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• Amanda Bynes, Now 4 Years Sober, Says She Launched Channing Tatum’s Career

  26-11-2018 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amanda Bynes has reemerged from her college cocoon for an in-depth new check-in with Paper. In a new profile, she reveals that she’s now approaching four years sober (mazel!) and has elaborated on the addiction that led to her very public meltdown. At 16, Bynes says she started smoking weed,...More »
  
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• Babies: Their Wonderful World review – cute, but totally unscientific

  26-11-2018 23:00
  The programme hopes to uncover how and when infants become individuals – and had one genuinely intriguing finding about diversity – but the results were rendered meaninglessI love babies but, like WC Fields, I couldn’t eat a whole one. Nor, it turns out, could I watch an entire documentary about them without slumping sideways with boredom – especially not one as unceasingly pointless as last night’s offering, Babies: Their Wonderful World (BBC Two). Presented by dev
  
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• Bertolucci’s Best Movies Streaming Now: ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ ’1900’ and More

  26-11-2018 22:25 via nytimes.com
  The Italian director explored lives big and small, his touch both sweeping and intimate. He was also controversial. Here’s a closer look at his work.
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Why Michael B. Jordan Is More Than a Movie Star

  26-11-2018 22:19 via nytimes.com
  The star of “Creed II” has taken some heat from critics over his performance in “Black Panther.” But his talent is clear.
  
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• Netflix Adds Sketch-Comedy Show From Brian Regan and Jerry Seinfeld

  26-11-2018 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brian Regan has teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld for a new sketch-comedy show at Netflix. During his appearance on The Tonight Show last week, Regan revealed that the four-episode sketch show, titled Stand Up and Away! With Brian Regan, will debut on the streaming network on Christmas Eve next month,...More »
  
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• Alec Baldwin’s Court Case and a ‘Lion King’ Trailer: 5 Things in Pop Culture

  26-11-2018 21:25 via nytimes.com
  What you need to know from Monday’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• The Oral History of ‘San Junipero’

  26-11-2018 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 1987, self-conscious Yorkie meets flamboyant Kelly in a beach resort bar. The two women fall for each other, but there’s more to the sparkling paradise of San Junipero than meets the eye. As the time nears for Kelly to leave town, she faces a huge decision.Charlie Brooker (writer, Black...More »
  
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• Donald Glover and Rihanna's On-Screen Chemistry Is Undeniable in Guava Island First Look

  26-11-2018 20:59 via feeds.eonline.com
  Donald Glover is finally ready to give fans a tease of his top-secret project.It appears the Hollywood star treated attendees of his PHAROS Festival in New Zealand to a first look at...
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine Trial Set for 2019 at Bizarre Hearing on How Rap Beefs Work

  26-11-2018 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  While Tekashi 6ix9ine looked dour during his arraignment for racketeering charges in Manhattan Federal Court today, the judge’s interest in rap rivalry provided brief comedic relief during the otherwise glum proceedings.Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded not guilty to six counts at the hour-long proceeding, during which...More »
  
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• Doctor Who Recap: Strange Magic

  26-11-2018 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having just spent a lovely weekend in the company of a couple thousand fans at the popular, long-running convention Chicago TARDIS, I wanted to start this recap with a few words about the con, which is well worth making plans to attend if you’ve got no family obligations on Thanksgiving...More »
  
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• ‘Head Over Heels’ to Close in January

  26-11-2018 20:33 via nytimes.com
  The musical, which opened on Broadway on July 26, had gotten mixed reviews and struggled at the box office.
  
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• To Warn or Not to Warn? Theater Fans Respond

  26-11-2018 20:22 via nytimes.com
  Should audience get advance word on content that might offend or unsettle them? Opinions differ strongly.
  
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• Kelli O’Hara on Her Emotional The King and I West End Reunion, and What She Has Learned From Anna

  26-11-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three years after Kelli O’Hara took the stage in The King and I on Broadway, American audiences will have a chance to see her Tony-winning performance as Anna Leonowens once again. On November 29 and December 4, film distributor Trafalgar Releasing is screening a taped version of O’Hara and Ken...More »
  
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• Alec Baldwin, ‘The Lion King’ and More: 5 Things in Pop Culture Today

  26-11-2018 19:50 via nytimes.com
  What you need to know from Monday’s TV, music and movie news.
  
