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• Documentary Now’s Upcoming Musical Episode Will Be Available on Vinyl

  18-11-2018 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the upcoming third season of Documentary Now!, fans can look forward a loving homage to the D.A. Pennebaker documentary Original Cast Album: Company. That 1970 film chronicled the intense, creatively charged, and cigarette-filled slog of the Company cast recording its official album, complete with meltdowns from Elaine Stritch and...More »
  
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• Bo Burnham Wanted to Give Eighth Grade’s Teenagers the ‘Permission to Be Inarticulate’

  18-11-2018 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a candid conversation during this year’s Vulture Festival L.A., Bo Burnham gave the audience a snapshot of his approach to crafting the screenplay for his debut feature, Eighth Grade.The comedian cum writer-director, who is riding off the momentum of multiple Gotham and Independent Spirit Award nominations for his A24...More »
  
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• The Little Drummer Girl recap: episode four – fiction and reality collide

  18-11-2018 23:00
  Charlie has passed her initial tests, but now she is really in the thick of things after the terrorist cell make contact – and Becker lets his guard downSPOILER ALERT: This recap contains spoilers for episode four of The Little Drummer Girl. You can read previous recaps here.As this latest Le Carré adaptation has hopscotched around the UK and Europe of 1981, opinions have varied over how effectively it has evoked the sights, sounds and atmosphere of its period setting. Even the most
  
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• The Interrogation of Tony Martin review: a chilling portrait of self-righteousness

  18-11-2018 23:00
  Martin, who shot dead an intruder in his home in 1999, was a less-than-ideal champion for armed householders everywhere, as this drama showedOn 20 August 1999, 55-year-old Norfolk farmer Tony Martin shot two burglars who had entered his home, wounding one and killing the other, 16-year-old Fred Barras. Three days later, Martin was charged with murder.The case was a perfect lightning rod for a wider debate about self-defence and the right to protect one’s property, or at least it seemed so
  
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• Cynthia Nixon Didn’t Think She Would Win the New York Governor Race

  18-11-2018 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a conversation with New York magazine Editor-in-Chief Adam Moss at Vulture Festival Los Angeles, Cynthia Nixon was asked whether she ever really thought she would win in her Democratic primary race for governor of New York against Andrew Cuomo. Nixon paused to consider for a moment, as Moss asked...More »
  
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• The Stories Behind Fantastic Beasts’ Fantastic Coats

  18-11-2018 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a special screening of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald at Vulture Festival L.A., four time Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood chatted with Vulture’s Chris Lee about her ornate costume designs for the film. Atwood’s work is always richly detailed, and this film is no exception. The principal...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Steve Carell gets belly laughs in otherwise lazy episode

  18-11-2018 22:01
  Fox News host Laura Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) slings conspiracy theories and bald-capped Carell plays Jeff BezosFor the second time this season, Saturday Night Live kicked off with The Ingraham Angle, as Fox News host Laura Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) slings conspiracy theories and obvious falsehoods relating to the week’s headlines, while thanking her ever-dwindling list of disreputable sponsors – Fashion Catheters, Cash for Organs, and Teeny Tiny Turkey (“We Swear It’s Not
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week nine results - as it happened

  18-11-2018 21:05
  The remaining couples headed to Blackpool as the annual ballroom shows begin. But who towered over the other competitors?8.01pm GMT So that’s it for another week on Strictly! Only seven couples and four weeks left, so we should probably make them count. We’re back in the studio next week for another twirl around the Elstree dancefloor, so I’ll see you on Saturday at 6.50pm - in the meantime you can find me on Twitter @heidistephens, so please come and say hello. Thank you all f
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week nine results - live

  18-11-2018 20:25
  The remaining couples headed to Blackpool as the annual ballroom shows begin. But who will tower over the other competitors?7.24pm GMT Tonight’s pro dance transports us from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom to a seedy nightclub on the Italian Riviera in the 1950s – it’s a stretch for the imagination, but let’s go with it. Giovanni and Graziano are fighting over Luba – is it just me who has to Google ‘new strictly dancers’ every time Graziano appears because
  
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• Doctor Who recap: series 37, episode 7 – Kerblam!

