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• The Cry finale review – a fitting end to this sickeningly addictive thriller

  21-10-2018 23:05 via theguardian.com
  For something as emotionally heightened as a whodunnit about a missing baby, it at times seemed sluggish, but the finale was satisfying and tastySpoiler alert: This review is of the final episode of The Cry. Do not read unless you have watched episode four, which aired on BBC One on Sunday 21 October.In much the same way as ITV’s Vanity Fair ended up stumbling to a finish through no real fault of its own, it is hard not to feel a little bit sorry for The Cry (BBC One). This solid drama/thr
  
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• ‘Halloween’ Rides Scary-Movie Nostalgia to No. 1 at the Box Office

  21-10-2018 21:43 via nytimes.com
  Four decades after the John Carpenter original, the latest installment of “Halloween” earned $77.5 million to top this weekend’s ticket sales.
  
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• Blumhouse Studio, Scary at the Box Office, Gets Serious About TV

  21-10-2018 21:43 via nytimes.com
  The Hollywood producer of blockbuster films like the latest “Halloween” sequel is trying to become a serious player in television. It won’t be easy.
  
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• Timothee Chalamet Shared a Tender Photo From the Set of Little Women

  21-10-2018 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Timothee Chalamet, the expert floral suit wearing, floppy hair having, 2018 cinema darling continues to create content that caters directly to our hearts.This time, it’s not an emotionally charged independent film; it’s an Instagram post. On Saturday, Timothee shared a blurred, poorly lit photo of Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig,...More »
  
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• Pete Davidson Finally Acknowledges Ariana Grande Split With Jokes About Needing Roommates

  21-10-2018 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  In his first public acknowledgement of his breakup with Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson joked about some of his permanent body art. During his comedy set in Los Angeles at Judd and Pete for America, a benefit show for Swing Left, Davidson acknowledged that getting multiple tattoos with his ex-fianceé was...More »
  
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• Doctor Who recap: series 37, episode 3 – Rosa

  21-10-2018 20:46 via theguardian.com
  Malorie Blackman’s first Who episode is poignant and potent as the Tardis team are taken back to Birmingham, Alabama, to meet a certain Rosa ParksSPOILER ALERT: this weekly blog is for those who are watching the new series of Doctor Who. Don’t read ahead if you haven’t seen episode three, Rosa. Continue reading...
  
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• Review: A Song of Eternity in ‘Midnight at the Never Get’

  21-10-2018 20:23 via nytimes.com
  It’s 1963 again, and this chamber musical packs all the heartbreak and bliss of love in a Village gay bar of the era.
  
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• Critic’s Pick: Review: A Song of Eternity in ‘Midnight at the Never Get’

  21-10-2018 20:23 via nytimes.com
  It’s 1963 again, and this chamber musical packs all the heartbreak and bliss of love in a Village gay bar of the era.
  
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• We’re Thrilled to Inform You Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Salem the Cat Is Red Carpet Trained

  21-10-2018 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Meanwhile, all of Vulture’s cat parents can barely get their felines to use litter boxes in a functional manner. As alerted to us by IndieWire, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s iconic Salem the Cat — rudely only identified as “cat” by Getty Images — must actually possess some kind of satanic...More »
  
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• McKinsey ‘horrified’ Saudis could have used report in crackdown

  21-10-2018 19:44 via ft.com
  Consultant’s Saudi social media analysis under scrutiny
  
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• ITV chief: now is last chance to build British challenger to Netflix

  21-10-2018 18:29 via theguardian.com
  With subscription service in place, we’ll keep Love Island in-house, says Carolyn McCallThe chief executive of ITV has said now is the last chance for UK broadcasters to build a British Netflix, as the US streaming giant continues to grow at breakneck speed.The warning from Carolyn McCall, chief executive of the UK’s largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, follows protracted talks between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV to create a credible domestic streaming rival to Netflix that hav
  
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• David Byrne’s American Utopia Could Be Coming to Broadway

  21-10-2018 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Take a look at this news! It’s passing in-between us. For those who weren’t lucky enough to catch David Byrne’s current (and excellent) American Utopia tour over the past few months — which was birthed to accompany Byrne’s equally excellent American Utopia album, his first in 13 years — there...More »
  
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• Britney Spears Is Taking the ‘Hip-Hop’ Route for Her New Las Vegas Residency

  21-10-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  You know our bitch is gonna work for her $500,000 per show payday! Britney Spears, whose new Las Vegas residency Domination will launch at the Park Theater at Park MGM in February, will apparently be switching up the theme of the show a bit to usher in this creative era....More »
  
