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• Mark Ruffalo and Mark Ruffalo Will Play Twin Brothers in HBO’s I Know This Much Is True

  18-10-2018 23:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Finally, charming, handsome Hollywood heartthrob Mark Ruffalo will share the screen with a scene partner equal to his talents, also Mark Ruffalo. According to TVLine, Mark Ruffalo and Mark Ruffalo have signed on to star in an HBO mini-series adaptation of Wally Lamb’s novel, I Know This Much Is True,...More »
  
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• Hugh Grant Says He Is Open to Returning to Bridget Jones, Baby

  18-10-2018 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s been two years since Bridget Jones fans were left with that cliffhanger: Daniel Cleaver is still alive. But will the devilishly charming character return to Bridget’s universe should a fourth movie happen? Actor Hugh Grant isn’t totally opposed.“I don’t know, I don’t know. It depends on the story,” he said at Wednesday’s press conference for Amazon’s A...More »
  
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• How Does the Art World Live With Itself?

  18-10-2018 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The lush new art-world documentary The Price of Everything shows us a system so waist-deep in hypermarketing and excess that it’s hard to look at art without being overcome by money, prices, auctions, art fairs, celebrities, well-known artists, and mega-collectors who fancy themselves conquistadors. In this, it’s a lot like...More »
  
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• Robin Wright Promises the House of Cards Finale Is ‘Beautifully Macabre’

  18-10-2018 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  After five years and six seasons with Claire Underwood, Robin Wright finally has to let her House of Cards character go. During a talk at the 92Y — where Wright was joined by co-star Michael Kelly and executive producers Melissa Gibson and Frank Pugliese — Wright teased what will happen...More »
  
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• Horror Movies by Women and More: Your Thursday Pop Culture Cheat Sheet

  18-10-2018 22:24 via nytimes.com
  What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• Dancing Queen’s Alyssa Edwards on Drag Race Drama, Her Netflix Show, and Loving A Star Is Born

  18-10-2018 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  The anticipation has truly been knee-deep ever since the announcement that RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favorite Alyssa Edwards was getting a reality series of her very own. That series, Netflix’s Dancing Queen, which follows Alyssa’s work as owner and artistic director at Beyond Belief Dance Company, premiered earlier this month...More »
  
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• Can You Ever Forgive Me? Doesn’t Reveal Melissa McCarthy’s Dramatic Abilities, It Confirms Them

  18-10-2018 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Melissa McCarthy is going to surprise a lot of people when they see Can You Ever Forgive Me?, but she shouldn’t. That’s not a knock on the performance, which is great and deservedly earning her Oscar talk. Directed by Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl) and written by Nicole...More »
  
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• Someone Tell the Kids in The Curse of La Llorona Trailer That You Can’t Lock Ghosts Out of Cars

  18-10-2018 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you like ghosts, New Line Cinema and James Wan are here to be your best friends. They’ve given you Annabelles and Conjurings and Nuns and now you shall have the dreaded La Llorona. Based on the Mexican folktale of a woman who lost her children and now wanders crying...More »
  
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• The Enduring Appeal of Nine Inch Nails

  18-10-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  I think a lot of ’90s youth angst was cosmetic. All those black-clad teens shuffling around small town malls in Tripp pants and band tees got rides there and back from loving parents. Their favorite bands’ arch-nemesis was plain old Middle America. That’s a boring villain. The punks fought political...More »
  
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• A Few Questions About Bella Thorne’s 19 Cats

  18-10-2018 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ever since a Los Angeles Times profile reported that actress and Instagram sensation Bella Thorne has 18 million Instagram followers and 19 cats, it is — unfortunately for me — cat day on Vulture.com. Forget whatever’s streaming on Netflix (Élite, which you should be watching) or the also very good...More »
  
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• This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Hell and Gone, Mile Higher, and More

  18-10-2018 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The true-crime podcast universe is ever expanding. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week for the month of October,...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: With One Strong Word, ‘The Hate U Give’ Couldn’t Hold Its Tongue

  18-10-2018 21:04 via nytimes.com
  How do you make a movie about teenagers when the more authentic it sounds, the less likely it is that young people will be able to see it?
  
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• Kobe Bryant Removed From Film Festival Jury Due to Alleged Rape

  18-10-2018 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last March, famed basketball player Kobe Bryant brought home an Academy Award for his animated short film Dear Basketball. Thousands soon signed an online petition to revoke the Oscar, citing a woman’s allegation that Bryant raped her in 2003. While he kept the award, another petition — this one on Change.org — has since circulated, demanding the Animation...More »
  
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• Tracing the Influence of Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle With Open Mike Eagle

  18-10-2018 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  During an interview with Variety last year, writer, director, and actor Robert Townsend revealed a depressing truth delivered by his agent after the critical acclaim that followed his role in the Oscar-nominated A Soldier’s Story inspired him to go out for more prestige pictures. “My agent told me, ‘Robert, they...More »
  
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• Why Doesn’t Bella Thorne Instagram Her 19 Cats? What Is She Hiding?

