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• Downtown Brooklyn’s charming barber and his shop

  03-08-2016 23:10
  Nestled inside Downtown Brooklyn’s Marriott Hotel you will find Allegria Salon, a space that perfectly combines an old-world aesthetic with classic Brooklyn charm. This is entirely a reflection of the owner - the warm and caring Frank Codispoti.    Now 79, Codispoti began cutting hair in his native Italy, until he emmigrated at 18 years old from Calabria to Brooklyn in the 1950s to start his journey toward his very own American dream. When we stopped in t
  
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• Harry Connick Jr. aims to surprise viewers _ and himself

  03-08-2016 22:45
  
  Harry Connick Jr. has recorded, toured, performed in movies and sitcoms, starred on Broadway and, in the process, charmed nearly everyone he meets
  
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• Demaryius Thomas says grandmother's sentence commuted

  03-08-2016 22:43
  
  Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was told that President Barack Obama commuted the life sentence of Thomas' grandmother Wednesday
  
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• Birthday boy: Patriots celebrate Brady turning 39

  03-08-2016 22:31
  
  The crowd gathered at New England Patriots training camp broke into the first of several choruses of "Happy Birthday" on Wednesday morning
  
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• Reggae artist Matisyahu starts singing with unsuspecting fan

  03-08-2016 22:26
  
  An ukulele player at a Hawaii coffee shop sang the duet of a lifetime with reggae artist Matisyahu, all the while completely oblivious to his famous singing partner's identity
  
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• Elliot Tiber, helped enable staging of Woodstock, dead at 81

  03-08-2016 22:21
  
  Elliot Tiber, an artist and designer best known as the businessman who helped enable the staging of the landmark 1969 Woodstock music festival, has died at age 81
  
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• 'Arthur' network 'disappointed' in explicit memes

  03-08-2016 22:11
  
  The network behind the animated series "Arthur" is disappointed that social media users are combining images from the long-running children's' show with explicit language and situations
  
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• Professional wrestler edges opponents in Michigan primary

  03-08-2016 22:05
  
  Unofficial returns show professional wrestler "Rhyno" edging two other candidates in the Republican primary for a Michigan legislative seat
  
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• Family Movies @ The Library: Ghostbusters

  03-08-2016 22:03
  Monday, August 29, 2016 2:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterSuit up for classic comedy!  When kooky, spooky college professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service.  As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett and nerdy Louis Tully, who’ve inadvertently opened the gates of Hell…right in their ow
  
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• Family Movies @ The Library: Finding Nemo

  03-08-2016 22:03
  Friday, August 19, 2016 2:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterIn the depths of the Great Barrier Reef, overly protective clownfish Marlin embarks on a daring rescue mission when his beloved son, Nemo, gets scooped up by a diver.  With his unforgettable friend Dory by his side, Marlin encounters an ocean full of memorable comedic characters on his momentous journey to find Nemo. (G, 2003, 100 minutes)
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• Family Movies @ The Library: Cinderella

  03-08-2016 22:03
  Friday, August 26, 2016 2:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterUsing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic score, pop sensation Brandy stars as the beautiful Cinderella, who suffers the torment of her wicked stepmother and spoiled stepsisters.  Cinderella dreams of the impossible – going to the ball and dancing with the prince.  Her impossible dream is realized when her fairy godmother (Whitney Houston) teaches her that with positive thinking and belief in yourself, “impos
  
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• Actor Dennis Haysbert: Intolerance is a divisive force

  03-08-2016 22:02
  
  "Nothing has changed," says actor Dennis Haysbert, who bemoans intolerance applied against the masses as a force to divide them
  
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• Leto puts his own spin on The Joker in 'Suicide Squad'

  03-08-2016 21:38
  
  Jared Leto guided by one rule for his portrayal of The Joker in "Suicide Squad": Ignore past interpretations of the arch villain
  
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• ABC News' Sara Haines joins 'The View'

  03-08-2016 21:35
  
  ABC's daytime chatfest "The View" has a newcomer in its ranks
  
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• Dreams, diversity hallmarks of USA's new 'Falling Water'

