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• CNN hires fired Trump campaign manager Lewandowski

  23-06-2016 23:39
  
  CNN has hired Corey Lewandowski, who was fired earlier this week as Donald Trump's campaign manager, to be a commentator during its campaign coverage
  
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• AP NewsBreak: PBS 'Hamilton' to have 15 minutes of show

  23-06-2016 23:03
  
  PBS' 'Hamilton' special this fall will feature performances by the original cast
  
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• Review: 'Free State of Jones' bares forgotten Civil War tale

  23-06-2016 23:02
  
  Matthew McConaughey stars as the little known Newton Knight, a Southern farmer who deserted the Confederate Army and led his own mini civil war in Mississippi in "Free State of Jones," a sprawling if overly ambitious epic
  
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• Led Zeppelin happy 'Stairway' origin question settled

  23-06-2016 22:38
  
  Led Zeppelin's songwriters say they are pleased with a jury that decided they didn't steal a riff for "Stairway to Heaven"
  
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• Lewis hopes for return to form at NW Arkansas Championship

  23-06-2016 22:33
  
  Former world No. 1 Lewis hopes for return to top form at NW Arkansas Championship
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Today on Brooklyn Paper Radio: Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa

  23-06-2016 22:24
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperToday on Brooklyn Paper Radio, Cyclones manager Tom Gamboa joins host Vince DiMiceli and Gersh Kuntzman to talk about the most important season of all — baseball season at MCU Park.Kuntzman and DiMiceli, who are the deans of the Brooklyn Cyclones press corps, both having covered the team since 2001, will of course ask the tough questions to the skipper who has a knack for making his point crystal clear, damn the consequenc
  
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• The newscasters who have made the most cameos in movies

  23-06-2016 22:22
  
  Here's a look at the newscasters who have made the most cameos in movies and television dramas
  
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• CNN hires fired Trump campaign manager

  23-06-2016 22:20
  
  CNN has hired Corey Lewandowski, who was fired earlier this week as Donald Trump's campaign manager, to be a commentator during its campaign coverage
  
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• 3-D pens, moldable earbuds take stage at tech show in NY

  23-06-2016 22:19
  
  From a pen that lets kids safely create 3-D sculptures with melted plastic to an electrically charged glass that makes beer taste bubblier, there's no shortage of fun and quirky gadgets on display at this year's CE Week
  
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• "Nashville" star Will Chase going back to Broadway

  23-06-2016 22:06
  
  Actor and singer Will Chase will be going from "Nashville" on TV to the Renaissance on Broadway: He's taking over the role of Shakespeare in "Something Rotten!" Chase will replace Christian Borle in the musical
  
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• Wildlife Theater: Butterfly Boogie

  23-06-2016 21:59
  Monday, July 18, 2016 3:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThink bugs are gross? Think again! We'll take you on a 3,000-mile adventure and show you why they're actually the coolest creatures around. The musical, interactive performance introduces students to metamorphosis and the interdependence of plants and animals.
  
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• When aliens attack, real news anchors are on the scene

  23-06-2016 21:57
  
  To explain extravagant disasters and superhero showdowns to awed moviegoers, Hollywood depends on the men and women who frame breaking stories for real
  
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• Stevie Wonder added to Prince tribute lineup at BET Awards

  23-06-2016 21:48
  
  Stevie Wonder helped Madonna pay tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards, and now the piano-playing icon will honor the Purple One at Sunday's BET Awards
  
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• Jenny Mollen shares more wacky stories in her new book

  23-06-2016 21:42
  
  Actress-writer Jenny Mollen doesn't hold back _ and her fans love it
  
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• LeBron's hometown Akron celebrates his NBA title with Cavs

  23-06-2016 21:30
  
  LeBron James is being honored in his hometown for winning an NBA title with the Cleveland Cavaliers
  
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• The Latest: Senate gun compromise survives, may not advance

  23-06-2016 21:13
  
  A bipartisan gun compromise has survived a procedural vote in the Senate but it's not clear it will go any farther
  
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• The Latest: Led Zeppelin thankful 'Stairway' rift is settled

  23-06-2016 21:00
  
  Led Zeppelin's songwriters say they are pleased with a jury that decided they didn't steal a riff for "Stairway to Heaven"
  
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• Once again, Seth Meyers goes hard after Donald Trump

  23-06-2016 20:36
  
  Between 'banning' Donald Trump from his show and offering the candidate his own show if he stopped running for president, late-night comic Seth Meyers has ramped up his attacks
  
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• Who’s That Girl Bishop? Getting to Know Pop’s Next Rising Star

  23-06-2016 20:35 via bkmag.com
  
  Bishop Briggs is not going to tell you her real name. Not yet anyway. “I just want people to focus on the music right now,” she said on the phone from Los Angeles where she was preparing to head back into the studio for another long day of writing. It’s easy to comply with the request, because her music has a magnetic draw that holds your attention. She has only released three songs so far, but they are racking up plays and accolades, and earned her a spot opening for a little
  
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• 'Nashville' star Will Chase is returning to Broadway

  23-06-2016 20:31
  
  Actor-singer Will Chase is moving from television's "Nashville" to Broadway
  
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• Jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal riff for 'Stairway'

  23-06-2016 19:48
  
  A Los Angeles jury has decided the band Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening to its classic anthem "Stairway to Heaven"
  
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• Marines: Man in Iwo Jima flag raising photo misidentified

  23-06-2016 19:34
  
  The Marine Corps says one of the six men long identified in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima was actually not in the image
  
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• Jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal riff for 'Stairway to Heaven'

  23-06-2016 19:33
  
  A Los Angeles jury has decided the band Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening to its classic anthem "Stairway to Heaven."
  
