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• Charles Levin, ‘Seinfeld’ Actor, Is Found Dead in Oregon

  15-07-2019 23:22 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Levin, 70, had many Hollywood roles but the sitcom appearance as a mohel made him the profession’s “team mascot,” his son said. “Every mohel compares himself to him.”
  
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• Nadiya's Time to Eat review – guilt-free meals in six picoseconds!

  15-07-2019 21:30 via theguardian.com
  The Bake Off star serves up super-speedy recipes for time-starved people, from tinned potatoes to tooled-up Pot Noodles. Hasn’t she ever heard of toast? Shortcuts! Embracing every cheat in the book! Recipes in a rush! Nadiya’s Time to Eat (BBC Two) is here to show you all this and more! In half an hour! Which you should probably spend cooking if you’re that bothered about it, but never mind! Onward!Like innumerable programmes before promising to allow “time-poor” pe
  
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• Beyoncé and Jay-Z Go Glam for The Lion King After-Party: All the Details

  15-07-2019 20:51 via feeds.eonline.com
  After attending The Lion King premiere in London on Sunday, Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated with an after-party at Harry's Bar.According to an insider, Bey and Jay arrived at the party...
  
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• Charles Levin, Actor Seen in ‘Seinfeld,’ Is Found Dead in Oregon

  15-07-2019 20:49 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Levin, whose body was discovered in a remote area, played a mohel in the series and became that profession’s “team mascot,” his son said. “Every mohel compares himself to him.”
  
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• Lashana Lynch to Play 007 in Bond 25: 5 Things to Know About the History-Making Actress

  15-07-2019 20:48 via feeds.eonline.com
  History is being made in the James Bond movie franchise!Over the weekend, pop culture fans started buzzing when The Mail on Sunday reported that Lashana Lynch will play 007 in Bond...
  
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• Review: In ‘The Farewell,’ a Wedding Is Really a Premature Funeral

  15-07-2019 20:27 via nytimes.com
  Awkwafina stars in Lulu Wang’s latest feature, a fictionalized account of her family’s efforts to shield her grandmother from a grim diagnosis.
  
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• The Week in Arts: CHAI; Merce Cunningham and Reconstructed Chekhov

  15-07-2019 20:00 via nytimes.com
  A new level of kawaii with a Japanese pop group, a triple-threat art option at Bard College and a Riley Stearns movie that takes on karate and fear.
  
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• Vanessa Hudgens Is "So Proud" as Austin Butler Lands Major Elvis Presley Role

  15-07-2019 19:18 via feeds.eonline.com
  Congratulations to Austin Butler!The 27-year-old actor has landed the role of Elvis Presley in director Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic. Luhrmann confirmed the news himself on...
  
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• Brad Pitt Awards Leonardo DiCaprio With "Best Meltdown" for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Scene

  15-07-2019 18:27 via feeds.eonline.com
  Leonardo DiCaprio really impressed his co-stars during the filming of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.In the highly-anticipated Quentin Tarantino movie, set in Los Angeles in 1969,...
  
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• Vicky McClure: ‘I couldn't stay in London. I begrudge paying so much for a pint'

  15-07-2019 18:15 via theguardian.com
  As she returns to our screens in a new drama about an abusive relationship, the actor talks about sexist directors, ignoring Line of Duty – and why people think she’s living on the moonOne of the best stories about Vicky McClure concerns the time she flew by private jet to attend the Berlin film festival in 2008 with Madonna. “It was, like, wow, a whirlwind.” And the next day, McClure was back at her office job sorting out the mail. “Answering the door: ‘Hello
  
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• The Parenting Advice Jay-Z Gave Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at The Lion King Premiere

  15-07-2019 18:12 via feeds.eonline.com
  It's been two months since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their first child, Archie Harrison, into the world.On Sunday, Jay Z gave the new mom and dad a bit of parenting...
  
