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• The Secret Story of Stuff review – inventions provoke awe and wonder – and hope

  31-10-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Zoe Laughlin blends bonhomie, excitement and expertise to shine a light on the latest scientific ideasAny sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic, runs the third and most famous of Arthur C Clarke’s laws. On the face of last night’s evidence, then, Zoe Laughlin is not just a designer and materials engineer but a magician too.Laughlin – as the presenter of The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age (BBC Four) – blends bonhomie,
  
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• Isn’t It Romantic Trailer: Rebel Wilson’s Rom-Com Has Liam Hemsworth in a Towel

  31-10-2018 22:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sure, today belongs to the spooky, but Isn’t It Romantic would like you to fast-forward to the lovey dovey stuff. The Rebel Wilson romantic-comedy is I Feel Pretty-adjacent: Wilson stars as Natalie, a woman who takes a bad fall and wakes up in her very own romantic-comedy, complete with Whitney...More »
  
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• We Always Knew a Louis C.K. Comeback Would Be Easy

  31-10-2018 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since the New York Times reported on Louis C.K.’s surprise drop-in set at the Comedy Cellar in late August, coverage of what’s been billed by multiple outlets as C.K.’s “attempted comeback” has focused on the venues where C.K. has performed (including the Cellar and Carolines in New York) and the...More »
  
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• The Ultimate 50 Cent Super-Villain Timeline

  31-10-2018 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last week, 50 Cent made headlines as he often does: for reasons entirely unrelated to his present-day musical career. “At $15 a pop you can’t lose,” he posted on Instagram along with a screencap of a news story stating he’d bought 200 front row seats to Ja Rule’s concert in...More »
  
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• To All the Boys I’ve Killed Before Is the Only (Fake) Horror Movie We’ll Watch

  31-10-2018 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The “but make it a horror movie!” construction has become a familiar bit of online fun, but not all ominously recut trailers are created equal. That’s why Netflix’s Halloween twist on its hit rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before deserves a shout-out. Please appreciate Lana Condor as the...More »
  
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• This Game-Show Host Is Not Retiring. Who Is Alex Trebek?

  31-10-2018 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  We don’t know who the president will be in four years, but we know that we’ll still have Pat Sajak, Vanna White, and Alex Trebek to get us through no matter what happens. It was announced today that the venerable game-show hosts have each signed contract extensions through 2022. The...More »
  
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• Satanists Might Sue ‘Sabrina’: 6 Things to Know in Pop Culture Today

  31-10-2018 21:26 via nytimes.com
  What we’re talking about in TV, music and movie news this Wednesday.
  
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• Liev Schreiber and Lil Wayne Head to SNL November 10

  31-10-2018 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saturday Night Live just revealed another season 44 host and musical guest. Ray Donovan’s Liev Schreiber will make his SNL hosting debut on November 10, and he’ll be joined by musical guest Lil Wayne, who has performed on the show three previous times, most recently during the 2010 episode hosted...More »
  
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• Henry Cavill Has Some Intense Legolas Hair in First Look at The Witcher

  31-10-2018 21:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Get your first look at Henry Cavill in The Witcher! Netflix US (@netflix) October 31, 2018...More »
  
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• This Hot British Dude From Poldark Will Also Star in That Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot

  31-10-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  So far, that mysterious Game of Thrones pilot is shaping up to have an exciting cast, in that it includes Naomi Watts and that guy anyone who watches Poldark will recognize as “that guy from Poldark — no, not Poldark, the other one.” Yes, Josh Whitehouse, who plays Hugh Armitage...More »
  
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• LOL! Watch the Hocus Pocus Bullies Recreate Their Hilarious Scene 25 Years Later

  31-10-2018 20:53 via feeds.eonline.com
  Hocus Pocus turned 25 years old this year, and two of the actors decided to celebrate by recreating one of their famous scenes.Remember Larry Bagby and Tobias Jelinek? They played...
  
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• Review: In ‘Boy Erased,’ a Young Man Struggles With Faith and Sexuality

  31-10-2018 20:44 via nytimes.com
  Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe star in a true story about a discredited (but still practiced) “treatment” for homosexuality.
  
