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• Actor Daniel Craig would miss James Bond role 'terribly'

  11-10-2016 23:37
  
  Daniel Craig apparently isn't ready to retire as James Bond
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Worker killed by falling crane hook at Downtown boutique hotel construction site

  11-10-2016 23:28
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperA 43-year-old Bronx man is dead after construction equipment fell him at the Downtown construction site of boutique hotel on Tuesday afternoon, according to law enforcement authorities.Police and emergency responders arrived at the site at Bond and Schermerhorn streets at 1:21 pm and found victim Paul Kennedy dead with severe trauma to the head and body, cops said.
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• 30 Under 30: Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree, Performance Artists and Designers

  11-10-2016 23:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Sobierajski and Jeffree are a pair of married artists and designers whose 2015 project Complements—a series of lovingly wacky and occasionally alarming selfies­­­­—was featured in places like T Magazine and PAPER, before eventually being turned into a book. Sobierajski is also a designer and art director who has worked with clients like Bloomberg Businessweek, Google, Target, Tate Modern, and UNIQLO among many others. Jeffree is a designe
  
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• Daniel Craig would James Bond role 'terribly'

  11-10-2016 22:13
  
  Daniel Craig apparently isn't ready to retire as James Bond
  
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• Review: Dern, Williams are spellbinding in 'Certain Women'

  11-10-2016 22:11
  
  "Certain Women" is a quiet, introspective film about three women in a frozen Montana town
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Oct. 3-9

  11-10-2016 21:59
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Oct. 3-9
  
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• Newly retired Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully to visit Kimmel

  11-10-2016 21:53
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, who recently ended his 67-year career, is returning to the air with an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Thursday night
  
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• The value of lead-ins: CBS gets a boost

  11-10-2016 21:43
  
  CBS is helped because many Sunday night debate viewers didn't bother searching for the remote
  
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• Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Spears to perform at Jingle Ball

  11-10-2016 21:07
  
  Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars and Britney Spears are some of the acts set to perform during the 12-date "Jingle Ball" tour this holiday season
  
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• 30 Under 30: DonMonique, Musician

  11-10-2016 20:32 via bkmag.com
  
  When you see New York City in music videos, it usually comes in a few stock forms: slick streets at midnight, ballcourts, some shitty bar or gross club. That’s not my New York, and it’s not rapper DonMonique’s, either. In her music videos, she lives in a New York that you might actually recognize if you live here. She hangs out in house parties at some random person’s apartment, shadowy stairwells full of orange emergency light, and an arcade.
  On her debut EP, this year&r
  
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• Kim Kardashian West sues online media outlet for libel

  11-10-2016 20:30
  
  Kim Kardashian West is suing an online media outlet, saying she was wrongly portrayed as a liar and thief after she was attacked in Paris
  
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• A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies

  11-10-2016 20:16
  
  Joan Marie Johnson, a founding member of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died in New Orleans
  
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• Funeral for DA Ken Thompson will be in East New York on Saturday

  11-10-2016 20:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn DailyServices for late District Attorney Ken Thompson will take place in East New York on Friday evening and Saturday morning, according to his office.The wake will be at 3–8 pm on Friday at the Christian Cultural Center on Flatlands Avenue, followed by a homegoing service at 10 am–noon on Saturday in the same venue.
  Thompson died from cancer on Sunday.Christian Cultural Center (12020 Flatlands Ave. at Louisiana Avenue in East
  
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• Brooklyn-Born Playwright Jordan Seavey Gives Spotlight to Homos

  11-10-2016 20:05 via bkmag.com
  
  “I just want to invite people into a very specific narrative of two men in a romantic relationship.”
  It sounds simple, watered down even, but consider the number of tales—tall, realistic, or anywhere in between—that put enamored men front and center. And if not front and center, perhaps right before you—which may be the case when experiencing the highly intimate and wildly ferocious Homos, or Everyone in America by Brooklyn-born playwright Jordan Seavey.
  “I do
  
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• The next guy to play Shakespeare on Broadway is Adam Pascal

  11-10-2016 20:00
  
  With "Something Rotten!" now counting down the days until its run on Broadway ends, Adam Pascal will take over the role of William Shakespeare on Nov. 7 and will play the role until the show's final performance on Jan. 1
  
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• #NYFF 2016: 20th Century Women

