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• The next generational shift in golf might be on TV

  26-01-2016 23:31
  
  For all the attention on the next generation in golfers, television might be going through a similar change before long
  
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• As expected, snowstorm took a bite out of Broadway profits

  26-01-2016 22:55
  
  The winter storm that barreled into New York over the weekend made a mess of Broadway box office receipts, with most shows reduced to six performances instead of eight after Saturday went dark
  
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• Trevor Noah writing book of personal essays due in November

  26-01-2016 22:53
  
  Trevor Noah is upholding another tradition left from his Comedy Central predecessor Jon Stewart: He's writing a book
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Jan. 18-24

  26-01-2016 22:23
  Nielsen's top programs for Jan. 18-24
  
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• 'The X-Files' reaches more than 16 million on return

  26-01-2016 22:15
  
  Fox's reboot of 'The X-Files' reached more than 16 million viewers on Sunday, receiving a big assist from the NFC championship game that aired on the network before that
  
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• New hockey apps debut with help from baseball

  26-01-2016 22:10
  
  Hockey fans are getting new apps on Monday from unusual source ... the boys of summer
  
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• Abe Vigoda, sad-eyed character actor, dead at 94

  26-01-2016 21:59
  
  Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series 'Barney Miller' and the doomed Mafia soldier in 'The Godfather,' died Tuesday at age 94.'
  
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• Flint water crisis is subject of MSNBC special

  26-01-2016 21:46
  
  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow says she planned a special broadcast on the Flint, Michigan, water crisis because she's worried the assignment of political blame is taking precedence over helping the city's residents
  
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• Abe Vigoda, sunken-eyed character actor, dead at 94

  26-01-2016 21:43
  
  Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series 'Barney Miller' and the doomed Mafia soldier in 'The Godfather' died Tuesday at age 94
  
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• A look at mass donations to Flint amid drinking water crisis

  26-01-2016 21:28
  
  A look at donations to Flint from organizations of all stripes, neighboring cities and big-time celebrities
  
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• UK official: IAAF ethics body looking at '17, '19 worlds

  26-01-2016 20:40
  
  The head of UK Athletics says he has been told by the IAAF that the bidding for the 2017 and 2019 world championships have been referred to the world governing body's ethics commission
  
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• In Oscars crisis, Chris Rock and a microphone loom large

  26-01-2016 20:39
  
  A confluence of events has placed Chris Rock, one of America's most perceptive and sharp-tongued cultural commentators smack dab in the middle of a storm that could hardly suit anyone better
  
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• Weight Watchers stock gains as Oprah loses 26 pounds

  26-01-2016 20:35
  
  Weight Watchers stock is gaining again, thanks to Oprah Winfrey's weight loss
  
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• Upgrades set for storied coffeehouse where Bob Dylan played

  26-01-2016 20:19
  
  The upstate New York folk music venue where Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Don McLean and other stars of the genre played early in their careers is getting a $1.25 million makeover
  
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• 'Justified' star Timothy Olyphant returns to the stage

  26-01-2016 20:01
  Timothy Olyphant, best known for six seasons of the FX series "Justified" as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, will be taking guitar lessons to play a musician in Kenneth Lonergan's new play
  
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• New book details dying doctor's quest to find meaning

  26-01-2016 19:19
  
  Review: Dying doctor's book 'When Breath Becomes Air' is poignant, inspiring read
  
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• Kondo is back with more tidying advice in 'Spark Joy'

  26-01-2016 19:05
  
  Sparking Joy: Following up on her bestselling book, Marie Kondo's "Spark Joy" provides an illustrated, more detailed companion guide on how to tidy up
  
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• Get on a bicycle, and off that crowded train, in 2016

  26-01-2016 18:55
  
   
  Its not always like this. Photo: Annaliese Griffin
  So, how many icy lagoons did you step in, on your way into work this morning? It might seem like a strange day to talk cycling in New York City, what with the record-setting snow mounds still looming on every corner, but really, at its core, the blizzard we just experienced is a story about transportation and our frequent lack of control over how and when we get from place to place. Right now is not a great time to ride a bike, what with
  
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• Miley Cyrus to star in Woody Allen's Amazon series

  26-01-2016 17:46
  
  Woody Allen has unlikely new female star: Miley Cyrus
  
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• Broadway's 'Aladdin' to launch national tour from Chicago