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• SNL Hooks Jason Momoa and Matt Damon to Host in December

  26-11-2018 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Saturday Night Live just revealed some more season 44 hosts for December. On Twitter today, the show announced that Aquaman star Jason Momoa will host on December 8 alongside musical guest Mumford & Sons, while Matt Damon, a.k.a. Brett Kavanaugh, will host on December 15 alongside Mark Ronson and Miley...More »
  
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• The War for Christmas TV Is More Competitive Than Ever

  26-11-2018 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some conservatives (including a cast member of Home Alone 2) are fond of complaining that politically correct corporate America has abandoned Christmas celebrations. They’ve clearly never turned on a TV set around this time of year. Far from fleeing Christmas, programmers are raising the Santa stakes and devoting more resources...More »
  
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• Adult Swim’s The Shivering Truth Trailer Will Give You Stop-motion Nightmares

  26-11-2018 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back in May 2017, Adult Swim ordered a stop-motion pilot created and written by Wonder Showzen and The Heart, She Holler creator Vernon Chatman called The Shivering Truth, which earned a series order earlier this year. The network dropped the first trailer for the series today, and it looks absolutely...More »
  
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• Ebony Patterson’s Dark, Whimsical Garden of Poisonous Plants and Glass Body Parts

  26-11-2018 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ebony Patterson took the title of her Pérez Art Museum exhibition, “…while the dew is still on the roses…,” from the 1912 gospel hymn “In the Garden.” “Dew in the morning time stands for revitalization,” explains Patterson, who chose the hymn for its subtly wistful depiction of a garden. “But...More »
  
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• The Mercy Is Both Moving and Confusing

  26-11-2018 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  For all the justifiable awards and acclaim Colin Firth has received over the years, it’s the rare film that manages to use that expressive face of his to its full potential. Yes, he’s very good at playing genteel types who are uncomfortable with showing too much emotion, but for all...More »
  
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• Amazon Casts Famous, Beautiful Actors to Play Normal, Lovesick People in Modern Love Series

  26-11-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Romance isn’t dead, it is instead streaming online. Amazon has announced the cast and creative team for its anthology series based on the New York Times’ Modern Love column, and it’s managed to get everyone to sign up to play the more beautiful versions of the actual people written about...More »
  
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• Park Avenue Armory Plans Premieres and Returns

  26-11-2018 18:28 via nytimes.com
  The venue has announced its 2019 season, which will include a new play by Christopher Shinn, art by Hito Steyerl and concerts by Barbara Hannigan.
  
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• Olivia Jaimes, the Mysterious Cartoonist Behind ‘Nancy,’ Gives Rare Interview

  26-11-2018 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rarely in the history of comics has there been a turnaround as abrupt and pronounced as that of “Nancy.” As of just a few months ago, no discerning critic paid the long-running comic strip any mind. Sure, the strips made back in the day by original creator Ernie Bushmiller were...More »
  
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• Bernardo Bertolucci On the Making of Ten of His Classic Scenes

  26-11-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This story originally ran on December 15, 2010. It’s being republished today on the occasion of Bertolucci’s death....More »
  
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• Bernardo Bertolucci Dissects Ten of His Classic Scenes

  26-11-2018 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This story originally ran on December 15, 2010. It’s being republished today on the occasion of Bertolucci’s death.Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, who died from cancer Monday at 77, was one of the most pivotal filmmakers of all time. Over the years he blended the experimentation of the French New Wave,...More »
  
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• The Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion Recap: The New Coke

  26-11-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  As members of the Real Housewives Institute, you know that there is nothing I hate more than writing about the reunion episodes. However, this might be the best episode of this season yet. It’s like something finally happened. Where were these harridans all season when all we could do was...More »
  
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• Ruth Wilson on Brexit, the end of The Affair and giving birth to her dad

  26-11-2018 17:14
  The star of The Affair and Luther answered questions on superhero movies, panto and the ills of her industry 4.14pm GMT Goodbye everyone. Thanks for all the great questions. And tune in to Mrs Wilson, which is on BBC One on Tuesday 27 November at 9pm. 4.12pm GMT suziebee asks:Who is the best dog you have worked with? The one in The Little Stranger was lovely (sob).I've worked with a number of dogs. Dalmations, sheep dogs … but, yes, my favourite was my labrador in The Little Stranger. She
  
