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• With the MECA Art Fair, San Juan’s Art Community Rises Again

  20-11-2018 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  Outside the narrow Embajada gallery in a semi-industrial area of San Juan far from the vacationing tourists, a merry crowd gathered around Radio Red’s DJ Payola in her makeshift booth. Artists, gallerists, curators, and journalists holding beer cans shared thoughts after the second day of the MECA (Mercado Caribeño) Art...More »
  
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• Jason Derulo Joins the Cats Movie to Play Rum Tum Tugger, the Cat Who F*cks

  20-11-2018 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Cats movie has finally cast the sexy cat. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jason Derulo will make his feature film debut in the adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical as Rum Tum Tugger. In case you’re not familiar with the intricate plot of Cats, Rum Tum Tugger is...More »
  
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• At Eternity’s Gate Puts You Inside Vincent van Gogh’s Head

  20-11-2018 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the new Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity’s Gate, the artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel doesn’t merely want you to see the increasingly volatile van Gogh (Willem Dafoe) but to see what van Gogh sees and to feel the painter’s fever — his lust not just for life but...More »
  
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• WKRP in Cincinnati’s ‘Turkeys Away’ Is Still the Best Thanksgiving Episode Ever

  20-11-2018 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plenty of beloved TV comedies have great Thanksgiving episodes. The episode of Cheers that devolves into a food fight is an all-timer. Multiple Thanksgiving episodes of Friends are now considered holiday classics. The Simpsons’ “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” is as much of a must-watch every year, at least for me, as...More »
  
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• Anderson .Paak Is a Formidable Talent and a Work in Progress

  20-11-2018 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last album cycle, Los Angeles singer, rapper, producer, and drummer Anderson .Paak set out to cross-pollinate two very different kinds of West Coast musicality, as he embraced the thick, heady textures of TDE-era L.A. hip-hop/soul on his 2016 breakthrough solo album Malibu, and then circled back with producer Knxwledge in...More »
  
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• Northern Exposure Revival in the Works at CBS

  20-11-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Northern Exposure could be the next beloved TV classic to make a small-screen return. CBS is in the very early stages of development on a revival of the mid-1990s Joshua Brand and John Falsey–created dramedy, with series star Rob Morrow onboard to reprise his Emmy-nominated role as Dr. Joel Fleischman....More »
  
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• BBC weighs scrapping free TV licences for over 75s

  20-11-2018 20:52 via ft.com
  Broadcaster looks at ‘range of options’ for when it takes over scheme
  
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• ‘Roma’ Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Masterpiece of Memory

  20-11-2018 20:29 via nytimes.com
  Cuarón uses both intimacy and monumentality to express the depths of ordinary life in this autobiographical movie set in Mexico City in the 1970s.
  
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• critic’s pick: ‘Roma’ Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Masterpiece of Memory

  20-11-2018 20:29 via nytimes.com
  Cuarón uses both intimacy and monumentality to express the depths of ordinary life in this autobiographical movie set in Mexico City in the 1970s.
  
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• The Lego Movie 2 Trailer Is Here and This World Is Still Real Cute

  20-11-2018 20:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s a Mad Max–style wasteland in Lego world this time around, but Emmet is still feeling pretty fine. In the first trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Elizabeth Banks’s Wyldstyle and various other Lego friends get kidnapped by a space soldier named General Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz), at...More »
  
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• Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase Introduce Their ‘Reexamined’ Kiss Me, Kate

  20-11-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Currently, this spring’s production of Kiss Me, Kate is the only musical revival announced for the 2019 Broadway season, but its stars Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase promise it won’t be the traditional restaging you expect. Clad in glamorous costumes from Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham, the stars spoke with...More »
  
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• ‘Lego Movie 2’ Gets a Trailer and More: 6 Things to Know in Pop Culture Today

  20-11-2018 19:50 via nytimes.com
  What’s going on in Tuesday’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• A ‘Lego Movie 2’ Trailer and More: 6 Things to Know in Pop Culture Today

  20-11-2018 19:50 via nytimes.com
  What’s going on in Tuesday’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• Earl Sweatshirt Just Made the Most Compelling Music of His Career So Far

  20-11-2018 19:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  The cover for Some Rap Songs, the next full-length album from Earl Sweatshirt, is a photo of Earl himself, his face motion blurred, like someone slapped his hand down mid-selfie. The effect is startling: his teeth are suddenly piled on top of each other, like he has at least one...More »
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Viewing Ingmar Bergman Through a Glass Less Darkly

  20-11-2018 18:53 via nytimes.com
  On the 100th anniversary of the Swedish filmmaker’s birth, an impressive Blu-ray set from Criterion makes a fresh case for his importance — and entertainment value.
  
