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• Latinos Are Underrepresented in Hollywood, Study Finds

  26-08-2019 23:45 via nytimes.com
  A new study found Latino actors represented only three percent of lead or co-lead roles in top-performing movies during the last 12 years. Producers, directors and casting executives fared badly, too.
  
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• Peaky Blinders recap: series five episode two – the Shelbys face a brutal new foe

  26-08-2019 23:30
  The Billy Boys plan to muscle in on the racetrack business. But they’re not King Tommy’s only worryPhew. I thought the opening episode set a cracking pace, but everything was ratcheted up a notch further tonight as a dangerous new player entered the mix, trailing bloody retribution and clouds of brimstone in his wake (alas poor Bonnie Gold, that was no way for a brave “fighter boy” to die).Nor was the brutal Jimmy McCavern’s arrival the only problem facing the Shelb
  
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• Poldark final episode review – as gloriously hammy and cheesy as a croque monsieur

  26-08-2019 23:00
  The finale nearly sent me over the edge – but, like that moment in episode three when Dwight saved George as he was about to go over a cliff, they pulled it back - justPoldark recap: a big finale that was maddening, stressful … and joyousGeorge Warleggan appears, pistol in each hand, before taking out a French general and wounding the man who is about to kill Ross, and it may go down as the moment the show really lost it. I laughed out loud – for all Poldark’s intentiona
  
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• What ‘The Constitution’ Meant to Two Teenage Performers

  26-08-2019 20:49 via nytimes.com
  As “What the Constitution Means to Me” ends its Broadway run, Rosdely Ciprian and Thursday Williams reflect on meeting R.B.G. and Streisand and how they juggled it all.
  
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• For ‘Hercules’ Seats, Public Works Goes Digital

  26-08-2019 20:33 via nytimes.com
  The time-honored line in Central Park was a reliable way to get tickets. The new lottery has less certainty but may be more equitable.
  
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• Energy data firm Genscape sold to Verisk for $364m

  26-08-2019 19:04 via ft.com
  Sale is part of move by Daily Mail and General Trust to narrow portfolio
  
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• A Special (Very Limited) Look at ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

  26-08-2019 17:50 via nytimes.com
  Disney released a clip that’s heavy on scenes from the previous films in the saga, along with several past characters including Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia.
  
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• Latino actors make up 4.5% of speaking roles in Hollywood, study finds

  26-08-2019 17:00
  New study examining representation in the top 100 films from the last decade shows community is largely ignored on the big screenA new report has found that in the top 100 Hollywood films from 2007 through 2018, only 4.5% of all speaking characters were Latino, far out of step with the US population.The study, titled Latinos in Film: Erasure on Screen & Behind the Camera Across 1,200 Popular Movies, found a dearth of Latino representation in Hollywood’s top movies of the last decade, b
  
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• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's Teaser Will Give You the Chills

  26-08-2019 16:13 via feeds.eonline.com
  Get ready, Star Wars fans!The new teaser for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is here.Disney released the two-minute and 11-second clip on Monday after debuting the new footage...
  
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• Venice film festival 2019: gender disparity debate rages for second year

  26-08-2019 15:35
  Lack of female directors and controversial slots for Roman Polanski and Nate Parker dominate buildupThe inclusion of controversial directors and a continued gender imbalance have dominated the buildup to the 76th edition of the Venice film festival, while a mix of Hollywood A-listers and arthouse auteurs looks set to provide another attention grabbing event.Hirokazu Kore-eda – who won the Palme d’or in 2018 for his film Shoplifters – opens the festival on Wednesday with The Tru
  
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• Vivendi steps up fight against Mediaset’s European plans

  26-08-2019 14:12 via ft.com
  French company in court action against merger of Mediaset’s Italian and Spanish arms
  
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• Disney Tantalizes Fans With ‘Star Wars’ Hints and ‘Black Panther’ Sequel

  26-08-2019 14:04 via nytimes.com
  A poster showing a lightsaber battle in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” was one of several announcements at D23 Expo, Disney’s largest fan event.
  
