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• Disney pulls boy's costume critics lambasted as 'Polyface'

  21-09-2016 23:42
  
  Disney says it is pulling a costume of the character Maui from its website and stores after public outcry
  
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• [BRIDGE ‘PARK’] Parks and resignations: Brooklyn Bridge park Prez Regina Myer leaving

  21-09-2016 23:29
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperShe’s movin’ on up — Downtown.Brooklyn Bridge Park president Regina Myer is leaving her post as the head honcho of the private organization that oversees the waterfront green space in November, when she will replace Tucker Reed as the chief of pro-development group the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. After eight years in the hot seat, Myer says she’s achieved just about everything she wanted to — and done
  
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• Bee says she likes Fallon, but couldn't take Trump interview

  21-09-2016 23:21
  
  Samantha Bee says she was trying to attack NBC more than Fallon
  
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• The Latest: Disney pulls costume criticized as "Polyface"

  21-09-2016 22:55
  
  Disney says it is pulling a costume of the character Maui from its website and stores after public outcry
  
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• 'Pitch' on Fox explores 1st woman in major leagues

  21-09-2016 22:12
  
  Remarkably, the lead actress and lead writer of "Pitch" have been asked by strangers whether the Fox TV series about the first woman in the major leagues is based on a true story
  
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• Your TV may use more energy than you think, group charges

  21-09-2016 22:08
  
  An environmental group is accusing three major TV manufacturers of misleading consumers and regulators about how much energy high-definition screens devour
  
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• Not so fast on full custody, experts say of Jolie's demand

  21-09-2016 22:02
  
  In the global hubbub over the Brangelina divorce, Angelina Jolie Pitt's demand for sole physical custody of her six children with Brad Pitt has attracted its share of the attention
  
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• Dolphins players organize town hall on race relations

  21-09-2016 21:43
  
  Miami Dolphins safety Michael Thomas and linebacker Jelani Jenkins say they received death threats through social media following their national anthem protest
  
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• Gucci unleashes fantasy, Puglisi stages torment

  21-09-2016 21:40
  
  Milan Fashion Week gets off to a theatrical start with a fantasy-filled Gucci show and an unconventional preview by Fausto Puglisi staged by a prison theater director
  
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• Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj to perform at Tidal show

  21-09-2016 21:39
  
  Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj, artist-owners of Tidal, will perform at a concert in New York next month for the streaming service
  
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• Review: In 'Storks,' a dormant baby delivery business

  21-09-2016 21:16
  
  Film Review: In "Storks," the cop-out answer to "Where do babies come from?" has been given the full, animated movie treatment
  
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• Los Sures: The Brooklyn You’ve Never Been To

  21-09-2016 21:11 via bkmag.com
  
   In the 1980s, South Williamsburg was a different place altogether – a neighborhood known as Los Sures. Before the invasion of skinny jeans, designer coffee, and swanky bars, Williamsburg was home to a poor, yet vibrant Latino community, now nearly erased by the impact of gentrification.   
  Enter UnionDocs: a nonprofit center for documentary art, which set out to ensure that the experiences of the Los Sures community would be preserved. In collaboration with the New York Pub
  
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• My Blind Brother Problem, and Ours

  21-09-2016 20:34 via bkmag.com
  
  My Blind BrotherDirected by Sophie GoodhartOpens September 23
  A rom-com about thirtysomethings bogged down by feelings of guilt, My Blind Brother stakes out some rather dark territory but skews low-key all the while—a mix that can be off-putting, though a handful of nice performances do keep the proceedings agreeable enough. Writer-director Sophie Goodhart’s feature debut, which premiered this spring at SXSW before heading north to Tribeca, begins as two men, their arms tied togethe
  
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• The Magnificent Seven Is a Total Dad Western

  21-09-2016 20:27 via bkmag.com
  
  The Magnificent SevenDirected by Antoine FuquaOpens September 23
  Coming to the 1960 Seven Samurai remake The Magnificent Seven later in life, it strikes me as a big-time Dad Movie: Handsome widescreen cinematography, great scenery, tough-guy actors, slightly poky, very few women. The new Antoine Fuqua/Denzel Washington version, then, is like a 90s alterna-rock band covering a great song from the classic-rock era: Unnecessary, sure, but not quite blasphemy. It may well turn into the runtier vers
  
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• Browns WR Josh Gordon hit with warrant in paternity issue

  21-09-2016 20:08
  
  Suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has had an arrest warrant issued against him for failing to pay child support
  
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• Madame Tussauds separates wax figures of Pitt, Jolie

  21-09-2016 19:52
  
  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt split is a literal one at several Madame Tussauds wax museums
  
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• At Next Wave, Paris Comes to BAM (and Vice Versa)

