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• Comedian and Rel Co-Creator Kevin Barnett Dead at 32

  22-01-2019 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  As first announced by comedy club the Stand on Twitter today, the New York comedy community has lost one of its own with the news that Kevin Barnett has died at the age of 32. Several other outlets including Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter have confirmed the news. The cause...More »
  
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• Bodyguard named best new drama at National Television awards

  22-01-2019 23:48 via theguardian.com
  BBC One drama’s star Richard Madden and EastEnders’ Danny Dyer also among the prize winners in LondonThe BBC thriller Bodyguard has been named best new drama at the National Television awards, and its male lead, Richard Madden, won in the best drama performance category.The awards were presented at a ceremony at the O2 in London on Tuesday evening. Also among those honoured were This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing and Peter Kay’s Car Share. Continue reading...
  
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• Why Didn’t the Oscars Nominate Any Female Directors This Year?

  22-01-2019 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tuesday morning’s Oscar nominations provided plenty of surprises, but one development proved depressingly familiar: As many predicted, this year’s eight Best Picture contenders and five Best Director nominees included exactly zero films directed by a woman. No Marielle Heller. No Josie Rourke. No Karyn Kusama. No Debra Granik. No women...More »
  
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• All the Ways Black Panther Made Oscars History

  22-01-2019 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  With the announcement of this year’s Academy Award nominees Tuesday morning, Black Panther set a new record for comic-book achievement, as the film earned seven nods overall: Best Picture, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Production Design. How many...More »
  
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• Escape at Dannemora review – a big, cinematic series with a cast to match

  22-01-2019 23:10 via theguardian.com
  Ben Stiller directed it. Patricia Arquette, Benicio del Toro and Paul Dano are stunning in it. It’s just a shame they made a show about a staggering prison break such a slow-burnIt’s been difficult to escape from Escape at Dannemora (Sky Atlantic), the tale of an astounding real-life prison break that marks Ben Stiller’s TV-directing debut. Patricia Arquette has won every award going for her portrayal of Joyce ‘Tilly’ Mitchell, the civilian who ran the prison sewing
  
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• Oscar Nominations: ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Break Ground

  22-01-2019 23:08 via nytimes.com
  Netflix got its first best picture nod. The 91st Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24.
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reacts to Oscar Nomination for ‘RBG’

  22-01-2019 22:45 via nytimes.com
  The documentary filmmakers called the Supreme Court justice at home to tell her the news.
  
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• Glenn Close Reacts to Her 7th Nomination: It Says ‘My Work Still Matters’

  22-01-2019 22:34 via nytimes.com
  But the actress says that first she had to grapple with her “problematic” character in “The Wife,” a woman in the shadows of her Nobel-winning husband.
  
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• Justice for Ethan Hawke and Ethan Hawke’s Forehead Wrinkle

  22-01-2019 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re looking for me between now and Oscar night on February 24, I will be here at my desk, listening to Aretha Franklin and muttering “Will God forgive us for snubbing Ethan Hawke?” The leading man was an on-the-bubble contender for Best Actor who didn’t make the final five...More »
  
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• Fyre Festival’s Organizers Didn’t Pay a Restaurant Owner, So GoFundMe Donors Stepped In

  22-01-2019 22:21 via nytimes.com
  With two documentaries bringing new attention to the 2017 music festival disaster, people raised more than $167,000 for a Bahamian restaurant owner who was exploited.
  
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• What Does Drake’s Residency Mean for Las Vegas Nightlife?