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• Adele's '25' coming to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal

  23-06-2016 19:33
  
  After selling close to nine million units since its November release, Adele is finally putting her "25" album on streaming sites such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal
  
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• The Latest: Jury: Led Zeppelin didn't steal 'Stairway' riff

  23-06-2016 19:24
  
  A Los Angeles jury has decided the band Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening to its classic anthem "Stairway to Heaven."
  
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• Los Angeles jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal intro to rock epic 'Stairway to Heaven'

  23-06-2016 19:17
  
  Los Angeles jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal intro to rock epic 'Stairway to Heaven'
  
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• Metal Kids: Breaking a Monster

  23-06-2016 19:08 via bkmag.com
  
  Breaking a MonsterDirected by Luke MeyerOpens June 24
  A tense glimpse on the limits of precocity and into the retro teen-idol grooming, viral brand-building and cavernous infrastructure of the remnants of the major-label music industry, Breaking a Monster begins with footage of three black tweens from Flatbush shredding and headbanging, laying bare the secretly adorable essence of metal in all its insular preening intensity. It’s easy to see why Unlocking the Truth—Malcolm Brickhous
  
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• Inside the Luxury of The New Gowanus

  23-06-2016 19:02 via bkmag.com
  
  Have you been to Gowanus lately? The ghostly traces of a once bustling industrial landscape have been transformed into a dynamic neighborhood, bustling with renewed life. Located on the picturesque waterfront, 365 Bond is the first luxury building in Brooklyn’s most exciting new neighborhood. Nestled between Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, comfort and convenience is within easy reach. Whole Foods, Brooklyn Boulders, Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, and Smith Street’s acclaimed bars an
  
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• The Latest: Clinton to address Latino civil rights group

  23-06-2016 18:52
  
  Hillary Clinton plans to address one of the country's oldest Latino civil rights organizations at its annual convention in Washington next month
  
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• Senators says cable TV users aren't refunded for overcharges

  23-06-2016 18:50
  
  A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday criticized two major cable companies for consistently failing to provide refunds to customers they knew had been overcharged
  
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• The Right to Repair Bill sounds boring, but if you have a smartphone, it pertains to you

  23-06-2016 18:46
  
  How many new iPhones have you bought because your old one was too expensive to repair? How much are you paying each month in phone insurance because you’re afraid of it happening again. If the answer is “too many,” or “too much,” things may be about to change, at least in New York State.  
  A surprisingly wide coalition including upstate farmers, the Natural Resources Defense Council, techies and mechanics across the state are lobbying the New York State A
  
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• McCartney, Gaga sign letter to Congress about gun violence

  23-06-2016 18:42
  
  Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Barbra Streisand and Billy Joel have signed an open letter from Billboard magazine to Congress about stopping gun violence in America
  
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• Japanese Breakfast Sign To Dead Oceans And Share “Jane Cum” Video

  23-06-2016 18:08 via bkmag.com
  
  Japanese Breakfast–aka the most recent project from Michelle Zauner–has some big news this week. Not only did the group release their second music video, for “Jane Cum” off April’s Psychopomp, but they also signed a new label deal. Psychopomp came out in the US via Yellow K in April, but now Dead Oceans has signed the band and will release the album in markets outside the US in August.As far as the new video, “Jane Cum” feels above this world, extending
  
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• Tobias Menzies: 1 actor shines with 2 'Outlander' characters

  23-06-2016 17:25
  
  "Outlander," Starz network's genre- and time-spanning serial, boasts two of television's most fascinating characters
  
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• Deerhoof’s The Magic Is The Epitome Of Catharsis

  23-06-2016 17:25 via bkmag.com
  
  It feels almost too on the nose for Deerhoof to release an album titled The Magic. The frantic, fearsome noise-pop quartet blends buzzy aggression and featherlight pop with such cheeky abandon that sometimes their songs feel like capers they’ve barely pulled off. Fourteen albums in, Deerhoof is still pulling it off. This is dream pop with a stubborn streak; they’ll carefully construct intricate, glittery melodies only to plow through them with chainsaws and existential crises minute
  
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• Christie Brinkley selling her New York estate for $30M

  23-06-2016 17:09
  
  Christie Brinkley is selling her New York estate for $30 million
  
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• Al Pacino, the Eagles among Kennedy Center honorees

  23-06-2016 17:05
  
  This year's Kennedy Center honorees include musicians who span genres including pop, rock, gospel, blues, folk and classical _ and an actor known for his extraordinary range
  
