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• WILLIAMSBURG: L on Earth: Service between Brooklyn and Manhattan could shut for years!

  13-01-2016 23:40
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperPrepare for commuter L.The Metropolitan Transit Authority may halt all L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan for up to three years to expedite repairs on damage to the tunnel caused by Hurricane Sandy, as first reported by Gothamist.
  The Canarsie Tube, which carries the hipster express under the East River, needs some serious repairs after being ravaged by seven million gallons of salt water back in 2012, claimed an a
  
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• NBC: Fallon in best shape ever despite falls

  13-01-2016 23:40
  
  NBC's top entertainment executive talks of concerns about Jimmy Fallon following a series of falls
  
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• Ted Cruz bags the endorsement of 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch

  13-01-2016 23:16
  
  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has bagged the endorsement of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson after going hunting with him
  
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• Sorry, North Brooklyn: Soon, the L Train Will Probably Not Go to Manhattan for a Very Long Time—Like, Years

  13-01-2016 22:32 via bkmag.com
  
  Your ride terminates here.
  Remember Hurricane Sandy? Sure, you do. It was pretty bad. But just in case you’ve forgotten its horrible legacy, a projected multi-year shut down of L train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn is here to remind you. That’s right: Regular riders of the L train need to prepare for the possibility that very soon, the MTA will be making extensive repairs to the Canarsie Tube—which handles all L trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan—whi
  
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• Early morning fire claims 5 members of Illinois family

  13-01-2016 22:22
  
  An early morning house fire has killed 5 members of a family in northern Illinois
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Developer jacks up offer on controversial Cadman Plaza sale: Report

  13-01-2016 22:21
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperThey’re raising the stakes to raze the steaks.The developer that wants to buy the site of Brooklyn Heights’ Park Plaza Restaurant from the neighboring co-op building that owns it and erect a 40-story tower there has dramatically increased its offer — making it even harder for residents to say no to a sale their neighbors vehemently oppose.
  Manhattan luxury builder Anbau Ent
  
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• Lopez, Ferrera agree: TV finally embracing diversity

  13-01-2016 22:03
  
  Jennifer Lopez and America Ferrera agree: Television is embracing diversity, finally
  
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• Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down

  13-01-2016 21:47
  
  Cable news network Al Jazeera America says it is shutting down just 2 1/2 years after its launch
  
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• Sportscaster Jim Simpson dies at 88; worked for NBC, ESPN

  13-01-2016 21:35
  
  Sportscaster Jim Simpson dies at 88; gave fledgling ESPN instant credibility
  
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• Josh Holloway: USA series 'Colony' characters are expendable

  13-01-2016 21:34
  
  Actor Josh Holloway says 'don't get too attached' to the characters on his new USA sci-fi TV series, 'Colony.'
  
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• MEAN STREETS: City unveils safety proposals for Meeker Avenue triangle of death

  13-01-2016 21:17
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperThey’re making Meeker Avenue meeker.The city on Tuesday unveiled plans for a bevy of safety improvements for Williamsburg’s most ironically named street, and locals think the scheme could finally bring some peace to the notoriously deadly thoroughfare.“It’s dangerous, and frankly it’s terrifying, as a pedestrian who has tried to navigate it,” said Brando
  
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• SoundCloud signs with Universal ahead of subscription launch

  13-01-2016 21:00
  
  Streaming music platform SoundCloud says it has reached a licensing deal with Universal Music Group
  
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• Review: 'Ride Along 2' follows silliness formula of original

  13-01-2016 20:54
  
  Film review: With the same dose of silliness and a bit more creativity than the original, "Ride Along 2" doesn't pretend to be anything more than what it is: a sequel designed to offer a second helping of exactly what worked the first time around
  
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• Cable news network Al Jazeera America says it is shutting down just 2 1/2 years after its launch

  13-01-2016 20:48
  
  Cable news network Al Jazeera America says it is shutting down just 2 1/2 years after its launch
  
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• Cake Man Raven’s legacy reaches Downtown Brooklyn

