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• Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Trailer: Give the Vulcan Salute to Grunge Spock

  06-10-2018 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  You don’t have to speak Klingon to know this trailer for Star Trek: Discovery’s second season unveils the most fabulously eyebrowed man this side of the USS Discovery: Mr. Spock himself! Ethan Peck is stepping into the role made famous by Leonard Nimoy, and guess what? Younger Spock also means...More »
  
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• Senate Votes to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

  06-10-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  As protests erupted outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday afternoon, 50 senators paid the incensed women whose screams could be heard inside the gallery no mind, and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The final vote was 50 to 48. Kavanaugh’s appointment is for life.Kavanaugh has been accused of...More »
  
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• Bo Burnham Wants to ‘Tear Down’ Those ‘Masculine Bullsh*t’ Comedy Clubs

  06-10-2018 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bo Burnham sat for a conversation with Michael Schulman during the New Yorker Festival on Saturday, and the takes were strong. After unpacking how comedy helped Trump win the presidency, the comedian-turned-filmmaker was asked by Schulman if he’d ever return to comedy. “I think I’d love to do it again....More »
  
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• Patton Oswalt Explains Why His Veep Character Is ‘Problematic’ Now

  06-10-2018 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Patton Oswalt may be a beloved comedian and actor, but not all of his roles have aged as well as Ratatouille. In an interview with Eric Lach at the New Yorker Festival on Friday night, the comedian discussed how differently his Veep character plays today than he did when the...More »
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2018: week three – as it happened

  06-10-2018 21:35
  Who was the star turn in Movie Week, and who will join Susannah and Anton in being booted off? Heidi Stephens followed all the action8.35pm BST So that’s IT for Movie Week, bar the Results tomorrow. See you back here at 7.15pm tomorrow – sadly the days of the Countryfile preamble are gone, as the BBC has stuck Doctor Who on before Strictly instead. Not my cup of tea I’m afraid, and I’ll get shot for spoilers if I even mention it. End of a Sunday era, and I’m quite s
  
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• Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams’ Game of Thrones Self-Care Was Getting High in Bathtubs

  06-10-2018 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’ve been hard pressed for many (or any) details on the final season of Game of Thrones, which wrapped filming this summer and will premiere in 2019. As much as fans are obsessed with GoT, we at Vulture are just as taken by the loving, adorable friendship of Sophie Turner...More »
  
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• The Man in the High Castle Recap: Travelers

  06-10-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This season of The Man in the High Castle asks one thoroughly interesting question: When would a fascist regime possibly be satisfied? If it was determined that we could access alternate planes of reality, wouldn’t the next question be who gets to rule them? It’s arguably been too much of...More »
  
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• The Reactions Are in: Comic-Con Is Obsessed With Hellboy’s First Footage

  06-10-2018 20:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  We have some good and bad news for all the super swoll Hellboy fans out there. Good: the first footage debuted this afternoon at New York Comic Con. Hooray! Bad: the film’s overlords won’t actually release the footage for us Internet dwellers, giving us a major case of superhero FOMO....More »
  
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• James Bond Will Never Be Played By a Woman, Decrees the Franchise’s Executive Producer

  06-10-2018 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  While one certain, timey-wimey British franchise has recently embraced the X chromosome as its lead for the first time in its history, don’t expect the James Bond universe to follow suit. Ever. In a new interview with The Guardian, long-time Bond gatekeeper (a.k.a. executive producer) Barbara Broccoli is asserting that...More »
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2018: week three – live

  06-10-2018 19:48
  As Movie Week begins, who will be the star turn and who will join Susannah and Anton in being booted off? Follow all the action live 6.48pm BST Next it’s DR RANJ AND JANETTE! Tonight they’re dancing the Quickstep to ‘Prince Ali’ from Aladdin, which is very much a musical (DRINK). These two make an adorable Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, but the sexy Aladdin benchmark (so very wrong) was set by Ashley and Ola in in 2013 when they danced the Rumba to ‘A Whole New World
  
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• Name that killer tune: why today’s TV dramas thrive on musical mystery

  06-10-2018 19:00
  Original scores are fast giving way to obscure existing tracks, propelling their makers to sudden stardomA grisly scene unfolds on the TV screen: a dead body is revealed on a beach, or by a canal, or perhaps floating in the pool of a luxury villa. As the camera pulls out, the strains of an atmospheric tune strike up. But never mind working out who did the murder – the key question is: who did the music?The box-set entertainment era has spawned a new leisure pursuit: whodunnits in which vie
  
