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• Idaho man pleads guilty to poaching celebrity deer

  03-11-2015 23:55
  
  Man pleads guilty to poaching well-known mule deer in Idaho; faces fines, jail time
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Oct. 26-Nov. 1

  03-11-2015 23:20
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Oct. 26-Nov. 1
  
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• Lisa Levy Tells Us What the Hell

  03-11-2015 22:44 via bkmag.com
  
  This image was professionally focus-grouped before being used. Photo courtesy Lisa Levy.
  Artist, artist-therapist, performer, interventionist, variably vocal—and comedically inclined—cultural critic and former advertising worker, Lisa Levy has something quite new and quite interesting to tell you about, and to invite you to. It’s a talk show of sorts, and a collaborative performance of sorts, and a focus group of sorts, and a perfect storm of so many sincerely advisorial and pa
  
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• Review: 'Peanuts Movie' a worthy romp for the beloved gang

  03-11-2015 22:37
  
  Film review: 'The Peanuts Movie' a sweet, satisfying 3-D romp for the beloved gang
  
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• Review: 'Spectre' stirs, doesn't shake old Bond formulas

  03-11-2015 22:33
  
  Film Review: 'Spectre' stirs, doesn't shake old James Bond formulas
  
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• Millenials-aimed Vice adds TV channel to global video lineup

  03-11-2015 22:33
  
  Digital video pioneer Vice Media digs into TV, to launch US cable channel early next year
  
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• Fire damages singer Johnny Mathis' Los Angeles home

  03-11-2015 22:25
  
  Blaze damages singer Johnny Mathis' home in Los Angeles; he had just gotten back to town
  
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• 2 young actors happy to channel Gloria and Emilio Estefan

  03-11-2015 22:21
  
  Ana Villafañe, Josh Segarra channel Gloria and Emilio Estefan on Broadway on 'On Your Feet!'
  
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• 'The Comedians' details history of comedy stage by stage

  03-11-2015 22:19
  
  'The Comedians' details history of American comedy, 1 decade, stage and comic at a time
  
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• Tarantino says he won't be intimidated by police boycotts

  03-11-2015 22:19
  
  Quentin Tarantino says he won't be intimidated by police boycotts of his film 'Hateful Eight'
  
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• 'Concussion' doctor aiding marijuana-based research company

  03-11-2015 22:11
  
  Doctor featured in movie 'Concussion" advising company looking for marijuana-based treatment
  
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• American Pharoah draws best Breeders' Cup rating in 20 years

  03-11-2015 22:03
  
  American Pharoah's last race draws best TV rating in 20 years for Breeders' Cup
  
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• Going Home Again: Brooklyn

  03-11-2015 21:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Talking to director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Hornby about their film, Brooklyn.It didn’t take much convincing to get Nick Hornby to adapt Colm Tóibín’s bestselling novel, Brooklyn, for the big screen: “It just made me feel,” Hornby tells us about the book. Having made a name for himself on the literary scene with 90s “lad-lit” favorite novels High Fidelity and About a Boy (both of which were then made into successful films in their own
  
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• Review: 'The Crossing' is great character study

  03-11-2015 21:06
  
  Review: 'The Crossing' is great character study mixed with truly baffling puzzle
  
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• Where TV and Literature Collide: Talking to Maris Kreizman about Slaughterhouse 90210

  03-11-2015 21:05 via bkmag.com
  
  photo courtesy of Maris Kreizman
  It’s sort of perfect to imagine Maris Kreizman at the Emmys.
  “I felt like a princess,” she says. “It comes a little late in life but it came. I missed junior prom but I got to go to the Emmys.”
  We’re having drinks at Sugarburg, a bar surprisingly pleasant for being perched on top of the Metropolitan Avenue L/G entrance. We are supposed to be talking about her book, Slaughterhouse 90210—and we do, eventually—but I ca
  
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• Watch Carly Rae Jepsen Long To Be “Your Type”

