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• Fox apologizes for billboard showing strangling from 'X-Men'

  03-06-2016 23:52
  
  Twentieth Century Fox has apologized for a billboard that features Jennifer Lawrence's "X-Men: Apocalypse" character Mystique being strangled
  
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• The Latest: Police say dead woman was married to UCLA gunman

  03-06-2016 23:40
  
  Minnesota authorities have officially identified a woman found dead during the investigation of this week's UCLA murder-suicide as the wife of campus gunman Mainak Sarkar (MY'-nahk SUR'-kahr)
  
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• Sony names Sanford Panitch president of Columbia Pictures

  03-06-2016 23:22
  
  Sony Pictures Entertainment has named Sanford Panitch president of Columbia Pictures, replacing Doug Belgrad
  
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• Sanders' campaign adventure takes him from Hamilton to Rome

  03-06-2016 23:15
  Bernie Sanders has never wavered in his message of political revolution, but after years as a relatively obscure senator from a small state, he is embracing his newfound fame
  
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• The Latest: Blood testing shows Will Smith was legally drunk

  03-06-2016 22:55
  
  A lawyer for the man accused of fatally shooting Will Smith says blood test results show the retired New Orleans Saints player was legally drunk
  
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• [EDITOR’S PICKS] Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

  03-06-2016 22:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Brooklyn PaperFridayJune 3Roll back the clockTonight’s Dreamland Roller Disco, hosted by Lola Star (pictured) tries to answer the most pressing questions of 1985 — who is cooler, Prince or Michael Jackson? The night will feature music from both artists, a costume contest filled with glitter gloves and purple leather, and a dance skate competition with moonwalkers on wheels.7:30 pm at the LeFrak Center at Lakesi
  
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• Prince autopsy report hints at puzzling painkiller mystery

  03-06-2016 22:50
  
  The report from the medical examiner who conducted Prince's autopsy is tantalizing for what it doesn't say
  
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• Jamaican dancehall DJ gets 25 years in US drug ring case

  03-06-2016 22:33
  
  A Jamaican dancehall DJ accused of running a family drug ring that shipped cocaine from California to New Jersey has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
  
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• Cat's Eyes released 'Treasure House' (listen)

  03-06-2016 22:33
  
  Depending on how you count The Duke of Burgundy soundtrack, Treasure House is Cat's Eyes second or third album. That soundtrack, resplendent in the sounds of oboes, harpsichord and other baroque instruments, definitely influenced Faris Badwan (The Horrors) and Rachel Zeffira's take on pop for this new album...
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• Great Directors: Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar

  03-06-2016 22:15
  Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterReleased in 1959, The World of Apu focuses on Apu’s adult life.
  
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• Great Directors: Satyajit Ray's Aparajito

  03-06-2016 22:15
  Sunday, August 7, 2016 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterApu’s family moves to Varanasi, and chronicles Apu’s life from childhood to adolescence in college, right up to his mother’s death, when he is left all alone.
  
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• Great Directors: Ray's Pather Panchali

  03-06-2016 22:15
  Sunday, July 31, 2016 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterDepicts the childhood of the protagonist Apu (Subir Banerjee) and his elder sister Durga (Uma Dasgupta) and the harsh village life of their poor family.
  
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• Great Directors: Guru Dutt's Mr. and Mrs. 55

  03-06-2016 22:15
  Sunday, July 24, 2016 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterDutt stars in a socially critical romantic comedy that sends up 1950s Bombay gender roles.
  
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• Great Directors: Guru Dutt's Baaz

  03-06-2016 22:15
  Sunday, July 17, 2016 3:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterDirector Guru Dutt plays the prince during an adventure story of mutiny at sea and decolonization.
  