  18-11-2018 20:20
  Poking fun at big corporations soon turns more sinister, while Corrie’s Julie Hesmondhalgh is a delight as alwaysDoctor Who loves to make the everyday terrifying – and this week it is time to ruin impulsive internet purchases for a generation. The latest target in the crosshairs of Chris Chibnall’s endless quest to maintain social justice through the medium of Doctor Who is ... Amazon! (Other widely criticised online retailers are available.) And in what is presumably a broadsi
  
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• Justin Bieber’s Get-Swole Diet Included So Many Eggs He Got Sick During SNL Week

  18-11-2018 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  The upcoming Comedy Central show The Other Two made its world premiere at Vulture Festival Los Angeles last night, and Fred Armisen was on hand to moderate a conversation with co-creators Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, along with stars Heléne Yorke and Drew Tarver. The show focuses on a pair of...More »
  
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• JPI Media assumes Johnston Press mantle

  18-11-2018 19:23 via ft.com
  New company moves to reassure staff and readers in spite of shareholder anger
  
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• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Enchants the Weekend Box Office

  18-11-2018 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite less-than-fantastic reviews and backlash over casting an Asian woman as Voldemort’s serpent Nagini, Warner Bros.’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuted at the top of the weekend box office, bringing in $62.2 million domestically and $191 million abroad. Although these figures are slightly lower than the studio’s projected $65...More »
  
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• ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Is a Soft No. 1 at the Box Office

  18-11-2018 19:08 via nytimes.com
  “The Crimes of Grindelwald,” a Harry Potter prequel, took in 16 percent less than its franchise predecessor in North America. Overseas turnout was better.
  
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• Richard Baker obituary

  18-11-2018 18:57
  Popular BBC newsreader who hosted Radio 4’s Start the Week and the Last Night of the PromsIn July 1954 Richard Baker, who has died aged 93, became the first announcer to introduce a news bulletin on BBC television; up to then it had used just newsreel films. But though Baker came to flourish as a courteous and reassuring dispenser of TV news for the next 28 years, his debut was limited and unseen, beginning with a rather guarded voiceover: “Here is an illustrated summary of the news
  
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• Brace Yourself in Act II: Trigger Warnings Come to the Stage

  18-11-2018 18:13 via nytimes.com
  A number of American theaters are posting specific and comprehensive advisories about sensitive material, while others are resisting the trend.
  
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• Michael B. Jordan Knows You’re Trying to Take That Secret Photo of Him

  18-11-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Imagine this. You’re having lunch with your friends at the Beverly Hilton, and across the restaurant you spot none other than Adonis Creed, a.k.a. Erik Killmonger, a.k.a. the very dateable movie star Michael B. Jordan. What can do you but pose your friends in such a way that it’s not...More »
  
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• Pete Davidson Rapped a Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on SNL

  18-11-2018 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell in her office and broke her ribs, causing a bit of panic. If anything happens to RBG, a seat would open on the bench, and Trump would have another opportunity for a lifetime appointment. But, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resilient. She...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live Recap: Steve Carell Mocks Jeff Bezos and Trump

  18-11-2018 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oh, Steve Carell! Even before he hit the stage at 8H, Carell’s silly, self-effacing SNL promo struck just the right note. In it, Aidy Bryant and Chris Redd question his comedy chops, given that he’s now a “serious” actor whose credits include Beautiful Boy, Welcome to Marwen, and Foxcatcher. In...More »
  
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• Fisherman’s Friends: behind feelgood film of Cornwall’s folk stars lies a tragedy

  18-11-2018 08:30
  Uplifting movie tells how the Cornish singing group hit the big time – but not of the terrible blow that came afterEarly in the new year, Fisherman’s Friends, the uplifting true story of the part-time Cornish sea shanty group that hit the big time, is coming to cinema screens amid hopes it may connect with audiences just as powerfully as other British feelgood hits such as The Full Monty and Calendar Girls.Behind the wit, warmth and energy promised in the film, which stars Daniel May
  
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• The week in TV: Dynasties; Operation Live; Mirzapur and more

  18-11-2018 08:00
  Attenborough returns with gory primates, Operation Live opens up real-life patients, and Mirzapur gets gang-violent in IndiaDynasties (BBC One) | iPlayer
  Operation Live (Channel 5) | My5
  Mirzapur Amazon Prime
  James Bulger: The New Revelations (Channel 5) | My5
  Running Wild With Bear Grylls (ITV) | ITV Hub
  We Are Most Amused and Amazed (ITV) | ITV HubWatching chimps fight, it turns out, is no tea party. They gouge, claw, drop half-tonned from Senegal’s frazzle-dry branches to chitter and bi
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: The Modern Mann; Lights Out; This Is Love – review