  13-01-2016 20:47
  For the dozen years that Raven Patrick De'Sean Dennis III, aka Cake Man Raven, baked and served his red velvet sweets from 708 Fulton Street, lines often stretched around the block.The list of Cake Man Raven’s customers includes Jay Z, Michael Bloomberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Katie Couric, Jesse Jackson, and roughly half of Brooklynites far and wide.Cake Man Raven was considered the best in America by many, and the Daily News wrote that he “turned Dixieland dessert red velvet cake into a
  
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• NBC's entertainment chief defends Trump appearance

  13-01-2016 20:39
  
  NBC's entertainment chief defends Donald Trump appearance
  
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• Turns Out the L Train Is So Overcrowded, It’s Harder to Get into than Hamilton

  13-01-2016 20:00 via bkmag.com
  
  L Train, bound, slowly, for Manhattan.
  Since 1998, L train ridership has increased by 98 percent, a jump that’s been escalated since 2007, when a new signal system increased train frequency throughout the city. In 2014, the MTA—which had taken particular note of L train backlogs at both the Bedford Avenue and 1st Avenue stations—proposed a $300 Million project to increase L train capacity by as many as 2,200 additional passengers per hour, bui
  
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• 'Creed' director not miffed over Stallone's omitted thanks

  13-01-2016 19:54
  
  'Creed' director not miffed over Stallone's omitted thanks
  
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• Review: Maggie Smith in her wheel house in 'Lady in the Van'

  13-01-2016 19:51
  
  Film Review: Maggie Smith is in her wheel house in Alan Bennett's 'The Lady in the Van'
  
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• TRANSIT: Can’t stop, hammer time! Subway construction could mean months-long closures for G, C, R stations

  13-01-2016 18:23
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperG, thanks.The Metropolitan Transit Authority will shut eight subway stations across the borough — including the Flushing Avenue and Classson Avenue stops on Brooklyn’s beloved local line — for up to two months over the next few years while it gives them facelifts, leaving some straphangers stranded.“There are no other trains where I am,” said Roberta Cook, who lives near the Flushing Avenue stop i
  
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• Unread This: Sharon Butler at Theodore:Art

  13-01-2016 18:01 via bkmag.com
  
  Sharon Butler’s “Rewrite,” in her solo show at Theodore:Art. All photos by Paul D’Agostino.
  No visible staples. No unstretched canvases. No exposed stretcher bars. No threads of fabric adangle. No apparatuses denuded with certain airs of overtness. No trappings, in other words, of some of Sharon Butler’s more readily familiar tendencies and techniques that have been key to her particular contributions to the New Casualist aesthetic in recent years. Abundant, though,
  
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• Shakespeare Is Cinema: Film Forum’s “Stratford on Houston”

  13-01-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Stratford on HoustonJanuary 13-21 at Film Forum
  As long as there were movie producers who needed to legitimize the mongrel Seventh Art with the finer things, Shakespeare has been close at hand. His relationship with pictures precedes Chaplin’s Little Tramp and The Perils of Pauline, and goes at least as far back as Frankenstein’s monster and Sherlock Holmes.His cinematic practitioners were legion, but it was Orson Welles who towered over them all. Contrary to a persistent but thankf
  
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• A Depressing New Map Shows Where You Can Actually Afford to Live Alone In New York

  13-01-2016 17:54 via bkmag.com
  
  It seems like everyone is always either looking for a new apartment, moving out of their current living arrangement, or knows someone that is doing one of the two. “I’m looking for a new place,” is such a typical statement for New Yorkers that it’s almost as common a greeting as “How are you?”
  But where to move? And is there any possibility of living alone? Are there any still affordable places left here? Or all we all doomed to live with roommates past
  
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• Your Ideal Week: January 14 – January 20

  13-01-2016 17:52
  
  You can make a cheery wall hanging like this at Brooklyn Grange on Thursday night and help stave off the winter blues. Photo: Brooklyn Grange
  Encased in my sweaty parka and stuffed into a steamy Q train car this morning, I was daydreaming about the halcyon days of summer that seem so long ago now–when plans consisted of things like beach trips and outdoor concerts and pints of sour beer at rooftop bars. It’ll be a while before those easy, breezy options are avail
  