  11-10-2016 20:00 via bkmag.com
  
  20th Century Women played October 8 as the centerpiece of the 54th New York Film Festival. A24 will release the film theatrically beginning Christmas day. Follow our coverage of NYFF 2016 here.
  The central conceit of 20th Century Women is half slice of life, half sitcom misunderstanding. Single mom Dorothea (Annette Bening), a little on the older side to be raising her fifteen-year-old son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), at least for 1979, is concerned that Jamie is growing up lost, without a strong
  
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• A new glam rock book from Simon Reynolds details a thrilling history

  11-10-2016 19:38
  
  Kate Bush. Prince. Madonna. Morrissey. Britney Spears. Lady Gaga. Adam Lambert. Beyoncé. They all, in varying degrees, owe their fame, success and fashion sensibility to glam rock.
  Defined by a combination of camp, excess, satire and irony, glam, or glitter rock was just as revolutionary as punk or hip-hop.  If that made you raise your eyebrows, here are three reasons why: 1) glam rock, especially in the 70s, had a theatrical and bombastic quality that merged avant garde art and
  
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• Rockaways’ Music Scene Is At High Tide: Mac DeMarco, Lewis Del Mar and More On Why They Moved to the Peninsula

  11-10-2016 19:12 via bkmag.com
  
  There’s a house in Far Rockaway that’s business in the front, party in the back—an unassuming ranch with curb appeal that’s worthy of an HGTV revamp. With a stone facade, it’s nestled on a half-acre parcel of fluffy green grass on a quiet bayside street. At night, street lamps spray the asphalt with a non-offensive buzz of incandescence.
  On a muggy, Saturday evening in July, no one uses the front door. Matting down a path from the driveway to a stone patio, people e
  
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• Resensitized to Mass Shootings: Tower

  11-10-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  TowerDirected by Keith MaitlandOpens October 12 at Film Forum
  Too often, movies tell us shocking true stories in the comfortingly false ways in which we expect them to be told—even when they ought to be too excruciating for such untroubling dramatic structures. (Consider, for example, almost every Holocaust movie.) Tower stands as a corrective: not, maybe, by itself a game-changer, but at least an example of how we might rethink the clichés in our storytelling—a guide for fil
  
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• Aberlour – The True Original

  11-10-2016 18:59 via bkmag.com
  
  Many believe the wild mountain stream has healing powers. Others claim spirits speak through the babbling current. What is known for certain is that the water source that helps give Aberlour whisky its exceptional taste is remarkably pure, clear and soft.
  Aberlour’s uniquely rewarding depth of character starts with the water, which comes from the heart of Scotland’s whisky-friendly Speyside region. Aberlour sources all of its barley from within a 15-mile radius of the distillery. Th
  
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• Ex-wife Mayte added to Prince tribute concert in Minnesota

  11-10-2016 18:46
  
  Prince's ex-wife Mayte Garcia has joined the lineup for this week's tribute concert honoring the late "Purple Rain" megastar in St. Paul
  
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• Court: 'Who's on First' can remain in theatric production

  11-10-2016 18:46
  
  An appeals court says producers of a Broadway play can use Abbott and Costello's famous "Who's on First" routine over objections by the comedy duo's heirs
  
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• Candace Cameron Bure's daughter eliminated from 'The Voice'

  11-10-2016 18:42
  
  The daughter of "Fuller House" star and "The View" co-host Candace Cameron Bure (BUR'-ay) has been eliminated from NBC's "The Voice."
  
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• The Latest: Mistrial sought in Derrick Rose rape lawsuit

  11-10-2016 18:23
  
  The judge in the trial of rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose and two other men has criticized the plaintiff's lawyers as "unbelievably careless" in production of exhibits and says he's considering a mistrial
  
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• What Gets in Our Way: On Nathan Hill’s The Nix

  11-10-2016 18:21 via bkmag.com
  
  This review could spoil your reading of Nathan Hill’s novel The Nix, not because I plan to tell you it’s not a good read—in fact, The Nix is a great read, of the variety of great reads that draws you in slowly, patiently, with stores of writerly restraint and pertinacious plotting for a few hundred pages, each chapter and section coming to a close just as you (and the detective-like protagonist Samuel Andresen-Anderson) want to know more, until around page 350 anyway, when the
  
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• 'Fraggle Rock' series remastered, returning to HBO

  11-10-2016 17:52
  
  The 1980s-era musical series 'Fraggle Rock,' starring cave-dwelling puppets, is being converted to high def and returning to HBO for a new generation of youngsters
  
