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• Xavier Dolan Has Gone to Cannes for 10 Years. It Hasn’t Gotten Easier.

  24-05-2019 22:57 via nytimes.com
  The Quebecois director of “Matthias & Maxime” says, “It’s very hard to build confidence and come here.”
  
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• Harvey Weinstein litigation nears $44m settlement

  24-05-2019 21:54 via ft.com
  Lawyers caution that complex talks to resolve sexual harassment claims could still fall apart
  
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• At Cannes, the Heartfelt and the Scathing Exist Side by Side

  24-05-2019 20:59 via nytimes.com
  The newest from Pedro Almodóvar features a moving performance from Antonio Banderas, while other films have been much more divisive.
  
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• What to Do in New York This Memorial Day Weekend

  24-05-2019 20:50 via nytimes.com
  Whether you’re traveling for Memorial Day weekend (lucky you!) or staying in the city (no lines!), here are some cultural highlights worth checking out.
  
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• That’s Not Trash, It’s John Waters’s Art Collection

  24-05-2019 20:38 via nytimes.com
  “I always think that art is mistakes,” said Mr. Waters, who has a new book out, “Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder.”
  
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• Review: ‘The Ferryman’ Is a Tale That Keeps on Giving

  24-05-2019 19:16 via nytimes.com
  Jez Butterworth’s Tony-nominated family drama retains its fierce grip with a new cast led by Brian d’Arcy James.
  
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• 'Humour cuts through': the comedians bringing cerebral palsy to our screens

  24-05-2019 19:16
  From the riotous office humour of Jerk to the satirical genius of Special, TV is finally embracing characters with cerebral palsy. We ask the stars of this new wave: is this a watershed moment?‘It took years to convince someone to make this show,” says Ryan O’Connell. “First of all, my book flopped and sold two copies.” Called I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, the book was a moving and hilarious account of something he had been hiding in the popul
  
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• Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold

  24-05-2019 19:16
  From the riotous office humour of Jerk to the satirical genius of Special, TV is finally embracing characters with cerebral palsy. We ask the stars of this new wave: is this a watershed moment?‘It took years to convince someone to make this show,” says Ryan O’Connell. “First of all, my book flopped and sold two copies.” Called I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, the book was a moving and hilarious account of something he had been hiding in the popul
  
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• The Archers tour: 'listeners complain if we pour cold water to evoke tea'

  24-05-2019 18:54
  No branded chutney, sadly, but fans can recreate iconic scenes from the BBC Radio 4 soapEver since Granada closed the Coronation Street tour 20 years ago, there’s been a gap in the market. Many have yearned for British broadcasting’s answer to Disneyland, a soap-related simulation offering actors in costume, trivia about how it was made, a really competitive general knowledge quiz and an experience culminating in a gift shop featuring, ideally, branded chutney. Related: Nancy Banks-S
  
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• The Class Clowns of ‘Booksmart’: Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever

  24-05-2019 18:45 via nytimes.com
  The stars of the coming-of-age comedy compare the film to their real-life high school experiences and explain how they became friends during the shoot.
  
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• Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard

  24-05-2019 18:40 via nytimes.com
  Why this avatar of Americana decided to direct a documentary about the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
  
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• Sylvester Stallone: next Rocky film should focus on immigration

  24-05-2019 18:03
  Actor outlines premise that ‘could work’ for franchise but says his all-American heroes were never intended as political symbolsSylvester Stallone has said he wants to make a new Rocky film in which the boxer encounters an immigrant living illegally in the US.Speaking during a Q&A at the Cannes film festival, the actor said he had no plans to appear in another film in the Creed spin-off series but “had a great idea” for a new Rocky movie. He suggested the film would l
  
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• Michael Kors: Coming Soon to a Broadway Theater Near You

  24-05-2019 18:00 via nytimes.com
  During Tonys season, Mr. Kors and his husband practically live on Broadway, seeing as many shows as possible.
  
