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• Hillary review – Clinton swerves the big questions

  11-06-2020 23:15
  
  Made with the full involvement of both the divisive politician and those around her, Nanette Burstein’s four-part docuseries is an exercise in controlled blandnessNanette Burstein’s series documentary Hillary (Sky Documentaries) is a four-hour portrait of probably the most famous and divisive female figure in modern politics. It was assembled from more than 2,000 hours of backstage footage from her 2016 election drive, interviews with 45 of the people who know her best (fro
  
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• Margaret Holloway, the ‘Shakespeare Lady’ of New Haven, Dies at 68

  11-06-2020 22:22 via nytimes.com
  
  A once-promising director and actor who struggled with mental illness and drug addiction, she performed for years on the city’s streets. She died of Covid-19.
  
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• James Harvey, Who Wrote About Hollywood’s Heyday, Is Dead at 90

  11-06-2020 22:10 via nytimes.com
  
  His meticulous, capacious books on silver-screen love, romantic comedy and the mysteries of star quality are required reading for cinephiles.
  
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• Biden urges Facebook to overhaul political content rules

  11-06-2020 21:42 via ft.com
  Democratic presidential nominee adds his voice to growing criticism of social media group
  
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• Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now

  11-06-2020 20:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Cauleen Smith’s experimental films about black life, Kyle Marshall’s dance improvisation dedicated to victims of police brutality: Here are some of the Instagram accounts brightening our art critic’s daily feed.
  
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• Why a Return to "Business as Usual" Isn't Possible for Hollywood

  11-06-2020 20:24 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  America finds itself at a crossroads.In a year with the status quo already upended by the necessary steps to curtail the wildfire-like spread of a global pandemic, the country finds its...
  
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• If You Want to Learn About the L.A. Rebellion Filmmakers, Start Here

  11-06-2020 20:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Charles Burnett’s “Killer of Sheep” and Billy Woodberry’s “Bless Their Little Hearts” were part of a movement putting the lived experience of black working-class characters onscreen.
  
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• Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Nine to Five’!

  11-06-2020 19:42 via nytimes.com
  
  Pour yourself a cup of ambition and watch Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin ignite a comic revolution against their boss, a “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.”
  
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• ‘The King of Staten Island’ Review: Pete Davidson Gets (Even More) Personal

  11-06-2020 19:32 via nytimes.com
  
  Judd Apatow’s film should be a meatier Oedipal comedy, but it’s unwilling to explore the tragedy just below its surface.
  
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• The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies

  11-06-2020 19:17 via nytimes.com
  
  Once upon a time you could drop a dime in a movie jukebox to hear — and watch — musical greats like Duke Ellington and Gene Krupa.
  
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• ‘Artemis Fowl’ Review: Fowl, Not Fair

  11-06-2020 18:18 via nytimes.com
  
  Kenneth Branagh’s film has no reason to exist, other than to spawn sequels.
  
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• Watch Serena Williams and Her 2-Year-Old Daughter's Adorable Beauty and the Beast Performance

  11-06-2020 17:52 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  Mommy and me!Serena Williams and daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. had a Disney sing-a-long on Thursday morning. The mother-daughter duo dressed up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast...
  
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• ‘For They Know Not What They Do’ Review: Where Faith Meets L.G.B.T.Q. Life

  11-06-2020 17:22 via nytimes.com
  
  Daniel Karslake’s documentary follows four families navigating issues of faith in relation to the sexual orientations and gender identities of their children.
  
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• Anna Kendrick Claps Back After Her Twilight Comments Become "Clickbait"

  11-06-2020 14:32 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  Anna Kendrick is so over "clickbait."The Oscar nominee took to Twitter on Wednesday night to address her recent quotes about filming Twilight. As fans will recall, Kendrick...
  
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• VW blames lack of staff diversity for racist ad

  11-06-2020 13:25 via ft.com
  Investigation by carmaker concludes that mistakes were made but stops short of dismissals for now
  
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• Zoom disables accounts of former Tiananmen Square student leader

  11-06-2020 13:06 via ft.com
  Chinese dissidents in US targeted after announcing plans for video call commemorating 1989 massacre
  
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• Zoom disables accounts of ex-Tiananmen student leader

  11-06-2020 13:06 via ft.com
  Chinese dissidents in US targeted after announcing plans for video call commemorating 1989 massacre
  
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• ‘The Surrogate’ Review: Carrying a Baby, and Much More

  11-06-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In Jeremy Hersh’s film, a woman agrees to carry a child for a gay couple, and unexpected conflicts arise.
  
