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• Weird and wonderful moments of fashion week

  16-09-2016 23:29
  
  New York Fashion Week always has its weird and wonderful moments
  
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• Networks air 20-minute Trump 'commercial' before statement

  16-09-2016 22:51
  
  Television networks angry at being 'played' by Trump, after they air 20 minutes' worth of endorsements live before candidate briefly renounces his stance on birther issue
  
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• David Johansen, Mercury Rev, Martha Wainwright, Nicole Atkins & more playing climate change benefit at City Winery

  16-09-2016 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Monday, September 19 at City Winery, David Johansen will headline a big fundraiser for climate change, specifically to help put pressure on leaders to maintain the Paris climate agreements...
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• Judge admits he erred in sentencing 'Melrose Place' actress

  16-09-2016 22:45
  
  A judge has admitted he erred when sentencing a former "Melrose Place" actress for a deadly 2010 drunken-driving crash
  
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• Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta playing Velvet Underground tribute in Philly; Britta Phillips playing Le Poisson Rouge

  16-09-2016 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yo La Tengo and Dean & Britta are playing a tribute to the Velvet Underground at Philadelphia's Gershman Y on December 15. It's to mark the 50th anniversary of The Velvet Underground's Philadelphia live debut.Continue reading…
  
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• Museum in New York acquires Billie Jean King archive

  16-09-2016 22:29
  
  The New-York Historical Society has acquired the archive of tennis great Billie Jean King
  
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• Review: Kool Keith in rare form on 'Feature Magnetic'

  16-09-2016 22:20
  
  Even as his aliases multiply, Keith Thornton has more than 30 releases under the name Kool Keith alone
  
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• Reiner says those who support Trump aiding racism.

  16-09-2016 22:17
  
  Filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner says those who support Donald Trump for president are aiding and abetting racism
  
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• AP Source: Label let Frank Ocean out of contract early

  16-09-2016 22:14
  The release of "Blonde" marked the end of Frank Ocean's relationship with Universal Music, but even before the album dropped Ocean and the label decided to end the singer's contract and part ways, according to a person familiar with the situation
  
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• Kacey Musgraves, Loretta Lynn, She & Him, Neil Diamond releasing Xmas LPs

  16-09-2016 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Kacey album features Willie Nelson and Leon Bridges. The She & Him album features Jenny Lewis and Steve Shelley.
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• Invisible Oranges turns 10, posting greatest hits

  16-09-2016 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We also hunted down IO site founder Cosmo Lee for an interview.Continue reading…
  
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• Billie Joe Armstrong starring in 'Ordinary World' (watch the trailer)

  16-09-2016 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This midlife crisis comedy also stars Fred Armisen, Selma Blair and Judy Greer.
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• Ben Stiller and Alek Wek stand with refugees

  16-09-2016 21:37
  
  Actor Ben Stiller and supermodel Alek Wek are standing with refugees
  
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• Stewart, Newman leave NASCAR meeting on good terms

  16-09-2016 21:11
  
  Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman have left a NASCAR-mandated meeting insisting their dustup last weekend is behind them and no apologies are needed
  
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• Merasi: Master Musicians of Rajasthan going on rare U.S. tour (2 NYC shows)

  16-09-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Folk Arts Rajasthan, a small New York City based non-profit, works hard to support and promote the culture of the Merasi, a marginalized community residing in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Through extraordinary effort, the organization has brought a small group of Merasi musicians to the United States for a tour of the Northeast.Continue reading…
  
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• 15 La Croix Flavors That Should Actually Exist, Ranked

  16-09-2016 21:00 via bkmag.com
  
   So you all know that we have bashed La Croix before. You tore us to shreds. But, we get knocked down, then we get up again. To redeem ourselves, we are going to admit that there actually are some flavors that we like. The only problem is, they don’t actually exist!
  Our favorite funny website of the moment, My Lacroix has created an extensive list of flavors that SHOULD exist outside of their own imaginations. Bonus: there are also GIFs of what each can would look like. Also, this sit
  
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• Review: Robert Glasper Experiment genre hops on 'ArtScience'

  16-09-2016 20:59
  
  The Robert Glasper Experiment hoists a jazz sail on "ArtScience" for a spirited cruise on seas of soul, dance, funk and pop
  
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• Nicolas Jaar expands tour, now playing THREE Webster Hall shows

  16-09-2016 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The first two are already sold out.
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• watch Jeff Tweedy crack jokes on '@midnight' w/ Chris Hardwick