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• 'Sesame Street': Now brought to you by the letters HBO

  13-01-2016 17:15
  
  'Sesame Street' begins its 46th season brought to you by the letters HBO
  
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• Steve Stricker feeling rejuvenated about the new year

  13-01-2016 17:02
  
  Steve Stricker working on his game and wants to make the most of his reduced schedule
  
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• Williamsburg’s Hair Styling Salon amika styleblow is Now Open

  13-01-2016 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Sponsored By amika styleblow.Wash. Dry. Style. Go. amika styleblow is a hair styling and blowout experience located in Williamsburg.Created By BlankSlateA salon for styling only (no haircuts or color services!), styleblow is the latest venture from amika, an independently owned, Brooklyn-based company that produces a line of hair tools and hair care products that are a favorite among professional hairstylists as well as Sephora and Birchbox shoppers.
  The salon menu features twelve on-trend styl
  
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• Eat Here: Pakistani Backyard Barbecue Comes to Bushwick at BK Jani

  13-01-2016 16:05 via bkmag.com
  
  Seekh kebab
  photo via BK Jani’s Instagram
  The outside spaces at Brooklyn bars and restaurants have been shrouded under tarps for months now, but Bushwick’s BK Jani isn’t hostage to the weather. That’s because (while still served on sturdy paper plates) all the food emerges from an indoor grill, with a line of picnic tables abutting an enclosed kitchen.
  Taking its name from the Urdu term of endearment, jani (translated to “honey,” “sweetheart” or &l
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, January 13-19

  13-01-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)Directed by Todd SolondzWhen it comes to assessing the Solondz oeuvre to date, people seem to either find a tough-minded inner compassion to his misanthropy, or think it merely petty and ugly. His debut offers evidence for both positions. From the classy cursive font of its opening titles to the snarky use of Chopin, Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky on the soundtrack, skin-deep irony is everywhere in this poison-pen letter to the hell of suburban adolescence, evid
  
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• Activision taps 'Hateful Eight' producer for studio venture

  13-01-2016 14:08
  
  Activision Blizzard Inc. is enlisting producer of 'The Hateful Eight' to help lead its TV and film studio
  
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• Cosby seeks to keep court records sealed in defamation suit

  13-01-2016 14:05
  
  Cosby's lawyers want materials in civil defamation lawsuit kept out of public eye
  
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• Illnesses reported after Rochester dance competition

  13-01-2016 13:51
  
  Illnesses reported after Rochester dance competition that drew hundreds of children, parents
  
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• Stella McCartney on trend with star-studded Hollywood soiree

  13-01-2016 13:10
  
  Designer Stella McCartney stays on trend with splashy, star-studded Hollywood soiree
  
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• Goodbye 'God Save the Queen'? UK debates new England anthem

  13-01-2016 12:59
  
  Is it goodbye to 'God Save the Queen'?
  
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• Read all about it! Daily News now just to a dollar a copy!

  13-01-2016 09:41
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyThere’s still some bang left in the old buck!
  A dollar doesn’t stretch very far these days, but it can still get you a slice of pizza, a song on iTunes (sometimes), and now, a copy of the Daily News. Our pals in publishing — all Community News Group and New York City Community Media publications are printed at the News’ printing press — is slashed its newsstand price by a quarter in all five borough
  
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• Jessica Mendoza joins 'Sunday Night Baseball' full-time

  13-01-2016 09:03
  
  Jessica Mendoza to stay permanently on 'Sunday Night Baseball' in a groundbreaking assignment
  
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• David Bowie's 'China Girl' says music video changed her life

  13-01-2016 09:01
  
  David Bowie's 'China Girl' says the music video she starred in and the brief romance she had with the late British rock star changed her life
  
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• A complete list of this year's Razzies nominees

  13-01-2016 09:00
  
  "Pixels," "Jupiter Ascending," "Paul Blart Mall Cop 2" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" are tied for the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry cinematic embarrassments
  