  03-11-2015 21:01 via bkmag.com
  
  I used to be one of those people who thought Carly Rae Jepsen was a one-hit wonder. Then, tracks off her new album E•MO•TION began to trickle into the universe and I was floored by them. It’s well worth your time to check out her entire new disco-smeared pop album, but today she’s shared a new video for “Your Type” so let’s focus on this track in particular.
  This should’ve been a video that captured all the love, lust and longing that erupts when you
  
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• This Holiday Season Give Yourself the Gift of Insurance

  03-11-2015 21:00
  
  Sponsored By Gotham Brokerage Co., Inc.Let Gotham show you how getting NYC apartment insurance is fast, friendly, affordable, and easy.Created By BlankSlateThe holiday season doth approach, and you’ve got a lot to do. Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, you’ve got the turkey, the lights, the tree, the Hanukkah candles, the plane tickets, the wrapping paper… In all the excitement, are you forgetting something?
  While you’re compiling your holiday to-do list, make s
  
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• The Latest: 1000s protest against govt after Bucharest fire

  03-11-2015 20:13
  
  The Latest: More than 10,000 protest against Romanian government after nightclub fire
  
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• Pizza, Pizza: Can There Ever Be Such a Thing as Too Much Pizza?

  03-11-2015 20:05 via bkmag.com
  
  Prepare to eat still more pizza
  Is there such a thing as too much pizza? We certainly don’t think so, but with the addition of two new pie shops in Propsect-Lefferts Gardens, we will soon find out.ZuriLee Pizza Bar, from the owners of Caribbean joint MangoSeed next-door, opened last Wednesday and, just a couple blocks north on Flatbush Avenue, Parkside is getting to ready open full-time after a soft opening last Saturday, according to DNAinfo.
  We’re especially amped to
  
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• Dubai theme park to host Fox's 'Apes,' 'Aliens,' 'Ice Age'

  03-11-2015 19:50
  
  Dubai theme park to feature Fox's 'Apes,' 'Aliens,' 'Ice Age' and others
  
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• 'Age of Ultron,' The Weeknd top People's Choice nominations

  03-11-2015 19:48
  
  'Age of Ultron,' The Weeknd, Dwayne Johnson score multiple People's Choice nominations
  
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• HBO signs Jon Stewart to exclusive 4-year production pact

  03-11-2015 19:38
  
  HBO signs Jon Stewart to exclusive 4-year, multi-platform production pact
  
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• Chef Jose Andres focuses on Haitian cuisine in PBS special

  03-11-2015 19:37
  
  Chef Jose Andres hopes to spur travel to Haiti by focusing on its cuisine in PBS special
  
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• Geoff Rickly’s Collect Records Is Looking For New Investors, If You’re Interested

  03-11-2015 19:36 via bkmag.com
  
  In an extremely weird juxtaposition between internet outrage, capitalism, and awesome independent music, Geoff Rickly’s Brooklyn-based label, Collect Records, recently cut ties with their major investor Martin Shkreli. When The New York Times reported that Shrekli’s company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, was responsible for a 5000% increase on a drug called Daraprim, commonly used to treat AIDS and cancer patients, and his connection to Collect Records was revealed, major backlash ens
  
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• Aziz Ansari gives full comic voice to his new comedy series

  03-11-2015 18:54
  
  Aziz Ansari gives full comic voice to 'Master of None,' his new Netflix comedy series
  
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• Sponsored Video: Giving Yard Sale Finds a Colorful Update

  03-11-2015 18:01 via bkmag.com
  
  What’s the best part about a yard sale? Maybe it’s the rare glimpse we get at the lives of others, or the satisfaction of digging through goods we wouldn’t find at a department store. Then again, it could be the rare feeling that comes from spotting the potential for something stunning in a pile of bits and pieces someone else has discarded. Yeah, we think that’s it.
  As you can see above, the Krylon® Crew took the idea of finding hidden treasures to heart with the 12
  
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• A Paved Paradise: In Jackson Heights

