dead or alive

  25-09-2018 14:12 via ft.com
  The cable group is livin’ on a prayer
  
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• Comcast/Sky/Disney: hair apparent

  25-09-2018 14:12 via ft.com
  The cable group is livin’ on a prayer
  
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• Mamma Mia! Amanda Seyfried Is a PCAs Finalist! See Her Best Roles Now

  25-09-2018 14:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Amanda Seyfried might only be 32 years old, but she's had the career that some stars--even those twice her age--only dream about.The Pennsylvania native has had both big TV roles and...
  
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• Mandy Moore Totally Aces Jimmy Fallon's A Walk to Remember or This Is Us Quiz

  25-09-2018 13:51 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's been 16 years since Mandy Moore starred in A Walk to Remember. However, her portrayal of Jamie Sullivan still gets people choked up today."That movie has touched people and...
  
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• Billy Eichner Urges You To Vote In the Midterms. If Not For Your Country, Then For Post Malone.

  25-09-2018 07:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Billy Eichner clearly can’t guarantee that voting in the 2018 midterms will protect Post Malone. The rapper has had to deal with an emergency plane landing, a car accident and an attempted home invasion (luckily, it was his old house) in the past six weeks alone. In Funny or Die’s...More »
  
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• Tuesday’s best TV: The Flu That Killed 50 Million

  25-09-2018 07:20
  Christoper Ecclestone explores the hidden history of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1919 – and reveals how experts believe it will return. Plus: the drama heats up in Bake Off9pm, BBC TwoAs if the enormous death toll inflicted during the first world war were not enough, in November 1918 a global flu pandemic broke out that claimed more than 50 million lives before it was declared over in July 1919. Christopher Eccleston narrates a thought-provoking docu-drama about the devastation wrought by
  
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• I despair for Vanity Fair: why the costume drama deserves your time

  25-09-2018 07:00
  Overshadowed by Bodyguard, ITV’s big autumn drama is one of the best adaptations of the Thackeray classic. Here’s why it’s one of 2018’s hidden gemsWARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS
  This month’s Sunday night viewing wars have given us a heroic clash of mettle on mettle. While most viewers sided with BBC1’s Bodyguard, I’ve pinned my colours to ITV’s adaptation of Vanity Fair.Both are masterclasses in sexual politics, but whereas Jed Mercurio’s pairin
  
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• Pandora: Sirius consideration

  25-09-2018 04:47 via ft.com
  The online radio station was awaiting a rescue
  
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• Listen to Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born Ballad ‘Is That Alright?’

  25-09-2018 04:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Is that alright? Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) September 25, 2018...More »
  
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• The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Italian Scallions

  25-09-2018 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  I think that maybe everyone needs to leave Gina alone about her divorce. She and her incredibly hot partner Matt, who we have never seen on the show, decided to get divorced because they’re “not right for each other,” even though Gina says that they’re best friends, they still have...More »
  
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• Better Call Saul Recap: Bayou Bayou, Baby

  25-09-2018 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  We had Kim figured all wrong. And so did Jimmy. And that might be the duo’s undoing. Jimmy needs a straight arrow, someone to ground him and keep him honest. If his partner in life suddenly becomes his enabler in crime — a real-deal Viktor and Giselle, a notion nailed...More »
  
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• Review: Speaking (and Signing) of Job, in ‘I Was Most Alive With You’

  25-09-2018 03:45 via nytimes.com
  Craig Lucas’s play — about deafness, gayness, addiction, disease, faith and philosophy — puts a modern family to the test.
  
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• Kate McKinnon The Latest Blonde To Join Roger Ailes Fox News Sexual Harassment Movie

  25-09-2018 03:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sorry, brunette performers of the world, but this is a Fox News sexual harassment drama we’re talking about. Deadline reports Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon is the latest actress to join Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie in director Jay Roach’s upcoming Roger Ailes movie. It depicts the...More »
  
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• In Remake News, Mel Gibson Will Be Directing The Wild Bunch

  25-09-2018 03:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  So it seems like Mel Gibson is definitely back now. Today it was announced that he will helm a remake of the classic Western The Wild Bunch, which was originally directed by Sam Peckinpah, and debuted in 1969. The story focuses on a group of outlaws who want to pull...More »
  
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• Theater Review: Craig Lucas’s I Was Most Alive With You Aims High

  25-09-2018 03:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Craig Lucas’s I Was Most Alive With You, now at Playwrights Horizons under the direction of Tyne Rafaeli, is a complex and far-reaching project. It’s a family saga, a riff on a biblical tale, and, structurally, both a memory play and an artists-making-art play. It combines weighty, ultra-personal topics—faith, addiction,...More »
  
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