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• The Book Behind Oprah’s Queen Sugar

  11-10-2016 17:11 via bkmag.com
  
  Earlier this month, Oprah Winfrey and director Ava DuVernay premiered their new Queen Sugar series on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
  The show follows the family drama of the Bordelon siblings: Charley (an NBA wife and manager), Nova (a journalist and activist), and Ralph (out of jail and trying to provide for his son) are pulled from their separate lives back to rural Louisiana by their father’s death and their inheritance of his enormous, untilled sugarcane farm.
  But what many may not know is
  
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• Ted Danson in a good place as star of NBC's 'The Good Place'

  11-10-2016 16:52
  
  Ted Danson is in a good place as star of NBC's comedy "The Good Place."
  
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• Image of Asia: Praying for the health of Thailand's king

  11-10-2016 16:46
  
  Image of Asia: Thais hold portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok
  
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• Brooklyn’s Best New Bar Bites

  11-10-2016 16:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Brooklyn bar bites evolved well beyond Chex Mix eons ago; even next-gen snacks like deviled eggs and shishito peppers barely pass muster any more. Because amongst the borough’s newest, exemplary establishments, drinking fare can refer to anything from grilled oysters with hot sauce butter and seaweed, to chicken fried chicken wings with honey mustard and dill—and here’s just a small sampling of spots serving swanky late night eats.
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  Now that Bill Murray mania has
  
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• A forest grows in Downtown Brooklyn

  11-10-2016 16:34
  
  A forest has taken root in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Ilana Novick
  New Yorkers used to brag about their aversion to nature. Frank O’Hara’s lines from Meditations in an Emergency, “I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life,” our rallying cry. Somewhere between the deportation of porn theaters and the arrival of rock climbing gyms, however, New Yorkers hav
  
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• #NYFF 2016: Everything Else

  11-10-2016 14:53 via bkmag.com
  
  Everything Else plays October 14 and 15 as part of the Explorations section of the 54th New York Film Festival. The movie is currently without US distribution. Follow our coverage of NYFF 2016 here.
  Natalia Almada’s first feature film after a decade plus of non-fiction is encouraging in many ways, even as it shows a great need for discipline and soul-searching. The RISD grad has one hell of an eye for composition, the kind that will always render architecture and human error as apocalypti
  
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• The Latest: Christie says he still stands by Trump

  11-10-2016 14:34
  
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he still supports Donald Trump though he describes the Republican presidential candidate's crude comments as "completely indefensible."
  
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• 'The Lost Boy' by Camilla Lackberg is psychological thriller

  11-10-2016 14:12
  
  Book Review: "The Lost Boy" by Camilla Lackberg combines gripping police procedural with a ghost story while poignantly delving into the devastating effects of grief, especially among mothers
  
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• Reel Brooklyn: Killer’s Kiss, DUMBO

  11-10-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Reel Brooklyn is a biweekly column chronicling the definitive history of Brooklyn on-screen, one film—and neighborhood—at a time.
  For decades before his death in 1999 the globe’s reigning genius-director demigod, Stanley Kubrick, had always seemed like a man without a country—a despot in his own kingdom of weird dreams and mega-visions. But he was in fact a born-bred New Yorker, a child of Clinton Avenue in the Bronx, and if of all of his films only his second indie produ
  
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• Christie still backs Trump, calls comments 'indefensible'

  11-10-2016 13:44
  
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie still supports Donald Trump even though he finds the Republican presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments "completely indefensible."
  
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• Correction: People-Geri Halliwell story

  11-10-2016 13:00
  
  Correction: People-Geri Halliwell story
  
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• Tonight's the knight: Rod Stewart becomes Sir Rod at palace

  11-10-2016 12:42
  
  Sir Rod, you wear it well
  
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• NBA star Derrick Rose back on stand in rape lawsuit trial

  11-10-2016 09:40
  
  NBA star Derrick Rose is set to return to the witness stand in a $21 million lawsuit that alleges he and two friends raped an incapacitated woman
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Tackling expectations: Park Sloper connecting women to NFL jobs

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyShe’s got game and, now she’s making sure other women do too.
  Park Slope resident Samantha Rapoport — a former professional tackle football player in Canada — was named the National Football League’s director of football development earlier this year. And, a few weeks into her inaugural season, Rapoport is doing her best to address the league’s lack of women in coaching and scouting roles.“M
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Remembering the old country: DeBlasio honors fellow Sloper John Turturro at Italian heritage event

