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• Judge finalizes drummer Mick Fleetwood's divorce

  08-12-2015 22:54
  
  Judge finalizes Mick Fleetwood's divorce nearly 3 years after drummer filed for split
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Nov. 30-Dec. 6

  08-12-2015 22:51
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Nov. 30-Dec. 6
  
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• 'Rich in Faith' brings young pastors to reality TV spotlight

  08-12-2015 22:46
  
  Oxygen's 'Rich in Faith' brings husband-and-wife pastors into reality TV spotlight
  
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• As awards season takes shape, diversity out of the running

  08-12-2015 22:28
  
  As Hollywood's awards season takes shape, diversity still running a distant second
  
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• 'The Wiz' helps NBC to a ratings win

  08-12-2015 22:24
  
  Helped by 'The Wiz' and football, NBC wins the TV ratings for second straight week
  
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• B.B. King's Mississippi gravesite getting memorial courtyard

  08-12-2015 22:16
  
  Memorial courtyard being developed at blues icon B.B. King's gravesite by Mississippi museum
  
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• Music Review: Coldplay has a dance party on new album

  08-12-2015 22:11
  
  Music Review: Put on your dancing shoes: Rock band Coldplay has extra pep in step on new album
  
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• ABC stepping up with a new version of 'Dirty Dancing'

  08-12-2015 22:11
  
  ABC stepping up with a new version of film classic 'Dirty Dancing'
  
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• Family of late Blackhawks player Montador sues NHL

  08-12-2015 21:51
  
  Family of late Blackhawks player Steve Montador sues NHL, says league withheld medical info
  
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• Utah search resumes for Jay Cutler's brother-in-law

  08-12-2015 20:40
  
  Search resumes for Jay Cutler's brother-in-law as investigators look deeper into threat arrest
  
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• Review: Ron Howard's 'In the Heart of the Sea' is adrift

  08-12-2015 20:16
  
  Review: Ron Howard's 'In the Heart of the Sea' is adrift without a philosophical anchor
  
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• Enter Our Holiday Giveaway. Get Gifts. Feel the Joy.

  08-12-2015 20:03 via bkmag.com
  
  You know what we love? Brooklyn and you and local businesses and big fat doses of holiday cheer. So, we thought, why not just roll all those things into one big ‘ol festive giveaway?
  This month, you can enter the Brooklyn Magazine Holiday Giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the magazine delivered to your door every month PLUS one of more than 50 prizes from some of our favorite local businesses—from vinyl to coffee, booze to books, and everything
  
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• Amazon's Prime customers can buy Showtime, Starz now too

  08-12-2015 19:59
  
  Amazon tries enticing more Prime customers by letting them buy access to Showtime, Starz
  
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• Q&A: 'Force Awakens' director on best way to watch his movie

  08-12-2015 19:46
  
  Q&A: Abrams on best way to watch 'Force Awakens,' the advantages of directing only one episode
  
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• The Latest: Search resumes for Jay Cutler's brother-in-law

  08-12-2015 19:43
  
  The Latest: Utah search resumes for Cutler's brother-in-law; previous arrest a possible factor
  
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• Spirit of St. Louis: Talking to Spike Lee Protege Michael J. Larnell

  08-12-2015 19:37 via bkmag.com
  
  Cronies
  “There is definitely a struggle to hold onto childhood friends, as we get older and begin other lives,” says Michael J. Larnell, whose debut feature Cronies screens at DUMBO’s Made in NY Media Center by IFP from December 11-18. “I wanted to explore that at the beginning stages. I thought it would be something funny, but serious at the same time.”
  Larnell would know—for this story about friendship, growing up, and remaining loyal to your roots, the NYU
  
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• Why death is common in kids' films and how parents can cope

  08-12-2015 19:25
  
  Why death is so common in children's animated movies and how parents can help kids understand
  
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• BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: Landmarks OKs new Bed-Stuy historic district

  08-12-2015 19:23
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperIt is history in the making!The city’s landmarks commission voted unanimously to designate a swathe of lavish 19th-century Bedford-Stuyvesant buildings as a historic district on Tuesday.The proposed Bedford Historic District — bounded by Monroe and Fulton streets and Bedford and Thompkins Avenue — is a veritable gallery of well preserved period architecture and the recognition is a long time coming, said one
  
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• Album inspired by Sandy Hook victim gets Grammy nominations

  08-12-2015 19:07
  
  Jimmy Greene's album inspired by daughter who died in Sandy Hook shooting gets Grammy nods
  