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• Shirkers’ Sandi Tan Didn’t Expect Her Very Strange Story to Be So Universal

  20-11-2018 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I’m a looser tongue than most.” Those were the first words picked up by my audio recording of my conversation with Sandi Tan as we sat down in a spare room at her publicist’s office. For those who have seen Shirkers, her stunning Netflix documentary about her lost would-be punk...More »
  
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• Johnston Press administrators set to face £305m pensions claim

  20-11-2018 18:43 via ft.com
  Regulator begins probe into rescue deal for UK newspaper group
  
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• Blackstone sues RCS Media over Milan headquarters

  20-11-2018 18:43 via ft.com
  Private equity firm takes legal action as it tries to sell property to Allianz
  
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• How Ralph Breaks the Internet Brought the Internet to Animated Life

  20-11-2018 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Disney’s 2012 animated movie Wreck-It Ralph turned the story of a vintage-video-game villain who decides he wants more out of life into a strangely moving story of existential yearning. Six years after getting Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) to the other side of his identity crisis via his unexpected...More »
  
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• Ariana Grande, Mad With Power, Has Cast Herself in All the Rom-Coms

  20-11-2018 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  new best friend .... thank u, next Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 20, 2018But Grande’s not just going Blonde, as she teased on her Instagram, she’s also done re-creations of Mean Girls (with a Regina George look) and 13 Going on 30 (in which she has daringly gone sans ponytail) for...More »
  
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• Ellen Pompeo Is Dead Serious About Inclusive Hiring: ‘As Caucasian People, It’s Our Job’

  20-11-2018 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  A little known fact is that Migos’s “Walk It Like I Talk It” was actually an ode to Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. Okay, not really — but after candidly discussing achieving pay equity on Grey’s, Pompeo has continued to use her “I was told by AppleCare” voice for the...More »
  
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• Elizabeth Debicki Finally Got to Play ‘Ordinary’ in Widows

  20-11-2018 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a relatively young career, Elizabeth Debicki has already become known for playing the glamorous type: Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, the villainous shipping magnate Victoria Vinciguerra in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and most prominently, Ayesha in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the high priestess of an alien...More »
  
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• Jerry Frankel, Prolific Broadway Producer, Is Dead at 88

  20-11-2018 18:05 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Frankel, a former dress manufacturer, produced more than 50 plays and musicals with various partners and won nine Tony Awards.
  
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• What to Watch and Stream This Thanksgiving Weekend

  20-11-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Thanksgiving Day holiday is about three things: food, family, and watching TV while eating food and not speaking to your family.If you’re seeking shows to check out on Thanksgiving Day itself or throughout the weekend, this list will help you find the best TV marathons, new series, shows to...More »
  
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• The Good Place Has Very Specific Rules About How the Bad Place Works

  20-11-2018 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  When The Good Place knocked our socks off with its big season-one twist and gave us a peek into the world of the “Bad Place,” the sitcom’s vision of hell was decidedly different from what we — and especially Dante Alighieri — imagined it might be. Instead of hearing the...More »
  
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• Admiration Society: Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove Talk Politics, Coming Out and Boarding School

  20-11-2018 17:54 via nytimes.com
  Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the singer and the director.
  
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• The Best Bits From Trevor Noah’s Stand-up Special Son of Patricia

  20-11-2018 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  In his second Netflix special, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah ditches the suit and tie in favor of jeans and a T-shirt, a comfortable ensemble that pairs well with his onstage ease. Son of Patricia draws its name from a lesson his mother taught him on how to redirect negative...More »
  
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• Netflix Reveals What's Coming and Going in December 2018

  20-11-2018 16:55 via feeds.eonline.com
  The season of giving is in full swing, and Netflix is giving its subscribers a lot to be thankful for before Thanksgiving. From new movies starring Jennifer Aniston (Dumplin') and Sandra...
  