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• How Skins went from teen noir to soapy despair

  26-08-2019 14:00
  Once representing British drama at its best, as the storylines got darker it slowly turned into GoodfellasYou can pretty much divide people’s memories of doing their A-levels into two camps: a) those who found the experience full of detentions, sexual frustrations and “your mum” jokes, akin to The Inbetweeners; or b) those who found the experience full of sex and drugs at some groovy rock’n’roll sixth-form college, much like Skins. Written by father and son team Bry
  
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• The most moving show on TV: why we should all be watching The Repair Shop

  26-08-2019 13:48
  The BBC show about fixing treasured heirlooms is the TV equivalent of sinking into a warm bath. It’s just what everyone needs right nowThe world is a terrible, terrifying place to be. Trump, Brexit, the Amazon fires, microplastics, the shadow of recession; it can sometimes feel as if everything is conspiring against us at once. We’ve grown tried. We’ve become bad-tempered. We’ve burned out. What we need is a long, leisurely, comforting soak in a warm bath. We need to rela
  
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• Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far

  26-08-2019 13:21
  Ahead of the baking contest’s return on Tuesday, we look back at the highlights and controversies, from squirrel nuts to #CustardgateConsider the end times in which The Great British Bake Off has risen like a derelict gingerbread barn from the ashes of a near showstopper disaster. (James Morton, adorable Scotsman, series three.) In the 10 years since a show about a disparate bunch of amateur bakers measuring out flour and whimsy in a countryside tent was commissioned by the BBC, more not-g
  
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• Tim Bell, Thatcher’s spin doctor, dies aged 77

  26-08-2019 13:19 via ft.com
  Former communications adviser went on to play leading role in PR industry
  
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• Tim Bell dies aged 77

  26-08-2019 13:19 via ft.com
  Former communications adviser to Thatcher went on to play a leading role in the UK PR industry
  
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• Do not adjust your set: there is too much television

  26-08-2019 13:00 via ft.com
  The new Apple TV Plus streaming service only adds to the overload
  
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• TV tonight: the triumphant conclusion of Poldark sugars no pills

  26-08-2019 07:00
  It’s a fiery but fond farewell to Winston Graham’s Cornish novels, with a hint of a possible return. Here’s what to watch this eveningThe gallant adaptation of the Winston Graham’s Cornish novels reaches a triumphant conclusion that sugars no pills on its way to resolving the many issues at hand. Chief among these is how to foil the secret invasion planned by the “Frenchies” and Ross turns turncoat in a bid to sabotage their ambitions. Trouble is he’s tr
  
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• Europe criticised for not pressing Malta over journalist’s killing

  26-08-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Lack of action from governments, including UK, disappoints family of Daphne Caruana Galizia
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Says Alex Rodriguez's Strip Club Insight Actually Made it Into Hustlers

  26-08-2019 05:28 via feeds.eonline.com
  Alex Rodriguez proved to be a huge asset when it came to Jennifer Lopez's latest movie, Hustlers.Starring some of Hollywood's biggest stars, like J.Lo, Constance Wu, Lili...
  
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• Review: ‘HOUSE’ Nods to Chekhov, but the References Don’t Stop There

  26-08-2019 05:01 via nytimes.com
  The latest production by Theater Mitu is a high-concept, low-reward aggregate of undigested allusions.
  
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• Sun boycott ‘reduced Euroscepticism’ on Merseyside

  26-08-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Researchers find positive influence on Remain vote in Brexit referendum
  
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• Succession recap: season two, episode three – Logan is on mighty, medieval form

  26-08-2019 04:10
  The Roy family patriarch reaches new levels of vindictiveness and fury, as he takes his employees on a traumatic corporate retreatSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season two, which airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK. Do not read on unless you have watched episode three Continue reading...
  
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• Kristen Bell Reveals Her Kids Already ''Know Everything'' About Frozen 2

  26-08-2019 00:05 via feeds.eonline.com
  Their lips are sealed!Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard's kids have all the insider details on Disney's upcoming (and highly-anticipated) Frozen 2 film. That's right, she and her...
  
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