  03-08-2016 21:27
  
  For actor Will Yun Lee, his role in the USA Network's new series "Falling Water" is a dream come true
  
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• Olympic video and VR: Guide to watching without a TV

  03-08-2016 21:02
  
  NBC is making 4,500 hours of Olympics coverage available on its website and app, but much of this requires having a cable or satellite TV subscription
  
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• Harrick Connick Jr. aims to surprise viewers _ and himself

  03-08-2016 20:50
  
  Harry Connick Jr. has recorded, toured, performed in movies and sitcoms, starred on Broadway and, in the process, charmed nearly everyone he meets
  
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• Time Warner invests in Hulu in win for cable cord-cutters

  03-08-2016 19:59
  
  In another win for cable cord-cutters, Time Warner has become the latest media company to invest in streaming service Hulu
  
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• Teeny tiny _ and tailed _ kitten Olympians good as gold

  03-08-2016 19:54
  
  With the Rio Olympics almost here, the Hallmark Channel is planning some games of its own
  
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• Your Ideal Week: August 4-10

  03-08-2016 19:44
  
  Get weird with a new interactive theater experience at Governors Island this weekend.
  Greetings everyone and welcome to another installment of Your Ideal Week, wherein we present our best tips for exciting, engaging and above all, entertaining ways to occupy your time in and around Brooklyn over the course of the next seven days.
  Did you all happen to catch this article in the NYT yesterday about the rezoning happening in Gowanus and councilman Brad Lander’s efforts to
  
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• John Waters’s Multiple Maniacs: The Importance of Being Filthy

  03-08-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Multiple Maniacs (1970)Directed by John WatersOpens August 5 at IFC Center
  Above a chorus of euphoric, libidinous moaning, Lady Divine recounts the Stations of the Cross while receiving a “rosary job” in a church pew from Mink Stole. Actors take on the roles of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, Judas, and the numerous Roman soldiers in decidedly DYI fashion. As Jesus stumbles forward, Divine’s litany is intermittently interrupted by a gasp of pleasure. We cut back and forth from religio
  
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• Flaming arrow hits 'America's Got Talent' performer's neck

  03-08-2016 18:35
  
  A stunt performer says he's OK after being hit in the neck with a flaming arrow during a live broadcast of NBC's "America's Got Talent" Tuesday
  
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• Judge: Filings about Prince estate fees, property under seal

  03-08-2016 18:27
  
  The judge handling the case over Prince's estate has ruled that documents dealing with special administrator fees and the sale of real estate can remain under seal
  
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• ESPN NFL analyst Tom Jackson retires after 29 years

  03-08-2016 18:14
  
  Hall of Fame broadcaster Tom Jackson is calling it quits after a 29-year career
  
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• 'Suicide Squad' baddies aim to save DC film ambitions

  03-08-2016 18:10
  
  The bad guys have come to save the day in "Suicide Squad," and, possibly at Warner Bros. too
  
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• Premiere: Dr. Dog Drummer Eric Slick Brings Us “Holy Water” As Lithuania

  03-08-2016 17:54 via bkmag.com
  
  Dr. Dog was a formative band for me, and I’m sure for many of you. The Pennsylvania psych-rockers showed up during the point in my college career when their grungy existentialism felt like it was ripped from my own heart, and their devotion to close-knit harmonies and layered guitar noise stomps were the ideal soundtrack for aimless night drives. I loved Dr. Dog because they dealt with things like impatience, apathy, grief, hopelessness and shame–not topics that necessarily turn you
  
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• Foundation gives $3M to tell Bob Hope's story at WW2 Museum

  03-08-2016 17:30
  
  The Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation is giving the National World War II Museum in New Orleans $3 million to tell his story throughout the museum
  
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• JonBenet Ramsey's brother to discuss case on 'Dr. Phil'

  03-08-2016 17:29
  
  The brother of JonBenet Ramsey will publicly discuss his younger sister's death for the first time in an interview to be broadcast on "Dr
  
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• Dine In Brooklyn Finally Returns Next Week, So Here’s Where to Eat on the Cheap