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• Brooklyn Parents: It’s Time for Recess

  03-06-2016 22:01 via bkmag.com
  
  The other week, my friend Nell sent an email to a dozen other friends with the subject line “Friendly Neighborhood Basketball.” Its purpose was what it sounded like: to organize a game of Sunday night pickup. What novelty! I played basketball in high school, and even intramurals in college, but good lord that was 11 years ago. If I remember correctly, it has been about that long since I’ve played a game with my peers; since I’ve been involved in a social a
  
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• News Guide: Prince died of overdose, but questions linger

  03-06-2016 21:44
  
  Autopsy results that show Prince died of a fentanyl overdose lifted some of the mystery surrounding his sudden death
  
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• Hiding female cast, 'Ghostbusters' courts male moviegoers

  03-06-2016 21:36
  
  To sell "Ghostbusters," who are you going to call
  
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• The Strokes played Capitol Theatre, share "Drag Queen" video, playing GovBall tonight ++ NYC pop-up shop

  03-06-2016 21:34
  
  There's a lot going on with The Strokes if you haven't noticed.
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• new music from Melvins, Wreck & Reference & (sorta) Behemoth ++ upcoming NYC shows from Kayo Dot, Satan's Satyrs, Netherlands & more

  03-06-2016 21:31
  
  For those of you who still have a hangover from Maryland Deathfest, maybe the last thing you want to hear about is more metal shows. But the heavy world turns, and the shows keep coming. Catch up on our MDF coverage, and here's a roundup of some upcoming NYC metal shows, new music, festivals, and more...
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• Maren Morris Is Country Music’s New Hero

  03-06-2016 21:11 via bkmag.com
  
  There was a time when I felt the unrelenting urge to justify and defend the fact that I love country music. Plenty of people listened to the genre in the small town in Oregon I grew up in, but by the time I went to live in Los Angeles as an insecure college student, I hid the fact that I knew all the words to Faith Hill and Martina McBride. Hiding my love for country was another way of hiding my working class roots, an aspect of my identity that felt beyond foreign in the milk and honeyed land o
  
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• Ex-'Survivor' contestant to face trial on child porn charges

  03-06-2016 21:05
  
  Former "Survivor" contestant Michael Skupin has been ordered to trial in Michigan on child pornography charges and other crimes
  
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• The Latest: Shooting victim was studying to be a doctor

  03-06-2016 20:10
  
  A relative says a Minnesota woman who was killed by her estranged husband before he fatally shot a UCLA professor was a world traveler and close to becoming a doctor
  
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• Spotlights opening Deftones/Refused tour

  03-06-2016 20:08
  
  Brooklyn sludgegazers Spotlights, who recently released their promising debut album Tidals, were handpicked by the Deftones to open their tour with Refused.
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• Ex-'Glee' star Mark Salling surrenders in child porn case

  03-06-2016 20:08
  
  An actor who starred on the musical dramedy "Glee" turned himself in to federal authorities Friday in a child pornography case and is awaiting his first court appearance
  
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• 911 call recorded suspect after shooting ex-Saint Will Smith

  03-06-2016 20:05
  
  A 911 recording played in court Friday captured the moments after former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was fatally shot
  
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• The Latest: Ex-'Glee' star surrenders in child porn case

  03-06-2016 19:53
  
  Actor Mark Salling has surrendered to federal authorities and is awaiting arraignment on a child pornography case
  
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• Bat for Lashes debuted songs from 'The Bride' at MHOW (pics, setlist, review), playing GovBall this weekend

  03-06-2016 19:45
  
  "We're the most depressing wedding band," Khan joked, long after she'd ditched her bridal veil.
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• The 6 Best Bites from Luckyrice Brooklyn

  03-06-2016 19:26 via bkmag.com
  
  While LUCKYRICE—a series of feasts, events and festivals exploring the depth and breadth of Asian food culture—has bounced from coast to coast for seven years, it hasn’t touched down in Brooklyn. Until last night, that is. Over 30 local restaurants gathered at Industry City in a show of edible diversity, dishing out Korean kimbap, Filipino adobo, Japanese donburi and more. And here are some of the most memorable, borough-based bites!East Wind Snack ShopWe weren’t surpris
  
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• Brooklyn’s 50 Funniest People: Matteo Lane