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• 'Brick City' cast member shot dead in Newark, New Jersey

  08-12-2015 19:01
  
  Prosecutors: Activist featured in 'Brick City' TV series shot to death in Newark, New Jersey
  
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• Long Live the New Hostility: Stinking Heaven

  08-12-2015 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Stinking HeavenDirected by Nathan SilverDecember 9-15 at Anthology Film Archives
  A portrait of amateur rehab gone awry, the phenomenal Stinking Heaven sets down in early-90s Jersey, at a countercultural halfway house where the rate of attrition is just starting to spike. The film, by prolific writer-director Nathan Silver, is an analog immersion into the recent past (à la Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess) that’s all bad resolution and free-floating animus: Heaven was shot by
  
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• Finns sing on cathedral steps to honor Jean Sibelius

  08-12-2015 18:51
  
  Year of celebrations for composer Jean Sibelius culminate in Finlandia song in Helsinki
  
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• Le Cou is the Fashion Dickey You Never Knew You Needed

  08-12-2015 18:37 via bkmag.com
  
  Look at this beautiful little shirt.
  You know dickeys, right? No, not the workewear apparel Dickie—the other dickey. The faux-shirts that appear in the form of collars and bows and frills that pop out from beneath your great aunt’s sweater or dress, or your uncle’s tux at your cousin’s wedding. Those dickeys. Yawn, right? No, you are wrong. Because now there is new kind of  dickey—Le Cou—and it will surprise and delight you with its ability to totall
  
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• Send a Cake in a Crate this holiday season

  08-12-2015 18:33
  
  Bake blogger Molly Yeh’s recipe for Hazelnut Mini Cakes at home. Photo: Cake in a Crate
  Yes, your holiday baking projects can be delicious, creative crowd-pleasers that are also vegan, gluten-free, and made from healthy ingredients without refined sugar. How? Thank Cake in a Crate, a new Bushwick-based delivery service that collaborates with distinguished food bloggers to develop amazingly good recipes using high-quality ingredients. Cake in a Crate ships their entire menu of cakes,
  
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• 'Hunger Games' finale keeps box office crown for third week

  08-12-2015 18:16
  
  'Hunger Games' finale hits the bull's-eye with No. 1 spot at box office for third weekend
  
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• Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch company in Chicago

  08-12-2015 18:16
  
  Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch company in Chicago in September 2016
  
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• Ahoy, mate: Kathy Griffin takes her comedy offshore

  08-12-2015 17:20
  
  Kathy Griffin says her first-ever Carnival Cruise line comedy routines will rock the boat
  
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• Encore Screening: Sinatra Centennial Cinema: Anchors Aweigh

  08-12-2015 17:17
  Tuesday, December 8, 2015 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterFrank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson headline this wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood.  A musical in the old MGM tradition, memorable tunes from the film include "I Fall in Love Too Easily"; "We Hate to Leave"; "I Begged Her" and "If You Knew Suzie".   (1945; 139 minutes)
  
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• Brooklyn Chamber Music

  08-12-2015 17:17
  Saturday, December 19, 2015 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterStudents from Mannes and Manhattan School of Music Prep programs present a chamber music concert featuring works by Ravel, Mozart and Brahms
  
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• GKIDS Presents the Animated Musical Odyssey “Boy & the World” December 11

  08-12-2015 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Sponsored By GKIDS.GKIDS is the distributor of the best independent animated films from around the world.Created By BlankSlateFrom the distributor that brought you Academy Award nominees Song of the Sea, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, and The Secret of Kells comes the critically acclaimed, visually electrifying musical odyssey Boy & the World—already being hailed as “unequivocally the best animated film of the year!” by Indiewire.
  Cuca’s cozy rural life i
  
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• The First Take Is the Hottest

  08-12-2015 16:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Welcome to a new bi-monthly comic strip by Matt Lubchansky. A cartoonist and illustrator living in Queens, Lubchansky’s work has appeared on The Nib, The Toast, Atlas Obscura, Eater, Saveur, and VICE.Follow Matt Lubchansky on Twitter for plenty more hot takes — or lack thereof, or visit his Patreon page here.
  
