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• CBS optimistic about cast talks for more 'Big Bang Theory'

  10-08-2016 23:41
  The universe is likely to keep expanding for TV's top-rated comedy, "The Big Bang Theory."
  
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• Review: Wild Beasts live up to name on potent 'Boy King'

  10-08-2016 23:34
  
  Wild Beasts live up to their name on the potent "Boy King," 10 electric exposures of the English art rockers' raw carnal desires
  
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• Executive producer open to more 'Parenthood' in the future

  10-08-2016 23:28
  
  Executive producer Jason Katims says he's open to more storytelling about the Braverman family at the center of his former NBC drama, 'Parenthood.'
  
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• Review: Audacious 'Sausage Party' is a delicious feast

  10-08-2016 23:25
  "Sausage Party," a very R-rated comedy about the inner lives, desires and even religious beliefs of the food items in the grocery store aisle, is easily the year's most audacious film, packaged with shocking humor and a surprisingly sweet center
  
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• Matt LeBlanc: I'm not sure what's happening with 'Top Gear'

  10-08-2016 22:24
  
  Matt LeBlanc, who stars in a new CBS comedy "Man with a Plan," says he doesn't know whether he will be back to host more "Top Gear" on the BBC
  
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• Singer The Weeknd donates $250K to Black Lives Matter

  10-08-2016 22:15
  
  Grammy-winning singer The Weeknd is donating $250,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement
  
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• JonBenet Ramsey cold case focus of upcoming TV programming

  10-08-2016 21:26
  
  As the 20-year mark of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey nears, the unsolved case is the focus of upcoming TV programming
  
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• Couple arrested carrying body of child in duffle bag

  10-08-2016 21:21
  
  Officials say California couple arrested after they attempted to enter Mexico with a duffle bag containing the body of a 2-year-old girl
  
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• Hit maker Timbaland producing music for fitness brand Zumba

  10-08-2016 21:03
  
  Hit-making producer Timbaland is used to people dancing to his beats at nightclubs, and now fans will get a chance to move to music he specifically designed for working out through a new partnership with Zumba
  
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• CBS executive: network lagging on diversity but trying

  10-08-2016 20:59
  
  CBS' entertainment president is defending his network's efforts to air more inclusive series even as it introduces a fall slate of new sitcoms and dramas with white male leads
  
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• La Croix Is Bad

  10-08-2016 20:57 via bkmag.com
  
  Recently, La Croix, a media Twitter fad from 2015, has gotten out of control. People write about this water like it is fun and interesting when in fact it is gross and disgusting. Perhaps even more worrying, other people who have the right opinion that La Croix is gross conflate it with all seltzer water. There is an important distinction here: La Croix is bad, seltzer water is good. In fact, La Croix is bad because it is not good, honest seltzer.
  La Croix is for people with the gross, coarse ta
  
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• Black poet: White officer racially profiled me before arrest

  10-08-2016 20:49
  
  A candidate for Rhode Island poet laureate says he was racially profiled and unjustly arrested by Providence police
  
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• Russia says 2 die in clashes with Ukrainian agents in Crimea

  10-08-2016 20:40
  
  Russia's domestic security agency says one of its agents and an army soldier die in clashes with Ukrainian intelligence agents in Crimea
  
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• Colbert to air live after Trump-Clinton presidential debates

  10-08-2016 19:58
  
  Stephen Colbert, who capitalized on the political conventions with live broadcasts, will do the same for the presidential and vice presidential debates
  
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• Family to Norman Rockwell Museum: Remove 'fraudulent' book

  10-08-2016 19:36
  
  Members of Norman Rockwell's family have launched an online petition urging the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts to stop selling a biography of the illustrator they say is fraudulent
  
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• This Rocks: Japandroids Announce Return Tour, With Two Brooklyn Shows

  10-08-2016 19:32 via bkmag.com
  
  Back in 2012, Japandroids released Celebration Rock, a high-energy, garage-rock record that surely and steadily made the band a whole lot of fans. Comprised of Vancouver natives Brian King and David Prowse, the group’s follow-up to its 2009 debut, Post-Nothing, was widely lauded, receiving praise from outlets such as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, with the latter eventually calling it one of the best albums of the decade so far.
  In years since, Japandroids fell silent. The band has
  