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• 'Things could get so much worse': inside the Handmaid’s Tale’s darkest season yet

  15-07-2019 15:04 via theguardian.com
  Its latest episode featured one of its most sickening images to date – but, argue the show’s stars and creators, the drama only reflects an increasingly disturbing America
  ‘I have a very high tolerance for things that are dark and brutal,” says Elisabeth Moss, cheerfully. That, you must conclude, is a fortuitous trait for the star of a series that has become a byword for bleakness. What she has a low tolerance for, however, are those who complain that The Handmaid’s
  
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• Lashana Lynch Makes History With 007 Role for Bond 25

  15-07-2019 15:01 via feeds.eonline.com
  Congratulations are in order for Lashana Lynch!According to The Mail on Sunday, the 31-year-old actress will play 007 in the new James Bond film.While Daniel Craig will reprise...
  
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• Game of groans: how boring historical accuracy ruined Vikings

  15-07-2019 14:00 via theguardian.com
  The show was every bit Game of Thrones’s equal, until its linchpin character died and the plotting became wildly illogicalWhen Ian McShane pithily remarked that Game of Thrones was “just tits and dragons”, you had to concede he had a point. Yes, it’s one of the greatest TV shows of all time – you, at the back! Pipe down! Yes, it is! – but Game of Thrones is also undeniably, unapologetically, unwaveringly silly. Giants, magic, northerners in positions of influe
  
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• Bond's number is up: black female actor 'is the new 007'

  15-07-2019 10:01
  Daniel Craig retains title role but 25th instalment in the franchise reveals codename has been reassigned to British actor Lashana LynchWhile Daniel Craig is set to reprise his role as James Bond in the next film, the franchise is set for a shake-up, with reports claiming that black British actor Lashana Lynch has been cast as 007 – taking over Bond’s secret agent number after his character leaves M16.The Mail has quoted from an anonymous “movie insider”, who says that th
  
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• Richard Carter, 'absolutely unforgettable' great Australian character actor, dies | Luke Buckmaster

  15-07-2019 08:56
  Four-decade career culminates in gasp-inducing Mad Max: Fury Road performance that blows your mind and rattles your bonesThe great Australian character actor Richard Carter died on the weekend, aged 65. Carter was one of those actors whose name might not be instantly recognisable to the general public, but whose face certainly was.He popped up all over the place in a career that spanned four decades – including TV shows such as Rake, Bangkok Hilton, Police Rescue, Blue Murder, East West 10
  
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• Tonight’s TV: a dark morality tale given extra topicality by current events

  15-07-2019 07:20 via theguardian.com
  The shocking drama about Hollywood sex abuse reaches its penultimate episode. Plus, Nadiya Hussain starts a new series about time-saving cookery. Here’s what to watch tonightLevi David Addai, writer of the acclaimed Damilola: Our Loved Boy, had already started work on this dark morality tale about Hollywood sex abuse when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, lending it a layer of unexpected topicality. In this penultimate episode – the strongest of the series so far – Isaac lose
  
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• Kate Nash: '40-year-old men were hanging out with me, happy to profit, not concerned about my health'

  15-07-2019 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Overnight fame in the mid-noughties led Nash to a nervous breakdown and bankruptcy. Now, with a documentary capturing that harrowing time and a new career as an actor, she talks about the dangers young musicians faceLate in 2017, an article appeared on Buzzfeed with the headline: “33 Singers That Only Exist in the Mind of British Millennials”. At No 9 was Kate Nash, the mid-noughties MySpace sensation who had a huge hit with Foundations and went on to win best British female at the B
  
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• Warner Music buys label behind Mary Poppins stage show

  15-07-2019 05:02 via ft.com
  Music group expects new genres to boost revenue as they adopt streaming services
  
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• Big Little Lies recap: season two, episode six – The Bad Mother

  15-07-2019 04:10 via theguardian.com
  The custody battle turns into an ordeal for Celeste, while Laura Dern continues to prove herself this season’s MVP as brilliant outsider RenataSpoiler alert: this blog is for people watching season two of Big Little Lies, which airs on HBO in the US, Sky Atlantic in the UK and Foxtel’s Showcase in Australia. Don’t read on unless you have watched the most recent episode. Continue reading...
  
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