  18-10-2018 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The internet is currently reeling due to a new Bella Thorne profile published by the Los Angeles Times today, in which it is revealed right in the headline that the actress currently has a whopping 19 cats roaming around her Los Angeles home — or, more accurately, roaming throughout the...More »
  
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• Can You Ever Forgive Me? Is a Visceral Depiction of the Loneliness of Fakery

  18-10-2018 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is a moment so revolting, so sad, and so utterly unforgettable in Can You Ever Forgive Me? that I won’t give away, but is one of the most visceral depictions of loneliness I’ve seen in a while. Loneliness, onscreen at least, tends to be a vibe, a #mood, a...More »
  
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• Can Bella Thorne Actually Name Each of Her 19 Cats?

  18-10-2018 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was recently revealed that contrary to the common-sense limitations of hygiene, local laws, and the desire to live free from constantly stepping in hairball vomit, Bella Thorne has 19 cats. (In addition to her dog, whose name is Tampon.) Many questions immediately come to mind, like: Can she actually...More »
  
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• A Tribe Called Quest and the Art of the Mixtape

  18-10-2018 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hanif Abdurraqib is a visiting writer in the MFA program at Butler University, an acclaimed poet, and cultural critic whose work has appeared in the New York Times, MTV News, Vulture, and other outlets. A nominee for the Pushcart Prize, he is the author of the highly praised poetry collection...More »
  
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• In Wanderlust, Toni Collette Gets Serious About Sex

  18-10-2018 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wanderlust begins with a longtime married couple in the throes of bad sex that doesn’t end well. Joy (Toni Collette) was recently in a bicycling accident and hasn’t been in the mood for a while. Alan (Steven Mackintosh) thinks she’s just making excuses and is actually no longer attracted to...More »
  
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• Scary Movies by Women and More: Your Thursday Pop Culture Cheat Sheet

  18-10-2018 20:07 via nytimes.com
  What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• Bette Midler Joins Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Special With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Dove Cameron and More

  18-10-2018 20:07 via feeds.eonline.com
  UPDATE: Bette Midler, the one and only Winifred Sanderson, has joined Freeform's Hocus Pocus special. See her teaser below.PREVIOUSLY: Sisters! Get ready to sing. Freeform announced...
  
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• In Defense of Bella Thorne and Her 19 Cats

  18-10-2018 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2014, I, Dee Lockett, rescued two kittens from the wilderness and officially assumed the title of Cat Mom. And as any human who has entered into cat parenthood can attest, the urge — no, obligation — to multiply your furry progeny as fast as they can breed is strong....More »
  
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• ‘Halloween’ Review: Michael’s Back! (Jamie Lee Curtis, Too)

  18-10-2018 18:36 via nytimes.com
  David Gordon Green’s sequel to the horror classic brings Michael Myers back for blood.
  
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• ‘Halloween’ Review: Jamie Lee Curtis, Look Out!

  18-10-2018 18:36 via nytimes.com
  David Gordon Green’s sequel to the horror classic brings Michael Myers back for blood.
  
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• Not the Man They Think He Is at Home

  18-10-2018 18:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s an incident from early on in Elton John’s career that reminds us how peculiar it has been. The year was 1970. John’s first album, Empty Sky, had been released in the U.K. but had gone nowhere. His label, supportive of him in fits and starts, eventually laid out for...More »
  
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• Elaine May Makes a Contemplative Return to Broadway in the First Photo From The Waverly Gallery

  18-10-2018 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Decades since she last appeared on Broadway, the renowned actress, writer, and director Elaine May has returned. This fall, at the John Golden Theatre (where she opened An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May in 1960), May is starring in Kenneth Lonergan’s autobiographical play The Waverly Gallery. In it,...More »
  
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• Kuehne + Nagel: truck or treat

  18-10-2018 18:05 via ft.com
  High tariffs threaten trade flows but sea freight is riding high
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: Glenn Close Raises a Saint in ‘Mother of the Maid’

  18-10-2018 18:05 via nytimes.com
  In Jane Anderson’s satisfyingly old-fashioned play about Joan of Arc’s mom, Ms. Close shows the stuff of which great stage stars are made.
  
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• This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Bitch Sesh With Andrew Rannells

  18-10-2018 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week...More »
  
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• Emma Bunton announced as host of US version of Bake Off

  18-10-2018 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Contestants of the show’s fourth season will have to dust it, make it, proof it, bake it – show her how good they areFormer Spice Girl Emma Bunton has been announced as the new presenter of the Great American Baking Show, the US version of the Great British Bake Off.Bunton will join the show for its fourth season on ABC, co-hosting alongside former NFL player Anthony “Spice” Adams.Continue reading...
  