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• Celebration Rock Indeed: Japandroids Announce Return Tour, With Two Brooklyn Shows

  10-08-2016 19:32 via bkmag.com
  
  Back in 2012, Japandroids released Celebration Rock, a high-energy, garage-rock record that surely and steadily made the band a whole lot of fans. Comprised of Vancouver natives Brian King and David Prowse, the group’s follow-up to its 2009 debut, Post-Nothing, was widely lauded, receiving praise from outlets such as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, with the latter eventually calling it one of the best albums of the decade so far.
  In years since, Japandroids fell silent. The band has
  
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• Your Ideal Week: August 11- August 17

  10-08-2016 19:15
  
  It’s not really summer until you’ve eaten too much seafood. Photo: Prime Meats
  Well, it’s always something to wake up in the morning to find that a candidate for the highest office in the land has basically put a bounty on his opponent’s head, but that’s where we are today. If you haven’t listened to Malcolm Gladwell’s fascinating Revisionist History podcast yet, I suggest that you take an hour for the first episode, The Lady Vanishes, which explores th
  
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• A+ Back to School Style with Jacadi

  10-08-2016 19:12 via bkmag.com
  
  Find all the best back to school styles at Jacadi. Rooted in classic French tradition, our clothing, accessories, and footwear for boys and girls are best in class. Shop pleated dresses, classic knit cardigans, and styles in our signature floral Liberty print for her. Discover gingham dress shirts, corduroy trousers, and shawl collar cardigans for him. Stock up on mix and match pieces in an array of on-trend hues from our Essentiels collection to round out your little one’s Monday th
  
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• Korean food made simple? Yes, it's possible, says Judy Joo

  10-08-2016 19:05
  
  Judy Joo looks to demystify Korean cooking at home with her new book
  
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• Britney Spears rides with James Corden for Carpool Karaoke

  10-08-2016 18:52
  
  Britney Spears rides with James Corden for Carpool Karaoke on the Aug. 25 episode of "The Late Late Show."
  
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• Versatile ESPN sportscaster John Saunders dies at 61

  10-08-2016 18:26
  
  ESPN sportscaster John Saunders, who has hosted "The Sports Reporters" for the last 15 years, has died, the network announced
  
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• Stick It: Brooklyn’s Best Skewered Foods

  10-08-2016 18:20 via bkmag.com
  
  From carnival perennials like cotton candy and corn dogs, to flowers fashioned from mangos and sold along the beach, a multitude of summer’s preeminent foods are speared on sticks. And in Brooklyn, that formidable lineup even includes sugar-encased bacon courtesy of Smorgasburg favorite, Landhaus, as well as fork-free chicken and waffles, via Fort Greene’s Habana Outpost.Moku MokuInstead of funky forcemeat, Momo Sushi Shack’s izakaya offshoot slips a chewy strand of octopus und
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, August 10-16

  10-08-2016 17:44 via bkmag.com
  
  Sudden Fear (1950)Directed by David MillerIt’s the equally scorned sibling to Michael Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce. A star, visual verve, and generic fusion are shared between them, but their approaches differ. Were the winning pair of Miller and writer Lenore J. Coffee—his first noir, her several-dozenth script—a noir couple, we’d be the deceived spouse. That Sudden Fear is linked to noir is the first twist; despite the pulpy title, the film more closely resembles the h
  
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• Federal judge dismisses Bob Vila public relations lawsuit

  10-08-2016 17:27
  
  A Chicago federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that television home renovation expert Bob Vila filed against a northern Illinois public relations specialist
  
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• Jason Ingram leads Dove Awards nominations

  10-08-2016 17:00
  
  Christian songwriter Jason Ingram leads the Dove Awards nominations with 7 nods, while singer Lauren Daigle has 6, including artist of the year
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] Jo squashes SyFy’s new spider flick