  16-09-2016 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Wilco frontman held his own with Jen Kirkman and David Koechner on Chris Hardwick's Comedy Central just-for-laughs gameshow.
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• Museum acquires Billie Jean King archive including '74 dress

  16-09-2016 20:49
  
  The New-York Historical Society has acquired the archive of tennis great Billie Jean King
  
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• Fallon faces social media backlash after Trump interview

  16-09-2016 20:38
  
  Some "Tonight Show" viewers weren't laughing after GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump paid Jimmy Fallon a visit Thursday, and faced nothing tougher from the NBC host than a head rub
  
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• Review: Jack White anthology shows his deep acoustic stripes

  16-09-2016 20:37
  
  Jack White's "Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016" anthologizes his unplugged material from the White Stripes to the Raconteurs and beyond, the unvarnished tunes of a top-notch songwriter
  
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• 'Fifty Shades' trailer breaks 'Force Awakens' record online

  16-09-2016 19:57
  
  People might be a little more curious about "Fifty Shades Darker" than "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," at least according to trailer views
  
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• Less Surf, More Synth: The Growlers’ Brooks Nielsen on City Club, Their New Julian Casablancas-Produced Album

  16-09-2016 19:16 via bkmag.com
  
  The Growlers are busy–that much is obvious.Since 2009, the California scuzz rockers–or, purveyors of Beach Goth, as their sound has often been dubbed–have put out four studio albums, a host of EPs, and, oh, by the way, founded their own festival, the eponymous, self-embracingly titled Beach Goth. Led by lead vocalist Brooks Nielsen and guitarist Matt Taylor–the band’s songwriters–The Growlers’ 2014 record, Chinese Fountain, was the band’s closest s
  
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• Paul Walker's brother talks return of 'Furious' character

  16-09-2016 19:11
  
  The character played by late Fast and Furious franchise star Paul Walker could be making a return
  
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• Fall in love with your best friend all over again with “I Thought YOU Hated ME”

  16-09-2016 18:47
  
  If you are already a MariNaomi fan, a student of comics and graphic novels, or a devotee of Retrofit Comics, a publisher and comics store in Washington D.C., skip ahead because you don’t need convincing.
  But if your main association with comics is bloated superhero franchises I’m here to tell you that there’s a whole world of emotionally complex, deeply personal and delightfully weird comic art out there. Give it a chance. And maybe start with I Thought YOU Hated ME,
  
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• Teacher serenaded by students in viral video dies

  16-09-2016 18:31
  
  A Tennessee teacher who was serenaded by hundreds of students in a video viewed millions of times on social media since it was posted last week has died
  
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• Pixies guitarist enters rehab for drug and alcohol issues

  16-09-2016 18:19
  
  Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago has checked into a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol issues
  
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• Sharper's Hall of Fame nomination causes national outcry

  16-09-2016 18:00
  
  The inclusion of former NFL safety and convicted rapist Darren Sharper on this year's list of Hall of Fame nominees has created a national outcry
  
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• Donald Trump was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Everyone’s Pissed Off About It

  16-09-2016 17:44 via bkmag.com
  
  Jimmy Fallon, one of everyone’s favorite cool-funny-guys on TV, did something not cool last night. In an obvious attempt for viewers and ratings, the highest-rated show on late night TV invited Donald Trump to be the show’s guest. This is a horrendous downgrade from recent guests, like the kid cast of Stranger Things, who engaged in a get-to-know-you game involving spraying silly string at each other.
  In a transparent ploy for people to like him more and prove he does
  
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• Mekelburg’s Is Burning the Midnight Oil with Incendiary Chicken Sandwiches

  16-09-2016 17:19 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s 12am; do you know where your hot chicken sandwiches are?
  The answer, of course, is Mekelburg’s–which has repeatedly proven itself to be all things to Clinton Hill with smoked salmon tartines and babka french toast at breakfast, loaded spuds and roasted oysters during lunch and dinner, and over 15 unconventional, on-tap beers plus gourmet goods and sundries essentially any old time. And now, to correspond with newly expanded hours (they’re open until 4 AM on Fridays a
  
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• Helen Phillips offers some possible solutions

  16-09-2016 17:18
  
  This weekend the Brooklyn Book Festival will pack the borough with some of the world’s best wordsmiths and the readers who love them. One of the local talents–and sure, it’s cliché that Brooklyn is full of writers, but it also happens to be true–that we’re most excited to see highlighted in this year’s festival is Helen Phillips. She’s a professor of creative writing at Brooklyn College and has published two books in two years,
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Stopping e-bikes would be easier if they were legal, Sunset Parkers say