  03-06-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Matteo Lane
  Matteo Lane likes to start a standup set with a little bit of opera. A trained opera singer and oil painter, Lane likes to say singing a few lines is how he came out to his father. “It was a short conversation,” he said. Another Chicago transplant, Lane is a cast member on MTV’s GirlCode and MTV2’s GuyCode, and he’s also appeared as a correspondent on Larry Wilmore’s Nightly Show. On that last program, he called the B
  
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• Whitney released debut LP, played Other Music, have 3 more NYC shows this weekend

  03-06-2016 18:37
  
  Whitney played their debut album in full at OM and covered Dylan, too. Baby's All Right, Market Hotel, and Governors Ball still to come.Continue reading…
  
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• Matt Damon tells MIT graduates to face the world's problems

  03-06-2016 18:36
  
  Matt Damon is passing on to Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates a little advice he got from former President Bill Clinton
  
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• Brooklyn’s 50 Funniest People: Samantha Ruddy

  03-06-2016 18:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Samantha Ruddy
  Samantha Ruddy’s Reductress article “I’m The Chill Girl Who Can Hang With The Guys And Also Stray Cats” isn’t just a great piece of satire, it’s also the only article that site has ever published under the tag “dumpster lasagna.” “All l I do is bro out, belch the alphabet, and chase red dots that I can’t seem to catch,” she writes. “My friends are crazy and we do crazy shit together, ’cause we&rsqu
  
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• The Latest: Suspect told off-duty cop he was armed

  03-06-2016 18:25
  
  A 911 recording played in court Friday captured the moments after former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith was fatally shot
  
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• DJ Khaled & Drake release "For Free"

  03-06-2016 18:24
  
  It is definitely going to be a crazy weekend for rap. Kanye just put out a new G.O.O.D. Music single ahead of his Governors Ball set and the Pusha T/Big Sean-led G.O.O.D. Music set at Summer Jam. Summer Jam also includes a set from DJ Khaled & friends, and Khaled just dropped the Drake-featuring "For Free"...
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• [SUNSET PARK] Bungle gym! City’s building collapses near park entrance

  03-06-2016 18:10
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperA decrepit city-owned building collapsed near the entrance to a waterfront park in Sunset Park on June 1.The warehouse came crashing down onto 43rd Street near First Avenue — along the notoriously serpentine entrance to Bush Terminal Piers Park — at 9 pm, Fire Department officials said. It was surprising that the city would let its building get so run-down — and a lucky break
  
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• Future playing late NYC show after Roots Picnic, before Summer Jam

  03-06-2016 18:08
  
  Summer Jam also recently added Fat Joe & Remy Ma, and Travi$ Scott.
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• Village hosts festival to celebrate the nuisance blackflies

  03-06-2016 18:05
  
  A Vermont village is hosting a festival to celebrate a nuisance of spring in New England: the blackfly
  
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• Brooklyn’s 50 Funniest People: Streeter Seidell

  03-06-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Streeter Seidell
  Times change and the internet happens, but Saturday Night Live is still a big deal. In just barely two years, Streeter Seidell has written skits for Donald Trump, Tina Fey, Taraji P. Henson, Amy Schumer, Ryan Gosling, and tons more. All these people—despicable to drop-dead gorgeous—have said things that Seidell wrote! It’s magic.Before he was a writer for Saturday Night Live, Seidell wrote and performed for CollegeHumour (“8 Highdeas You Have To Read NOW
  
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• La Femme releasing new LP in September, share new single "Ou va le monde"

  03-06-2016 17:47
  
  La Femme will also play a free SummerStage show this month.
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• Heroin, painkiller overdose antidote getting easier to buy

  03-06-2016 17:38
  
  It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients on strong painkillers to get access to a life-saving antidote as state lawmakers loosen restrictions on the medicine to fight a growing epidemic
  
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• Brooklyn’s 50 Funniest People: Anna Drezen