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• Unmade Sex and the City 3 was meditation on grief after death of Mr Big

  20-11-2018 16:34
  Podcast reveals Carrie’s husband was to have early fatal heart attack, so remainder of proposed movie was mostly about mourningFresh details of the third Sex and the City film – on ice after star Kim Cattrall refused her contract – have been revealed, including the early death of a main character.James Miller’s three-part special about the series on his Origins podcast uncovered that one of Cattrall’s reported sticking points was that the script for the third film g
  
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• Laura Benanti Returns to The Late Show As Melania, Begs to Be Fired From the White House

  20-11-2018 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Melania Trump is in the news again due to her recent call for deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel to be fired, and when Melania Trump is in the news again, you know what that means: another appearance by Laura Benanti as Melania on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert....More »
  
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• Critic’s Pick: ‘Creed II’ Review: A Poignant Boxing Movie Blends Old and New

  20-11-2018 16:22 via nytimes.com
  Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and Sylvester Stallone reunite in a terrific follow-up to “Creed.”
  
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• What Does the Ending of The Crimes of Grindelwald Mean for the Entire Franchise?

  20-11-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ending of the new Fantastic Beasts film, The Crimes of Grindelwald, throws a ton of information at viewers — most of it using odd phrases like “dark twin,” “middle head,” and “starring Johnny Depp.” Even the most hard-core Harry Potter fans may have a hard time making heads or...More »
  
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• Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Reunion Recap: 9021-NO

  20-11-2018 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, we wrap up this season of Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood and Adjacent Los Angeles County Neighbors. What a journey we have been on! We’ve gone through everything at nothing at the same time, and isn’t that the paradox of life?We start part two of the reunion with Teairra...More »
  
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• FilmStruck Critic Alicia Malone Mourns the Service and Celebrates The Female Gaze

  20-11-2018 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lovers of the classic- and indie-film streaming service FilmStruck (a group that includes all of your favorite directors) will be familiar with the lively Australian host and critic Alicia Malone. Her passionate and erudite introductions and interviews, onscreen and on the FilmStruck podcast, were central to the recently (but maybe...More »
  
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• The Faces of Vulture Festival LA 2018

  20-11-2018 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
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• ‘Robin Hood’ Review: A New Version Strains to Be Relevant

  20-11-2018 15:00 via nytimes.com
  This is not your father’s, or grandfather’s, “Robin Hood,” and it’s not very good, either.
  
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• How Rihanna Inspired Tessa Thompson’s Creed II Character

  20-11-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2015’s Creed, viewers were introduced to Tessa Thompson’s character, Bianca, the Philly-based love interest of Michael B. Jordan’s heavyweight champ Adonis Creed. She is, to be sure, a ringside cheerleader for the up-and-coming boxer in the hit Rocky franchise spinoff, but also self-possessed in a way that elevates her...More »
  
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• Jim Carrey calls Donald Trump a 'melanoma', says Republicans are 'raping our system'

  20-11-2018 14:59
  The actor has launched a stinging attack on Trump’s party and administrationActor Jim Carrey has called Donald Trump a “melanoma” and said that the current administration is “raping our system”.In a strongly worded attack reported by the Hollywood Reporter during a panel discussion at the Vulture festival in Los Angeles, Carrey denounced Republicans while speaking about his interest in politically oriented painting.pic.twitter.com/PcmTusyiqk Continue reading...
  