  16-09-2016 17:01
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThe only way to curb the scourge of unsanctioned electronic scooters is to legalize them, according to Sunset Parkers.Police aren’t doing anything to stop so-called “e-bike” riders from wantonly disobeying traffic rules, and the vehicles’ legality is hazy at best, so officials must codify the rides and start slapping bad actors with tickets, one local said.“The police cannot or will not stop them,
  
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• Rapper The Game vehicle shot up outside Miami Beach hotel

  16-09-2016 16:56
  
  Police say an unoccupied vehicle associated with rapper and actor The Game was peppered with gunshots while parked outside a landmark Miami Beach hotel
  
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• Witness: Missing North Carolina girl was chained to tree

  16-09-2016 16:43
  
  A witness says a 6-year-old North Carolina girl found following an 18-hour search was chained to a tree when deputies located her
  
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• New film shows how The Beatles helped fight segregation

  16-09-2016 16:43
  
  A new documentary explores the years The Beatles spent touring _ before Beatlemania forced them to quit _ and the Fab Four's refusal to play to segregated crowds when they toured America
  
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• Richland deputy charged with interfering in Kershaw stop

  16-09-2016 16:00
  
  A South Carolina sheriff's deputy has been charged with interfering in a traffic stop in a neighboring county
  
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• Bill Murray to tend bar at son's Brooklyn restaurant

  16-09-2016 16:00
  
  Some lucky bar goers in New York will see a familiar face serving drinks this weekend as Bill Murray is set to tend bar at his son's Brooklyn restaurant
  
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• 'Manzo'd with Children' star Lauren Manzo Scalia pregnant

  16-09-2016 15:24
  
  "Manzo'd with Children" star Lauren Manzo Scalia is expecting a baby
  
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• Brazilian soap opera actor drowns close to where scenes shot

  16-09-2016 14:06
  
  Brazilian soap opera actor Domingos Montagner drowns close to where scenes shot
  
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• Happy Birthday, Dear Met! Opera marks 50th at Lincoln Center

  16-09-2016 14:02
  
  A chorus of "Happy Birthday" is in order _ the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center is 50
  
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• The Latest: Trump son says father accepts Obama's US birth

  16-09-2016 13:58
  
  The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):Donald Trump Jr. says his father recognizes that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, but he doesn't know if his father will say so himself
  
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• Henry Cavill's manager says new Superman movie in works

  16-09-2016 13:48
  
  The manager for "Man of Steel" star Henry Cavill says a new standalone sequel to the Superman film is in the works
  
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• The Brooklyn 100: Christopher Allen, Founder and Executive Artistic Director, UnionDocs

  16-09-2016 13:00 via bkmag.com
  
  The work of Allen and others resists easy classification, but UnionDocs offers public programming in the form of nonfiction film screenings, multimedia performances and video lectures; workshops in everything from filmmaking to site-specific sound installations; and collaborative projects, like their multi-platform “Living Los Sures” project, using film, online media, and live events to document their own changing neighborhood. It’s an esoteric, experimental, community-focused
  
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• Famed Turkish actor Tarik Akan dies after cancer battle

  16-09-2016 12:53
  
  Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned a Cannes Film Festival best actor nomination for the controversial 1982 film Yol, has died after a brief battle with cancer
  
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• London Fashion Week returns with big names hitting catwalk

  16-09-2016 10:12
  
  The style spotlight will be focused on the British capital as London Fashion Week begins with a dizzying series of shows planned for the coming days
  
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• Japan choosing 88 animation travel spots to boost tourism

  16-09-2016 09:55
  
  Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated "animation spots" to encourage tourism _ using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where popular "manga" characters are depicted
  
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• Lawmakers say Snowden is no whistleblower

  16-09-2016 09:48
  
  A House intelligence committee report is calling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a "serial exaggerator and fabricator" who doesn't fit the profile of a whistleblower
  
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• Diverse America divided on flag, anthem, other symbols

  16-09-2016 09:33
  
  NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand during "The Star-Spangled Banner" has brought to light deep and sometimes surprising differences in the way Americans view the flag, the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance
  
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• Ex-NASCAR star Robby Gordon tries to handle parents' death

  16-09-2016 09:31
  
  The father and stepmother of former NASCAR star Robby Gordon have died in an apparent murder-suicide
  
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