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• 90 Day Fiancé Recap: Parental Advisory

  26-11-2018 17:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to say nothing. I don’t want to be on the wrong side of history, so it’s with a heavy heart that I must speak up: Why is Eric so sweaty? Every time this man gets on camera...More »
  
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• Behold Zach Broussard’s 2,000 Nominees for 2018’s ‘Top 1,000 Comedians’

  26-11-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the end of every year since 2014, comedian Zach Broussard has been honoring comedians with the best and biggest list of “top comedians” the internet has to offer. In 2014, Broussard kicked off his annual tradition by simply posting a list of the “Top 1,000 Comedians of 2014 (So...More »
  
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• Alec Baldwin appears in court accused of striking man in parking spot dispute

  26-11-2018 16:59
  Man, 49, told police Baldwin punched or slapped him after the pair quarrelled about whether a Manhattan parking space was free Alec Baldwin appeared in a New York court on Monday after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.The 60-year-old actor said nothing as he was arraigned on misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has previously stated that he did nothing wrong. Related: Jerome Corsi offered plea deal by Robert Mueller – live updatesContinue reading...
  
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• Alec Baldwin appears in court accused of hitting man in parking spot dispute

  26-11-2018 16:59
  Man, 49, told police Baldwin punched or slapped him after the pair quarrelled about whether a Manhattan parking space was free Alec Baldwin appeared in a New York court on Monday after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.The 60-year-old actor said nothing as he was arraigned on misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has previously stated that he did nothing wrong. Related: Jerome Corsi offered plea deal by Robert Mueller – live updatesContinue reading...
  
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• Alec Baldwin Admits Pushing Man Who Stole His Parking Spot: ‘He’s an Asshole’

  26-11-2018 16:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just 20 minutes after Alec Baldwin punched a driver in a scuffle over a parking spot earlier this month, he told a police officer that the driver was “an asshole” and admitted to pushing him, according to allegations in court papers made public Monday.The paperwork, called a Voluntary Disclosure Form...More »
  
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• Ruth Wilson webchat – follow it live!

  26-11-2018 16:31
  The star of The Affair and Luther is in the office to answer your questions – post your own below 3.31pm GMT Veteran574 asks:Do you think it’s easier to become an actor if you come from a privileged background?Yes. Drama school is expensive. And unfortunately, It's one of the only avenues to get into the acting industry. There's not enough support for students from low-income backgrounds. It's also about the material we're making and we need to be representing people from all types o
  
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• Jerry Springer Will Return to TV Reborn As Judge Jerry

  26-11-2018 16:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  After years of standing back and letting the chaos run the show, Jerry Springer is going to start judging you all. After 27 seasons of The Jerry Springer Show, which the CW stopped ordering new episodes of this spring, Springer will return to TV with Judge Jerry. According to producer...More »
  
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• Shawn Mendes Wants You to Know He Was With Hailey Baldwin, Is Definitely Straight

  26-11-2018 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  She may be Mrs. Bieber to you now, but for a hot second, Hailey Baldwin could’ve been Mrs. Mendes … in some alternate reality where Shawn Mendes didn’t blow it. While Mendes has long stuck to his script that he and Baldwin were just “awesome friends” who leaned on each...More »
  
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• The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Living Legends

  26-11-2018 15:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  We’re still peeling back all the layers of the dynamics for this season. Can we expect a more toned-down Porsha? Will there be another Baby Burress? What is Eva’s goddamn problem? But there is still one Housewife who refuses to be a mystery.For an episode that’s light on Shamari screen-time,...More »
  
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• Camping Recap: Mind Your B’s and C’s

  26-11-2018 15:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  At one point in “Birthday Party (Part 1),” Joe tells Jandice that “good girls don’t hand out drugs at parties,” after Jandice gives everyone at Walt’s big birthday bash some ecstasy, but honestly, her drugs save this whole entire thing. Good or bad — she’s the hero here, Joe!Jandice is...More »
  
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• Bernardo Bertolucci, Director of Last Tango in Paris, Dead at 77

  26-11-2018 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bernardo Bertolucci, the famed Italian director known for the ever-controversial Last Tango in Paris as well as films like The Last Emperor and The Dreamers, died on Monday in Rome at 77. The New York Times said his wife Clare Peploe confirmed the news, but did not specify a cause...More »
  
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• Quizzical endurance: how Eggheads got too smart and stopped being fun

