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• Nielsen's top programs for July 25-31

  02-08-2016 23:14
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for July 25-31
  
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• CNN scores at convention; NBC takes week overall in viewers

  02-08-2016 23:12
  
  It was CNN's week to shine as the political action shifted from the GOP to coverage of the Democratic National Convention
  
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• Court won't rehear Ventura case against Chris Kyle's estate

  02-08-2016 23:04
  
  An appeals court has denied former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's request for a rehearing of his defamation case against the estate of slain Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle
  
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• Rapper who was part of Fetty Wap crew freed on $250,000 bail

  02-08-2016 22:22
  
  A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap's Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy
  
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• Olympic network NBC vows full Rio coverage, woes included

  02-08-2016 21:43
  
  Bob Costas and other top members of NBC's Olympics coverage team veered between optimism and caution in predicting Rio de Janeiro's ability to pull off a successful Summer Games, said NBC will cover good and bad
  
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• Frank Ocean’s New Album Is Coming: Here Are Six Of His Best Songs

  02-08-2016 20:54 via bkmag.com
  
  Suspend all disbelief if you must, but it appears that the wait–at times, a Detox-esque, seemingly endless one at that–for new music from R&B king Frank Ocean is finally over. According to a report yesterday from The New York Times, the singer’s long-awaited album, Boys Don’t Cry, will be available Friday on Apple Music, where it will remain an exclusive release for two weeks.After rumors that Boys Don’t Cry would be released in July 2015, the crooner followed u
  
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• Sesame apologizes for 'misunderstandings' over stars' status

  02-08-2016 20:48
  
  Sesame Workshop has apologized for what it calls "misunderstandings around the changing cast roles at 'Sesame Street.'"
  
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• Parents sue over crash that killed 'Star Trek' actor Yelchin

  02-08-2016 20:33
  
  The parents of "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin have sued the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed the 27-year-old when it rolled down his driveway and crushed him
  
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• Downtown Brooklyn’s Summer Fun Continues

  02-08-2016 20:32
  It is somehow, unbelievably, August already - but events in Downtown Brooklyn are still going strong. We’ve got all the events to keep you busy with fun in the sun (and cool shade) for the rest of the summer. Check out our list of events for the remainder of Summer 2016 below.Midweek Movie EscapeSometimes it takes a good ol’ flick to get you through your Wednesday hump. Bring your blanket and loved ones and catch a movie under the stars on August 3rd for the very last of our Midweek
  
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• Woman sues, says Sabres' Evander Kane injured her

  02-08-2016 20:30
  
  A 21-year-old Buffalo woman has sued Sabres forward Evander Kane, saying he seriously injured her in the hotel room where he lives
  
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• Parents of "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin sue automaker Fiat Chrysler after SUV under recall rolls, kills 27-year-old

  02-08-2016 19:59
  
  Parents of "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin sue automaker Fiat Chrysler after SUV under recall rolls, kills 27-year-old
  
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• Review: Antiheros prove no antidote for 'Suicide Squad'

  02-08-2016 19:56
  
  Film Review: Riding the antihero trend is David Ayer's day-glo superhero circus "Suicide Squad," delights in upending the genre's conventions and tries desperately to blow your mind with its outre freak show
  
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• NBC boss: We're not to blame for launching Trump's candidacy

  02-08-2016 19:46
  
  NBC boss takes a don't-blame-us stance at the notion that "Celebrity Apprentice" served as a launching pad for Donald Trump's current presidential bid
  
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• NBC salutes Tony Bennett's 90th birthday with 2-hour special

  02-08-2016 19:41
  
  NBC is celebrating Tony Bennett's 90th birthday with a star-filled tribute airing in December
  
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• Simon Cowell returning as 'America's Got Talent' judge

  02-08-2016 19:23
  
  Simon Cowell will be back in front of the cameras for "America's Got Talent" next season
  
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• The Brooklynite’s Guide To Nashville