  03-11-2015 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In Jackson HeightsDirected by Frederick WisemanOpens November 4 at Film Forum
  What is a community, and how does it work? With In Jackson Heights, Frederick Wiseman poses these and other questions, and while he’s not a documentarian who sets up an issue and then explains it (and then gives you a website), he does suggest a point of view. And in this vibrant string of vignettes from this diverse, multicultural, and colorful neighborhood, Wiseman affirms that politics is part of everyday lif
  
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• Watch NYC Post-Punk Quartet Pill’s “Hot Glue” Video

  03-11-2015 17:43 via bkmag.com
  
  Pill is a jazzy, spastic post-punk quartet fronted by Veronica Torres, who brings a certain amount of warmth to her feral snarl. The group is great, but it’s her fluid, free-for-all vocals that really make this act stand out in a sea of post-punk one-offs. “Whatever you fear the most, I can sense it on you,” she declares, and you believe her. A few weeks ago they released the excellent, frantic track “Hot Glue” and today they’ve followed that up with an accomp
  
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• AWESOME: The race card-board: Brooklynites support marathoners with signs on the sidelines

  03-11-2015 17:34
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownThe Brooklyn PaperThey had a good run.Brooklyn boosters lined the borough’s streets on Sunday waving humorous homemade signs to cheer on competitors in the New York Marathon — and the placard-toting spectators say they received almost as much attention as the racers.“Runners were taking pictures of me, I got lots of thumbs up, lots of high fives,” said Park Sloper Leslie Healey, who che
  
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• British Naturalist David Attenborough Lovingly Narrates Adele’s “Hello” Video

  03-11-2015 17:09 via bkmag.com
  
  Since Adele returned to form with the excellent devastation of “Hello” — which is breaking records left and right — most of world has watched the tear-jerking, sepia-toned video for the track. Most of the world includes the beloved British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough, who appeared on BBC Radio 1 and was asked by the host to lend his narrating skills to the clip’s intro. “Will Adele be cross with me?” Attenborough wonders, before decidin
  
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• Tilda All Day Is Home to Brooklyn’s Best Week-Long Brunch

  03-11-2015 17:07 via bkmag.com
  
  photo via Tilda All Day Instagram
  At first glance, Tilda All Day looks like your average Brooklyn coffee shop—albeit an exceptionally attractive one, its windows flooding sunlight into the already dazzlingly white, MP Shift-designed space, featuring marble tables, geometric detailing, and marigold orange banquettes. But rather than simply serving as a way-station for freelancers, looking to recharge their laptops and revitalize themselves with mugs of Brooklyn-based Parlor java, the Clinto
  
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• Get to Know Big Flavor With Your Nose and Tongue at MOFAD Lab

  03-11-2015 16:49
  
  The new MOFAD Lab. Photo: Regina Mogilevskaya
  Fancy yourself a flavorist for the day, an orchestrator of scent, and experiment with how combining three very gross smells can actually result in something that smells fairly like your…perfume?
  Brooklyn continues to solidify its coveted role of being New York’s go-to borough for food experiences. The MOFAD Lab, part of the forthcoming Museum of Food and Drink, is now open to the public a former auto garage on the Greenpoint-W
  
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• Mount Moriah Announce How To Dance, Share “Cardinal Cross”

  03-11-2015 16:44 via bkmag.com
  
  North Carolina folk-rock trio Mount Moriah have announced that their third full-length album, How To Dance, will be out 2/26 via Merge Records. The announcement follows up their recent 7-inch, and they’ve shared new track “Cardinal Cross” along with the news. “Cardinal Cross” builds upon their established smoky, electrified folk sound, as Heather McEntire howls cutting lines like “I am the woman you wanted to be.” Listen below.Along with the defianc
  
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• Free music becomes top-selling album for singer Sam Hunt

  03-11-2015 16:40
  
  Releasing free mixtape becomes top-selling, multihit album for country singer Sam Hunt
  
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• Luke Bryan, Meghan Trainor set for American Music Awards

  03-11-2015 16:24
  
  Luke Bryan, Karen Fairchild, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Puth to perform at American Music Awards
  
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• 'Chariots of Fire' screenwriter Colin Welland dies at 81

  03-11-2015 16:16
  
  British actor-writer Colin Welland, who won an Oscar for 'Chariots of Fire,' dies at 81
  
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• Sia Follows Up Album Announcement With New Track “Bird Set Free”

  03-11-2015 16:12 via bkmag.com
  
  After announcing her new album This Is Acting will be out in the beginning of next year, Sia has followed up that news today with another new track called “Bird Set Free.” It starts off low and slow before building into a thunderous pop climax. And instead of mourning a heart ache, this one is about embracing self-expression and finding your fullest self in that freedom. Listen below.
  