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• ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ Review: A Dog’s Life for Better or Worse

  11-06-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  At the end of her life, a dog reflects on happiness and heartbreak. But the film stays buoyant through its unique and lively animation.
  
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• ‘In My Blood It Runs’ Review: ‘I Want to Be an Aborigine’

  11-06-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In plain vérité style, the documentary follows an Arrernte Aboriginal family in Alice Springs, Australia.
  
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• ‘Hill of Freedom’ Review: A Lover’s Frustrated Quest

  11-06-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Hong Sang-soo’s film, structured as a letter with the pages out of order, is one of his most daring gambits.
  
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• ‘Aviva’ Review: Just the Two of Us (and Our Other Selves)

  11-06-2020 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Boaz Yakin’s movie is fresh in two ways: in its questioning of gender, and in its use of dance as a primary mode of expression.
  
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• Harry Enfield says blacking up as Mandela was 'so wrong it was right'

  11-06-2020 12:28
  
  On Radio 4’s Today programme, the comedian justified decision to portray former South African president in blackface Harry Enfield has defended the use of blackface on television in an interview broadcast on Radio 4’s Today programme. In conversation with host Nick Robinson and fellow guest Ava Vidal, the comedian aimed to justify his decision to portray Nelson Mandela, describing it as “so wrong that it was right”.Enfield, known for playing characters including Loadsamon
  
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• From Friday Night Lights to Devs: our surprise lockdown TV gems

  11-06-2020 12:00
  
  Stuck at home, our writers’ viewing habits have extended to some unexpected small-screen discoveries, from old soaps and high school football to Bake Off for makeupOver these past 11 weeks of lockdown, I have become intimately familiar with the cracked white walls of my flat, stained by remnants of Blu Tack and decked with hastily pasted posters and photo frames. Like any committed TV watcher, the centre of my living space is my television – the welcome object of my focus away f
  
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• A Backstage Walk That’s Pure Drama

  11-06-2020 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  A German theater has created a walk-through performance that works with social distancing and hygiene measures to result in a new kind of aesthetic experience.
  
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• Discussions About Black Lives, and Pride Online: New Livestreams to Watch

  11-06-2020 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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• A Forum to Discuss Race and Broadway

  11-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Offstage,” a new Times digital series, premieres with a focus on two challenges facing the nation’s biggest stages: an interrupted season and an unequal playing field.
  
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• Beauty spot: how do you make a TV show about looks without being shallow?

  11-06-2020 10:00
  
  The makeover show is on the comeback trail, attempting to ditch the noughties cruelty that so defined it. But Queer Eye is one of the very few to succeed
  As Queer Eye reaches its sixth season, its well received mission to put the self love in selfie has led to a resurgence in makeover shows, with a much-needed twist. Queer Eye is an empathetic tearjerker with its kinder approach to the genre, but the makeover shows that dominated the noughties were better known for their caustic putdowns.They we
  
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• TV tonight: the undead return to Staten Island

  11-06-2020 07:00
  
  Kayvan Novak and Matt Berry are on reliably hilarious form as vampires in New York. Plus: Ross Kemp talks to those caring for his screen mum Barbara Windsor. Here’s what to watch this eveningContinue reading...
  
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• Angela Ahrendts joins WPP board

  11-06-2020 06:30 via ft.com
  Former Burberry boss and Apple executive appointed as advertising industry faces severe downturn
  
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• ‘Gone With the Wind’ and Controversy: What You Need to Know

  11-06-2020 00:49 via nytimes.com
  
  HBO Max has temporarily pulled the film from its streaming service after the filmmaker John Ridley called out its “painful stereotypes of people of color.”
  
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• ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too

  11-06-2020 00:39 via nytimes.com
  
  Spike Lee’s new joint is an anguished, funny, violent argument with and about American history, with an unforgettable performance from Delroy Lindo at its heart.
  
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• Staged review – Michael Sheen and David Tennant get meta

  11-06-2020 00:15
  
  The latest addition to the made-in-lockdown TV slate is a comedy which sees the two actors riff on themes ranging from haggis to their apparent rivalryIt is not, overall, a great time to be an actor. Or a director, or a musician, or a writer for the stage or indeed almost anyone involved in the creative arts. The practical effects of the pandemic – and its gross mismanagement – on planned productions (postponed indefinitely), theatre finances (which depend on packed, not socially dis
  
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