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• Les Misérables episode four recap – Les Coincidences, you mean?

  20-01-2019 23:00
  Bravo Victor Hugo – this whole story is packed with hilarious ‘Say what?’ moments. Of all the boarding houses in all of Paris … Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Les Misérables on the BBC. Please do not read on if you are not up to date.What a cracking episode full of action, syphilitic passion, red-hot pokers and escapes across rooftops. And what a truly miserable place Paris is, full of people prostituting themselves, dying in the street and weari
  
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• Sarah Jessica Parker Is Reviving Carrie Bradshaw, But for What?

  20-01-2019 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  With the Sex and the City cinematic universe permanently kaput thanks to the refusal of Samantha Jones, at least the leader of our friendship rectangle, Carrie Bradshaw, always finds a way to pop up when we need her most. [Cue the internal typing monologue.] As revealed on Instagram this weekend,...More »
  
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• M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ Tops the Box Office

  20-01-2019 21:09 via nytimes.com
  The film sold about $40.6 million in tickets domestically during its opening weekend, on par with the performance of its 2017 predecessor, “Split.”
  
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• Those Fyre Festival Documentaries Really Struck a Nerve With Ja Rule

  20-01-2019 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  We can hardly believe it’s been almost two years since Fyre Festival, the scam of the century, unraveled in front of our eyes, but with competing documentaries from Netflix and Hulu letting us relive the madness all over again, we realized Fyre’s legacy (and those infamous cheese sandwiches) never really...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: ‘Green Book’ Wins PGA Award and Has Best Picture in Sight

  20-01-2019 19:09 via nytimes.com
  Only twice since the Oscars expanded the best-picture field has the Producers Guild of America picked a different winner.
  
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• We’re Still Unsure If Boomers or Millennials Come Off Worse in This SNL Game Show

  20-01-2019 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re lucky enough to have your game show fantasy come true and appear on Millennial Millions — as opposed to what your fantasy should be, playing Plinko on The Price Is Right — at least try to keep your cool while a bunch of boomers wax poetic about their...More »
  
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• Drama Book Shop Hosts Its Final Event Before Closing

  20-01-2019 18:42 via nytimes.com
  On Friday, as the beloved store’s shelves approached emptiness before it relocates, it brought in the playwrights Annie Baker and Amy Herzog for a reading.
  
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• Gillian Anderson Will Fill Your Iron Deficiency As Margaret Thatcher on The Crown

  20-01-2019 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Iron Lady, long may that saucy minx reign! Gillian Anderson has signed on to play former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Netflix’s The Crown, which is excellent news, and will serve as the chaser for this somewhat bad news: Deadline confirms she won’t be appearing on the show until...More »
  
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• The Legacy of This SNL Sketch Will Be Pete Davidson’s Non-Stop Breaking

  20-01-2019 17:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sure, on paper this silly SNL sketch may revolve around a bunch of reporters trying to get the deets on an earthquake that struck a legal name-change office, but about halfway through, it became clearer what we were actually bearing witness to: The sketch that Pete Davidson, Giggle Monster somehow...More »
  
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• Mrs. Maisel Isn’t Thrilled With Her New Competition on SNL

  20-01-2019 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was just your average night at the Gaslight when some very funny lightning managed to strike twice: Our gal from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel finished her set and encouraged the cafe’s floor sweeper to give stand-up a try, and lo and behold, she might actually have talent. Not, like,...More »
  
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• Saturday Night Live Recap: Rachel Brosnahan Meets the Raunchiest Miss Rita

  20-01-2019 16:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  While the ’50s time capsule The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel may spend much of its time on cinematography and design elements, Rachel Brosnahan, as the titular comic, rightfully gives the show its beating heart. Midge Maisel’s routines may not be roaringly funny, but during those club sequences, Brosnahan’s gusto and charisma...More »
  
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• SNL’s Elizabeth Warren Wants to Stick Her Finger Up Your Caboose, for America

  20-01-2019 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  Senator Elizabeth Warren is a spry and naughty 69, so you know what that means: She’s forming an exploratory committee to fight, fight, fight for the presidency. Joe Biden? Too old! Kirsten Gillibrand? Brand stealer! But even if she knows you favor way too many other candidates and she isn’t...More »
  
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• SNL: Pete Davidson and John Mulaney Really, Really Want You to See The Mule

  20-01-2019 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  The comedic duo of the 21st century is here! John Mulaney and Pete Davidson have been touring together, and it has solidified a partnership that no man can tear asunder. Even if that man is Nick Kroll! Pete and John saw The Mule. Did you? Did you know there are...More »
  
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• American Gods Season 2 Trailer: Time to Ride Ian McShane’s Magical Carousel