  10-08-2016 16:59
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyIt was too lava, too lantula — even for a giant-insect movie buff like myself.Sunday’s premier of the “2Lava 2Lantula” — the second offering in SyFy Channel’s “Lavalantula” franchise — had Steve Guttenberg reprising his role as the has-been ’90s action hero Colton West, jumping into action and saving the day, as well as his step-daughter in Florida, by besting the giant
  
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• Christie wants US Supreme Court to rule on sports betting

  10-08-2016 16:37
  
  Gov. Chris Christie thinks the U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether New Jersey can legalize sports betting
  
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• Dine Out From August 11-22 at Dine In Brooklyn 2016

  10-08-2016 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Sponsored By Dine In BrooklynDine In Brooklyn 2016 takes place Thursday, August 11th to Friday, August 22nd.Created By BlankSlateBrooklyn foodie culture will be celebrated Restaurant Week style from August 11-22 at Dine In Brooklyn 2016.
  Borough President Eric Adams says this year’s theme is designed to encourage participants to discover — or rediscover — their favorite Brooklyn dish.
  “This Restaurant Week reflects the digital journey that diners are taking to find favor
  
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• Police: Woman killed by Florida officer in academy exercise

  10-08-2016 15:43
  
  A woman was fatally shot by an officer while participating in a "shoot-don't shoot" exercise Tuesday night during a two-hour citizens academy hosted by the Punta Gorda Police Department in southwest Florida
  
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• Lawsuit: Ed Sheeran copied R&B classic 'Let's Get It On'

  10-08-2016 14:44
  
  The family of a co-writer of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" is suing Ed Sheeran, claiming the British singer-songwriter's hit, "Thinking Out Loud," sounds too much like the soul classic
  
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• Criticism of lavish funeral for Anne of Romania

  10-08-2016 14:02
  
  The presidents of Romania and Moldova pay their last respects to Anne of Romania at a 19th-century royal castle amid some criticism about the grand royal funeral
  
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• [DINING] Yuuuuuuge news! Trump photo back at Schnitzel Haus

  10-08-2016 13:50
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re making Bay Ridge great again!Owners of German restaurant Schnitzel Haus have returned a controversial photo of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to its rightful place on their wall after bowing to complaints to remove it last week. Restaurateurs removed the signed head shot of the Donald that graced the eatery’s walls for nearly a decade after patrons kvetched that the divisive White House hopeful
  
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• Dan Rather: 'History is watching' those who support Trump

  10-08-2016 13:22
  
  Dan Rather is slamming Donald Trump's comment Tuesday suggesting that "Second Amendment people" may be able to find a way to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she's elected
  
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• Vesselina Kasarova cancels Austrian appearance after robbery

  10-08-2016 11:25
  
  Opera star Vesselina Kasarova has been injured after two men tried to rob her and has canceled her appearances at an Austrian music festival
  
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• Pop stars, diplomacy victims of cooling China-S. Korea ties

  10-08-2016 10:25
  
  Growing Chinese anger at South Korea over a U.S. anti-missile defense system bodes ill for everything from pop star appearances to United Nations action against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats
  
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• Olympics feel far for those in the infamous City of God slum

  10-08-2016 09:22
  
  Rio's City of God favela, made infamous in a film of the same name, still struggles with the poverty and drug violence the world saw on the big screen
  
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• Some natural excitement at the swimming venue

  10-08-2016 06:44
  
  Schedule maker, Katie Ledecky help NBC avoid hyping the competition between Michael Phelps and Chad Le Clos
  
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• Smolinski, Neal help A's win second straight over Orioles

  10-08-2016 06:42
  
  Jake Smolinski singled and scored the deciding run in the third inning, rookie Zach Neal earned his first career win as a starter and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Tuesday night
  
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• The Latest: Argentina topples Croatia in men's basketball

  10-08-2016 06:09
  
  Argentina men's basketball team walked away with a hard-fought 90-82 win against Croatia, much to the delight of some its rowdy friends clad in blue and white
  
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• [THE RIDE] Home sweet shutout: Clones takes down Lake Monsters in MCU return

