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• Woods playing free Baby's All Right show on Sunday

  05-08-2016 23:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's right after the Cian Nugent show at the same venue, who Woods have two shows with this weekend.
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• Democratic running mate Tim Kaine set for Sunday show

  05-08-2016 23:51
  
  The Democratic nominee for vice president, Sen. Tim Kaine, is among the guests scheduled for Sunday's news shows
  
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• Zellweger responds to media gossip about her looks in essay

  05-08-2016 23:48
  
  Renee Zellweger criticizes the media for legitimizing tabloid gossip about her looks in a blistering essay published in the Huffington Post on Friday
  
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• Secret NYC location will host nudity, alcohol, "being touched"… and Giorgio Moroder

  05-08-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Throughout the experience you may be offered alcoholic beverages, if you do not wish to partake feel free to decline. Also note, this experience may include nudity."
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• Harbaugh's Q Score soars past Saban's with target audience

  05-08-2016 23:17
  
  Jim Harbaugh's ways seem to be working with his target audience
  
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• Harley Quinn becomes divisive breakout of 'Suicide Squad'

  05-08-2016 23:12
  
  Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn was the breakout star of "Suicide Squad" before the movie was even finished, but the tide may be turning
  
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• The Latest: Australian archer qualifies after fighting virus

  05-08-2016 23:02
  
  A bad virus couldn't keep Alice Ingley of Australia from shooting arrows in archery's qualifying round in Rio
  
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• Bracket release new album 'The Last Page' ft. one 70-minute song (listen)

  05-08-2016 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Crazy year for pop punk, indeed.
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• Alcest releasing 'Kodama,' streaming "Oiseaux De Proie"

  05-08-2016 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There are elements of shoegaze and post-rock here, along with strains of the black metal with which Alcest made their name and some more immediate, poppier influences...
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• The Latest: Greece announces 1st positive doping test of Rio

  05-08-2016 22:15
  
  Hours before the opening ceremony, the Greek Olympic committee has announced the first positive doping test of the Rio de Janeiro Games
  
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• Phil Anselmo filling in for Mike Williams with Eyehategod at Gwar-B-Q

  05-08-2016 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a classic case of one NOLA dude looking out for another NOLA dude, Pantera/Down/Scour/Housecore Records/everything's Phil Anselmo is filling in with the sludge lords Eyehategod at their upcoming Gwar-B-Q set...
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• Five Notable Releases of the Week (8/5/16)

  05-08-2016 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Surprise -- there's still no Frank Ocean album. Still, this week has excellent new LPs by Wild Beasts and Dinosaur Jr, and more.
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• In historic role, Clinton brings a new look to leadership

  05-08-2016 21:40
  
  Hillary Clinton puts a different face on leadership with her jewel-toned jackets, supportive first gentleman and chit-chat about grandkids and yoga
  
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• Corinne Bailey Rae played National Sawdust (pics + updated tour dates)

  05-08-2016 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Having finally released the new LP The Heart Speaks in Whispers after a six-year album gap, Corinne Bailey Rae brought her tour to NYC on Tuesday (8/2) for a sold-out show at National Sawdust...
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• Olympic rugby 7s tipped to change the game

  05-08-2016 21:24
  
  Rugby's return to the Olympic Games after 92 years away is called a game-changer by World Rugby, listed among modern milestones with the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, and the game going professional in 1995
  
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• August 2017 trial set in Darren McFadden civil lawsuit

  05-08-2016 21:12
  
  A federal judge has scheduled an August 2017 jury trial in Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden's lawsuit against his longtime business manager
  
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• The Latest: Rhode Island officials get 38 Studios subpoenas

  05-08-2016 21:03
  
  Former Rhode Island House Speaker William Murphy and a spokeswoman for Attorney General Peter Kilmartin are among those who have been subpoenaed to testify in a state superior court trial over Rhode Island's $75 million deal with 38 Studios
  
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• pics: Toyota Music Den @ Lollapalooza 2016 (Front Bottoms, Joy Formidable, D.R.A.M., BAIO & more)

  05-08-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Four days of intimate sets within the confines of Lollapalooza.Continue reading…
  
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• It’s the last week of BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. Here’s what to see

  05-08-2016 21:00
  
  The Orion Nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Viewers on Saturday will have VR headsets to travel deep into the Milky Way, accompanied by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, a Norwegian orchestra and more during “The Hubble Cantata.”
  We’re upon the last week of BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival—we know, it went fast for us, too! Before it closes, make the most of your summer and pencil in at least one of these last six performances.It may sound over the top
  