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• This Week in Rap: Underground Vets Reunite, Shy Glizzy Continues to Impress, and More

  31-10-2018 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every Wednesday, Vulture runs through the best, most interesting, and sometimes most confusing rap releases of the week (or so, if the week feels especially light). In this installment: underground tech rap from Homeboy Sandman and Edan, dark and heavy raps from Four Fists, fun but inessential work from Blocboy JB, and...More »
  
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• ‘It’s science’: Great British Bake Off winner urges men to try baking

  31-10-2018 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Rahul Mandal wants to use platform as champion to encourage others to bakeThe winner of The Great British Bake Off, Rahul Mandal, has encouraged more men to try baking after he was crowned champion in a tense final.The Indian research scientist, who grew up in Kolkata before moving to the UK seven years ago to study for a PhD, defeated fellow contestants Ruby and Kim-Joy in the 2018 final, in which they were asked to make doughnuts, bake bread on an open fire and create an “edible landscap
  
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• Miranda Otto on Playing Aunt Zelda and Why Chilling Adventures Reminds Her of Lord of the Rings

  31-10-2018 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers ahead for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.The fact that Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a dark show is well evidenced by the actions of Zelda Spellman, aunt and de facto parent to Sabrina. Played with a backbone of steel by Miranda Otto, this Zelda is an intense and unforgiving...More »
  
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• Channel 4's Leeds move will boost already thriving local screen industry

  31-10-2018 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Shifting 300 broadcasting jobs to the Yorkshire city is likely to create many more in the regionIn the race to host Channel 4’s new regional headquarters, Birmingham and Manchester were always seen as the frontrunners. On Wednesday morning Ladbrokes had Birmingham as the favourite with odds of 11/10 and Manchester in second place on 9/4. Leeds was trailing with odds of 5/2.“I wish I’d gone down to the bookies and put a bet on,” said Gerald Jennings, the chair of the West
  
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• The Story Behind The Horror of Dolores Roach

  31-10-2018 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  In The Horror of Dolores Roach, Gimlet’s new fiction podcast out just in time for Halloween, Dolores returns home from a 16-year prison stint for pot possession to find her old neighborhood, Washington Heights, unrecognizable. A Chase Bank has replaced the diner, a T-Mobile has taken over the little family-run...More »
  
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• SNL Fires Up the Old Jonah Hill Robot for This Week’s Promo

  31-10-2018 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jonah Hill returns to host Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Maggie Rogers — or, at least, that was the original plan for this week’s episode. In a new promo released today, it appears that the actor responsible for introducing the world to the very adult 6-year-old child...More »
  
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• Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth's Isn't It Romantic Trailer Has Us Swooning for Valentine's Day

  31-10-2018 19:25 via feeds.eonline.com
  Forget about Halloween! How many more days until Valentine's Day?While pop culture fans are thinking about their costumes and looks for the spooky day, Rebel Wilson just gave us one...
  
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• Oh God, Logan Paul Is Pivoting to Podcasts

  31-10-2018 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  After successfully incinerating his own YouTube career earlier this year by filming a dead body for spectacle in Japan’s suicide forest, Logan Paul has set his sights on a new platform to torch. As part of his redemption tour, Paul tells The Hollywood Reporter that he plans to phase out...More »
  
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• Bryan Singer Threw Electrical Equipment During Fight With Rami Malek on Bohemian Rhapsody Set

  31-10-2018 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bryan Singer was quickly “up to his old tricks,” on the set of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Fox was apprehensive about hiring the director at the start, and star Rami Malek complained to the studio after the two got into...More »
  
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• ‘Sabrina’ vs. the Satanists: 6 Things to Know in Pop Culture Today

  31-10-2018 18:46 via nytimes.com
  What we’re talking about in TV, music and movie news this Wednesday.
  
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• How Suspiria Created Its Dances of Death

  31-10-2018 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, which expands its theatrical run this weekend, may forego the lush color palette that Dario Argento’s original is famous for, but it still makes a mighty visual impact. A big reason why: the film’s intricately staged dance sequences, which are woven together with scenes of extravagant violence....More »
  
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• Hugh Jackman Would ‘For Sure’ Play P.T. Barnum in a Greatest Showman Musical

  31-10-2018 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for: Hugh Jackman says he wants to reprise his role as P.T. Barnum in the proposed stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman. Speaking with Vulture at last night’s New York premiere of his latest film The Front Runner — which has him starring...More »
  
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• María Irene Fornés, Writer of Spare, Poetic Plays, Dies at 88

  31-10-2018 18:15 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Fornés won acclaim and awards for her experimental works. But her fellow playwrights often said her achievements far outstripped her fame.
  