  26-01-2016 17:00
  Disney Theatrical Productions said Tuesday that "Aladdin" will begin performances at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in April 2017
  
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• Jazmine Sullivan: Grammy nods and getting her groove back

  26-01-2016 16:39
  
  Jazmine Sullivan on being compared to Adele, her 3 Grammy nods and getting her groove back
  
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• 'The Profit' star develops classes for Universal Orlando

  26-01-2016 16:35
  
  Marcus Lemonis can add "theme parks" to his mantra of "people, process, product" as the star of the CNBC show "The Profit" teams up with Universal Orlando Resort to create a business-oriented educational program for students
  
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• The art of the farce with Jeremy Shamos of 'Noises Off'

  26-01-2016 16:05
  Jeremy Shamos, a Tony Award nominee for 'Clybourne Park' who has been on 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Better Call Saul,' is known for his intelligence and subtlety, none of which he shares with his new onstage character in 'Noises Off' on Broadway
  
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• Alec Baldwin set to host Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra event

  26-01-2016 15:47
  
  Alec Baldwin is set to host a one-night Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performance called "Alec's Playlist."
  
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• Decision to drop 'American Idiot' production draws rebuke

  26-01-2016 15:46
  
  A decision by officials at a Connecticut high school to drop a student production of the Green Day rock opera "American Idiot" drew an online rebuke from the band's frontman
  
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• Bar worker sues Backstreet Boy Carter over altercation

  26-01-2016 15:41
  
  An employee of a Key West, Florida, bar is suing Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter over an altercation that resulted in Carter's arrest
  
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• Broadway and Hollywood mix for hybrid musical 'Grease: Live'

  26-01-2016 15:28
  
  Fox is gearing up to give Broadway the biggest dose of Hollywood it's ever seen
  
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• Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch tour in California

  26-01-2016 15:02
  
  The mega-hit Broadway show "Hamilton" will hit the road, with stops in San Francisco, L.A.
  
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• A better angel? Jane Lynch wings in for her funny new sitcom

  26-01-2016 14:42
  
  On 'Angel From Hell,' Jane Lynch plays an eager, giddy oddball who barges into a young woman's life armed with cock-eyed advice that somehow turns out to be wise
  
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• Weather Channel meteorologist killed in parking garage crash

  26-01-2016 13:37
  
  A meteorologist for The Weather Channel has been killed after crashing his car through an Atlanta parking garage wall and plowing into an adjacent hotel, injuring a worker
  
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• Previously unpublished Beatrix Potter story discovered

  26-01-2016 12:01
  
  Peter Rabbit is back, in a previously unpublished story by children's author Beatrix Potter
  
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• WEIRD ART: Artist will sit naked on toilet for 10 hours at Williamsburg gallery this weekend

  26-01-2016 08:18
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperShe is Brooklyn’s No. 2 artist!A Bushwick artist will sit naked on a toilet in front of an audience for 10 hours this weekend, in an interactive exhibition she says is intended to bring self-serious artsy types — including herself — down a notch.The all-natural performer originally thought up the bare-bones exhibition to call out pretentiousness in the art world, but says the
  
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• Artist will sit naked on toilet for 10 hours at Williamsburg gallery this weekend

  26-01-2016 08:18
  
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• NIGHTLIFE: Blind in taxes: Bushwick bar has in-house accountant

  26-01-2016 07:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperIf tax season drives you to drink, this could be the accountant for you!A Bushwick bean counter is setting up shop inside an experimental cocktail bar next month, serving up completed 1040s alongside wacky mixed drinks — and, he hopes, shaking up his occupation’s uptight image in the process.“Accountants are fairly conservative folks — the stigma is real to a degree,” said certified tax guru Shane Mas
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6

  26-01-2016 07:05
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6
  
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• Nate Parker's 'The Birth of a Nation' a powerful achievement

  26-01-2016 06:53
  
  Nate Parker's 'The Birth of a Nation' a powerful achievement premiering at Sundance
  
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• Tragically hip: Play looks at the ‘Last Hipster in Brooklyn’

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
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• There’s an app for that! Sunset Park’s smartphone debut