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• How Peter Dinklage Helped Jamie Dornan Prepare for Fifty Shades Freed

  18-10-2018 17:32 via feeds.eonline.com
  Talk about Fifty Shades of Awkward...Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan, who plays Christian Grey in the steamy S&M-themed Fifty Shades films, star together in the...
  
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• Check Out the Trailer for Netflix’s Stand-up Series The Degenerates

  18-10-2018 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Netflix, if you haven’t heard, has been releasing a whole lot of stand-up showcase series this year. First it was The Standups, then it was The Comedy Lineup, and now it’s The Degenerates, which makes its debut on the streaming network later this month. The series features half-hour specials from...More »
  
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• Comedy Cellar Owner on Louis C.K.: ‘He’s Not Banned by Any Means’

  18-10-2018 17:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the wake of multiple performances by Louis C.K. at both the Comedy Cellar and other New York venues, Cellar owner Noam Dworman has walked into the headlines again this week with two podcast interviews — one on Slate’s The Gist and another on the New York Times’ The Daily....More »
  
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• Banksy Claims That Painting Was Supposed to Be Totally Shredded

  18-10-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A few weeks ago, Banksy’s painting Girl With Balloon seemingly self-destructed after being sold at auction for more than $1.2 million at Sotheby’s, as a shredder hidden inside the painting’s frame tore it’s bottom half apart. But in a video Banksy posted to his YouTube, the artist revealed that he’d...More »
  
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• Judy Blume's Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to be adapted for film

  18-10-2018 16:59
  After half a century of batting off Hollywood offers, beloved US children’s author agrees to movie version of her best-known novelForty-eight years after its publication, Judy Blume’s seminal young adult novel, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, is to be adapted for cinema.Following many decades rejecting the advances of film producers, Blume tweeted in August that she was having meetings in Hollywood to discuss possible movie versions of her books, and invited readers&rsquo
  
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• Making a Murderer Part Two Is True Crime Turned Plodding

  18-10-2018 16:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Everything about the first season of Making a Murderer was a surprise.The fact that it dropped on Netflix a week before Christmas in 2015 and then became one of the most talked-about series of the season was a surprise. To those who were unfamiliar with the backstory behind the murder...More »
  
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• Why Doctor Who Went Back to Basics With Its New Theme Song

  18-10-2018 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Do we doo, do we do we, we doooooo, doo we dooo! Jodie Whittaker and her glass-ceiling-shattering entrance aren’t the only things delighting Whovians’ eardrums with the newest season of Doctor Who, thanks to a revamp of the show’s theme song to usher in the reign of the 13th Doctor.British-Nigerian...More »
  
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• The Favourite and First Reformed Lead 2018 Gotham Awards Nominations

  18-10-2018 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The nominees for the 28th Annual IFP Gotham Awards were announced Thursday morning, signaling the official start to awards season. (Are you even ready?!) Paul Schrader’s hot, guilty priest drama First Reformed and Yorgos Lanthimos’s punk period piece The Favourite lead the nominations with three each, with The Favourite earning...More »
  
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• Remembering the Moon Landing, Nearly 50 Years Later: ‘We Were All Completely Silent’

  18-10-2018 16:28 via nytimes.com
  A new film, “First Man,” tells the story of Neil Armstrong’s stepping onto the moon in the summer of 1969. We asked readers to tell us what they remembered about that historic day.
  
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• Samantha Bee: Republicans 'not popular enough to win without cheating'

  18-10-2018 16:24 via theguardian.com
  Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s latest comments on climate change and reports of voter suppression before November’s midtermsLate-night hosts took aim at Donald Trump’s most recent claim that he has a “natural instinct for science”, and criticised Republican attempts to suppress voters. Continue reading...
  
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• Jonah Hill’s Old DJ Name Sounds Like Something From The Incredibles, Says Charlamagne tha God

  18-10-2018 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  When director and earnest king of Instagram Jonah Hill was a guest on 105.1’s “Breakfast Club” this week to talk about his directorial debut Mid90s, his friendship with Q-Tip, and his love of rap. The culture of skating is like the culture of rap, Hill said, and he approached it...More »
  
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• Cabaretduo Piepschuim doet Theater Hofpoort aan met nieuwe show - coevordenhuisaanhuis.nl

  18-10-2018 16:05
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  Coevorden - Cabaretduo Piepschuim staat op zaterdag 3 november in Theater Hofpoort in Coevorden met hun nieuwe show 'Grote Woorden'. Piepschuim wordt gevormd door taalfilosoof en componist Cor Burger en multi-instrumentalist en fysiek acteur ...
  
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• BTS Renews Contract With Management Company, Will Be Here Forever

  18-10-2018 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  There was already no stopping K-pop titans BTS, but now it’s a done deal. Hot off their historic Citi Field concert, the seven members of the group — RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, V, Jimin, and Jungkook — have renewed their contract with their management company BigHit for another whopping seven...More »
  
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