  03-08-2016 17:10 via bkmag.com
  
  Hey, remember Dine in Brooklyn? You’d be forgiven if it’s fallen entirely off of your radar ever since the departure of Brooklyn’s most fanatical foodie–Borough President Marty Markowitz–back in 2013. A holiday akin to Christmas under his watch, the cut-priced restaurant promotion quickly fell by the wayside under his predecessor, Eric Adams, more concerned with matters like improving police/community relations than solemnly mowing down sleeves of bakery bread, to c
  
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• Trip Through Your Wires: Death Is Calling

  03-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Seven summers ago, a phone call upended my life. I was playing SingStar at a friend’s house when my sister called me sobbing. She had just turned 21 the day before, and our small family had gathered at our apartment to celebrate her. I’d just come home from summer school, and was planning to spend the next few weeks with her and my mom before my junior year of undergrad. So, all was right with the world. I couldn’t fathom what had changed in the past 24 hours, what could have t
  
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• Trials of a Century: On O.J.: Made in America

  03-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  “If you’re a celebrity you have no color.” -Robin Greer, Friend of Nicole Brown Simpson
  That June 1994 Time Magazine cover pissed us all the fuck off. When we realized it wasn’t a printing error, but a deliberate darkening of a medium-brown-skinned African-American, O.J. Simpson or not, we understood that the national conversation around the guilt or innocence of the former football player and celebrity would pivot towards race. Newsweek’s editorial team used t
  
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• See The Royal Tenenbaums for Free in McCarren Park Tonight

  03-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Oh, hi, did you happen to notice it’s already August? Absolutely insane, right? Well, don’t waste another moment of this fleeting summer. Come hang out with us in McCarren Park tonight to watch one of the last SummerScreen movies of the season: Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums! And not to ask too much of you, but… if you happen to have a sweatband or a red track suite or fake hawk or a little barrette you can throw in your blonde bob, why not go for it? Because w
  
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• The Game raises money for toddler who lost eye in shooting

  03-08-2016 15:34
  
  The Game says he has raised $5,000 for a North Carolina boy who lost an eye after being shot in the face in May and left for dead next to his pregnant mother, who was killed in the attack
  
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• Time Warner taking 10 percent stake in Hulu

  03-08-2016 14:29
  
  Time Warner taking a 10 percent stake in streaming television service Hulu
  
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• The Band Perry takes precautions for Summer Olympics

  03-08-2016 14:16
  
  Members of The Band Perry say they're taking precautions against mosquitoes when they perform at the Summer Olympics
  
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• Potter script sells more than 2 million copies in 2 days

  03-08-2016 12:15
  
  Not even "Hamilton" can keep up with these numbers
  
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• [DOWNTOWN PLAN] A tale of two City Points! Union: ‘Affordable’ tower workers paid less than market-rate building employees

  03-08-2016 11:02
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperYou’ve heard of poor doors — now meet the poor doormen.
  Service workers in the below-market-rate housing high-rise at Downtown’s new City Point megacomplex say they’re being paid less than their counterparts at its market-rate tower next door, and rallied outside the building on Tuesday to demand their employer give them the same wage for the same work.“It’s not fair to us, we should be getting p
  
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• NBC's 'Hairspray Live!' adds Sean Hayes, Rosie O'Donnell

  03-08-2016 10:18
  
  Sean Hayes and Rosie O'Donnell are joining the cast of NBC's "Hairspray Live!" Hayes will take on the role of dress shop owner Mr. Pinky, while O'Donnell will play a tough gym teacher in the production set to air in December
  
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• HOF 2016: Ken "Snake" Stabler makes Hall 1 year after death

  03-08-2016 08:07
  
  Ken Stabler built a Hall of Fame career on moments more than raw numbers
  
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• [EXCLUSIVE, BUSHWICK] Express yourself! MTA wants select bus between Bushwick and Downtown

  03-08-2016 07:28
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperPut me in coach!The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hopes to create a so-called select bus service between Downtown and Bushwick in the next few years, state documents reveal — welcome news to straphangers along the route sick of zig-zagging between subway lines, who say they can already see themselves whizzing along the express route.“I would take it — I would have no objections to a bus,” said Johann
  
