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• Richard Herd, a Baffled Boss on ‘Seinfeld,’ Is Dead at 87

  28-05-2020 23:39 via nytimes.com
  
  A busy character actor, he also appeared on several science-fiction shows, including “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” on which he played a Klingon.
  
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• The First Team review – a football sitcom fit for relegation

  28-05-2020 23:00
  
  This new comedy from the writers of The Inbetweeners boasts Will Arnett and trademark ‘banter’ – but there’s only so long you can watch bored footballers playing FifaAs the new sitcom from the creators of The Inbetweeners, The First Team (BBC Two) comes with the weight of expectation on its shoulders. In this case, its dopey leads are a little older – in their early 20s, in fact – and they are peripheral players at a struggling Premier League football club. As
  
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• Trump orders review of social media law

  28-05-2020 22:37 via ft.com
  US president seeks to hold Twitter and others accountable for the way they police content
  
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• Trump orders legal review targeting social media groups

  28-05-2020 22:37 via ft.com
  US president seeks to change law that gives Twitter and others immunity from lawsuits
  
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• For One Theater, a ‘Marvelous’ Way to Perform in Lockdown

  28-05-2020 22:08 via nytimes.com
  
  With actors on payroll, Seacoast Rep has removed seats, added tech equipment and is selling tickets for a musical livestreamed every weekend.
  
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• Looking for an Introduction to Taiwan’s Greatest Filmmaker? Start Here

  28-05-2020 21:03 via nytimes.com
  
  For years, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s work was hard to find in the United States. Now that the movies are streaming, all you need to do is pay attention.
  
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• Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Some Like It Hot’!

  28-05-2020 19:21 via nytimes.com
  
  In Billy Wilder’s 1959 winking comedy, Marilyn Monroe, starring alongside Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is at the height of her comedic powers.
  
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• ‘The Vast of Night’ Review: There’s More to Fear Than Fear Itself

  28-05-2020 18:43 via nytimes.com
  
  In a small New Mexico town in the 1950s, an eerie throbbing sound and a lot of questions send two friends in search of answers.
  
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• 6 Things to Do at Home This Weekend

  28-05-2020 18:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Our culture writers offer suggestions for what to watch or listen to while we’re housebound.
  
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• 21 of the Most Charming Secrets About Notting Hill You Could Imagine

  28-05-2020 18:30 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  Are Will Thacker and Anna Scott still together 21 years later? In the end, did their separate worlds manage to mesh for the long run?Let's just say yes, totally. Plus, as you...
  
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• ‘I Will Make You Mine’ Review: Three Times a Lady

  28-05-2020 18:29 via nytimes.com
  
  Three women struggle with feelings for the same man in this gentle, partly improvised drama.
  
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• Trump considers cutting social media protections

  28-05-2020 18:00 via ft.com
  Zuckerberg and Dorsey clash as White House drafts executive order over online fact-checking
  
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• 1985: When ‘Rambo’ Tightened His Grip on the American Psyche

  28-05-2020 18:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In the Reagan era, manly men, fighting machines and James Bond ruled the Memorial Day box office, but a young Eddie Murphy and Madonna made a mark.
  
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• Review: ‘Central Park’ Is the Show We Need Right Now

  28-05-2020 17:16 via nytimes.com
  
  This musical valentine to urban life, from the creator of “Bob’s Burgers,” is another TV show that has new resonance in the pandemic era. But for once that relevance is delightful, not depressing.
  
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• Irm Hermann, star of 20 Fassbinder films, dies aged 77

  28-05-2020 16:49
  
  The actor, who collaborated with the director on films including Fear Eats the Soul and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, also featured in Herzog’s Woyzeck Irm Hermann, one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s closest collaborators, has died in Berlin aged 77 following what her agent called a “short, serious illness”. The actor, who was a staple of German theatre, TV and radio, made her name for her work with the uncompromising and virtuosic director, who she first encoun
  
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• ‘The High Note’ Review: A Little Pitchy

  28-05-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross anchor this timid recording-industry story about a pop superstar and her ambitious assistant.
  
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• ‘Papicha’ Review: Fashion Statement

  28-05-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A young Algerian woman rebels against religious extremism in Mounia Meddour’s vibrant film.
  
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• ‘Circumstantial Pleasures’ Review: The Lyrical Junkman Cometh

  28-05-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A new movie by Lewis Klahr, who makes striking, personal assemblages out of cultural detritus.
  
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• Here's Something to Cheer For: See the Cast of Bring It On Then and Now

  28-05-2020 15:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  They're sexy! They're cute! They're popular to boot!Start chanting along with the cheers that pepper the now-classic 2000 teen comedy Bring It On and you might never stop. Or...
  