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• stream Julien Baker's whole Newport set, don't miss her at NOON at Outside Lands

  05-08-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NPR has shared a live recording of Memphis singer/songwriter Julien Baker's performance from the Newport Folk Festival on July 22-24. She wowed the crowd with primarily just her voice and guitar, but was joined on stage by her Forrister bandmate Matthew Gilliam on percussion for two tracks...
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• The Latest: NBC to telecast tape-delayed opening ceremony

  05-08-2016 20:46
  
  NBC won't begin telecasting the opening ceremony until an hour after they begin in Rio on Friday night
  
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• Officers recommend Dennis Rodman be charged with hit-and-run

  05-08-2016 20:33
  
  The California Highway Patrol has recommended that Dennis Rodman face charges in a freeway incident last month but the former basketball player denied Friday that anything happened
  
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• The Latest: Dennis Rodman calls hit-run claim hearsay

  05-08-2016 20:18
  
  Former basketball player Dennis Rodman says a claim he was involved in a hit-and-run on a California freeway is hearsay
  
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• Band killed in Sweden car crash have posthumous No. 1 album

  05-08-2016 19:52
  
  Indie band Viola Beach has topped the U.K. album chart, almost six months after all the group's members were killed in a car accident in Sweden
  
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• The Latest: US men's gymnast Brooks looks to all-around

  05-08-2016 19:51
  
  Chris Brooks' remarkable resurgence will reach its peak on Saturday when the captain of the U.S. men's gymnastics team competes in the all-around
  
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• The Dillinger Escape Plan breaking up after new LP & tour with the reunited Number Twelve Looks Like You

  05-08-2016 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In somewhat surprising news, mathcore pioneers The Dillinger Escape Plan have just announced, via a Vice interview with Jonah Bayer of United Nations, that they will be calling it quits after the release of their new album Dissociation and subsequent tour...
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• Frank Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry Hasn’t Dropped Yet And The Internet Is Freaking Out

  05-08-2016 19:49 via bkmag.com
  
  How long are you willing to wait? The play Waiting for Godot, the iconic Chinese Restaurant episode of Seinfeld and a 2009 episode of the NBC sitcom Community all played with the idea of patience and breaking points, and once again, art has been predictive of life.
  After a long, aimless wait, it was reported earlier this week that Frank Ocean, revered R&B genius/hermited human being, would finally be releasing his second album, Boys Don’t Cry on Friday, which is now today. And bei
  
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• Travel Through Space in Virtual Reality at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

  05-08-2016 19:43 via bkmag.com
  
  A couple of weeks ago I sat inside a small room wearing a virtual reality head set at the ARUP SoundLab in lower Manhattan. The room was capable of simulating any environment through sound. In this case, that environment was outer space—pecifically, the inside of one of the better-known interstellar clouds of gas and dust, the Orion Nebula.“This is a five minute exploration through the cosmos, alongside the Hubble Telescope, as you’re transported into the Orion Nebula, and expe
  
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• Travel Through Space in 3D, Tomorrow Night, at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

  05-08-2016 19:43 via bkmag.com
  
  A couple of weeks ago I sat inside a small room wearing a virtual reality head set at the ARUP SoundLab in lower Manhattan. The room was capable of simulating any environment through sound. In this case, that environment was outer space—pecifically, the inside of one of the better-known interstellar clouds of gas and dust, the Orion Nebula.“This is a five minute exploration through the cosmos, alongside the Hubble Telescope, as you’re transported into the Orion Nebula, and expe
  
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• Ball sentenced to 60 days in jail for domestic abuse

  05-08-2016 19:29
  
  Former NFL and Wisconsin running back Montee Ball has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and battery for his role in two domestic abuse incidents
  
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• Review: Haley Bonar's observant songs own 'Impossible Dream'

  05-08-2016 18:46
  
  Haley Bonar's songs on "Impossible Dream" are both personal and universal, stories with an indie film ambience detailed enough to fill a larger screen
  
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• 'Suicide Squad' scores record $20.5 million Thursday night

  05-08-2016 18:44
  
  The baddies of 'Suicide Squad' are getting pummeled by critics, but the film is already fighting back at the box office
  
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• Filmmaker digs into lives of 'Curious George' creators

  05-08-2016 18:42
  
  Ema Ryan Yamazaki, 27 and a graduate of New York University's film school, has spent the last 2 years working on a documentary about H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, the husband-and-wife team behind the multimillion-selling children's franchise
  
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• The Latest: Pele won't light Olympic cauldron, cites health

  05-08-2016 18:27
  
  Pele says his poor health will keep him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics
  