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• Juice WRLD on Calling Out Drake’s Baby Drama, Working With Future, and Making Sense of Kanye

  31-10-2018 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a year that has felt like an extended waking nightmare, one of its biggest songs embraces the atmospheric psychosis while searching for some control. 19-year-old Chicago rapper Juice WRLD struck chart-gold with “Lucid Dreams,” his glum one-time SoundCloud freebie turned mainstream hit that has steadily hovered around the number...More »
  
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• Mike Leigh protests against takeover of one of UK's oldest cinemas

  31-10-2018 18:02
  Peterloo director joins Ken Loach and Robert Plant to oppose Curzon interest in PhoenixFilm directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant have joined forces to protest against plans to hand over the running of one of Britain’s oldest independent cinemas to a commercial operator.The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, north London, was built in 1910 and opened in 1912 as the East Finchley Picturedrome. It is an independent art-house cinema run as a charity by a board
  
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• When a Collision Between Politics and Sex Shocked Americans

  31-10-2018 18:00 via nytimes.com
  As the drama “The Front Runner” chronicles, Gary Hart’s presidential campaign was dogged by questions about his personal life. Would we care today?
  
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• Terrence Malick Is Making a Documentary About Lil Peep

  31-10-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the year since emo rapper Lil Peep died at 21, his collaborators are charting the course for his posthumous career. His unreleased album Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 will drop November 9, and per a New York Times report, his label will debut previously unheard songs recorded...More »
  
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• Channel 4 chooses Leeds as new national headquarters

  31-10-2018 17:42 via theguardian.com
  City beats Manchester and Birmingham to become broadcaster’s base outside LondonLeeds has unexpectedly been chosen as the new regional base for Channel 4, beating rival bids from Birmingham and Greater Manchester.The decision follows a fierce competition over the location for the broadcaster’s new outpost. About 200 staff will relocate to the city from the broadcaster’s London headquarters by the end of next year. The move will also see the establishment of a new TV studio and
  
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• Can You Match the Apathetic Musician With Their Rock Hall Insults?

  31-10-2018 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  The final two months of the year are always a heightened time for rock-and-roll enthusiasts and mainstays, mostly because it serves as a purgatory period for a small — and increasingly diverse — group of musicians who are nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. For most artists,...More »
  
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• How a Welsh schoolgirl rewrote the rules of publishing

  31-10-2018 17:11 via ft.com
  By the time she started her A-levels, Reeks’s novel had 19 million “reads” and 40,000 comments on Wattpad’
  
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• The Crying Chef: Need We Say More?

  31-10-2018 17:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oh well, we’re always up for a dumb parody, and this one truly fits the bill.Co-directed, written by, and starring a hysterical (and hysterical) Kathy Dorn, The Crying Chef is a Chef’s Table parody about an unremarkable-cum-visionary cook whose back-of-the-box recipes are made great by her salty, salty tears.Despite an...More »
  
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• Ewan McGregor's Screen Test With Winnie the Pooh Is Too Pure

  31-10-2018 17:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Ready to feel like a kid again?In Walt Disney Pictures' Christopher Robin, a now grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) has long since forgotten his friends in the Hundred Acre...
  
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• Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche accused of sexual assault

  31-10-2018 16:56
  Film-maker denies accusation that he took advantage of an unconscious female actor at his Paris flatAbdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, has “categorically denied” an accusation of sexual assault.According to a report by the French news channel BFMTV, Paris’ public prosecutor’s office has opened an inquiry into an allegation made on 6 October by an unnamed 29-year-old actor, who accused Kechiche of assaulting her in Jun
  
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• Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle Talk Trump, Sexism, and Louis C.K.