  02-08-2016 19:10 via bkmag.com
  
  Our July/August print issue is the Travel issue, and so for the sake of “work” I found myself in Nashville to report on the city’s music scene. Well, ostensibly it was for work; really, spending some time in Nashville has been a dream of mine for years. The chance to spend almost a full week exploring all the city had to offer–not just in the way of music, but also in food, fashion, culture and more–seemed like a dream come true. I’m a country music aficionado
  
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• Dream Big: collective:unconscious

  02-08-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  collective:unconsciousDirected by Daniel Patrick Corbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein, Frances Bodomo and Lily BaldwinAugust 5-11 at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP
  Don’t think about elephants. The effect of that statement is similar to the introduction of collective:unconscious, in which hypnotist Daniel Ryan explicates the trance-like experience of watching movies and its proximity to dreaming. As he eases you into that state, in which all external distractions are tuned out a
  
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• Small Spells: Why Tarot Readings Are More Effective than Therapy

  02-08-2016 18:52 via bkmag.com
  
  Last week, in a walk-up apartment in Williamsburg, I sat at a dining room table with Rachel Howe—artist, ceramicist, stick-and-poke tattooist, practitioner of reiki, and, most recently, author and illustrator of a brand new Tarot guide book and deck of cards, Small Spells, from Discipline Press. Her friend and Discipline Press founder, Tamara Santibañez, sat with us. I’d never had a Tarot reading before. Frankly, I didn’t know what Tarot was, or believe that i
  
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• Jimmy Fallon set to host 2017 Golden Globe Awards

  02-08-2016 18:51
  
  Jimmy Fallon will be in charge of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards
  
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• Judge finalizes Amy Poehler and Will Arnett's divorce

  02-08-2016 18:33
  
  A judge has finalized Amy Poehler and Will Arnett's divorce nearly four years after the comedians separated
  
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• Kuerten, Brazil's face of tennis, hopes Olympics help hosts

  02-08-2016 18:05
  
  During the Rio Olympics, former tennis star Gustavo Kuerten will be working for a local TV broadcaster, although he won't exactly be an impartial reporter: He will be rooting for Brazil to put on a good show.
  
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• HBO to launch 'Vice News Tonight' Sept. 26

  02-08-2016 17:43
  
  HBO says it will launch its nightly Vice newscast on Sept. 26
  
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• 5 memorable moments from Olympic opening ceremonies

  02-08-2016 17:23
  
  Memorable moments at Olympic opening ceremonies past have included everything from human pyramids to James Bond
  
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• Judge won't drop charges against Snuka pending hearing

  02-08-2016 17:21
  
  An eastern Pennsylvania judge says she won't dismiss the homicide charges against former pro wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka but said she may consider doing so later
  
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• A Two-Pronged Approach To Survive The L Train-Wreck

  02-08-2016 17:11 via bkmag.com
  
  While some think the L Train shut down will impact Brooklyn’s working class and have serious ramifications on the class that struggles most to live and work in this city at all, the rare few have already figured out a two-pronged approach that will ensure the shutdown remains only a small matter of inconvenience.Follow Matt Lubchansky on Twitter, visit his Patreon page here, or check out his store here.
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• Brooklyn’s 15 Best Groupon Deals Right Now

  02-08-2016 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s summer, which means warm weather, more free time, and endless options for things to do. But doing stuff is, uh, expensive! One could easily blow a whole paycheck on a fun summer weekend, but that doesn’t mean you have to!  We know Groupon is no secret, but we took some time to go through all the deals of the moment and found 15 of the best—from great food to essential Brooklyn experiences to some well-deserved pampering—that will get you one step closer to winni
  
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• Man faces murder charge in death of girlfriend's infant boy

  02-08-2016 16:58
  
  A western Tennessee man has been accused of killing his girlfriend's 5-month-old boy
  
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• Love, Heroin, And The End Of The World

  02-08-2016 16:05 via bkmag.com
  
  One morning the world ended. It wasn’t a long, staggering affair, the way you’d imagine it. It didn’t wheeze hours before it died, with moments left to look back fondly on the good times and the bad times. In instances of honest torpor, those polarities don’t exist. No last great show. The unanswered questions remain so, and everything that was ever bright and beautiful shines equally as radiant against everything that was ever vile and unmentionable. And that was life. I
  
