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• The Cameron Years review – no honesty, no remorse ... no forgiveness?

  19-09-2019 23:00
  This game of self-serving chess was impossible to watch without your head sinking ever lower in despairI had forgotten how smooth he is. Literally – anyone looking for a haggard face bespeaking untold sleepless nights at the national hell he unleashed will go away disappointed – and figuratively. Everything he says is still carefully measured. He becomes impassioned, when called for, to the precise degree warranted. The voice may rise in pitch, but never in volume. His entire mien re
  
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• Renewing an Affair With the Empire State Building

  19-09-2019 21:50 via nytimes.com
  A revamped tower wants your love: it’s offering King Kong, flying steel girders — and a vertiginous ride to the 102nd floor. The city’s first supertall also offers grand views of the new New York.
  
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• Le Monde crisis eases in shareholders and staff pact

  19-09-2019 20:38 via ft.com
  Agreement aims to safeguard French newspaper’s editorial independence
  
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• ‘Loro’ Review: A Corrupt Leader, and the People Who Love Him

  19-09-2019 19:27 via nytimes.com
  Toni Servillo plays the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Paolo Sorrentino’s extravagant portrait.
  
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• Swoon! Brad Pitt Has the Perfect Movie Star Reaction to His PCAs Nomination

  19-09-2019 18:56 via feeds.eonline.com
  Brad Pitt summed up his excitement over his E! People's Choice Awards nomination in a single word: "woo-hoo!"E! News exclusively caught up with the 55-year-old actor on the...
  
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• ‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ Review: A Fixer’s Progress

  19-09-2019 18:41 via nytimes.com
  A documentary traces the life and times of a notorious lawyer whose career stretched from Joseph McCarthy to Donald J. Trump.
  
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• ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ Review: Death Country for Old Men

  19-09-2019 18:20 via nytimes.com
  While the killings in this continuation of Rambo saga are zestfully depicted, the movie overall is rote.
  
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• ‘Ad Astra’ Review: Brad Pitt Orbits the Powers of Darkness

  19-09-2019 18:16 via nytimes.com
  The latest from the director James Gray centers on an astronaut whose mission into deep space becomes a voyage of self-discovery.
  
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• Janice v Gunther: the one where we rank the Friends supporting cast from ‘frenemy’ to ‘BFF’

  19-09-2019 18:05
  Basically, which of the non-Friends would you actually want to be friends with?
  When you think Friends, you probably think: Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, Ross, Rachel and Joey. But the show – which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year – wouldn’t have been nearly as hilarious or heartwarming if it wasn’t for its magnificent supporting cast.Parents, partners, siblings and even a barista (you know the one) all added to the rich tapestry of the Friends universe. But that
  
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• Eight classic Friends quotes to help you navigate modern life

  19-09-2019 18:05
  Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA? It’s like there’s always a quote for every situation …
  Here’s a fact to blow your mind: as Friends celebrates its 25th anniversary, the show is now older than the actual friends themselves were supposed to be in season one. And while plenty has changed in the world since Ross, Monica et al first landed on the Central Perk couch – the dating landscape, the New York rental market, the optimum si
  
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• Netflix considering paying out bonuses for successful films

  19-09-2019 18:00
  The streaming giant is weighing up incentives for hitting viewing targets, as well as payments for winning major awardsNetflix is planning an incentive scheme for film-makers whose work is a success on the streaming platform, it has been reported.According to Bloomberg, the scheme under consideration may involve bonus payments for hitting viewing targets, as well as payments for the number of major awards a film wins. Continue reading...
  
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• Blake Lively Is Out for Revenge in The Rhythm Section's Trailer

  19-09-2019 17:50 via feeds.eonline.com
  The trailer for Blake Lively's new movie, The Rhythm Section, is finally here!
  Paramount Pictures dropped a teaser for the action-packed drama on Thursday.According to the...
  
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• Grand Theft disaggregation

  19-09-2019 17:04 via ftalphaville.ft.com
  Rockstar sublimates from Steam.
  
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• ER at 25: a matter of life, death – and George Clooney

  19-09-2019 15:42
  In 1994, the doctors and nurses crashed through the doors of County General to save patient after bloody patient – and save the world from all the tedious TV that came before!ER is 25 years old. And this means you should all drop whatever you’re doing now and dedicate the next 331 hours of your life to reminding yourself what an incredible series it was.And it was. The overwhelming majority of shows from the past 25 years would be dramatically different if it wasn’t for ER. The
  
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• ‘Corporate Animals’ Review: Trust Falls at the Center of the Earth

  19-09-2019 14:46 via nytimes.com
  Demi Moore plays the unpleasant boss of unpleasant people trying to survive after a cave collapses on a company retreat.
  
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• ‘Zeroville’ Review: An Innocent Finds a New Religion

  19-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  A near-catatonic James Franco plays a movie-obsessed innocent in “Zeroville,” a painful head trip through 1970s Hollywood.
  