  31-10-2018 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  To promote their comedy tour, Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle recently sat down for a lengthy interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that covers a little bit of everything, from whether or not Trump is good for comedy (Chappelle: “He’s getting too much credit. He’s not making the wave, he’s surfing...More »
  
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• Stephen Colbert on Trump's birthright assertion: 'Our fearmonger in chief'

  31-10-2018 16:26 via theguardian.com
  Late-night hosts discussed the president’s attempts to stoke fear before the midterm elections by focusing on the migrant caravanLate-night hosts criticised Donald Trump for his last-minute fearmongering before the midterm elections. Related: Stephen Colbert on Pittsburgh shooting: 'Hate is not what America stands for'Continue reading...
  
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• Channel 4 picks Leeds for national headquarters

  31-10-2018 16:24 via ft.com
  Broadcaster is latest to shift away from London
  
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• Fairy-Tale Favorites Get a Dark Twist in CBS All Access’s Tell Me a Story

  31-10-2018 16:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Strip back the supernatural whimsy and cartoon magic of the world’s most beloved fairy tales, and you’ll find dark themes that reveal the hidden truths of the human condition — it’s this insight that’s the driving force behind CBS All Access drama Tell Me a Story, a psychological thriller that reimagines three classics...More »
  
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• Who’s the Greatest Star of ‘The Prom’? Me. Me. Me. Me.

  31-10-2018 16:08 via nytimes.com
  The four musical comedy leads of this production insist that they’re not as narcissistic as their characters. Even if they’re playing versions of themselves.
  
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• Lon Chaney Jr. Is the Perfect Movie Monster for Our Era of Large Adult Sons

  31-10-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Memes come and go, but the really resonant ones have a way of sticking around, even evolving. Twitter users keep finding new uses for the deathless “distracted boyfriend” image, for instance, which has become so instantly recognizable it’s taken on a life of its own. Ditto the phrase “large adult...More »
  
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• Tyler Perry Will Retire Madea Character Next Year

  31-10-2018 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  Say your good-byes: Tyler Perry will take off the wig and the glasses and the long floral dresses next year, and retire his Mabel Earlene “Madea” Simmons character. Perry has been doing the character for nearly 20 years, across a franchise with ten installments. “I’m happy to kill that old...More »
  
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• This ‘Demetri Martin Shkreli’ Impression Is Both Hilarious and Terrifying

  31-10-2018 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this week, the 11th annual Schtick or Treat comedy show took place in Brooklyn. The show, which always takes place right around Halloween, features a lineup of comedians who perform in disguise as characters, or in most cases, perform sets as impressions of famous comedians. Last year, Tyler Fischer’s...More »
  
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• The Obamas’ First Netflix Project Will Be Adapting This Book About the Trump Administration

  31-10-2018 14:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Obamas have licensed a book about the Trump administration’s incompetence, which is quite the passive-aggressive way to start out their Netflix deal. According to Deadline, Barack and Michelle have picked up the rights to Michael Lewis’s book The Fifth Risk, which describes how Trump’s animosity toward and failure to...More »
  
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• The Conners Recap: Too PC or Not Too PC?

  31-10-2018 14:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  The spirit of Roseanne continues to haunt the Conner household, which appropriately since it’s Halloween, the favorite holiday of the late Conner mama. And Roseanne would have been proud of most of the family’s costumes. The Conners always went all out for the holiday – young DJ’s Schwarzenegger-meets-Our Gang get-up...More »
  
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• Ariana Grande and James Corden Visited a Haunted Escape Room That Honest to God Knocked Her Out

  31-10-2018 14:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ariana Grande is something of a ghost whisperer, in that she once encountered demonic beings and whispered to them, “We apologize. We didn’t mean to disrupt your peace,” as they had so clearly done to hers. So when she and James Corden were just driving aimlessly, of course she directed...More »
  
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• Tyler Perry Is Saying Goodbye to Madea in 2019: "It's Time for Me to Kill That Old Bitch"

  31-10-2018 14:13 via feeds.eonline.com
  Tyler Perry is saying goodbye to his beloved character Madea.
  "It's time for me to kill that old bitch," the director told SiriusXM host Bevy Smith on Monday's episode of...
  
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• 12 Great Movies Exploring the Unique Horror of Being a Woman

  31-10-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This Halloween, we need more than jump scares and gross-outs. You know what’s scarier than monsters, ghouls, and goblins? The patriarchy. Forget the blood geysers, aliens, and flesh-devouring apocalypses — we need thrillers and horror flicks that get at the truly terrifying stuff of female experience, like being married (to...More »
  
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