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThey “swiped right” on Sunset Park.The Sunset Park Business Improvement District created a smartphone app, providing local business contact info, notifying users of community events, and even letting them order food from area restaurants. Nationally popular apps such as crowd-sourced business reviewer Yelp, coupon-hunting aid RetailMeNot, and food-delivery giant Seamless offer simil
  
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• THEATER: Tragically hip: Play looks at the ‘Last Hipster in Brooklyn’

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.for Brooklyn PaperWhat is a hipster, anyway?A newly-arrived Bushwick actor questions whether he counts as a member of that reviled group in the new one-man show “Last Hipster in Brooklyn,” opening on Jan. 28. The show comes out of the writer’s confusion at the many different descriptions of the hipster set.
  “There’s a lot of talk of course about Brooklyn and hipsters but everyone kind of struggles to pin down what a hipster is,&rd
  
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• St. Francis storms past rival Blackbirds

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Gregory AlcalaBrooklyn DailyThey didn’t weather the storm.While Brooklynites shoveled their walks after Winter Storm Jonas on Jan. 24, Long Island University men’s basketball team was trying to dig itself out of a different hole. The Blackbirds froze up amid a second-half, comeback flurry from St. Francis College and lost the 41st Annual Battle of Brooklyn 64–49 at the Wellness Center on Jan. 24.The Terriers squad has won its last four mat
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Lions claw past St. Raymond

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyMarquis Nowell’s night mirrored his team’s — a slow start, followed by a explosive finish.The Bishop Loughlin point guard’s performance helped erase an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit and lead the Loughlin boys’ basketball team to an emotional 89–84 win over St. Raymond in front of a raucous, standing-room only crowd in Fort Greene on Jan. 22. Nowell spent the second quarter on the bench af
  
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• CLINTON HILL: Tragically hip: Play looks at the ‘Last Hipster in Brooklyn’

  26-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyWhat is a hipster, anyway?A newly-arrived Bushwick actor questions whether he counts as a member of that reviled group in the new one-man show “Last Hipster in Brooklyn,” opening on Jan. 28. The show comes out of the writer’s confusion at the many different descriptions of the hipster set.
  “There’s a lot of talk of course about Brooklyn and hipsters but everyone kind of struggles to pin down what a hipster is,”
  
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• Stars beat Calgary 2-1 in their last game before break

  26-01-2016 05:23
  
  Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza scored early in the second period, and the Dallas Stars held on for a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames
  
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• Werner Herzog on ski jumping and filming in North Korea

  26-01-2016 05:19
  
  Documentarian Werner Herzog returns to the Sundance Film Festival this year with "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World," a wide-eyed look at the world of the internet (and its birthplace) and technology
  
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• Alt rock band Guster performs live in Pittsburgh alleyway

  26-01-2016 02:31
  
  Alternative rock band Guster is getting attention on social media after members performed an impromptu alleyway performance in Pittsburgh
  
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• AP source: MLB clears Yu Darvish after brother's arrest

  26-01-2016 00:53
  
  The Associated Press has learned that Major League Baseball has determined Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish had no role in any activities that led to the arrest of his brother in Japan for allegedly running an illegal gambling ring
  
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• SUNSET PARK: Police: Sunset Park man shot neighbor in head

  26-01-2016 00:38
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperA Sunset Parker allegedly killed his neighbor while showing off handgun in their 45th Street apartment building on Jan. 22.Police responded to the apartment near Eighth Avenue just before 8 pm on Friday night, law enforcement sources said. Officers found Zdzislaw Golabek, 37, with a gunshot wound to the head in an apartment belonging to the 32-year-old man they later arrested, police said. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead on t
  
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• PODCAST: MEDIA: Listen: Gersh rips into more dead stars

  26-01-2016 00:06
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Armand DiphthongBrooklyn PaperToday on Brooklyn Paper Radio, Gersh Kuntzman — the Most-Hated-Man-in-America — doubled-down on the vitriol that has defined his recent career, slamming some of the world’s most-beloved figures who made the mistake of dying in the past 12 months. Meadowlark Lemon? A “cheater,” Gersh said.Alan Rickman? “Worst actor of his generation,” added the man w
  
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• FSU settles lawsuit with woman who accused Winston of rape

  26-01-2016 00:02
  
  Florida State University is settling a lawsuit with a woman who said she was raped by former star quarterback Jameis Winston
  
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