  03-06-2016 17:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Anna Drezen
  After working as a hotel concierge for years, Anna Drezen decided to do something funny about it. With a friend who also worked in the industry, she wrote How May We Hate You? (May 2016, Potter Style) which is full of jokes about the terrible things tourists do, but could also be helpful if you’re a terrible tourist and would like to avoid the usual pitfalls.Drezen has written for CollegeHumour, Funny or Die, and BuzzFeed, among others. She’s Editor-At-Large for Reductre
  
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• Kacey Musgraves Deserves Credit For More Than Her Rebellion

  03-06-2016 17:26 via bkmag.com
  
  A lot of music critics can’t help themselves when it comes to Kacey Musgraves. Since there’s plenty about her self-presentation that resembles the indie artists they’re accustomed to–for instance, that she’s super casual about speaking her mind, smoking weed and sporting a delicate nose ring—they hold her up as the antithesis of the homogenous, retrograde bro-down they presume popular country to be. (The poptimist outlook that ushered in a critical embrace of
  
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• Xenia Rubinos Embraces Brown Girl Magic On Black Terry Cat

  03-06-2016 17:19 via bkmag.com
  
  Xenia Rubinos may be proudly Afro-Latina, but don’t make the mistake of boxing her into an outsider conception of that experience. She is a brilliant composer and vocalist–and with her newest album, she is showing us that there are as many ways to be Latina as there are Latinas in the world. Out today, 6/3, Black Terry Cat is Xenia Rubinos’ sophomore effort, an experimental record that brings together elements funk, jazz, hip hop, and soul as an exploration of the complexities
  
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• Broadway's 'Spring Awakening' needs help to get on Tonys

  03-06-2016 17:04
  
  Creators of the "Spring Awakening" revival have turned to Kickstarter to raise enough cash so the cast can show off on June 12 why it was nominated for a best musical revival Tony
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Ophira Eisenberg talks radio, sex, and Women of Distinction

  03-06-2016 16:59
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperRadio superstar Ophira Eisenberg told hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli that they’ve got what it takes to also become radio superstars during her 20 minutes of scintillating commentation (if that is a word) on Brooklyn Paper Radio Thursday afternoon.Asked for her expert opinion on how the show was going, Eisneberg affirmed that the higher-ups at the Community News Group made the
  
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• Prince estate administrator proposes timeline for claims

  03-06-2016 16:41
  
  The special administrator handling Prince's estate is proposing an aggressive timeline for testing claims of heirship to the music superstar's fortune
  
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• A bedtime story for your favorite beardo

  03-06-2016 16:38
  
  From Beard Boy, illustrated by former Brooklynite and still-bearded Steven Weinberg, and written by local author John Flannery, a fellow beardo.
  When illustrator Steven Weinberg was a contributor to Brooklyn Based, his bio identified him as “one on the many tall and bearded young men hailing from Brooklyn, NY.” Weinberg is still bearded, but he now hails from the Catskills, where he co-runs the Spruceton Inn, a “Bed and Bar” with his wife, and regularly il
  
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• English-only policy dropped at Milwaukee custard stand

  03-06-2016 16:31
  
  A Latino civil rights group that objected to a Milwaukee custard stand's English-only ordering policy says the owner has dropped any language restraints on his employees
  
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• Brooklyn’s 50 Funniest People: Brendan McLaughlin

  03-06-2016 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Brendan Mclaughlin
  Every comedian is a certain type of funny, and Brendan McLaughlin is the kind that makes you laugh harder a tick or two after the joke, because it’s only then you really get just how smart and funny and, well, even mean it was. McLaughlin is a fixture on the standup scene but you can also seem him lots of other places; he writes for Almost Genius, Best Week Ever, Nikki and Sara Live, and co-hosts a monthly comedy show, Soft Spot, with Claudia Cogan, at Threes Brewing in
  
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• Suspect in slaying of ex-Saint Will Smith back in court

  03-06-2016 16:26
  
  The suspect in the fatal shooting of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith is back in court
  
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