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• What the NYC Beer Community is Drinking This Summer

  02-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Dr. Seuss’ magnum opus, “Green Kegs and Ham,” contains two of my all-time favorite lines in literature: “Summer shouldn’t be a bummer. There is usually sun—and if beer is near, there is always fun!” In honor of those uplifting words from the legendary author and illustrator, whose rollicking rhymes also enlivened classic beer-themed children’s books like “The Cat in the Hat Drinks His Brew From A Shoe,” “How the Grinch Stole My C
  
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• Trip Through Your Wires: How To Disappear Completely

  02-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Growing up I was uncommonly familiar with the floorboards in my house. On your tiptoes you could take a path from the kitchen up to the second floor without making a sound. You did not want to trip up and sink your foot into a creaking board or let anyone else know you were out of your room. There was a certain way to turn the door handles so that they wouldn’t squeak, and a way to ease the doors into their frame. That’s what you did, if you knew what was good for you.
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• Vevo cuts deal with Warner Music to license videos

  02-08-2016 15:42
  
  In a move to break from YouTube, music video brand Vevo has cut a deal to license videos from Warner Music, repairing a rift between major labels that began with the launch of the service seven years ago
  
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• Kanye West hints at possible collaboration with Drake

  02-08-2016 15:25
  
  Kanye West has teased the possibility of collaborating on an album with Drake
  
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• 'Today' show angles for an Olympics boost

  02-08-2016 15:18
  
  On an upswing, NBC's "Today" show hopes the Olympics can lift it past "Good Morning America" into first place in the ratings
  
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• Brighton Beach, the city’s tastiest stretch of shore

  02-08-2016 15:00
  
  Brighton Beach is waiting for you, at the end of the Q. Photo: Regina Mogilevskaya
  I will choose Brighton Beach over the Rockaways any day, and it’s not just on account of my last name. This laid back beach boasts irrefutable seductions: It’s easily accessible via the Brighton Beach stop on the B or the Q train (from which the sand is less than a five-minute walk). It’s spacious and rarely overcrowded. And the best part? It doesn’t feel like a damn American Apparel ad.
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• German heavy metal festival bans bags amid security fears

  02-08-2016 14:44
  
  Heavy metal fans planning to attend this year's Wacken Open Air festival might want to travel light
  
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• Wrestler Snuka due in court on motion to force treatment

  02-08-2016 14:24
  
  Pro wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka is due in an eastern Pennsylvania courtroom where prosecutors want a judge to order him to undergo mental health treatment
  
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• AP Newsbreak: Winfrey picks Whitehead novel for book club

  02-08-2016 14:16
  
  Oprah Winfrey has a new book club pick, Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," a historical novel that imagines the network of safe houses and passages that helped slaves escape to free territory is an actual train
  
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• Art of the Real (Estate): Talking to Ira Sachs about Little Men

  02-08-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Ira Sachs’s Little Men is a film about little moments and how they can sneak up on you in big ways—at any age. The movie constitutes the third in what might be considered a trilogy of stories about male relationships in the big city: before last year’s Love Is Strange, Sachs made Keep the Lights On, which followed the tumultuous love affair between a filmmaker and an addict. With Little Men, the writer-director shifts his focus ever so slightly towards the platonic f
  
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• Godzilla comes back to Japan, in ways fresh and familiar

  02-08-2016 10:32
  
  Godzilla is back in its homeland of Japan after a 12-year absence, still breathing fire and mercilessly stomping everything in its way
  
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• German-Jewish writer Angelika Schrobsdorff dies at age 88

  02-08-2016 10:19
  
  The German-Jewish writer Angelika Schrobsdorff, whose bestselling works included a book about her mother growing up in Germany and having to flee when the Nazis came to power, has died
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Plot twist: Controversial Capt. America statue designed by lifelong Brooklynite!