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• Bella Thorne Says Freeform Was Quite the Network Bully

  21-10-2018 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  We at Vulture might’ve had some fun upon recently learning Bella Thorne owns nineteen (19!) cats, but buried within that same Los Angeles Times profile is an aside that isn’t meant to be taken as lightly. Hell, it’s just plain depressing if true. As Thorne recalled during her Famous in...More »
  
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• Michael Myers Is a Terrifying Acting Challenge, Too

  21-10-2018 16:00 via nytimes.com
  From walking like wood through water to “breathing him in,” five actors explain their very different approaches to “Halloween’s” opaque villain.
  
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• Opera Review: On the Lightness of the Met’s Marnie

  21-10-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When the Metropolitan Opera commissions a new work, it commits. For Marnie, the second opera that the company has ordered from composer Nico Muhly, it rounded up an elite strike force of a cast, had the conductor Robert Spano lead it, and let director Michael Mayer loose on the staging....More »
  
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• Daredevil Recap: The Origin of Benjamin Poindexter

  21-10-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  From the start, Daredevil’s third season set out to be a return to form, and it’s kind of amazing how literal it is in its pursuit of that goal. Some of the stuff is obvious: Matt’s return to his makeshift black suit, Wilson Fisk as a primary antagonist, the grounded...More »
  
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• Actor Selma Blair reveals that she has multiple sclerosis

  21-10-2018 13:34
  MS diagnosis came in August but Hollywood star has lived with symptoms for yearsThe American actor Selma Blair has been praised for speaking candidly about having multiple sclerosis (MS).In an Instagram post the 46-year-old Cruel Intentions star said she had been officially diagnosed in August but had experienced symptoms for years. Related: New MS drug could slow symptoms of 'untreatable' form of disease I was dxd with MS at 30.
  I can so relate to how #SelmaBlair feels.
  I am grateful to all cel
  
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• Busy Philipps: 'I've been on three big TV shows but was broke by the age of 28'

  21-10-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  The actor and former teen TV star talks Instagram fame, coming to terms with trauma and how she became Hollywood’s most powerful BFF
  As guilty pleasures go, there are some that are painful to admit even to yourself. Not because they’re shameful, but because they’re so mindless that they make you question why you ever even bothered learning to read. Here’s one of mine: every day I go on Instagram and watch Busy Philipps, who is possibly the most famous Hollywood personalit
  
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• The week in TV: Butterfly, There She Goes, Child of Mine, Informer

  21-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A drama about a transgender child and a sitcom centred on a girl with severe learning difficulties both hit home with heart and witButterfly (ITV) | itv.com
  There She Goes (BBC Four) | iPlayer
  Child of Mine (Channel 4) | channel4.comInformer (BBC One) | iPlayerLaughter wasn’t quite the reaction I’d expected of myself. Mild despair, irritation with a snowflake generation, anger at the government’s whole ill-managed kerfuffle over the Gender Recognition Act… all these and
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: Dead Man Talking; Dr Death; They Walk Among Us

  21-10-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Dark nights mean true crime delights, with a trio of gripping podcasts that step skilfully through this delicate groundDead Man Talking
  Dr Death | WonderyThey Walk Among UsAutumn seems as good a time as any to tuck yourself under a cosy duvet, sip a hot chocolate and scare yourself stupid with a true crime podcast. Looking for the dark side of life writ large, the terror of what humans are capable of doing to each other? Me neither, but true crime is very popular and, occasionally, I understand
  
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• Halloween Might Break the October Box Office Record

  21-10-2018 07:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to Variety, the new Halloween has not only won the weekend box office race, but it might just have the biggest October opening of all time. The sequel to the original 1978 film is set 40 years after the events of the original film, and it also ignores all...More »
  
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• Sunday's best TV: The Cry; Doctor Who; Radio 1 Teen Awards 2018

  21-10-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  The psychological thriller concludes in devastating fashion, Jodie Whittaker’s Time Lord finds her feet, and Little Mix and Mabel feature in the Teen Awards9pm, BBC One Continue reading...
  
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• Selma Blair Reveals She’s Been Suffering from MS for 15 Years

  21-10-2018 05:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a heart-wrenching Instagram post, actress Selma Blair revealed on Saturday that she’s been suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. “I have had symptoms for years but was never taken seriously,” she wrote. “I have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least.” The actress revealed she received her diagnosis...More »
  
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