  18-11-2018 08:00
  Stories of human resilience, enlightenment, love and death provide a much-needed escape from the bluster of BrexitWhat Nobody Tells You About Rape | The Modern Mann
  Lights Out: Big Tex | BBC Radio 4
  How To Live Forever | This Is LoveGod, I’m sick of Brexit. So let’s leave the windbags and the what-about-ers, the no-deal braggarts and new-vote hopers to their bluster and strife, and listen to some individual stories, shall we? Personal human tales that show how complicated and strange
  
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• SNL Revisits a Classic German Thanksgiving Song

  18-11-2018 07:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  The lack of Thanksgiving songs is a true American shame, one Bob’s Burgers can only do so much to remedy. Saturday Night Live created a new entry in the Turkey Day song pantheon: a little ditty about two strangers who fail to copulate in a shed. Cecily Strong and Steve...More »
  
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• Henry Golding Aced His Crazy Rich Asians Chemistry Read With a Very Nick Young Moment

  18-11-2018 07:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lisa-Kim Kuan in accounting may have first suggested that known dreamboat Henry Golding might have been a good fit to play known dreamboat Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians, but the former TV host managed to ace his own chemistry by acting unnervingly like Nick Young. In a conversation at...More »
  
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• Busy Philipps and Linda Cardellini’s Burrito Hangs Sound Legendary

  18-11-2018 07:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s wild to think Freaks and Geeks is nearly 20 years in the past, but just like those freaky and geeky kids at William McKinley High School, the anecdotes will always live on. Busy Philipps, a.k.a. everyone’s favorite bad bitch Kim Kelly, reminded us of that all too well during...More »
  
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• SNL: The Office Is Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together

  18-11-2018 07:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saturday Night Live hosted a mini-Office reunion while simultaneously squashing any hope of an Office revival. Dame comedy is a fickle minx and she cannot be tamed. Steve Carell’s monologue was interrupted by Ellie Kemper, Ed Helms, Jenna Fischer, and even Carell’s own wife Nancy–all of whom were more invested...More »
  
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• Sunday's best TV: I'm a Celebrity; Dynasties; The Interrogation of Tony Martin

  18-11-2018 07:00
  The reality series returns with Harry Redknapp and John Barrowman as contestants, while the Attenborough-narrated series ventures to the Antarctic8pm, BBC One Continue reading...
  
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• Constance Wu Responds to ‘Asian Incels’ Who Target Her Online

  18-11-2018 06:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thanks to Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians, Constance Wu has risen to success with record speed in Hollywood while remaining outspoken, which has also made her the target of trolls. In conversation at Vulture Festival Los Angeles with Vulture editor Alex Jung, Wu responded to some of...More »
  
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• Adam Pally Reveals the Full Story of His Infamous Shorty Awards Roast

  18-11-2018 06:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Former co-stars and dear friends Adam Pally and Casey Wilson were upfront about their Vulture Fest LA event being a casual kickback sort of thing, going so far as to title the show “Adam Pally and Casey Wilson: An Excuse to Hang Out: An Evening of Music, Comedy, and Friendship.”...More »
  
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• Claire Foy to Host Saturday Night Live in December

  18-11-2018 06:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Claire Foy will bring her British sangfroid to SNL next month. Foy has had a busy fourth quarter this year, starring in First Man and The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Now she’s set to make her 30 Rock debut on December 1. Turkey Day weekend, NBC will air a...More »
  
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• Lana Condor Reveals How Noah Centineo Conned His Way Into To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

  18-11-2018 06:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Noah Centineo is many things: cutie pie, ghoster, “whoa whoa whoa” pioneer, lover of aquariums, and now, noted trickster. Withhold your gasps and dispose of your back-pocket love notes immediately! As revealed by Lana Condor at this year’s Vulture Festival in Los Angeles, Centineo, somehow, managed to bypass every single...More »
  
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• Scrubs Had to Get Rid of Penis Bulges and Marijuana Plotlines Once It Moved to ABC

  18-11-2018 06:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the Scrubs reunion panel during Vulture Festival Los Angeles, many stories were swapped about the origins of various jokes and which emotional arcs the actors recalled most fondly. Series creator Bill Lawrence also talked about a few story ideas that had to be cut once the show switched networks,...More »
  
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• Dan Levy Explains Why Homophobia Will Never Infiltrate Schitt’s Creek

  18-11-2018 05:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the most delightful relationships in recent television history has been the courtship of David (Dan Levy) and Patrick (Noah Reed) in Schitt’s Creek, thanks in part to their random acts of serenades and shenanigans at Rose Apothecary. Given that David is a pansexual character in a rural, and...More »
  