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• C’mon Margot Robbie, Let’s Go Party in That Live-Action Barbie Movie

  06-10-2018 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hiya Barbie. Hi Vulture! Do you want to go for a ride? Sure, Vulture. Jump in. Such iconic dialogue will probably not be uttered in the long-gestating Barbie live-action film, but it doesn’t matter, as we might’ve found our new leading 11-inches-of-plastic lady after years of waiting: Margot Robbie. THR...More »
  
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• The Man in the High Castle Recap: The Good Wife

  06-10-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Arguably the most transitional episode in the history of The Man in the High Castle, “History Ends” spends most of its running time getting Juliana Crain back to where she started the season, in the sphere of the title character, a.k.a. Arthur, back in the Neutral Zone. At the same...More »
  
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• 5 Things We Just Learned about Netflix’s New Horror Shows

  06-10-2018 17:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  At New York Comic Con 2018, the network that already knows what you like brought a new meaning to Netflix and Chill — the streaming giant debuted its new batch of alternatively gothic, off-beat and flat-out terrifying horror TV series and films. In a rather two-and-a-half hour panel featuring the...More »
  
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• Good Omens Trailer: It’s Armageddon Vs. David Tennant and Michael Sheen!

  06-10-2018 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Welcome to the end times? Amazon, finally allowing us to quench our intense David Tennant and Michael Sheen thirst, has released the first trailer for its upcoming Good Omens series. And if you had “The Trip as religious sci-fi” on your Tonal Bingo Card, we have some good news for...More »
  
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• In Non-Terrible SCOTUS News, Olivia de Havilland Is Taking Her Feud Feud to the Supreme Court

  06-10-2018 16:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  What, you thought a centenarian would have better things to do than demand the Supreme Court see her case about being portrayed as a “bitch” on television? Get your priorities straight, readers! Because Olivia de Havilland is back, and ready to defend her name in the eyes of justice! Per...More »
  
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• Jack Antonoff Says What’s Going on With Kanye West Right Now ‘Hurts’

  06-10-2018 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Friday night, Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, a co-creator of the modern pop sound, spoke at length about his feelings about Kanye West and how he frequently talks to his therapist about him. “What I said to my therapist is it hurts,” he explained, onstage at the New Yorker Festival....More »
  
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• Ray Galton, co-creator of Steptoe and Son, dies aged 88

  06-10-2018 15:39
  Scriptwriter worked with Alan Simpson on sitcoms including Hancock’s Half HourRay Galton, one half of the Galton and Simpson writing duo who created
  ground-breaking sitcoms such as Hancock’s Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, has died aged 88.The scriptwriter died on Friday night after a “long and heartbreaking battle with dementia”, his family said in a statement.Continue reading...
  
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• The Man in the High Castle Recap: Hey Joe

  06-10-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In my recap of the last episode, I wrote of how The Man in the High Castle often sagged most damagingly in the Juliana and Joe subplot and how that arc needed something drastic to happen to inject some life into it. Well, this episode finally came through, as The...More »
  
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• Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85

  06-10-2018 12:00 via nytimes.com
  One of the 20th century’s most renowned opera singers, the soprano was known for the timeless beauty of her voice and the ardent fervor of her fans.
  
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• Crazy, unsexy, cool: why The Bisexual is TV’s most nuanced take on relationships

  06-10-2018 12:00
  Maxine Peake co-stars with Desiree Akhavan in a new comedy about the awkward sexual journey of a New Yorker in LondonMeet Leila (Desiree Akhavan), a New Yorker in London who runs a tech startup with Sadie (Maxine Peake), her girlfriend of 10 years. When Sadie spontaneously proposes marriage in the work toilets, Leila assumes the startled look of a pedestrian in the path of a runaway truck. Shortly afterwards, she moves out of their shared flat and into the grubby spare room of Brian Gleeson&rsqu
  
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• ‘Vice,’ ‘The Mule’ and More: The Week’s Best and Worst Trailers

  06-10-2018 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Christian Bailey looks convincing as Dick Cheney, Clint Eastwood’s drug runner looks promising, but Taron Egerton’s ‘Robin Hood’ is feeling more pointless.
  
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• Emilia Fox: ‘What do I most dislike about my appearance? That it's scrutinised'

  06-10-2018 10:30
  The actor on poems, postmortems and her favourite podcastBorn in London, the daughter of actors Edward Fox and Joanna David, Emilia Fox, 44, studied at Oxford. Since 2004, she has starred in the BBC drama Silent Witness. She is currently appearing in ITV’s Strangers. She is divorced, has one daughter and lives in London.When were you happiest?In my childhood, when I didn’t think about whether it was happy. It just was. Continue reading...
  