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• Watched plots … Hilary Mantel and the writers under pressure from fans

  24-05-2019 17:04
  With the Wolf Hall novelist set to finish her trilogy in 2020, Philip Pullman, Anne Rice and others discuss how expectations can affect the creative processPhilip Pullman waited 17 years before allowing readers back into the world of Lyra Belacqua, Joseph Heller took 33 to return to Catch-22, and George RR Martin is still keeping fans hanging for his version of the final struggle for the Iron Throne. The eight years readers have been waiting since the second volume of Hilary Mantel’s Thoma
  
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• You’ve Seen Mary Elizabeth Winstead Onscreen. Get Ready for Her Onstage.

  24-05-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  She’s making her first foray into theater — while also taking on a Will Smith action flick and the role of Huntress in ‘Birds of Prey.’
  
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• Dwayne Johnson: Saving the World, Film by Film

  24-05-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  With “Hobbs & Shaw,” the actor continues his action film career as the world’s savior. Here’s a look at how he does it.
  
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• Cannes 2019: Peter Bradshaw's picks – and Palme d'Or predictions

  24-05-2019 15:12
  Our chief critic’s considered verdict on new movies from big-hitters Almodóvar, Tarantino, Malick and Loach, as well as the buzz around homegrown talent Céline SciammaThis has been an excellent Cannes, despite a middling opener from Jim Jarmusch – a tongue-in-cheek zombie comedy called The Dead Don’t Die, which was moderately amusing when we were hoping for immoderately.It is not merely that great work has been presented by the established old-stagers and silverba
  
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• Lust in translation: France makes its own version of Fleabag

  24-05-2019 15:01
  Adaptation set in Paris follows Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit series almost scene for sceneFrance so loved Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit series Fleabag that it has made its own version, about the life of a woman called Mouche (Fly).Rather than subtitle the seemingly singularly British comedy, French producers wanted to faithfully recreate a Parisian version, complete with guinea pigs, a salon de thé, dysfunctional family and the same emotional pitfalls, but set against a backdrop of
  
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• The reels on the bus: inside Cannes's first creche

  24-05-2019 14:15
  Children are the new VIPs, say organisers of a nursery to help festival-goers balance deal-making with childminding
  Away from the hustle of the Croisette, some Cannes film festival attendees are busy taking a nap. You might surmise that they are recovering from one of the festival’s many afterparties, but you’d be wrong. Alongside them, other “delegates” are busy singing nursery rhymes, or having their nappies changed.For the first time, a daycare centre has been installe
  
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• Red Sparrow was the UK's most complained-about film in 2018

  24-05-2019 13:07
  Many thought 15 rating for raunchy Jennifer Lawrence thriller was too low, while Peter Rabbit’s fruit-pelting scene irked allergy-awareness campaignersRed Sparrow, the spy thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence, was the most complained-about film released in the UK last year, it has been revealed.According to its annual report, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) received 64 complaints about the film – all of which said that the Red Sparrow’s certificate, at 15, was to
  
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• This week’s best home entertainment: from Black Monday to Good Omens

  24-05-2019 13:00
  It’s back to the 1980s for a cocaine-fuelled take on the financial crisis, while Terry Pratchett’s cult novel hits the small screen
  A feast of coke, shoulder pads and grotesque financial negligence as this comedy-drama winds the clock back to 1987 and explores the financial crisis. Andrew Rannells is Blair Pfaff, an outsider finding himself in the outrageous world of Wall Street; Don Cheadle is Mo Monroe, a wildly successful and even more wildly debauched trader.
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• The fairest of them all? Two cheers for Aladdin's browner Princess Jasmine

  24-05-2019 12:00
  Ethnic casting has moved on from Disney’s last stab at the story in 1992 but Naomi Scott’s star turn is not without controversy“You look like Princess Jasmine” is a popular pickup line used on ethnic women with genetically natural tans and long, dark hair. It exoticizes us while making grasps at a comparison to one of the few brown women in mainstream media.On 24 May, Princess Jasmine comes to life in the live-action revival of 1992’s Disney cartoon Aladdin, and new
  
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• ‘The Perfection’ Review: A Thriller in the Key of Crazy

  24-05-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Allison Williams is an ideal lead for the director Richard Shepard’s sleights of hand in this giddily trashy romp on Netflix.
  