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• Jillian Mayer Makes Pretty Art From Airport Scanners

  20-11-2018 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  How do those airport scanners make you feel? Anxious. Stressed. Annoyed that you have to take out all your tiny bottles of shampoo. Mad at the person in front of you who seems to be completely clueless and confused about basic TSA techno-surveillance procedures you’d think we’d all be used...More »
  
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• Behind the scenes with The League of Gentlemen – a photo essay

  20-11-2018 14:00
  Photographer Sarah Lee was given exclusive access in Royston Vasey for The League of Gentlemen’s last performance of their live tour. Gareth McLean reflects on 20 years of the League and speaks to the gents themselvesSince The League of Gentlemen graced the cover of Guardian Weekend 17 years ago (and were interviewed by yours truly), Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have been keeping themselves busy. Individually, the trio have written and performed in Doctor
  
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• JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts trample the Grinch at UK box office

  20-11-2018 13:07
  Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuts in the top slot, though takings are down from first film in Harry Potter spinoffThe latest film from the wizarding world of JK Rowling has unsurprisingly debuted at the top of the UK box office, knocking aside The Grinch. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s opening weekend take of £12.32m is the second biggest of the year so far, behind only Avengers: Infinity War’s £21.1m haul (or £29.4m including preview
  
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• ‘¡Las Sandinistas!’ Review: Women Remember Revolution in Nicaragua

  20-11-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  In focusing on the testimonies of women, the documentary aims to memorialize an overlooked feminist “revolution inside the revolution.”
  
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• Critic’s Pick: The World Before Your Feet’ Review: Walk a Mile — or 8,000 — in Another Man’s Shoes

  20-11-2018 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Not everyone can spend several years walking every block of New York. But spending 90 minutes doing that in this documentary is swell.
  
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• 'A terrible shame': Jude Law defends Woody Allen film after Amazon shelves it

  20-11-2018 12:29
  Actor defends A Rainy Day in New York, shot in 2017 but postponed after cast members denounced the directorJude Law has defended A Rainy Day in New York, the film he made with Woody Allen in 2017 and which has been indefinitely shelved after a number of its stars publicly disassociated themselves from Allen over sex assault allegations made by the director’s daughter, Dylan Farrow.A Rainy Day in New York was shot in September and October 2017, with a cast including Timothée Chalamet
  
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• 'How exciting it all was': the story of Bagpuss's magical folk soundtrack

  20-11-2018 11:31
  Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner on recording the music for the 1974 series about ‘a saggy old cloth cat’, stress-tested by Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger – and endorsed by Belle and SebastianLast year, Sandra Kerr retired from her job at Newcastle University, where she had taught a course on “traditions of these islands” for the music department. “Through the whole 17 years,” she says, “I’ve had students say to me that Bagpuss was their first int
  
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• 'We want to make sure everyone's safe' – how to film a sex scene

  20-11-2018 09:00
  A new specialist has been hired by HBO to ensure that actors on their shows can shoot sex scenes without fears of misconductIn The Deuce’s rendering of 1970s New York, women earn their money on motel room mattresses, in dark movie theaters and on porn sets. For the cast, that means a lot of nudity and even more simulated sex.When Alicia Rodis joined the HBO show as an intimacy coordinator for season two, she phoned every actor before they shot their scenes. Cast members told her they had n
  
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• The Band’s Visit Star Ari’el Stachel Cast in Twitter-Thread-Turned-A24-Drama Zola

  20-11-2018 08:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  After winning big at this year’s Tonys, The Band’s Visit star Ari’el Stachel is making his way toward the next letter in his EGOT, having been cast across from Taylour Paige and Riley Keough in director Janicza Bravo’s upcoming drama Zola. Which, if you’ll remember, is based on a 2015...More »
  
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• Gelach en uitbundig geklap: politieke vertellers in theater - De Limburger

  20-11-2018 07:05
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  Gelach en uitbundig geklap: politieke vertellers in theater
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  Maastricht / Itteren / Zuid-Limburg - Drie bevriende politici op leeftijd in één theatercollege in Maastricht. Dries van Agt, Jan Terlouw en Gerd Leers over hun carrière, leiderschap, democratie, naastenliefde en het klimaat. Doorspekt met anekdotes ...
  
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• Post-outrage TV: how South Park is surviving the era of controversy

  20-11-2018 07:00
  Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have fine tuned their satire – and the show is questioning its own place in society more than ever South Park’s 22nd season opens its first episode, Dead Kids, with the sound of gun shots ringing throughout the show’s primary setting of an elementary school. The teachers and students carry on as if it’s completely normal because, in America, it is. It’s only Stan’s mum Sharon who is deeply horrified by it all, slowly losing
  
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