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• Florence Pugh: ‘You never see an unplucked brow in Hollywood'

  06-10-2018 10:00
  The young British star of Lady Macbeth, King Lear and the BBC’s new Le Carré adaptation talks about ambition, being body shamed and Gen Z’s new brat packLegend has it that, in the early 20th century, Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár threw the keys to the New York cafe in Budapest into the Danube, in the hope of getting the cafe to open round the clock. Fast forward to 2018 and Florence Pugh, an actor and short-term resident at the cafe’s accompanying hotel, has
  
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• Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’

  06-10-2018 08:00
  He’s the star of TV and Broadway whose new film Blindspotting unveils the evils of gentrification. The actor discusses protest, prejudice and the ‘neo-Nazi president’
  Modern Toss on gentrificationDaveed Diggs, born poor and “very happy” in Oakland, California, says his Jewish mother and African-American father informed him early on that he was going to be policed differently than many of his friends. Regardless of the success he has had of late – including his
  
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• Saturday's best TV: Snowfall; Strictly Come Dancing; Killing Eve

  06-10-2018 07:00
  The violent and atmospheric 80s LA drug drama return for a second run, while it’s Movie Week in the Strictly ballroom10.50pm, BBC Two Continue reading...
  
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• Hell Yeah: Banksy Painting Immediately Self-Destructs After Selling For Over $1 Million

  06-10-2018 05:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  This isn’t Banksy’s first time at the rodeo and even if it was, well, that rodeo would be covered in priceless graffiti. He knows when he needs to kick things up a notch, though. Like on Friday night, when Sotheby’s auctioned off the anonymous street artist’s famous 2006 work “Girl...More »
  
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• Kacey Musgraves, Noted Gay Icon, Is ‘Pissed’ Country Music Isn’t More LGBTQ-Friendly

  06-10-2018 04:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Shout it from your cattle ranch in the Cheyenne suburbs or your balcony overlooking the Hudson: Kacey Musgraves is a gay icon, y’all! And the world needs to know! (The world also needs to know about Golden Hour, the best country album of the year. Don’t fight us on that.)...More »
  
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• These Fans Camping at Citi Field For a Week Care About BTS More Than You Care About Your Own Life

  06-10-2018 03:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  BTS' ARMY is ready and waiting for the Citi Field show billboard (@billboard) October 5, 2018And in case you were assuming this level of devotion must be inspired by free or at least available tickets, the answer appears to be no. The show is completely sold out, and Citi Field...More »
  
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• Wanted to Take Another Look at The First Three A Star Is Born Films Before You See The New One?

  06-10-2018 02:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  In haaa ah ah ah ah aaah aaah ah ah ah ah aaaaaah-onor of this weekend’s A Star Is Born premiere, FilmStruck currently has the first three versions of A Star Is Born available to stream, plus here’s a little interview with Bradley Cooper (see below) in which he details...More »
  
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• The Hate U Give Screenwriter Audrey Wells Dead at 58

  06-10-2018 01:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to her representatives at UTA, The Hate U Give screenwriter Audrey Wells passed away Thursday following a “long and private battle with cancer.” The writer and director was 58 at the time of her death. In addition to the upcoming police shooting drama, based on the best-selling Angie Thomas...More »
  
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• Richard Kaplan, Acclaimed Documentarian, Is Dead at 93

  06-10-2018 01:02 via nytimes.com
  His films included an Oscar-winning study of Eleanor Roosevelt and a portrait of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that one critic called a “genuine spiritual epic.”
  
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• A female James Bond? Never, confirms executive producer

  06-10-2018 00:38
  Barbara Broccoli dismisses the possibility of a gender switch for 007, but says a woman may one day direct franchise The future has looked shaky for cinema’s biggest hero. The director of his latest adventure quit 14 weeks before shooting. The release date was pushed back. Not so long ago, the actor who plays him said he would rather slash his wrists than reprise the role.But there is one thing about which James Bond can rest easy: his manhood. Speaking to the Guardian, 007’s executi
  
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• Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Explain Why Their Oh, Hello Duo Can’t Return to Broadway Right Now

  06-10-2018 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Friday, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney blessed us with season two of Big Mouth, their very gross, very funny series on the wonders and miseries of puberty. But that’s not all. After a live table reading of the second season’s premiere at New York Comic Con, a fan reminded...More »
  
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