  10-08-2016 06:04
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 3Vermont 0August 9 at MCU ParkThe Cyclones cruised to a second straight win, defeating Vermont 3–0 at MCU Park on Tuesday on the arm of starting pitcher Harol Gonzalez who tossed seven seven shutout innings.
  “Harol is too good for this league but he sure is fun to watch,” Brooklyn skipper Tom Gamboa said.Brooklyn’s bats gave Gonzalez a lead to work with as a pair of singles from Desmond Lindsay
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Would-be robber beats man on Marcy Avenue

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Paper90th PrecinctSouthside–WilliamsburgHeadacheA would-be robber beat up a man on Marcy Avenue on Aug. 1, police said.The victim was coming off the train around 5:20 am and had just reached the Hewes Street intersection when a guy came up from behind and tried to steal his cellphone from his hands.
  The victim resisted and got the phone in his pocket, but the lout did not like that, so he hit him over the head nearly a dozen times
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Police: Woman repeatedly slaps lady, throws her into locker

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Slap happyPolice arrested a woman after they say she slapped another lady around on Eighth Avenue on July 25.The victim told authorities that she was between 14th and 15th streets at 10:26 am when she began arguing with a stranger. The squabble escalated to fisticuffs when the suspect allegedly started throwing vicious slaps, before hurling the victim into a locker and leaving her with a nasty bump on her he
  
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• [GREENPOINT] Pistol-packing goons hold up pharmacy manager

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Paper94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsidePharmacy follyTwo louts tried to strong arm a Bedford Avenue pharmacy on Aug. 1, according to a police report.The manager was standing at the front of the store near N. Third Street around 5:31 am when the two would-be robbers walked in, one holding a brown bag.
  One of them walked up to the manager, grabbed him by the neck, whipped out a pistol from the bag, and told him to open the safe. The
  
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• [GEORGETOWN] It’s in the bag: Fairway Market still coming to Georgetown

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyThey’ve got a corner on the market — but that might not be enough.Fairway Market will be Georgetown’s only grocery store when it opens in neighborhood’s eponymous shopping center next month, but it may have trouble attracting business, area shoppers say. A Waldbaum’s occupied the site until late last year, and in the months since, locals found new places to buy milk and eggs, said one patron perusin
  
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• [FUZZY BROOKLYN] Sham-pooch! Dog wash raises money for Windsor Terrace shelter

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey were soggy doggies!A dog-walking company hosted a pooch wash in Windsor Terrace on Saturday, scrubbing dozens of dirty dogs to raise money for an overcrowded neighborhood animal-rescue shelter. Some of the pups weren’t exactly excited to be there, said an organizer — but they were eventually persuaded to take part.“Some of the dogs love it, some of the dogs not so much, b
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Spiteful thief steals woman’s eyeglasses after she refuses to hand over phone

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillRobbed blindA vindictive thief snatched a woman’s glasses right off her face after she refused to hand over her phone at the Atlantic Avenue B train platform on Aug. 4.The victim was sitting down on a bench in the station near Flatbush Avenue at 9:30 am when a lady and a man sat next to her, police said. The woman told the victim to give up her phone, but she ignored her, getting up a
  
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• [DANCE] The big sleep! Performance features a 30-person mattress

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  They’ve made their bed — now you can lie in it! Read more.
  
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• [CRIME] Fiend knocks man down and robs him

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendFalse alarm
  A malefactor threatened a guy, punched him in the chest, and stole his money on Quentin Road on Aug. 6, police said.The guy told police he had parked his car on Bedford Avenue and was walking home near E. 22nd Street at 2:45 am when the jerk came up from behind and said, “Give me your money, I got a gun.”
  The lowlife then push
  
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• [CRIME] Crook smashes bodega clerk with bottle

  10-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateCash grabA punk snatched cigarettes and cash from a bodega on Mermaid Avenue and attacked the clerk on Aug. 1, police said.
  The victim told police he was working at the store between W. 32nd and W. 33rd streets at 10:30 pm when the suspect asked to buy cigarettes. When the clerk turned around, the nogoodnik took money from the register, but when the clerk caught sight
  
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