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• Film academy re-elects president pushing diversity efforts

  03-08-2016 06:49
  
  The leadership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-elected as its president a film marketing executive who has pushed for greater diversity within the organization
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, August 3-9

  03-08-2016 06:07 via bkmag.com
  
  Will You Dance With Me? (1984)Directed by Derek JarmanTime is deeply, movingly sunk in Will You Dance With Me?, some early experimental footage Jarman shot for for a film by Ron Peck, over 30 years ago. Snaring early-80s hairdos, dance moves, and smudgey barlight, slowed down to spirited, half-haunting will-o’-the-wisps by his Olympus VHS camcorder, Jarman prowls, queries, and dances across Benjy’s, a gay club in the Mile End district of East London. All those intervening years have
  
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• [THE RIDE] Cyclones held scoreless for second time in three games

  03-08-2016 06:05
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperAberdeen 2Cyclones 0August 2 at MCU ParkThe Cyclones were held to one hit in a 2–0 loss to Aberdeen on Tuesday at MCU Park – Brooklyn’s second shutout of the series. The camp-day game started at 11:30 am and finished in two hours and 11 minutes.“It’s a refrain,” Clones manager Tom Gamboa said of the early start. “Today was about pitching and defense.”The Cyclones missed a major s
  
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• We Are Living In A Peak Of Black Musical Artistry

  03-08-2016 06:00 via bkmag.com
  
  When crises like the painful, incomprehensible deaths of Alton Sterling or the brutal, up close video of Philando Castile dying near his family, we look to our leaders for answers. Leaders serve the purpose of contextualizing chaos; they serve as an anchor against the brutality of the world by placing themselves in the line of fire, shining a light on the uncomfortable aspects of society we’d rather sweep aside.Rather than court a neutral middle ground that will avoid detracting their audi
  
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• [THEATER] Anaesthetically pleasing: ‘Ketamine the Musical’ opens in Bushwick

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Boxing’s best have historic night at Barclays

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn saw boxing history.Carl Frampton became the first native of Northern Ireland to become a two-division world champion, defeating Leo Santa Cruz in a majority decision and capturing the World Boxing Association featherweight world championship at Barclays Center on July 30. Frampton improved to 23–0 in the ring, barely missing a step — or a punch — after he moved up to 1
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Police: Stick-wielding suspect belted woman

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Sound offPolice slapped irons on a woman for allegedly attacking a 55-year-old lady as she listened to music at Grand Army Plaza on July 23.The victim told police she was kicking back and enjoying some tunes at the plaza near Flatbush Avenue at 11:50 pm when the 45-year-old suspect charged and whacked her with a stick.
  The victim’s alleged assailant struck her twice, once on the arm and again on her he
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] Jo in a frenzy over new Sharknado

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySpoiler alert — read no further if you have not seen “Sharknado: the Fourth Awakens.”This installment of the uber profitable franchise was one fine yuck-fest.Every pun, every gag, every chance to pay homage to a classic flick was used — without shame.The Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “The Wizard of Oz,” Chippendale dancers (one heck of a crotch b
  
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• [KINGS HIGHWAY] Picking the bones: Mirage Diner hopes to feast on fallen Del Rio

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyIt’s no illusion.The owners of Midwood’s Mirage Diner are now setting the table for the displaced denizens of Gravesend staple Del Rio Diner, which served its last meal on July 24 after 40 years. Industry experts predict all of Brooklyn’s all-night nosheries will shutter in five years because of Gov. Cuomo’s minimum wage hike this spring, but Mirage’s co-owner say
  
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• [KENSINGTON] Eight months in, Kensington residents say new homeless shelter not so bad after all

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt is no animal house!The abrupt arrival of a Kensington homeless women and children’s shelter across from a local elementary school late last year sparked protests and heated community meetings, but eight months later, locals say it hasn’t brought the crime and havoc that many predicted. One neighbor said he was bummed to have lost the women’s college dorm that was on the sit
  
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