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• 'You lot can’t rattle me': John Boyega defends explicit anti-racism posts in wake of George Floyd death

  28-05-2020 14:50
  
  The Star Wars actor expanded on his defiance of racist social media users in an Instagram Live videoJohn Boyega has been praised for a series of uncompromising social media posts speaking out about racism in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers.Boyega’s initial Tweet, “I really fucking hate racists”, currently has 1.3m likes, but came in for criticism for his hard-hitting tone and use of an expletive.john boyega said fuck racist people lives an
  
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• James Marsden Reveals How Julia Roberts Helped Him Land His Hairspray Role

  28-05-2020 13:58 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  James Marsden owes Julia Roberts a special thank you.During his virtual visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, the Dead To Me star revealed that the Pretty Woman star helped him...
  
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• ‘Street Fighting Men’ Review: Reviving Detroit From Within

  28-05-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Stories of the death and rebirth of this city are familiar, but Andrew James’s documentary conveys the experience of living there.
  
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• ‘Stage: The Culinary Internship’ Review: Apprentices With Eclectic Appetites

  28-05-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In this documentary, aspiring chefs push their limits (and the limits of modern cuisine).
  
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• ‘Into Her Own’ Review: A Sculptor’s Monumental Achievements

  28-05-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For Ursula von Rydingsvard, it essentially takes a village to create a sculpture.
  
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• Zuckerberg and Dorsey clash as Trump social media order looms

  28-05-2020 12:53 via ft.com
  Tensions escalate between founders of Facebook and Twitter with president threatening action on alleged censorship
  
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• Zuckerberg and Dorsey clash as Trump order looms

  28-05-2020 12:53 via ft.com
  Tensions escalate between Facebook and Twitter founders ahead of US president’s threatened action
  
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• Daily Mail owner swings to operating loss in April as pandemic bites

  28-05-2020 11:45 via ft.com
  Publishing group suffers from drop in advertising but raises interim dividend
  
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• Cineworld plans to reopen all UK cinemas in July

  28-05-2020 11:33
  
  Venues will enforce physical distancing and hygiene rules if lockdown is further easedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCineworld is planning to reopen all its UK cinemas in July as the government eases coronavirus lockdown measures.The world’s second-largest cinema chain, which operates 128 venues in the UK and Ireland, is hoping to reopen in time for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, scheduled for release on 17 July, followed by the Disney blockbuster Mulan
  
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• 'The Plague' and 'Dekalog' Show Innovation in German-Language Theater

  28-05-2020 11:19 via nytimes.com
  
  In an artistic world that constantly deconstructs itself, the creators of “The Plague” and “Dekalog” turned toward digital tools, with self-filmed actors and direction from the audience.
  
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• The Mythic Performances That Are Keeping Me Company

  28-05-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Unforgettable moments lost to time, from Christopher Plummer to Jennifer Holliday, now more than ever remind us of theater’s special resonance.
  
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• 'Back in the former USSR': where were you when England were knocked out of Euro 96?

  28-05-2020 11:00
  
  Ahead of ITV’s repeat of the historic match between England and their old rivals Germany, famous faces recall the game
  I was, of course, at Wembley, which is brought home any time you see a montage of Euro 96 and the cameras cut to me and Frank Skinner after the final whistle looking very pissed off. When Alan Shearer scored three minutes in, I remember the crowd manically chanting: “It’s coming home!” It was if they couldn’t chant it fast enough, their will to win
  
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• A Global Film Festival and Concerts for All: New Livestreams to Watch

  28-05-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for in coming days, and when to tune in.
  
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• TV tonight: a chance to fill the football-shaped hole in your life

  28-05-2020 07:00
  
  Football returns in the form of a comedy by the creators of The Inbetweeners; Prince William continues his efforts to shine a light on men’s mental health. Here’s what to watch this eveningContinue reading...
  
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• Gary Busey: 'I passed away after brain surgery. Then I came back'

  28-05-2020 07:00
  
  The star of Big Wednesday and Point Break on being the hardest-partying man in Hollywood, the motorbike accident that changed his life – and his new reality show, Pet Judge
  Gary Busey promises I won’t have come across anything like his new show, Pet Judge. He’s right; I haven’t. But, to be fair, I’ve never come across anybody like Gary Busey. He really is a one-off – Hollywood legend, coke fiend, brain-damage survivor, sobriety champion, spiritualist and reali
  
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• News Corp to shut 100 Australian print titles due to Covid-19

  28-05-2020 06:22 via ft.com
  Newspaper advertising in the country has been pummelled by the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• ‘On the Record’ Review: A Black Woman Says ‘#MeToo’

  28-05-2020 02:18 via nytimes.com
  
  This documentary about allegations against the music mogul Russell Simmons generated controversy at Sundance when Oprah Winfrey pulled out as an executive producer.
  
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• McMillions review – a rip-roaring romp around the McDonald's Monopoly scandal

  28-05-2020 00:05
  
  The six-part documentary series reveals the multi-million dollar scam artists and makes a star of the FBI agent who caught themMcMillions (Sky Documentaries) is McMazing. McHonestly. You will hardly believe your McEyes and McEars. I advise, as with the viewing of all the best true-crime documentary series, a stiff drink before, during and after. You need to be both braced and blurred to be truly receptive to it all.The central question is set within the first few minutes of the six-part series,
  
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