  21-09-2016 19:37 via bkmag.com
  
  In 1983, former BAM President Harvey Lichtenstein hired Joseph Melilo to initiate a brand new project at the Fort Greene arts institution. “New York City did not have a contemporary performing arts festival, and there were several in the world,” Melilo told me over the phone recently. “And New York City we believe is one of the great cultural capitals of the world; it should have a contemporary performing arts festival,” Melilo explained of Lichtenstein’s reasoning
  
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• Eggos, Wilting During Stranger Things Moment In The Sun

  21-09-2016 19:23 via bkmag.com
  
  Every so often something comes into the public consciousness that invokes a widespread, wistful reaction, one that may catch people by surprise, but still manages to win the people over. We share longing for the joys of yesteryear, a reminder of what came along with a younger daze that may now only exist in the rearview mirror. Sometimes, attempts at capturing this can come from an unnecessary, not-so-creative place—how many shitty TV reboots do we need?—but 
  
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• Eggos Wilt During Stranger Things Moment In The Sun

  21-09-2016 19:23 via bkmag.com
  
  Every so often, a widespread, wistful reaction is invoked in our collective public consciousness. In it we share a longing for joys of yesteryear; we are given a reminder of what came along during our younger days, and now only exists in the rearview mirror. Sometimes, attempts to capture this can come from an unnecessary, not-so-creative place—how many shitty TV reboots do we need?—but Netflix, this summer, got the formula just right. Not only did it successfully
  
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• Fashion fuses with dance at City Ballet gala

  21-09-2016 19:20
  
  Dance fused with fashion at the New York City Ballet fall gala, where designers Narciso Rodriguez, Jason Wu, Rosie Assoulin and Dries Van Noten clothed dancers for four new works
  
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• Country song mashup celebrates CMA's 50th anniversary

  21-09-2016 19:04
  
  Music awards shows love to mashup songs and artists together, but the Country Music Association took the mashup to a new level for their upcoming 50th anniversary
  
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• Plastic surgeon who has been guest on TV faces drug charges

  21-09-2016 18:35
  
  A Massachusetts plastic surgeon who's been a guest on several national television programs is facing drug charges
  
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• Five-way tie for most nominations at Latin Grammys

  21-09-2016 18:22
  
  There's a five-way tie for most nominations at the upcoming Latin Grammy Awards
  
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• Ralph Lauren working on memoir, scheduled for next fall

  21-09-2016 18:14
  
  Ralph Lauren, one of the giants of modern American fashion, is working on his autobiography
  
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• Sound on Sound fest is subject of this week's edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU

  21-09-2016 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs Wednesdays at noon and midnight on SiriusXMU.
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• US Marshals capture man wanted in killing at rapper's party

  21-09-2016 17:52
  
  Authorities have captured a man wanted in a fatal shooting during a party hosted by rapper Young Jeezy at a Virginia Beach nightclub
  
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• Police: Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo killed in fiery car crash

  21-09-2016 17:52
  
  Authorities say the rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta
  
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• Rafter releasing 'XYZ' on Joyful Noise (stream "You Are The Last Of Your Kind")

  21-09-2016 17:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Following a number of releases on Asthmatic Kitty, San Diego pop eccentric Rafter will release his first album for Joyful Noise, XYZ, on October 28
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• Hinds touring, playing Warsaw

  21-09-2016 17:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Spanish indie group will tour around some US festivals this fall.
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• Your Ideal Week: Bacon, beer and the Truffle Shuffle

  21-09-2016 17:38
  
  Join us on Saturday for the last Immersion of the season, in Bed-Stuy.
  The end of summer always feels a little bit like an alarm clock rudely interrupting a listless, kinda sweaty dream. HEY, YOU, time to go back to school, time to buckle down for the end of Q3, time to find your missing socks and buy some absurdly priced “it” boots because those flip-flop days are waning, time to remember deadlines because your editor/boss/client is back from the Hamptons for real now, time to do t
  
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• Seven Point is Teaching Crown Heights How to Eat (and Drink) Australian

  21-09-2016 17:36 via bkmag.com
  
  While full blown restaurants haven’t caught quite as much traction in Brooklyn (remember the Sunburnt Calf and Sheep Station?), Australia has proved massively influential on our coffee culture, uprooting the latte with flat whites at spots like Brunswick, Milk Bar, Dub Pies, Bluestone Lane and Toby’s Estate, and begetting a city fanatically in thrall to avocado toast.
  And with the recent debut of Seven Point Espresso, the Aussie brekkie movement has officially expanded to the outer e
  
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• American Wrestlers streaming 2 tracks off 'Goodbye Terrible Youth,' touring