  22-01-2019 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even in Las Vegas, where Calvin Harris cuts $280 million deals on the regular, Drake’s reported upcoming residency at XS is a big deal. Drake actually beat the British DJ, who reportedly gets paid “roughly” $1 million per show, taking home $2 million (plus proceeds from the undoubtedly abundant sales...More »
  
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• These 8 Trashy Reality Series of the 2000s Are Ready for a Second Life

  22-01-2019 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Many of TV’s biggest reality shows have been around for a really long time — there are people who can legally vote in this country who can’t remember a world without Survivor, The Bachelor/ette, Big Brother, or The Amazing Race. In recent years, a ton of shows from reality TV’s...More »
  
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• Glenn Close Is Not Checking Her Phone

  22-01-2019 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Glenn Close, a seven-time Oscar nominee and rising Instagram dog influencer, is not going to be ignored, but she may accidentally ignore you. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in the wake of her nomination for The Wife this morning, Close said that she wasn’t aware the announcements...More »
  
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• A Barry Jenkins Selfie, Richard E. Grant Giggle and More Adorable Reactions to the Oscar Nominations

  22-01-2019 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Am levitating at this astonishing news. Thank you to for this nomination in such incredible company. I’m indebted to so many people but most of all & Marielle Heller ❤️ Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) January 22, 2019Sumamente feliz, cuando desperté hoy tan temprano, (claro, a la hora de aquí) no...More »
  
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• Rami Malek Says He Was Unaware of Bryan Singer Allegations Before Making Bohemian Rhapsody

  22-01-2019 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has rode massive box-office success all the way to six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for star Rami Malek, despite middling reviews and controversies surrounding director Bryan Singer, who was fired midway through the shoot. Singer reportedly threw electrical equipment in...More »
  
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• Johnny Depp Files New Legal Documents Claiming He Never Assaulted Amber Heard

  22-01-2019 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  As part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit against the British tabloid The Sun, Johnny Depp has filed legal documents supporting his claim that he never physically assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to TMZ, Depp has witness statements claiming that “they saw Amber in the apartment building on May 21...More »
  
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• Richard E. Grant Reacts to News of His First Oscar Nomination: With Tears

  22-01-2019 21:09 via nytimes.com
  He says he and his “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” star, Melissa McCarthy, cried together. “We were just a blub fest. No shame in being a grown man crying.”
  
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• Forget Netflix - UK cinemas report best year at box office since 1970

  22-01-2019 21:06
  Britons went to the movies 177m times in 2018, lured by local and Hollywood hitsThe British box office enjoyed its best year since 1970 as a combination of homegrown hits and Hollywood blockbusters kept cinemas packed last year.Britons went to the cinema 177m times in 2018, the highest number since 1970, when hits including M*A*S*H, Love Story and Airport helped attract 193m admissions, according to the UK Cinema Association. Last year’s figure is just ahead of the 176m admissions in 1971,
  
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• Where to Stream This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies

  22-01-2019 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is no reason to worry about FOMOM. That’s the phrase Vulture obviously just coined for “fear of missing outstanding movies,” after the nominees were announced this morning for the 91st Academy Awards. Mostly because a bunch of films are already available to stream or rent on various legal websites,...More »
  
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• Kaye Ballard, Indefatigable Comedian and Actress, Dies at 93

  22-01-2019 20:25 via nytimes.com
  Best known for the 1960s sitcom “The Mothers-in-Law,” she also had memorable turns in Broadway musicals and rode the nightclub circuit for years.
  
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• ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead Oscar Nominations With 10 Each

  22-01-2019 20:22 via nytimes.com
  Netflix got its first best picture nod. The 91st Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24.
  
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• The Last Days of August Is a Fascinating, Moving Examination of a Porn Star’s Tragedy

  22-01-2019 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the waning days of 2017, the adult performer August Ames, born Mercedes Grabowski, took her own life in a public park. She did so in the wake of an internet firestorm. Before her death, Ames stated on Twitter that she had declined to shoot a scene because she didn’t...More »
  
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• Rami Malek on Freddie Mercury, Bryan Singer and the Oscars

  22-01-2019 20:13 via nytimes.com
  With his first Oscar nomination, for best actor, the star of “Bohemian Rhapsody” looks back on a role he doesn’t want to leave behind.
  