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• ‘Villains’ Review: Blundering Robbers Meet Their Match

  19-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The film zigzags between tones, zanily bouncing between comedy and horror-esque thrills.
  
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• ‘Diego Maradona’ Review: A Soccer Player Who Got His Kicks

  19-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  The filmmaker Asif Kapadia (who won an Oscar for “Amy”) cuts through the filler of conventional sports documentaries.
  
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• ‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ Review: Scrubbing Away Years of Indifference

  19-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  In this Swedish comedy, a woman’s humdrum life changes when she takes on a job as a youth soccer coach.
  
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• ‘Always in Season’ Review: Lynching Is Not Just Part of America’s Past

  19-09-2019 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Jacqueline Olive, who directed the documentary, makes a powerful case that such murders can and do happen today.
  
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• WPP hires ex-Unilever marketing chief to its board

  19-09-2019 12:16 via ft.com
  Keith Weed to be a non-executive director as ad group battles to adapt to digital era
  
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• Gus Kenworthy Isn't Alone: When Athletes Go Hollywood

  19-09-2019 12:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Gus Kenworthy is ready for his close-up.The openly-gay Olympic freestyle skier, who earned the silver medal in Men's slopestyle at the 2014 games in Sochi, has gone officially gone...
  
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• John Humphrys signs off from Today programme after 32 years – video

  19-09-2019 11:52
  The presenter of Radio 4's Today programme came close to choking up as he thanked listeners while signing off from the radio show for the last time, saying: 'I am more proud than I can say that you have put up with me for so long'John Humphrys ends Today career with swipe at Corbyn and JohnsonContinue reading...
  
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• John Humphrys' last Today programme review – a too long lap of honour

  19-09-2019 11:33
  After 32 years as Today’s grand inquisitor, Humphrys bowed out with Dame Edna and lots of back-slapping. At least someone brought up the ‘thrown typewriter’ incident ...
  During his 32 years on the Today programme, John Humphrys has been called many things – grand inquisitor, overpaid, sexist – but never, until this morning, retiring.The dilemma on a presenter’s farewell show is balancing the usual format with back-slapping. It must have been frustrating for th
  
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• A Paris Theater Reopens, With Acrobats and Stunts

  19-09-2019 11:17 via nytimes.com
  The long-awaited spectacle that relaunched the Théâtre du Châtelet was cheerful, but disappointing.
  
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• Read It Before You See It

  19-09-2019 11:01 via nytimes.com
  With “Little Women,” “Watchmen” and other book adaptations heading to screens big and small, here are nine titles worth curling up with first.
  
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• Bollywood film awards: Kashmiri spy thriller Raazi wins best picture

  19-09-2019 09:42
  Controversial Padmaavat film also triumphs as Indian ‘Oscars’ held in country for first timeBollywood’s equivalent of the Oscars, the international Indian film academy awards (IIFA), have been held in India for the first time with a glitzy event in Mumbai.On a night of extravagant fashion that included performances from Bollywood icons, Raazi, a thriller about a Kashmiri spy, picked up awards for best picture and best actress for Alia Bhatt. WOOOOW! @katrinakaif sets the stage
  
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• Emmys 2019 predictions: who will win, and who should win?

  19-09-2019 08:00
  Another competitive year pits old favorites against critically acclaimed upstarts. Will there be a Game of Thrones victory lap? Will Fleabag upset Veep?The Emmys conversation is dominated, of course, by Game of Thrones, HBO’s decade-defining, lavish fantasy epic that wrapped after eight sprawling seasons this spring. Thrones is an Emmys juggernaut – it won for best drama series in its last three eligible seasons (2015, 2016, and 2018) and is nominated for 32 awards this year, the mos
  
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• TV tonight: the rise and plummeting fall of David Cameron

  19-09-2019 07:00
  Our former PM is in the spotlight, talking through the aftermath of the 2015 election and the threat of “chaos with Ed Miliband”. Here’s what to watch this eveningThe renegade restaurateur Gary Usher has made a name for himself by opening no-frills bistros in unlikely places in the north-west: Hoole, Heswall and now Prescot. This documentary follows the straight-talking Usher as he crowdfunds the venture, to the background chorus of incredulous locals. Usher is captivating as h
  
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• Google to invest millions in UK news group

  19-09-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  US tech group has been accused of jeopardising local newspaper industry
  
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• From Succession to the Bold Type: how recap culture made us love TV more

  19-09-2019 03:08
  Not only have blogs, explainers and podcasts made good TV better; they’ve also made bad TV goodOn Monday night I rushed home from work to watch the latest episode of Succession, HBO’s sleeper hit following the toxic machinations of the Roy family.The characters are stand-ins for the Murdochs: a news, media and entertainment dynasty trying to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. For the most part I followed what happened in the episode. I got the call backs to earlier drama, cau
  
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• Survey of Most Produced Plays Shows Diversity

  19-09-2019 00:30 via nytimes.com
  Works by Lauren Gunderson, Lauren Yee and Larissa FastHorse see multiple productions, while “Bright Star” proves a popular musical.
  
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