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• Weinstein's lawyer urges jury to 'have courage to make the right decision'

  13-02-2020 23:03
  
  Donna Rotunno says prosecutors created ‘alternative universe’ in which ‘women are not responsible’ for their actionsThe lawyer representing Harvey Weinstein at his New York rape trial made a final appeal to the jury on Thursday to acquit him of all five counts of sexual offences, pleading with them to act as the last defense against “overzealous prosecutors” and resist the temptation to “criminalize morality”.Donna Rotunno did not mention the #MeTo
  
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• A Beloved Neighbor Leaves the Building

  13-02-2020 22:41 via nytimes.com
  
  An Illinois farm boy who came to New York to be a singer left an indelible mark on the Upper West Side co-op where he lived for more than six decades.
  
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• ‘The Photograph’ Review: An Unabashedly Old-School Love Story

  13-02-2020 21:54 via nytimes.com
  
  Issa Rae and a terrific Lakeith Stanfield play a New York couple whose romance sends them and the story into the past.
  
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• Dyanne Thorne, 83, Star of Scandalous ‘Ilsa’ Films, Is Dead

  13-02-2020 21:41 via nytimes.com
  
  She was a sadistic Nazi doctor in “Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS,” a 1975 sexploitation movie that has achieved cult status, then returned in several sequels.
  
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• Weinstein's lawyer makes last appeal to jury to 'make the right decision'

  13-02-2020 21:02
  
  Donna Rotunno says prosecutors created ‘alternative universe’ in which ‘women are not responsible’ for their actionsThe lawyer representing Harvey Weinstein at his New York rape trial made a final appeal to the jury on Thursday to acquit him of all five counts of sexual assault, pleading with them not to “criminalize morality” and to act as the last defense against “overzealous prosecutors”.In closing arguments at the New York supreme court, Donna
  
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• Vivendi considers floating Universal Music by 2023

  13-02-2020 20:55 via ft.com
  Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish label posts record annual profits 
  
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• Inside the Funhouse Action Scene From ‘Birds of Prey’

  13-02-2020 20:40 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Cathy Yan discusses a sequence from her film.
  
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• ‘Birds of Prey’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  13-02-2020 20:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Cathy Yan narrates a sequence from her film starring Margot Robbie.
  
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• ‘Unmasked’ Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals and Remembers

  13-02-2020 20:08 via nytimes.com
  
  This multimedia concert and career retrospective forgets that the best way to honor the composer is to have a good time with his music.
  
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• Netflix documentary leads to review of Malcolm X's murder

  13-02-2020 18:55
  
  The Manhattan district attorney has announced it will consider reopening the case after a six-part series detailed potential miscarriages of justice
  The investigation into Malcolm X’s death could be reopened after new information was detailed in a Netflix series. Following the release of the six-part documentary Who Killed Malcolm X? – which launched on the streaming platform on 7 February – the Manhattan district attorney will look into the case of the civil rights activist, w
  
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• Relx forced to postpone events in China as coronavirus crisis grows

  13-02-2020 17:14 via ft.com
  Chairman of academic publisher and exhibitions group to step down after decade in role
  
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• James Marsden Recalls the Flack He Got for His Notebook Character

  13-02-2020 17:01 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  It's normal not to forget your first love...and Allie Hamilton's second.
  Fans are well aware of the saga of Rachel McAdams' character in The Notebook, the beloved 2004 drama...
  
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• How ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Sees Power in Two Women in Love

  13-02-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The film finds equality between its female characters by embracing the power dynamics that are possible when centuries of romantic road maps don’t easily apply.
  
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• Miami Herald owner McClatchy files for bankruptcy

  13-02-2020 14:52 via ft.com
  Plan would hand second-largest local US newspaper business to group of creditors led by Chatham
  
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• ‘Downhill’ Review: A Small Disaster in the Snow

  13-02-2020 14:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in this timid remake of a dark Swedish vacation comedy.
  