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• Melissa Etheridge Is Working on a Musical Adaptation of Mystic Pizza, As Life Imitates 30 Rock

  22-01-2019 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a rare instance of parody preceding real life, Mystic Pizza is getting turned into a musical, years after 30 Rock invented a musical version of the 1988 movie. Today, producers Lively McCabe Entertainment announced the plans for the adaptation of Mystic Pizza, which was originally written by Amy Holden...More »
  
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• Hannah Beachler, the First African-American Oscar Nominee for Production Design, Reacts

  22-01-2019 20:12 via nytimes.com
  The designer’s work on “Black Panther” was one of the seven nominations the film received.
  
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• The Carpetbagger: The Oscars Didn’t Say Ryan Coogler’s Name, but Marvel’s Kevin Feige Will

  22-01-2019 20:11 via nytimes.com
  After “Black Panther” earned Marvel Studios its first best-picture nomination, an excited Feige emphasized “the importance of inclusion.”
  
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• Yalitza Aparicio Is the Oscars’ First Indigenous Mexican Actress Nominee

  22-01-2019 20:10 via nytimes.com
  Up for an Academy Award for “Roma,” she says the honor shows “you’re not limited by your race or your class or your ethnicity or your socioeconomic conditions.”
  
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• Ray Romano’s First Stand-up Special in 23 Years Will Debut on Netflix Next Month

  22-01-2019 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ray Romano will head to Netflix in two weeks with his very own stand-up special. The streaming network revealed last year that it lured Ray Romano for his first comedy special in 23 years, which will premiere Tuesday, February 5. Titled Right Here, Around the Corner, the special was taped...More »
  
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• Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa Doesn’t Want to Play the Gay Best Friend

  22-01-2019 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoilers ahead for Sex Education, season one.Netflix’s newest gift to teens is Sex Education, a show seemingly set within a fever dream of suburban England, where one student, Otis, (Asa Butterfield) becomes the underground sex whisperer to his entire high school, solving his classmates’ confusion over everything from masturbation to...More »
  
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• ‘American Son’ Play Starring Kerry Washington Will Be Adapted by Netflix

  22-01-2019 20:02 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Washington said on “The Tonight Show” on Monday that the Netflix version will “kind of be this movie-play hybrid event.”
  
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• Broadway ‘Mockingbird’ Precludes British ‘Mockingbird’

  22-01-2019 19:26 via nytimes.com
  A British production of “To Kill A Mockingbird” has been canceled after the producer Scott Rudin asserted his stage rights to the book.
  
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• Colin Quinn Thinks It’s Time for the United States to Break Up

  22-01-2019 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Colin Quinn cut his teeth on stand-up stages in New York City, his hometown, before breaking into TV as announcer for the late ’80s MTV hit game show Remote Control. By the late ’90s he served as “Weekend Update” anchor on Saturday Night Live, and the aughts saw him host...More »
  
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• Netflix nabs first best picture nomination with Roma

  22-01-2019 18:33 via ft.com
  Streaming giant receives multiple Oscar nods as it shakes up film
  
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• A Guide to James Blake’s Fascinating Back Catalog

  22-01-2019 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  The first blockbuster release of 2019 has arrived in the form of James Blake’s fourth full-length, Assume Form. The British electronic-pop wizard’s follow-up to 2016’s gargantuan The Colour in Anything is a full 30 minutes shorter than its predecessor, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in...More »
  
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• How to Make Sex Scenes Natural and Nonthreatening? Cue the ‘Intimacy Coordinator’

  22-01-2019 18:00 via nytimes.com
  As the acting industry grapples with a culture of sexual harassment and power imbalances, efforts to ensure the well-being of performers involved in intimate scenes are gaining ground.
  
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• Dave Becky Won’t Have an EP Credit on Broad City’s Final Season

  22-01-2019 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s Comedy Central series Broad City returns for its final season this week, and this time around, the show’s credits will include a notable change. A spokesperson for Comedy Central has confirmed to Vulture that comedy manager, producer, and former Louis C.K. manager Dave Becky, who...More »
  
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• Where to Stream the 2019 Oscar Nominated Movies

  22-01-2019 17:40 via nytimes.com
  Many of the biggest nominees are already streaming. Here’s a rundown of what they are and where to find them.
  