  20-01-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite some ungodly behind-the-scenes drama that may have been wreaking havoc on the show’s future, American Gods is back, baby, and Ian “Tits and Dragons” McShane has never been more extra. He’s even backed by his own magical carousel that puts Disney World to shame! Swoon. The second-season trailer finds...More »
  
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• Online fund for unpaid Fyre festival staff raises tens of thousands

  20-01-2019 14:14
  GoFundMe receives almost $80,000 for Bahamian workers who lost out in festival scamTens of thousands of pounds have been raised for Bahamian restaurant workers whose life savings were wiped out in a multimillion-pound fraud by the organisers of the Fyre festival.Maryann Rolle said her team worked round the clock preparing 1,000 meals a day for festival staff but went unpaid when it imploded in April 2017. Related: It’s not just the Fyre festival – this is the golden age of the social
  
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• ITV hopes to raise £150m from sale of headquarters

  20-01-2019 13:18 via ft.com
  Site is one of biggest mixed use development opportunities to hit market for years
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Rachel Brosnahan and the less than marvelous misses

  20-01-2019 13:00
  The Maisel star only made it to the center of a sketch at the very end – and promptly showed what might have beenThe first Saturday Night Live of 2019 kicks off with Deal or No Deal: Government Shutdown Edition. Replacement host Steve Harvey (Kennan Thompson) welcomes Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin), who attempts to make a deal with Congress to end the shutdown and get funding for his border wall. Related: The tragic legacy of John Belushi: ‘He could have done anything'Continue reading..
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Rachel Brosnahan and some less than marvelous misses

  20-01-2019 13:00
  The Maisel star only made it to the center of a sketch at the very end – and promptly showed what might have beenThe first Saturday Night Live of 2019 kicks off with Deal or No Deal: Government Shutdown Edition. Replacement host Steve Harvey (Kennan Thompson) welcomes Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin), who attempts to make a deal with Congress to end the shutdown and get funding for his border wall. Related: The tragic legacy of John Belushi: ‘He could have done anything'Continue reading..
  
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• The week in TV: American History’s Biggest Fibs; Revolution in Ruins; Cold Feet and more

  20-01-2019 08:00
  Lucy Worsley goes to town on US history, while a fine documentary sheds light on Hugo Chávez’s cursed socialist dreamAmerican History’s Biggest Fibs (BBC Four) | iplayer
  Revolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chávez Story (BBC Two) | iplayer
  Cold Feet (ITV) | itv.com
  True Detective (Sky Atlantic) | sky.com
  Is This Sexual Harassment? (BBC One) | iplayerThere was a time, not even in the dim and distant past, when “history” programmes were seen as boring-snoring, enlive
  
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• Green Book Wins Best Picture at Producers Guild Awards

  20-01-2019 07:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amy Sherman-Palladino wore a slightly smaller hat than usual to accept her Norman Lear achievement award, a floral turban as opposed to the standard top hat. The Producers Guild Awards are one more step to that glittering gold men. “More often than not, the ultimate best-picture winner here goes on...More »
  
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• SNL: Deal Or No Deal Is the Game Show We Need (to Play to End the Shutdown)

  20-01-2019 07:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The government shutdown won’t end, and the only thing Trump understands is TV game shows. Therefore, the only way to end the shutdown is to make Trump play Deal or No Deal, a game show where Meghan Markle holds up a briefcase and then…something else happens. Who amongst us has...More »
  
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• Sunday's best TV: Vera; Les Misérables; SAS – Who Dares Wins

  20-01-2019 07:00
  There’s topicality and tragedy in the north-eastern detective series and Valjean plans a new adventure in Andrew Davies’s drama adaptation8.10pm, ITV Continue reading...
  
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• With Notes App, Lee Unkrich Says Adios to Pixar

  20-01-2019 04:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lee Unkrich, director of Coco and Toy Story 3, is leaving Pixar after 25 years. Unkrich posted a fond farewell to Twitter Saturday afternoon, stating that his last day at the company would be February 15. “I often tell people that the worst thing about working at Pixar is that...More »
  
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• After Scathing Documentary, R. Kelly Is Back on the Charts

  20-01-2019 03:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apparently there are some ghouls out there who saw Surviving R. Kelly and thought to themselves “Hmm…’Ignition’ is still catchy.” R. Kelly may have been dropped by Sony, but he’s charting better than he has in years. “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Ignition” have reentered the Billboard R&B Digital...More »
  
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• A GoFundMe for the Fyre Fest Caterers Has Raised Over $60,000

  20-01-2019 02:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Elvis and Maryann Rolle, whose Great Exuma restaurant fed staff at Fyre Festival, have raised more that $60,000 via GoFundMe. Maryann Rolle is featured in Netflix’s Fyre Fest doc, explaining that she sunk more that $50 grand of her own savings to cater Fyre Fest. The owners of Exuma Point...More »
  
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