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• Rick Moranis to make Honey I Shrunk the Kids reboot after 23-year break

  13-02-2020 14:13
  
  Canadian actor and comic who took time off from films will appear with Josh Gad in the comedy ShrunkRick Moranis, the Canadian actor and comic who made a high-profile screen career in the 1980s and 90s playing bespectacled nerds in a string of films such as Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors and Spaceballs, is to return to the screen after a 23-year break after agreeing to act in a reboot of the science-fiction comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.Moranis began to wind down his film acting career a
  
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• Love Is Blind review: toxic, revolting – and totally addictive

  13-02-2020 14:00
  
  The Netflix dating show that aims to marry off contestants before they even see each other is the final nail in the coffin of civilisation. You won’t be able to turn awayLay in victuals and potable water. Put your cats in a cattery. Hand your children over to a reliable childminder or, if you’re not that bothered, an elderly aunt. Then, and only then, do I advise that you settle down to watch Love Is Blind. And this is because Love Is Blind (the Netflix reality dating show in which p
  
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• ‘You Go to My Head’ Review: Untrue Love

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A mysterious architect persuades an amnesiac that she’s his wife in this elusive romance set in the Sahara.
  
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• ‘VFW’ Review: Old Soldiers, New War

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An aging band of war veterans takes on a mob of vicious drug dealers in Joe Begos’s riotously scuzzy horror movie.
  
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• ‘The Times of Bill Cunningham’ Review: Another New York Snapshot

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Sarah Jessica Parker narrates a documentary about this former New York Times personality and street photographer.
  
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• ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Review: Gun Running and Anxiety

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Adapted from a Joan Didion novel, the movie plunges Anne Hathaway into the 1980s turmoil around the U.S. backing of Nicaraguan rebels.
  
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• ‘Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon’ Review: Sci-Fi With a Dash of Chaplin

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The animated animal’s latest big-screen adventure is very funny and refreshingly cheerful.
  
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• ‘Olympic Dreams’ Review: A Hopeful Rom-Com Fails to Medal

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The setting of the movie, which was shot at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, is the film’s greatest asset.
  
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• ‘Come as You Are’ Review: Three Disabled Men on a Sex Quest

  13-02-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  This charming film recasts the sex comedy genre in a new light.
  
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• Former HBO chief’s new hire hints at Apple plan

  13-02-2020 12:00 via ft.com
  Exclusive: Richard Plepler recruits NY literary agent Heather Karpas to production venture
  
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• Every Shocking Thing You Forgot About the Making of Fifty Shades of Grey

  13-02-2020 12:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  Picture it: Feb. 13, 2015. It was a simpler time, back when we couldn't even fathom the world of hurt lurking just around the corner.The world of hurts-so-good, brought to you by the...
  
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• Renewing the World (or the Theater, at Least)

  13-02-2020 11:39 via nytimes.com
  
  An avant-garde Berlin director has sold out a 2,000-seat venue that usually draws crowds with death-defying acrobatics or rousing musical numbers.
  
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• Sooner or Later, Zoe Kravitz Was Going to Be a Star

  13-02-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  It feels like the 31-year-old actress has always been famous. But “High Fidelity” and “The Batman” are putting her at the center of the conversation.
  
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• ‘Buffaloed’ Review: At Debt’s Door

  13-02-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Zoey Deutch’s pell-mell performance gives this debt-collection comedy the energy it needs.
  
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• As Virus Tightens Grip on China, the Art World Feels the Squeeze

  13-02-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Movie theaters have closed, art fairs have been canceled and orchestra performances called off as the epidemic has curtailed travel and foot traffic on the mainland and beyond.
  
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• Bong Joon Ho’s Path From Seoul to Oscar Dominance

  13-02-2020 10:16 via nytimes.com
  
  Once vilified as “anti-American” and “left wing” by critics in South Korea, he has been releasing one blockbuster after another tackling serious social issues through dark comedy.
  
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• TV tonight: on the rocky comeback road with Tyson Fury

  13-02-2020 07:00
  
  A new series follows the troubled boxer as he prepares to fight heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Plus: First Dates: Valentine’s Special. Here’s what to watch this eveningPlaying like a mix between a melodramatic promo video for his upcoming fight against the US WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and an Osbournes-style domestic reality show, this three-part series follows the boxer Tyson Fury on his comeback after battling substance abuse and mental health problems. Fury is t
  
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• ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Review: A Sega Adaptation Hedges Its Bets

  13-02-2020 07:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Improvements to Sonic’s appearance haven’t done much for a generic script.
  
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• Paula Kelly, Who Danced From Stage Onto the Screen, Dies at 77

  13-02-2020 00:45 via nytimes.com
  
  She was one of the first black women to make the transition, propelled by the musical “Sweet Charity.” She also broke ground playing a black lesbian on TV.
  
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• Review: In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard Reckons With His Jewish Roots

  13-02-2020 00:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In what he says will probably be his last work, a master playwright finds urgent lessons for the present in the past of a Viennese family.
  
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