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• Live Updates: ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead Oscar Nominations With 10 Each

  22-01-2019 17:35 via nytimes.com
  Netflix got its first best picture nod. The 91st Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24.
  
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• What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees

  22-01-2019 17:34 via nytimes.com
  The Oscar nominees for best picture have been announced. Here’s a rundown on the gossip, the politics and the critical response surrounding the eight contenders
  
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• True Detective’s Old-Man Makeup Was Inspired by The Nutty Professor and Amadeus

  22-01-2019 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The third season of HBO’s crime drama True Detective stars Mahershala Ali, Mahershala Ali, and Mahershala Ali — as a character in his 40s, in his 50s, and in his 70s, a demanding three-part performance that leaps between glimpses of an unsolved murder case in small-town Arkansas in 1980, 1990,...More »
  
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• The Story Behind One of the Most Iconic Jokes of the Past Decade: Sebastian Maniscalco’s ‘Doorbell’

  22-01-2019 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This past weekend, just a few days after the release of his fourth hour special, Stay Hungry, on Netflix, Sebastian Maniscalco played Madison Square Garden. Now of course, Maniscalco is not the first stand-up to play the World’s Most Famous Arena over the past decade, but he undoubtedly got there...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Oscar Snubs and Surprises: Bradley Cooper, Netflix and ‘Black Panther’

  22-01-2019 17:12 via nytimes.com
  The director of “A Star Is Born” was left off the ballot and faces stiff competition as an actor. “Roma” helped the streaming service make history.
  
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• Oscars 2019: Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong'o and More Stars React to Their Nominations

  22-01-2019 17:07 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's the most wonderful time of the year--awards season!
  Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross announced the nominees for the 2019 Oscars on Tuesday. Roma and The Favourite were...
  
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• Oscar Nominations: The Academy Is a House Divided — and That’s a Good Thing

  22-01-2019 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Five years ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences embarked on a mission to diversify its ranks — to make its overwhelmingly old, white, male demographic makeup look more like America. Mission accomplished: This morning’s nominations reflect a completely polarized votership many of whose various constituencies can’t stand...More »
  
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• Black Panther: How a Marvel Movie Became One of the Year's Most Revolutionary Films

  22-01-2019 16:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  Can a movie spark a revolution?Motion pictures can do a lot of things. They can move us to tears, force us to rethink our perspective on the world, even introduce us to corners of the...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother Recap: Fame Game

  22-01-2019 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the most decisive moments of any season of Big Brother happens right at the beginning, when that year’s fated coterie of houseguests-to-be enters the close quarters where they will be sequestered for the next several months and meet for the first time their fellow competitors. First impressions mean...More »
  
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• Christopher Bonanos Among Finalists for National Book Critics Circle Awards

  22-01-2019 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The National Book Critics Circle announced the 31 finalists for its annual awards today. New York’s own city editor Christopher Bonanos was nominated for his biography Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous, the riveting story of photographer Arthur Fellig (also known as Weegee). Mark Lamster’s biography of architect Philip...More »
  
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• Live Updates: Oscar Nominations 2019: ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ Lead the Way

  22-01-2019 15:44 via nytimes.com
  Both films received 10 nominations, and Netflix got its first best picture nod. The 91st Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24.
  
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• The Bachelor Recap: Fit For Life

  22-01-2019 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Colton wants everyone to know this episode that he’s looking for a capital-S capital-W Strong Woman. He has a lot of Strong Women in his life and he’s looking for another Strong Woman to be in his life. One who goes to her job where she empowers and uplifts women...More »
  
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• A bit of ruff: how Danny Dyer went from tinpot wideboy to TV treasure

  22-01-2019 15:33 via theguardian.com
  Ten years ago the thought of Dyer fronting a show about the monarchy would have been laughable. Now it might just be the TV highlight of the springImagine if Danny Dyer had made Danny Dyer’s Right Royal Family a decade ago. Everyone would have hated it. The thought of 2009-era Dyer – in the midst of a spate of brain-breaking documentaries like Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, Football Hooligans International and Danny Dyer: I Believe in UFOs – would have been comprehensively d
  
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