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• ‘Static Apnea’ Review: Breathing Together, Remaining Apart

  18-09-2020 20:17 via nytimes.com
  
  In this brief but eerie installation, one viewer and one performer, separated by glass, share the feeling of being trapped underwater.
  
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• New York City Center to Revive a Pair of Musicals About Black Lives

  18-09-2020 19:47 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Life” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” which focus on people of color in Manhattan, are planned for the 2020-2021 season of Encores!, the center’s popular series.
  
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• ‘The Devil All the Time’ | Anatomy of a Scene

  18-09-2020 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Antonio Campos discusses a scene from his drama featuring Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.
  
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• How Tom Holland Seeks Revenge in ‘The Devil All the Time’

  18-09-2020 16:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Antonio Campos narrates a look at his period drama featuring Holland and Robert Pattinson.
  
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• New York Film Festival Gives New Life to 'The Spook Who Sat by the Door'

  18-09-2020 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” a 1973 parable about institutional racism, was pulled from theaters after only a few weeks. The New York Film Festival is giving new life to the cult film.
  
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• Third of Pearson investors revolt against £7.4m CEO pay offer

  18-09-2020 15:11 via ft.com
  Move backed by 67% of shareholders, clearing way for Andy Bird to join publisher
  
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• More than 'Strong Females': why the best TV gets inside women's heads

  18-09-2020 15:11 via theguardian.com
  
  I May Destroy You and I Hate Suzie are among a wave of shows casting off cliches to show their protagonists as complicated, contradictory – and humanIf I Hate Suzie is an experiment in stress contagion, it is an unmitigated success. Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s new Sky Atlantic drama opens with the titular popstar-turned-actor learning she has won a career-changing Disney role, swiftly followed by the news that photos of her performing oral sex are circulating online. Moments late
  
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• The Queen strips disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of CBE

  18-09-2020 15:06
  
  The jailed former movie mogul is removed from the roll of honour of the award given to him in 2004Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his CBE. The former movie mogul, 68, was granted an honorary CBE, for his contribution to the British film industry, in 2004. He is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York after being convicted of rape in February.A notice in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record, said: “The Queen has directed that the appointment of Harvey Wei
  
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• Watch Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston Virtually Reunite for Fast Times at Ridgemont High Read

  18-09-2020 14:39 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  It's the reunion we've all been waiting for.Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt virtually came together for the Sept. 17 premiere of Dane Cook Presents Feelin' A-Live: A Virtual...
  
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• ‘I mustn’t swear, I mustn’t swear’: life as a victim of a Changing Rooms makeover

  18-09-2020 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  It trashed a £6,000 teapot collection; it set neighbour against neighbour; it made stars of Carol Smillie and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Changing Rooms’ makers and contestants look back on their part in a TV treasureTwenty years ago, when Caroline Hicks opened the door to reveal her new living room – renovated in just two days by her close friend Jo Thompson and designer Graham Wynne – three words became a mantra in her head. “I mustn’t swear, I mustn’t sw
  
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• This week's home entertainment: from Utopia to Us

  18-09-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  John Cusack stars in a remake of a 2013 cult classic, while plans for a family trip are upended as divorce is on the cardsContinue reading...
  
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• Trump retreats from TV ads amid campaign cash crunch

  18-09-2020 12:00 via ft.com
  President shifts to digital marketing as rival Biden dominates the airwaves
  
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• Trump retreats from television ads amid campaign cash crunch

  18-09-2020 12:00 via ft.com
  President shifts to digital marketing as rival Biden dominates the airwaves
  
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• The Nigerian-British Writer Putting Black Joy on Stage and Screen

  18-09-2020 10:38 via nytimes.com
  
  “There’s so much more that comes with being Black apart from dealing with racism,” says Theresa Ikoko, a Londoner whose movie “Rocks” opened this week.
  
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• Ratched review – gothic, gory thrills with the Cuckoo's Nest villain

  18-09-2020 10:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Sarah Paulson is brilliantly menacing as Nurse Ratched in Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix series, which melds the 1975 film with his American Horror Story hallmarksQuality trash is our entertainment G-spot. There is nothing else like it. Films rarely hit it because they are too big and expensive and the target is too small. They deal only in binaries: success or failure, prestige or crap. This is not what we seek for the particular itch we want to scratch. Books are better. There are more of
  
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• Lord of the Rings special effects company Weta Digital launches inquiry into toxic workplace claims

  18-09-2020 09:16
  
  Former staff allege Weta Digital’s workplace culture included bullying, sexism and sharing of pornography Weta Digital, the special effects company behind the orcs, dragons and battle scenes of the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, has launched an independent investigation into allegations of a toxic work culture including sexism, bullying and pornography being shared on its intranet.The investigation was ordered by the company’s majority owners, who include the director Peter
  
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• From Partridge to My Dad Wrote a Porno: 10 of the best comedy podcasts

  18-09-2020 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sick of hearing about unsolved murders? Tune in to these pods about Kurupt FM, bobbly boobs and Louis Theroux’s disco jamNorth Norfolk’s premier broadcaster is no stranger to the world of audio, but he’s really brought the boys out of the barracks in terms of funny one-liners in his latest offering. Steve Coogan’s Partridge shows the world the real, be-slippered Alan as he bravely goes Lynn-free for a week and fuels the rumour that Bryan Ferry can’t ride a bike.18 e
  
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• Emmys 2020 predictions: who will win and who should win?

  18-09-2020 08:32 via theguardian.com
  
  With end of former juggernauts Game of Thrones and Veep, this year’s virtual Emmys are a mixed bag, with Succession, Schitt’s Creek and Watchmen leading the nominationsNominees: Better Call Saul (AMC), Killing Eve (BBC America), The Crown (Netflix), The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), The Mandalorian (Disney+), Ozark (Netflix), Stranger Things (Netflix), Succession (HBO) Continue reading...
  
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• Forrest Gump author Winston Groom dies aged 77

  18-09-2020 07:41
  
  Tributes have been paid to the writer whose work was adapted into the film starring Tom Hanks that won six OscarsTributes have been paid to Winston Groom, the author of the novel Forrest Gump, who has died aged 77.His work was adapted into a 1994 blockbuster film starring Tom Hanks. Forrest Gump was a cultural sensation and grossed more than $683m (£527m) at the global box office on its way to winning six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actor for Hanks. Related: I've never
  
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• TV tonight: Five Guys a Week move in once more

  18-09-2020 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The new series of the dating show kicks off with 32-year-old Tara inviting five singletons into her home. Who will make her laugh? Plus: Secret Scotland with Susan Calman. Here’s what to watch this eveningFollowing a brief pre-lockdown stint, this social-bubble-friendly dating show returns, asking one singleton to invite five men into their home over the course of the week, evicting one a day to end up with a potential partner. Restarting proceedings is Tara, a 32-year-old from Halifax who
  
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• A shocking scandal at the heart of the US military – podcasts of the week

  18-09-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Epstein helms Murder in House Two. Plus: a thoroughly modern guide to sex and dating with Gizzi Erskine and Sydney LimaMurder in House Two (from 21 September)Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Epstein reveals the story of his 15-year investigation into the Haditha massacre in this hard-hitting podcast. Right from the start, his mission is to find out how the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by US Marines was covered up. He follows Frank Wuterich, the squad leader wh
  
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• Social media groups urged to block ads targeting teens

  18-09-2020 01:01 via ft.com
  Campaigners say profiling the age group is exploitative because of their susceptibility to marketing
  
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