  26-11-2018 13:55
  Due to one specific Egghead’s departure, the show is now less of a quiz and more a Harlem Globetrotters-style exercise in humiliating a lesser oppositionWhat times these are for the late-afternoon and early-evening terrestrial TV quiz. On any given weekday you can feast your eyes on the rather excellent Warwick Davis-fronted Tenable; the unabashed imbecility of Tipping Point; the surprisingly white-knuckle The Chase; the intriguingly gimmicky Hardball; and, of course, the peerless Pointles
  
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• Some Big New Books About Buildings To Gift To The Architecture Obsessed

  26-11-2018 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you buy something through our links, New York may earn an affiliate commission....More »
  
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• Bernardo Bertolucci, Director of ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ Dies at 77

  26-11-2018 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Bertolucci’s early work reflected the revolutionary spirit of the 1960s and ’70s, in particular the shifting social and sexual mores of the times.
  
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• Monday’s best TV: Babies – Their Wonderful World; Tina Turner – Simply the Best

  26-11-2018 07:20
  A new three-part series offers surprising findings about what happens in the first few years of an infant’s life, there’s a moving profile of the soul singer and a look at the truth about the menopauseThere is a fine line between new science and common sense in shows such as paediatrician Dr Guddi Singh’s three-part look at what happens in the first two years of life. That said, an absorbing opening episode includes one of the most ambitious scientific studies about infants eve
  
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• Rose Byrne Thinks You Shouldn’t ‘Surprise’ People With an Unannounced Louis C.K. Comeback

  26-11-2018 06:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Louis C.K.’s return to the spotlight following his admission of masturbating in front of female comedians and coworkers might have been inevitable, but at least one of his former costars has a suggestion for making it less awkward for everyone, if in fact we’re doing this thing: giving audiences a...More »
  
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• Dirty John Premiere Recap: Don’t Want No Scrubs

  26-11-2018 05:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are really two beginnings to the first episode of Dirty John. In the first, Connie Britton is walking down a hospital hallway toward a police officer while we see flashes of something bloody and awful that has happened. Anyone who listened to the LA Times podcast that this show...More »
  
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• Escape at Dannemora Recap: Horsing Around

  26-11-2018 05:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Time and patience, man.” That’s what Matt tells Scary Gary, aka the standoffish commissary clerk from “Part 1,” when Gary asks how he renders his oil paintings. Gary doesn’t care much for the subject, Hillary Clinton (though Matt may not either, as he was merely committing it to canvas for...More »
  
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• Fox News targets ‘super-fans’ with streaming service

  26-11-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Murdochs are ‘driving force’ in creating $6-a-month opinion-only programming
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: A New Horror

  26-11-2018 04:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  However you feel about the first half of this season, you have to credit The Walking Dead for taking some gutsy chances right out of the gate: not one, but two major time jumps; Rick’s goodbye with a twist; Maggie’s disappearance with absolutely zero hoopla; Carol and Eugene’s bold hairstyle...More »
  
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• My Brilliant Friend Recap: Growing Pains

  26-11-2018 04:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  For girls—and perhaps for boys, too, I don’t really know—teenage life is a marathon full of unexpected surges that send you darting ahead and devastating stumbles that leave you trailing behind the pack. There’s an unspoken competition in adolescence; it’s dangerous to be the first or the last girl to...More »
  
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• Ray Donovan Recap: Security Blankets

  26-11-2018 04:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The fifth episode of the strong sixth season of Ray Donovan was a melancholy affair in which two men said goodbye to their children, one sending his son off to the Marines and the other giving up his daughter, knowing he may never return. Ray Donovan has always had a...More »
  
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• Shrek Writer Apologizes for N-Word Tweet

  26-11-2018 03:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  Joining the ever-lengthening list of people who have to walk back an inexplicable use of the n-word, screenwriter Terry Rossio, the man behind Aladdin, Shrek and Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, took to Twitter this weekend to apologize for tweeting the racial slur in full...More »
  
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• ‘Yeah, I’m Not for Everyone.’

  26-11-2018 03:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  One morning, about three weeks after we’d first met, Lena Dunham sent me ten text messages in a row. She was in the hospital, recovering from a procedure to remove her right ovary, “which was encased in scar tissue & fibrosis, attached to my bowel and pressing on nerves that...More »
  
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