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• Robin Williams' widow: I forgive him for taking his life

  03-11-2015 16:07
  
  Robin Williams' widow: I forgive him for taking his life after battling multiple afflictions
  
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• Make Dinner Party Magic with the Right Stuff

  03-11-2015 15:55
  
  Liven up the dinner party banter with these cheeky linen placemats. Photo: Alexandra Ferguson
  Although the weather has been mild, November is here and that means holiday parties are right around the corner. It’s always fun to entertain at home, but between overly ambitious recipes and the proclivity to start imbibing before dinner is out of the over, it can get tricky, quickly. We’ve all had that “There’s nothing to see here moment,” when smoke is billowi
  
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• 'Hamilton' cast album makes history singing about history

  03-11-2015 15:52
  
  Broadway's 'Hamilton' cast album makes music history by singing about history
  
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• Rights group: Release Indian folk singer accused of sedition

  03-11-2015 15:26
  
  Rights group demands release of Indian folk singer accused of sedition, insulting government
  
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• Ulrich Seidl’s Austrian Underground Freak Show In the Basement

  03-11-2015 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In the BasementDirected by Ulrich SeidlNovember 6-12 at Anthology Film Archives
  The architectural equivalent of the subconscious, the basement functions as a private, subterranean space where the darkest and strangest activities unfold beneath a respectable public façade. Such is the thesis of In the Basement, Austrian documentary filmmaker Ulrich Seidl’s latest exploration of transcending the everyday through perversity. Even when venturing into fiction (as he last did in the Para
  
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• Quirky new book covers science, history of standing in line

  03-11-2015 14:29
  
  Why does the other line always move faster? New book looks at science, history of queuing up
  
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• PARK SLOPE: Boo it yourself! Crafty costumes on display at Park Slope Halloween Parade

  03-11-2015 10:45
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonThe Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn’s do-it-yourselfers outdid themselves this year for Park Slope’s 29th annual Halloween Parade, crafting a bevy of memorable outfits that delighted sidewalk audiences.Among the standout costumes included a woman dressed as Disgust from the film “Inside Out,” a Rosie the Riveter, and some fine looking jelly fish that floated majestically down Seventh Avenue, a
  
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• Trump's latest book is on the shelves

  03-11-2015 09:53
  
  GOP presidential candidate Trump's book offers little in the way of new policy details
  
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• Rights group demands release of Indian folk singer

  03-11-2015 08:03
  
  International rights group demands release of Indian folk singer arrested on sedition charge
  
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• Johnny Mathis' home in the Hollywood Hills damaged by fire

  03-11-2015 07:38
  
  Johnny Mathis' longtime home in the Hollywood Hills damaged by fire
  
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• Elton John reflects on past year at annual AIDS gala

  03-11-2015 07:28
  
  Elton John reflects on past year at annual AIDS gala; talks new album, secret Broadway musical
  
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• Mike Myers, wife, welcome baby daughter Paulina

  03-11-2015 07:19
  
  Mike Myers, wife, 'elated' over birth of baby girl Paulina, couple's third child
  
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• MUSIC: Bearing flute: Jethro Tull tells an agricultural story

  03-11-2015 06:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperJethro Tull takes on Jethro Tull!Iconic flute-rock band Jethro Tull will perform a rock opera about its historic namesake at the Kings Theatre on Nov. 6. But this prog-rock piece is not living in the past, said the band’s frontman, who has re-written the facts with a futuristic twist.“I think you have to be prepared to take a little respectful creative latitude with the subject
  
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