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• Pinky and the Brain Voice Actors Hint at Possible Reunion

  18-11-2018 05:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ever wanted to hear Hedonism Bot and Hermes Conrad from Futurama recreate the “royale with cheese” conversation from Pulp Fiction? How about the mother of Mad TV’s Stuart and Yakko from Animaniacs reenacting the tense dinner scene from Phantom Thread? If these simulation-breaking mashups sound appealing, you’d have loved Vulture...More »
  
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• Yes, That Is The Scrubs ‘Poison’ Dance In Fortnite, and No, Donald Faison Is Not Getting Royalties

  18-11-2018 05:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  For the first time since the show wrapped in 2010, the cast of Scrubs came together for a reunion at Vulture Festival in Los Angeles. Inside jokes and rapid fire recollections of favorite fantasy scenes were bandied about across the stage as Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Christa Miller, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, Judy...More »
  
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• The Season Three Crashing Trailer Has ‘Little Dick Energy’

  18-11-2018 05:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pete Holmes has a lot of new stuff coming to HBO over the coming months. First up is his second stand-up special for the network, titled Dirty Clean, which was announced last month and airs Saturday, December 15. Next up is the third season of his comedy series Crashing (which...More »
  
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• The Best Free Movies on YouTube’s New Ad-Supported Channel

  18-11-2018 04:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  You can watch Legally Blonde for free on YouTube now! And it’s not even a weird pirated version where Elle Woods’ hijinks are scrunched-up in the bottom left quadrant of the screen. Not that I’d know anything about that.YouTube Movies now has a playlist of 99 free, ad-supported movies you...More »
  
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• Busy Philipps Was ‘Gaslit’ Into Thinking She Didn’t Actually Dream Up Blades of Glory

  18-11-2018 03:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Few Hollywood junkies might be familiar with Busy Philipps’ involvement in bringing 2007’s Blades of Glory to the big screen — remember, Will Ferrell in ice-skates? — in that she had the initial idea that blossomed into the story penned by writing duo Jeff and Craig Cox. As she recalled...More »
  
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• Comics Creators Less Than Impressed with Bill Maher

  18-11-2018 03:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Surprising no one, comics creators didn’t agree with Bill Maher when he said Trump was their fault. The Real Time host wrote in a blog post that adult comic book fans are stupid babies who are dumb to mourn the passing of Stan Lee. “[T]wenty years or so ago, something...More »
  
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• Busy Philipps Has an Update on Noah Centineo’s Ghosting Story

  18-11-2018 02:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The facade of teen dreamboat Noah Centineo was cracked earlier this month when Busy Philipps, taking full advantage of The Late Late Show With James Corden’s group couch set-up, teased fellow guest Centineo about ghosting her friend after they chatted for a while on a dating app — an anecdote...More »
  
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• What’s on Michelle Obama’s Photoshoot Playlist?

  18-11-2018 02:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Michelle Obama brought her own playlist to her Essence cover photoshoot, bringing less Beyonce than you would expect. “There was tons of Michael Jackson, Chance the Rapper,” Essence entertainment director Cori Murray told Page Six, “and when she put on ‘Humble’ by Kendrick, things got loose.” Michelle is on a...More »
  
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• Will Sasso Was Nearly Run Over By His Loudermilk Showrunner

  18-11-2018 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  When the cast and creatives of AT&T’s Audience Network comedy Loudermilk visited Vulture Festival L.A., they shared some lesser known stories about how the show, now in its second season, came together. Cast members Ron Livingston, Will Sasso, Anja Savcic, Jackie Flynn, and showrunners Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort fielded...More »
  
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• Connie Britton Knows What Tami Taylor Would Tell Her Dirty John Character

  18-11-2018 00:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Bravo’s Dirty John, an adaptation of the true-crime podcast, Connie Britton falls for the wrong guy. As Newport Beach interior designer Debra Newell, Britton flirts and frolics with John (Eric Bana), an odd duck doctor with a shady personal history. They hit it off after one date, and suddenly...More »
  
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• Nick Kroll Recalls the One Big Mouth Joke Too Raunchy for Netflix

  18-11-2018 00:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kicking off Vulture Festival L.A. to a packed house, Big Mouth star Nick Kroll sat down for a table read of scenes from the profane puberty cartoon, doing voices for each character on the page, all by himself. With show co-creator Andrew Goldberg at his side reading stage directions, Kroll...More »
  
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