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• Bohaus, Bed-Stuy’s Part Coffee and Flower Shop, Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts

  23-06-2016 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Yesterday, the second day of summer and possibly the finest of the year, I walked into the hybrid coffee and flower shop, Bohaus, in Bed-Stuy. Owners Laura Bonnie and Jenn Hauser—whose names combined create that of their two-week-old business—stood behind the counter in their light and airy space, largely constructed by themselves; simple and small arrangements of seasonal flowers were placed throughout. Bonnie and Hauser had the relaxed rapport of old friends.“We actually met
  
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• Singapore bans display of photos of Kurdish rebels

  23-06-2016 16:57
  
  Singaporean authorities have banned a display of photos of Kurdish rebels, saying they threaten public order and national security
  
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• Summer in the City: The Real Cost of a Lazy Summer

  23-06-2016 16:50 via bkmag.com
  
  I used to work a fairly cushy, fairly mindless office job. When I happened to escape my desk for a doctor’s appointment or a mid-day hot dog in Brooklyn or lower Manhattan, I’d inevitably stop in a cafe to grab a coffee, steeling myself before my return. I’d look around the coffee shop at all the people there in the middle of the day, fiddling on their laptops or phones–they seemed to be on a ten-year-long summer break. Then, I’d think to myself, “Who are thes
  
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• How do you teach human interaction to a robot? Lots of TV

  23-06-2016 16:38
  
  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a computer rigged to binge-watch television shows eventually may help the robots of the future mimic humans
  
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• Life After Black Messiah: Kendra Foster Steps Out On Her Own

  23-06-2016 16:09 via bkmag.com
  
  In a quiet Mexican bakery in Sunset Park called La Boulangerie Lopez, I sit with emerging soul singer Kendra Foster, who is on the cusp of releasing her self-titled album, a culmination of songs written and recorded over many years. She begins to tell me the whole story of her career. This year, Foster was featured on the track “Questions,” off Domo Genesis’s underrated new album Genesis. Last year, Foster earned accolades for working with D’Angelo on his politi
  
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• Report: Christie Brinkley selling Hamptons estate for $30 M

  23-06-2016 15:42
  
  Report: Supermodel Christie Brinkley is selling her Hamptons estate for $30 million
  
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• Berlin library returns 384 books to Freemasons

  23-06-2016 15:24
  
  The Berlin State Library is returning 384 books, magazines and other publications dating to the 18th century to a Freemason Lodge after determining they were stolen by the Nazis in the 1930s
  
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• Ladybird Book spoofs coming to U.S this fall

  23-06-2016 15:00
  
  The next British invasion: The million-selling spoofs of Britain's venerable Ladybird guides are being tweaked for American readers
  
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• The One Starring Daniel Radcliffe As a Farting Corpse: Swiss Army Man

  23-06-2016 14:22 via bkmag.com
  
  Swiss Army ManyDirected by Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertOpens June 24
  In the gonzo Swiss Army Man, an inventive buddy comedy that eventually wears out its welcome, a stranded young man gains a newfound appreciation for the wonders of corporeal existence from that unlikeliest of sources—a dead body. A probable suicide, the charmed corpse in question (an appropriately stiff Daniel Radcliffe) washes ashore at the beginning of the film, just in time to keep the washed-out every-loner Hank
  
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• The Dream of the 90s Is Dead in Todd Solondz’s ‘Wiener-Dog’

  23-06-2016 13:41 via bkmag.com
  
  Wiener-DogDirected by Todd SolondzOpens June 24
  Wiener-Dog is something of a misnomer for Todd Solondz’s eighth feature, which relates four vignettes concerned far more with people—a child recovering from chemotherapy; Dawn and Brandon from Solondz’ breakthrough Welcome to the Dollhouse, years later; a frustrated screenwriter/professor; and a wealthy older woman and her financially exploitative relation—than with animals. The dog enters the ownership of each, but Au Hasa
  
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• Ben Affleck launches epic 'Deflategate' rant on new HBO show

  23-06-2016 13:30
  
  Ben Affleck has given former ESPN personality Bill Simmons' new HBO talk show a lively start with a five-minute, expletive-filled rant on "Deflategate."
  
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• [DUMBO] F yeah! Architect designs second York Street subway exit

  23-06-2016 11:46
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it an exit strategy.
  A Dumbo architect has drawn up plans for a long-sought-after second egress to the York Street F station in the hopes of easing the insufferable rush-hour crowding at the lone doorway of the packed train terminal.“On a daily basis the station is overly congested and feels dangerous,” said Jeff Sherman, a Prospect Heights resident who uses thestation to get to
  
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• [COLUMBIA ST WATERFRONT] Flower children! Kids celebrate summer at Waterfront District urban farm

  23-06-2016 11:45
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperNow this is a garden party!Dozens of families welcomed the start of the warm months at the South Brooklyn Children’s Garden’s Spring Into Summer festival on Saturday, where youngsters got their hands dirty doing arts and crafts, face-painting, and releasing ladybugs into the Columbia Street Waterfront District green space.The outdoors bash was both a way to honor the people who run and use the garden as well as the local
  
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