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• Road to Brexit review – thanks for trying to joke us through this hell

  26-03-2019 23:30
  You’d have to have a heart of stone not to find Matt Berry funny – but somehow this one-off comedy fell flat. Perhaps we’re too depressed to laugh now?Very much like Kenneth Tynan and Look Back in Anger, I could not love anyone who did not love Matt Berry. Whose heart, already full with Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace or The IT Crowd, did not lift further when a Todd Rivers or Douglas Reynholm scene came along. Toast of London, in which he played the main character rather than
  
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• What Is ‘Us’ About? Here Are Some Interesting Theories

  26-03-2019 23:28 via nytimes.com
  Part of the fun of Jordan Peele’s new horror film is that everyone has a different interpretation.
  
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• Plays by Tracy Letts and Bess Wohl Headed to Broadway

  26-03-2019 22:00 via nytimes.com
  A revival of Richard Greenberg’s baseball comedy “Take Me Out” will also be part of Second Stage Theater’s 2019-20 season.
  
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• Jussie Smollett: Chicago mayor attacks 'whitewash of justice' as charges dropped

  26-03-2019 21:41
  State’s attorney’s office says 16 counts against actor droppedSmollett: ‘I have been truthful and consistent on every level’Prosecutors have agreed to drop criminal charges against the Empire actor Jussie Smollett for apparently faking a hate crime attack in Chicago.Smollett was earlier this year charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly hiring two men to stage a racist, homophobic attack against him in downtown Chicago. Continue reading...
  
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• OMG! The Twins From Us Played Ross and Rachel's Friends Daughter

  26-03-2019 21:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  The One Where We Discovered Emma Geller-Green Is a Twin.Can you believe it's been almost 17 years since the birth of baby Emma? On the season eight finale of Friends in May 2002, the...
  
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• Larry Cohen, Director of Garish Horror Classics, Dies at 82

  26-03-2019 20:57 via nytimes.com
  His films, which featured killer babies and desserts, offered suspense and horror bordering on satire. He was also a prolific creator of television shows.
  
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• This Photo of All 3 Lawrence Brothers Will Make You Miss the '90s

  26-03-2019 20:40 via feeds.eonline.com
  Whoa! Talk about a flashback!Cheryl Burke sent fans straight back to the '90s on Tuesday after she shared a picture of Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence on...
  
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• What Is ‘Us’ About? Here Are Some of the More Interesting Theories

  26-03-2019 20:00 via nytimes.com
  Part of the fun of Jordan Peele’s new horror film is that everyone has a different interpretation.
  
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• Indonesia’s unicorns will struggle to make video pay

  26-03-2019 20:00 via ft.com
  Tech giants to shake up streaming with original content but pricing will be a problem
  
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• Jussie Smollett: prosecutors drop charges against actor accused of fabricating attack

  26-03-2019 19:15
  State’s attorney’s office says 16 counts against Empire actor dropped ‘after reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case’Prosecutors agreed on Tuesday to drop criminal charges against the Empire actor Jussie Smollett for faking a hate crime attack in Chicago.Smollett was charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly hiring two men to stage a racist, homophobic attack against him in downtown Chicago earlier this year. Continue reading...
  
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• Swoon Over Noah Centineo in The Perfect Date Trailer

  26-03-2019 19:09 via feeds.eonline.com
  Meet Brooks Rattigan, the latest Noah Centineo character you're going to fall hard for thanks to The Perfect Date.You see, Brooks has the academic prowess to get into his dream...
  
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• Critics’ Notebook: 11 Movies You Need to See at New Directors/New Films

  26-03-2019 18:32 via nytimes.com
  This year’s festival includes a knockout documentary about a Macedonian bee-whisperer and a fantastical historical drama about an enslaved African boy.
  
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• Bertelsmann/Michelle’s memoir: Gutenberg strikes back

  26-03-2019 17:20 via ft.com
  Digital fatigue is giving traditional publishers staying power
  
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• We Love (Actually) All of Keira Knightley's Roles, But Which One Is the Best? Vote for Your Favorite Film Now

  26-03-2019 16:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Hip, hip hooray, it's Keira Knightley's birthday!The British actress turns 34 years old and honestly, she only gets better with age. Throughout her career the brunette beauty has...
  
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• What We Do in the Shadows review – vampire TV adaptation has bite

  26-03-2019 15:10
  Taiki Waititi’s cult mockumentary has arisen on the small screen with the same mix of gravity-defying slapstick and endlessly amusing squabblesThe 2014 vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows has followed the example set by its subjects, and arisen from the great beyond of film to find a new final resting place on TV. The feature-to-series adaptation makes for a less grisly conversion than the transmogrifications of the undead, too; the film’s cultural points of reference were
  
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• ‘Us’ Took Hands Across America and Made It a Death Grip

  26-03-2019 15:00 via nytimes.com
  In 1986, the event Hands Across America addressed the horrors of hunger and homelessness. In “Us,” it’s a horror all its own.
  
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• The Yorkshire Ripper Files: can true crime TV really be ethical?