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• Trip Through Your Wires: Now’s As Bad A Time As Any

  05-08-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  I’m leaving, but it’s not what you think. There will be no long dramatic prose goodbye (it’s short). There will be no tears, no regret. There will be no anger or bitterness. There is just time and opportunity and circumstance. There is just a yes that suddenly became a no. There is just a new job waiting in Los Angeles and the proximity to family that tends to eclipse even pipedreams, even 4 AM last calls, even the idea that I could fall in love with you, even a skyline I am ac
  
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• With 8th album, Tegan and Sara are veterans with fresh feel

  05-08-2016 17:54
  
  Tegan and Sara remember the unfiltered advice that Neil Young and his manager gave them when they were budding 19-year-old singers signed to the rock icon's Vapor Records, and it has stuck with them as they release their eighth album 16 years later
  
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• [DINING] Raising the roof: Where to drink up in the air

  05-08-2016 17:36
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.by Carlo BosticcoBrooklyn DailyTime to get high!Before summer is over, make a plan to get up in the air. We have compiled a list of the hottest rooftop bars in Brooklyn, where you can work on your tan or indulge the evening breeze while sipping on a refreshing boozy beverage.Kimoto RooftopOn the 24th floor of the Aloft Hotel sits the Kimoto Rooftop beer garden, with breathtaking views of Downtown and, if you settle in the
  
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• The Latest: Recurve world record in Rio archery qualifying

  05-08-2016 17:34
  
  Kim Woojin of South Korea set a recurve world record with a score of 700 during the qualifying round of archery at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Today! Listen to Brooklyn Paper Radio with or without Gersh!

  05-08-2016 17:21
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Vince DiMiceliBrooklyn PaperTechnical difficulties put a halt to yesterday’s live webcast of Brooklyn Paper Radio, but don’t fret! We’ll play it live for all to listen today during your early Friday drive home at 4 pm!The episode ismercifully bereft of Gersh Kuntzman, who is working on his new Fringe Festival play “Murder at the Food Co-op.”In his stead, Brooklyn Paper editor-in-chief Vince
  
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• BRIC Expands Free Digital Media Classes to Bushwick

  05-08-2016 17:00
  
  Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlate“We don’t have anything like this in Italy,” said filmmaker Marco Napoli about the free media education courses offered by BRIC, the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn.
  Napoli, who recently relocated to New York from Rome, traveled from Long Island to the Brooklyn Public Library’s DeKalb b
  
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• Troopers recommend Dennis Rodman be charged with hit-and-run

  05-08-2016 16:37
  
  The California Highway Patrol has recommended that former basketball player Dennis Rodman face charges in an alleged hit-and-run freeway crash last month
  
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• The Latest: Police say Moroccan boxer accused of assault

  05-08-2016 16:07
  
  Brazilian police say they have jailed a Moroccan Olympic boxer on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian women
  
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• Adele says her credit card was declined at H&M

  05-08-2016 15:49
  
  Adele may be one of pop music's biggest stars, but she says her fame and fortune didn't prevent her credit card from being declined at an H&M store
  
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• Rowling and company debut original Harry Potter story

  05-08-2016 15:28
  
  Book Review: J.K. Rowling and company debut original Harry Potter story
  
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• The Latest: Olympic torch heads to Christ the Redeemer

  05-08-2016 13:51
  
  The Olympic flame has hit Rio's most famous landmark, the Christ the Redeemer statue
  
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• The Latest: Olympic mystery: Who will light Rio cauldron?

  05-08-2016 11:33
  
  As the Olympic torch makes its way through Rio de Janeiro, the big question is: Will Pele show up?
  
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• Curtis tasks HFPA audience to 'get some skin in the game'

  05-08-2016 09:45
  
  Politics were top of mind for Jamie Lee Curtis, who hosted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual grants presentation Thursday evening at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
  
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• Ugandan police break up gay pride event, briefly arrest some

  05-08-2016 09:30
  
  A gay leader in Uganda says he and some of his colleagues were briefly detained by Ugandan police who broke up a pride event in the Ugandan capital late Thursday
  
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• As the Olympics loom, the gymnastics party may be in college

  05-08-2016 09:30
  
  As Olympic gymnastics gets ready for its turn in the spotlight in Rio, there's a small revolution underway at the college level, where athletes are modernizing their floor routines in an effort to give the sport a bit more crossover appeal
  
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• Column: Rio could prove that Olympics are too big to fail

  05-08-2016 09:21
  
  Barring terrorism or mass illnesses of rowers and sailors, Rio _ for all its myriad of problems _ may be remembered as a success
  
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