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• MTV's list of top musical artists has Adele at No. 7

  08-12-2015 16:30
  
  Fetty Wap and Drake are MTV's top award winners in 2015; Adele is No. 7 on best artist list
  
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• Scott and Stephen Schwartz: Keeping theater in the family

  08-12-2015 16:27
  
  Scott and Stephen Schwartz, a father-and-son team keeping theater in the family
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal members revisit Paris attack site

  08-12-2015 16:27
  
  Eagles of Death Metal band members visit Paris theater where they survived massacre
  
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• Harrison Ford promises older, wiser Solo in 'Force Awakens'

  08-12-2015 16:24
  
  Harrison Ford promises older, wiser Han Solo in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
  
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• Q&A: 'The Force' director on best way to watch his movie

  08-12-2015 16:01
  
  Q&A: Abrams on the best way to watch 'The Force,' the advantages of directing only one episode
  
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• Indie Guides: Insider travel tips from your new best friends all over the world

  08-12-2015 15:27
  
  In an age of seemingly endless travel sites (on which every restaurant, museum and coffeehouse has an inscrutable combination of one- and five-star reviews), the best way to create a solid itinerary when planning a trip is to ask friends for travel recommendations. But what if you don’t have a pal in Madrid or Berlin?
  Enter Indie Guides. Launched in February of 2015 by Paris-based co-founders, Anne Le Gal and Gary Monginod, there are now Indie Guide apps for cities around th
  
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• The Lennon gun: Could it happen the same way now?

  08-12-2015 15:10
  
  Lennon assassin had an easy time bringing gun to NYC. Could it happen the same way now?
  
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• First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Big Short

  08-12-2015 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
  The Big ShortDirected by Adam McKayOpens December 11
  From the world of improv comedy to a detail-obsessed account of the 2008 financial crisis, Adam McKay’s career has followed an unusual trajectory. But the Funny or Die co-founder known best for directing the Anchorman films may not be so outside of his wheelhouse as it may first seem. If the third act of Anchorman 2 revealed one thing, it’s that McKay has a penchant for the absurd—and moreover f
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal band members visit Paris theater where they survived massacre

  08-12-2015 13:59
  
  Eagles of Death Metal band members visit Paris theater where they survived massacre
  
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• BROOKLYN IS ANGRY: Not so Marvel-ous: Greenpointers want ban on filming

  08-12-2015 11:11
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperThey’re not the heroes Greenpoint deserves, nor the ones it needs right now.Hollywood productions are turning the neighborhood’s industrial streets into a soundstage, and Greenpointers want the city to yell “cut!” An endless parade of film shoots — which recently include Marvel’s “Daredevil” and “Luke Cage” series — are blocking parking and sidewalks, say locals
  
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• CHANGING BROOKLYN: Watchtower buildings: Where are they now?

  08-12-2015 10:37
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperIt has been eight years since the Jehovah’s Witnesses began selling off its massive portfolio of Dumbo and Brooklyn Heights real estate to prepare for its exodus upstate. What have those buildings been up to in the intervening years? The Brooklyn Paper investigates.Dumbo HeightsIn the Witnesses’ largest sale, Real estate mogul Jared Kushner bought five towers in the area bound by
  
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• CHANGING BROOKLYN: Holy moley! Witnesses selling coveted Dumbo block

  08-12-2015 10:35
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperThe Jehovah’s Witnesses has put a long sought-after vacant Dumbo lot on the market, and its broker says this is one real-estate opportunity that won’t come knocking again.“It’s probably the last opportunity like this in the Dumbo area in my lifetime,” said Richard Devine of Watchtower Real Estate.The religious organization is selling off its block-sized parking
  
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• Stapleton, 'Girl Crush' bring country music back to Grammys

  08-12-2015 09:30
  
  Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' bring country music back to Grammy Awards
  
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• Oscar Pistorius applies for bail following murder conviction

  08-12-2015 09:17
  
  Oscar Pistorius wants to take his murder case to South Africa's Constitutional Court
  
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• Martin Scorsese, Lin-Manuel Miranda share stories

  08-12-2015 08:13
  
  Mutual admirers: Martin Scorsese, Lin-Manuel Miranda share stories, compliments
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 13-19

  08-12-2015 07:05
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 13-19
  
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• Transgender singers find their voices in Boston choir

  08-12-2015 06:55
  
  Let the choir sing: Transgender singers discover their voices in Boston chorus
  
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• AP WAS THERE: John Lennon was shot 35 years ago

  08-12-2015 06:55
  
  AP WAS THERE: John Lennon shot 35 years ago; suspect described as 'screwball' with no motive
  
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• Queen Latifah to star in Lee Daniels' drama pilot

  08-12-2015 06:30
  
  Queen Latifah to play surrogate mom to 3 struggling singers in Fox drama pilot
  
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