  21-09-2016 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Now a full band, American Wrestlers will release their second album, Goodbye Terrible Youth, on November 4 via Fat Possum. So far they've released two songs, "Give Up" and "Amazing Grace," which are both bigger-sounding records that take advantage of the band's new lineup and their higher-quality production...
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• listen to Real Numbers' "New Boy" from Slumberland debut

  21-09-2016 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Their seemingly shambly indiepop sound is a style a lot of bands attempt but few can actually pull off. Real Numbers can and do with a combination of super-catchy songs, musicianship and just-right mid-fi production.
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• Katie Ellen (ex-Chumped) releasing debut 7″ on Lauren Records (stream it)

  21-09-2016 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's basically picking up right where Chumped left off, but these songs are sadder than Chumped's usually were. They're both breakup songs...
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• World's oldest Catholic bishop, Peter Gerety, dies at 104

  21-09-2016 16:55
  
  The Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, says the world's oldest Catholic bishop has died
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Goop dreams! Kids get slimed, meet Jeremy Lin at Nickelodeon event in Prospect Park

  21-09-2016 16:55
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Sarah DouganBrooklyn PaperForget “oohs and aahs” — this event had lots of ooze and “arghs!”Kids television network Nickelodeon dumped buckets of its trademark slime on Brooklyn youngsters’ heads during its annual Worldwide Day of Play event in Prospect Park on Sept. 17.The ritual — a relic from a bygone era when the network used the goop as punishment for Canadians who inadverte
  
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• Yusuf/Cat Stevens played his first 2 NYC shows in 40 years at Beacon Theatre (pics, videos, setlists)

  21-09-2016 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yusuf / Cat Stevens is on tour now, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his debut 1966 single "I Love My Dog," and Monday night (9/19) he hit NYC for his first show here in FORTY years...
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• Oasis doc 'Supersonic' coming to theaters in October — watch the trailer

  21-09-2016 16:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From the producers of 'Amy' and 'Senna' comes this "incredible true story of the meteoric rise, chaotic reign, and epic explosion of the legendary rock band." It's screening for one night only in October.
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• Tinder matches with Spotify to add music to dating app

  21-09-2016 16:02
  
  Spotify is getting together with Tinder to allow users of the dating app to find musical matches
  
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• Bear vs Shark reunion @ Market Hotel tickets back on sale (or win a pair!)

  21-09-2016 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also stream the band's recently remastered and reissued discography.
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• tix on sale: Bon Iver, RHCP, Sampha, Jim James, Ultimate Painting & more

  21-09-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also: Wild Nothing, Shabazz Palaces, Still Corners, Fruit Bats, Kristin Hersh, and more.
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, September 21-27

  21-09-2016 15:29 via bkmag.com
  
  Duck Soup (1933)
  Directed by Leo McCarey
  A Night at the Opera (1935)
  Directed by Sam Wood
  Beginning with a flash of NRA’s eagle that progressively gets more ironic, Duck Soup’s debauched satire of petty warfare and monied politics has a potent resonance equaling its vaudevillian absurdity. In everycountry Freedonia, self-proclaimed “Land of the Free,” wiseacre Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) is installed as dictator, his two-bit cigar, greasepainted mug, and endless one-l
  
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• Robert Caro to receive honorary National Book Award medal

  21-09-2016 15:12
  
  Robert Caro is this year's winner of a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement, given for "Distinguished Contribution to American Letters."
  
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• AC/DC's Cliff Williams quits; group's 4th exit since 2014

  21-09-2016 15:01
  
  AC/DC is losing Bassist Cliff Williams, who has announced his departure from the group in a video posted on the band's YouTube channel
  
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• Family: Rochester house fire claims life of third relative

  21-09-2016 14:38
  
  A toddler injured in a house fire in Rochester last weekend has died, raising the death toll from the blaze to three
  
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• Proposal to revive royal yacht draws fans, foes in Britain

  21-09-2016 14:29
  
  The U.K. may be sailing into an uncertain future outside the European Union, but if campaigners have their way, Britannia will rule the waves again
  
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• Fox News: Sean Hannity won't appear in any more Trump videos

  21-09-2016 14:05
  
  Fox News says Sean Hannity won't be appearing in any more campaign videos for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
  
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• Watson, Ramirez lend glitz to UN gender equality event

  21-09-2016 13:45
  
  Emma Watson cheered the possibility of the U.S. electing its first female president
  
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• Adele dedicates show to Pitt, Jolie amid divorce

  21-09-2016 12:12
  
  Count Adele as among those saddened by the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
  
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• French tennis player banned 7 months for betting on matches

  21-09-2016 11:59
  
  The International Tennis Federation says French player Constant Lestienne has been banned for seven months for gambling on matches, with half of the sentence suspended
  
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