  02-08-2016 08:26
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperTruth is lamer than fiction!A born-and-raised Brooklyn sculptor and architect of the massive bronze effigy of Captain America coming to Prospect Park this month is none too pleased with the controversies surrounding the Disney-owned brand going into a public green space, and is challenging New Yorkers to name a real-life champion of justice more deserving of a place Brooklyn’s Backyard.An
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Locals protest Sunset Park landlord for poor living conditions

  02-08-2016 07:55
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperSunset Parkers are demanding a lackadaisical landlord make good on her promise to fix up their dilapidated apartment building.Property owner Soo Dong agreed in a June 21 court settlement to repair leaks, broken fire escapes, defective carbon-monoxide alarms in the 16-unit building at 430 61st St, records show. But she never delivered, so tenants took to the streets to protest the alleged slumlord on July 29. Dong demanded more
  
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• [RED HOOK] Beat the heat! Red Hook police, kids play basketball tourney

  02-08-2016 07:55
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperTalk about squad goals!Police played basketball with hundreds of Red Hook youths in the inaugural Unity in the Community tournament at the Joseph Miccio Center on Saturday — and organizers say everyone a ball together.“If you could have seen the interaction with the police officers and the youth playing basketball and dancing — they were dancing and joking around, the police w
  
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• [COLUMBIA ST WATERFRONT] City: Resident keeps trespassing to clean our dirty lot!

  02-08-2016 07:55
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn PaperIt’s a turf war!A Columbia Waterfront District man and the city are locked in battle over a grassy, city-owned lot at the corner of Columbia and Woodhull streets. Local Louie Formisano has been keeping the green space clean since 2012, but officials say he padlocked the publicly owned parcel and is acting like he owns the place.“Mr. Formisano illegally trespassed and continues to do s
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 7-13

  02-08-2016 07:02
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 7-13
  
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• [MANHATTAN BEACH] Police boats haul body found in harbor to Kingsborough

  02-08-2016 06:13
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyPolice recovered a dead man floating off the coast of Brooklyn on Saturday.Boaters spotted the man in Ambrose Channel several miles off shore and called police, who brought him on land at Kingsborough Community College at about 3:20 pm, and emergency responders pronounced him dead. Officials said they believe he had a jumped off a nearby bridge, but a medical examiner will determine the cause of death.Reach reporter Julianne Cuba
  
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• [THE RIDE] Man of the hour: Cyclones starter tosses gem in shutout win

  02-08-2016 06:02
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 1Aberdeen 0August 1 at MCU ParkIt only took one.
  The Cardiac Clones scored the lone run of the night in the fourth and held on for the 1–0 win over Aberdeen on Monday at MCU Park. Erik Manoah pitched seven shutout innings for the win.“Manoah threw a gem,” Brooklyn manager Tom Gamboa said. “It’s the first time in his career – he’s never seen the rubber in the seventh inning. It
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Space opera: ‘Hubble Cantata’ brings galaxy into focus

  02-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailySee the stars while under the stars!An astronomical music show will makes its earthly debut in Prospect Park on Aug. 6. “The Hubble Cantata,” performed as part of the Bric Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, will combine iconic images of stars and galaxies from the Hubble telescope with orchestral music, science, and virtual reality. The composer of the piece says she is happy to finally see it all come together.“I&r
  
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• Nets first-rounder ready to get back to basketball

  02-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThe Nets surprised fans when the team traded up for an oft-hamstrung Caris LeVert in June. He battled injuries four years at Michigan and was still getting over foot surgery when Brooklyn picked him up — but the Nets saw something in the 6-foot-7 guard, and he is determined to make Brooklyn’s gamble pay off.“Obviously, the injuries were the biggest concern, but I have a pretty complete game,” LeVert said. &ld
  
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• [MUSIC] Space opera: ‘Hubble Cantata’ brings galaxy into focus

  02-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperSee the stars while under the stars!An astronomical music show will makes its earthly debut in Prospect Park on Aug. 6. “The Hubble Cantata,” performed as part of the Bric Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, will combine iconic images of stars and galaxies from the Hubble telescope with orchestral music, science, and virtual reality. The composer of the piece says she is happy to finally see it all come together.“I&r
  
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