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIf Mayor DeBlasio can’t go to Park Slope, Park Slope must come to Mayor DeBlasio.Hizzoner anointed Slope actor John Turturro the guest of honor at a Manhattan soiree celebrating Italian culture on Oct. 6, where the city’s commander in chief hailed the Italian-American actor for his artistry in films such as “The Big Lebowski” and “Barton Fink.”“I’
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Foam art: Artist turns trash to treasure

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Claire McCartneyBrooklyn DailyHe’s a polystyrene polymath!A Bensonhurst artist who creates all his work from or on Styrofoam will display more than 50 polystyrene pieces during the Gowanus Open Studios event on Oct. 15–16. Daniel Genova hopes that his show, titled “Found Sty, Do or Die,” will open people’s minds about the environmentally-unfriendly material.“I want to show the viewers
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Baby they were born to run! Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon cranks it up after last year’s low-fi let-down

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperTalk about pumping up the volume!Thousands of fitness buffs took to the streets in and around Prospect Park on Saturday for the Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon, a year after disappointed runners in the inaugural 2015 leg of the race reported a distinct lack of the titular rock and or roll along the route. And while this sophomore effort still didn’t quite go to 11, attendees say,
  
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• Netting his goal: Loughlin guard commits to Cincinnati

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyBishop Loughlin guard Keith Williams isn’t entirely certain what a “bearcat” is, but he’s certainly happy to be one.The senior star announced his commitment to the University of Cincinnati last week, cementing his future with the Bearcats basketball team and wrapping up a recruiting whirlwind on a definite high note.
  “It’s just great,” Williams said. “The coaching staff is great, they&
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] One-trick Clippers: Xaverian tops Spellman with dominant ground game

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThe Xaverian football team is one-dimensional — but this year’s squad is happy about that.The reigning champs grabbed a big-time victory on Oct. 8, taking down Cardinal Spellman 29–14 in a repeat of last season’s Catholic High School Football League A Division title game. The Clippers didn’t try anything fancy to get the win — the team just ran and then ran so
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Fort Hamilton rushes to victory

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThe Fort Hamilton offense hit its stride on Oct. 8, sparked by a dominant ground game to notch a 32–16 victory over Campus Magnet in a Public Schools Athletic League City Conference tilt.Seba Nekhet and Troy Booker sparked the rushing attack, combining for 179 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the lopsided victory.
  Booker also impressed on defense, racking up 13 tackles and returning an interception for another touchdown.
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Dramatic defense: South Shore’s late-game performance lifts Vikings over New Dorp

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Ben LeibowitzBrooklyn DailyThe South Shore football team has developed a flair for the dramatic this season.The Vikings have made a habit out of winning close games with big plays down the stretch, and the squad’s latest victory — a 24–8 showing against New Dorp on Oct. 7 — was no different.Sophomore defensive back Ivanchile Jules cemented the victory late in the second half, recovering a fumble on the New Dorp one-yard line and retu
  
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• [GOWANUS] Go Gowanus: Artists to catch at neighborhood’s Open Studios

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Sarah DouganBrooklyn DailyIt’s an Open invitation!The 20th annual Gowanus Open Studios on Oct. 15–16 will feature more than 300 artists in the Canal-adjacent nabe welcoming visitors to their work spaces and galleries on each day of the festival. There is more to see than you could possible catch in a weekend, but here are three intriguing artists you should make a detour to visit.Gowanus Open Studios (variou
  
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• [BENSONHURST] Chris cross: ‘Hursters march across nabe to celebrate Columbus

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyBensonhursters came out in force — despite the stormy weather — to celebrate Italian-American heritage on in the 35th annual Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 8.Locals and members of community groups marched along 24 blocks of 18th Avenue — co-named Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard for the voyager — waving Italian flags in tricked-out floats from vintage cars.The Federation of
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Maizing the roof: Tele students to grow veggies in rooftop greenhouse

  11-10-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThis school is planting the seeds of curiosity.Students, educators, and local pols celebrated the grand opening of a rooftop greenhouse on Oct. 7 at the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Bay Ridge, where pupils will nurture crops from seedlings to harvest. It’s a learning environment that will help kids grow a fuller appreciation of how chow gets to their tables,
  
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