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• CLASS ACTION: Heimlich remover! Son of ‘maneuver’ inventor wants investigation into anti-choking device at boro schools

  13-01-2016 08:14
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperCall it a gag order.The son of the guy who created the Heimlich maneuver is demanding the city’s education department investigate an anti-choking device reportedly purchased by two Brooklyn public schools, which he thinks may not have been tested properly.“If any medical device intended for use in an emergency lifesaving situation has not been properly tested and approved, that raises obvious concerns, especially w
  
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• MEADOWS OF SHAME: A bridge too wha? Squibb span still closed after 17 months with no explanation

  13-01-2016 08:10
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperWhat the Squibb?Squibb Park Bridge — the bouncy pathway that connects Brooklyn Bridge Park to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — has been closed for repairs for 17 months, and park honchos are refusing to explain what is wrong with it, why it is taking so long, and when it will be open again. One local pol is now starting to worry the silence means something is seriously amiss with
  
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• TRANSIT: Can’t stop, hammer time! Subway construction means months-long closures for G, C, R stations

  13-01-2016 08:06
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperG, thanks.The Metropolitan Transit Authority will shut eight subway stations across the borough — including the Flushing Avenue and Classson Avenue stops on Brooklyn’s beloved local line — for up to two months over the next few years while it gives them facelifts, leaving some straphangers stranded.“There are no other trains where I am,” said Roberta Cook, who lives near the Flushing Avenue stop i
  
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• Longtime Bowie producer performs at Toronto tribute concert

  13-01-2016 07:10
  
  Longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti takes part in Bowie tribute concert in Toronto
  
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• Sunset goes Nova: ‘New Art’ shows scene is blowing up

  13-01-2016 06:51
  
  This local art scene is a hotspot! Read more.
  
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• School dance: Art foundation opens with video show and party

  13-01-2016 06:51
  
  School is in for winter! Read more.
  
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• ART: Sunset goes Nova: ‘New Art’ shows scene is blowing up

  13-01-2016 06:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperThis local art scene is a hotspot!A Sunset Park gallery is putting a spotlight on the work of local artists in “Ars Nova,” an exhibit of focused on fresh, forward-thinking art. The curator of the show, whose title simply means “New Art,” says that a bright new perspective is representative of the area’s flourishing creative community.
  “We’re a little
  
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• ART: School dance: Art foundation opens with video show and party

  13-01-2016 06:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchThe Brooklyn PaperSchool is in for winter!A radically free art school will celebrate its move to Sunset Park’s Industry City with a new exhibit and a free dance party on Jan. 15. The queer arts collective House of Ladosha will christen the Bruce High Quality Foundation University’s new space with “This is UR mind,” an exhibition one member called an “experiential dive into the m
  
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• Mexico investigating Guzman meeting, not actors involved

  13-01-2016 06:49
  
  Mexican officials are investigating the meeting that then-fugitive drug lord "El Chapo" Guzman held with actor Sean Penn and actress Kate del Castillo in October to see if any crimes were committed
  
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• 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' 'Pixels' among Razzies nominees

  13-01-2016 06:37
  
  "Pixels," "Jupiter Ascending," "Paul Blart Mall Cop 2" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" are tied for the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry dishonors.
  
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• Mexico moving recaptured drug lord Guzman from cell to cell

  13-01-2016 06:25
  
  Mexico's government is moving Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman constantly from cell to cell inside the maximum security prison where he is being held, the same lockup the elusive drug lord escaped from through a tunnel 6 months ago
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Unknown brute pushes woman down subway stairs

  13-01-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn Paper90th PrecinctSouthside–WilliamsburgLong fallSome dirtbag pushed a woman her down a flight of stairs at the Morgan Avenue subway station in the afternoon of Jan. 9, leaving her face and body battered.The victim was standing on the staircase at the L train station near Harrison Place at around 3:40 pm when the unseen villain crept up and hit her in the back of the head, causing her to blackout and fall face-first down the
  
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