  26-03-2019 14:44
  It may be strangely seductive, but who says our true crime viewing has to be an amoral gorefest? A gripping new series shows a genre on a missionTrue crime TV finds itself on a sterling run of form at the moment. Shows such as The Jinx, Making A Murderer and The Keepers introduced a generation of TV audiences to a life of crime and the attendant vicarious thrills. Tonight, BBC Four makes its contribution with The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story, its three-part exploration of P
  
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• Spotify to buy podcasting business Parcast for more than $100m

  26-03-2019 14:23 via ft.com
  Music streaming group makes third podcasting acquisition in two months
  
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• 'Fawning' Modi biopic breaks Indian election laws, says opposition

  26-03-2019 13:50
  Commission intervenes before release of film about PM, days before start of electionsIndian opposition parties are attempting to delay the release of what is widely seen as a fawningbiopic about Narendra Modi that is scheduled for release days before the start of national elections.Critics of the film PM Narendra Modi, which has a publicity photo depicting the prime minister surrounded by children with the tagline “patriotism is my strength”, say it is disguised political advertising
  
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• Captain Marvel lords it over Us at UK box office

  26-03-2019 13:25
  Brie Larson’s superhero stays top as Jordan Peele’s horror tale lands at No 2 – and Fisherman’s Friends rides a wave of affectionWhile Jordan Peele’s horror film Us stormed to the top of the US box office with a giant $71m debut, Captain Marvel resisted the challenge in the UK, holding on to the summit with third-weekend takings of £3.38m. Total after 17 days is a handy £29.5m. Continue reading...
  
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• Michael Jackson’s life showed us the journey from abused to abuser | Hadley Freeman

  26-03-2019 12:57
  The maltreatment he suffered was devastating but not sexual. Did that help fans believe in his harmless, ‘lost boy’ persona?Jimmy Savile. Harvey Weinstein. R Kelly. Kevin Spacey. We are not exactly short these days of celebrities accused of exploiting their fame to mask predatory behaviour. Yet the Michael Jackson case is different. And that’s not just because he is, still, so passionately defended by some – including, most recently, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross &ndash
  
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• Is This Time Alan Partridge's last Aha!?

  26-03-2019 12:01
  He still makes for monstrous, relentless and shockingly inappropriate viewing. But as This Time hits the final straight, this is surely the end for Alan
  In episode four of This Time With Alan Partridge, he’s standing outside Broadcasting House before a group of “stern-faced women” delivering a fiercely pro-dog item when he’s briefly put off by a cry of “Aha!” from a passerby. It feels like a distant echo from the past, a reminder of just how many iterations of
  
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• ‘Working Woman’ Review: Plumbing a Toxic Work Environment in Israel

  26-03-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  As it tightens its grip, this feature from Michal Aviad captures how workplace sexual harassment slowly takes over one woman’s life.
  
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• ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ With No Gay Scenes? Censored Film Angers Chinese Viewers

  26-03-2019 10:42 via nytimes.com
  An altered version of the film, released in China last weekend, is only around three minutes shorter than the original. But it omits crucial scenes.
  
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• Michelle Obama’s memoirs on track to be most successful ever

  26-03-2019 10:31 via ft.com
  Former first lady’s publisher says more than 10m copies of the autobiography sold
  
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• Michelle Obama’s memoirs on track to be most successful

  26-03-2019 10:31 via ft.com
  More than 10m copies of former first lady’s ‘Becoming’ sold, says publisher Bertelsmann
  
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• Michelle Obama’s memoirs on track for sales record

  26-03-2019 10:31 via ft.com
  Former US first lady’s book ‘Becoming’ has sold more than 10m copies
  
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• Smut shaming: the grim future of 'educational' sex TV

  26-03-2019 10:00
  With two new shows on the horizon, Sex Tape and Sex on the Couch, what TMI horrors might we expect next?Modern Toss on sex shows on TVIf you found Embarrassing Bodies a bit tame, and you came away from 24 Hours in A&E wishing more patients had got their bits out, you’ll be glad to know that, this year, telly is obsessed with the ins and outs of sex. Since E4’s surprise hit The Sex Clinic started in January, each episode has left viewers more disgusted than the last. The show&rsqu
  
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• TV tonight: how did the Yorkshire Ripper investigation go so wrong?

  26-03-2019 07:20
  Liza Williams’s three-part exposé makes for shocking viewing. Plus: Toast of London’s Matt Berry and Arthur Mathews reunite for a Brexit special. Here’s this evening’s best tellyDirector Liza Williams’s three-part exposé of what went wrong with the lengthy investigation into the murders committed by Peter Sutcliffe makes for compelling, shocking television. Beginning in 1975, the opener shows how police might have apprehended Sutcliffe (and thus saved
  
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• Apple looks to TV as part of its own digital ecosystem

  26-03-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  The company is offering more services but questions over pricing remain
  
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• Review: Staging a True Family Nightmare in ‘Accidentally Brave’

  26-03-2019 02:45 via nytimes.com
  What happens when the husband you thought you knew is discovered harboring a terrible secret? Maddie Corman learned the hard way.
  
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