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• Ron Howard, Avatar of Americana

  24-05-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Why did he decide to do a documentary about the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti?
  
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• Confirm or Deny: Ron Howard

  24-05-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Wherein Mr. Apple Pie shows a surprisingly bawdy side!
  
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• Game of Thrones has finished on TV – but we should wait for the final books | Andy Welch

  24-05-2019 08:00
  There are still no signs of the last two volumes in George RR Martin’s fantasy saga – but he has a chance to fix all the problems in the adaptation
  Game of Thrones finished this week. It’s all been very hush hush, I know. Thankfully, everyone’s really happy about the way it finished and isn’t going to mention it ever again. All that’s left to do is to be grateful for what we had and get on with finding another TV show to occupy the Hound-sized chasm in our hea
  
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• TV tonight: steam heads do the locomotion

  24-05-2019 07:20
  They love their trains at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, and so will you after this heartwarming documentary. Plus more spy shenanigans in The Looming Tower. Here’s what to watch this eveningIt is high summer, and for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway that means making hay while the sun shines. So it is hosting 22 steam train-based weddings, including that of head boilersmith Mark and his steam-mad fiancee Emma. As events manager Tim says: “To do this job, you have to be unflappa
  
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• Facebook: coining it 

  24-05-2019 07:08 via ft.com
  Deals over cryptocurrency will be meaningless if users lack trust
  
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• What/If review – Renée Zellweger in deranged gender-flip of Indecent Proposal

  24-05-2019 07:00
  Netflix’s absurd new drama doesn’t reinvent the morality tale, but it is tremendous funIt is my contention that any programme that chooses to demonstrate the bone-deep villainy of its protagonist by having her practise archery in her office is the best programme. All others can go home. I’m not here for your subtle touches, your careful building of characters. Bad people have big offices, and use them to zing arrows at priceless wooden sculptures. QED, my friends, QED.Welcome,
  
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• Harvey Weinstein and accusers 'reach tentative $44m compensation deal'

  24-05-2019 06:29
  The agreement would resolve lawsuits and compensate the Hollywood producer’s alleged victimsHarvey Weinstein has reached a tentative $44m deal to resolve lawsuits and compensate his alleged victims of sexual misconduct, according to reports.The deal, which has been reached with his accusers, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office, was reported by the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press. Related: Cannes festival adapts to #MeToo er
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Is Said to Reach $44 Million Deal to Settle Lawsuits

  24-05-2019 05:59 via nytimes.com
  About $30 million would be set aside for women who have accused him, employees of his former studio and creditors, according to people briefed on the matter.
  
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• Hollywood talent agency owner Endeavor files for IPO

  24-05-2019 02:11 via ft.com
  Company made most of its $3.6bn in revenues last year from creating or licensing content
  
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• The Director of ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Leers Again

  24-05-2019 01:30 via nytimes.com
  Can you die from twerking too long? That’s the kind of thought a viewer has while watching Abdellatif Kechiche’s new film, “Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo.”
  
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• Game of Thrones finished. So did the election. What should I binge on next?

  24-05-2019 00:35
  It was a big-budget, epic power battle jam-packed with political intrigue, plot twists and brutal betrayals. Also, Game of Thrones ended. In the wake of the 2019 election, and the most talked-about series in history, Guardian Australia contributors and staff recommend their favourite shows to fill the hole in your downtimeThe final season is jaw-droppingly perfectWhere to watch: Amazon Prime Continue reading...
  
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• The Other Two review – a fabulous, scabrous sendup of Bieber-a-likes

  24-05-2019 00:00
  How would you react if your baby brother became an overnight pop sensation? This comedy has heart, charm – and a staggering belly-laugh gag rateCary Dubek is a 30-year-old gay, still-aspiring actor. His sister Brooke was a dancer in her younger days. She is currently temping as a realtor, because it allows her to squat in the homes she is supposed to be showing. The Other Two (E4) is about their lives when their 13-year-old brother Chase becomes an overnight star after posting a music vide
  
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