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• Former 'Survivor' contestant convicted on child porn charges

  18-11-2016 23:25
  
  A suburban Detroit jury has convicted a former "Survivor" contestant of possessing child pornography
  
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• Quest still on: Tribe makes prodigious return on final album

  18-11-2016 23:08
  Rallying around the death of band member Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest's "We Got It from Here. Thank You 4 Your Service" caps off one of hip-hop's most storied runs
  
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• Julie Dash's landmark 'Daughters of the Dust' is reborn

  18-11-2016 21:59
  
  Julie Dash's 1991 film "Daughters of the Dust" was the first film directed by an African American woman to get a nationwide theatrical release
  
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• Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows

  18-11-2016 21:46
  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows
  
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• The Latest: Woodley, Miller visit oil pipeline protest site

  18-11-2016 20:39
  
  Several celebrities, including the actors Shailene Woodley and Ezra Miller, are meeting with Standing Rock Sioux officials and youth in North Dakota to discuss efforts to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline
  
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• Ford, UAW-Ford donate $6 million to Motown Museum expansion

  18-11-2016 20:34
  
  Ford Motor Co. and UAW-Ford are investing $6 million in the $50 million expansion of the Motown Museum in Detroit
  
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• Lennon's Beatles breakup letter sold at auction for $30,000

  18-11-2016 19:34
  
  An angry letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney written in the midst of the Beatles' breakup has been sold at auction for nearly $30,000
  
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• Bushwick’s Molasses Books Turns to Fundraising After Election Day

  18-11-2016 18:53 via bkmag.com
  
  Bushwick-based Molasses Books owner, Matt Winn, like many New Yorkers, was upset that Donald Trump had won the presidency and worried for groups that will be impacted most by his presidency. He wrote via email that he initially responded to the news by joining in a protest held November 9, in which participants marched from Union Square to Trump Tower on 59th Street.But following the election, he said, he took a trip to rural Florida to attend a family wedding where a majority of the guests were
  
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• An Open Call for Brooklyn Filmmakers

  18-11-2016 18:31
  
  Photo by dpb1183 Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateThink you’re the next Spike Lee or John Singleton? Here’s your chance–BRIC is having an open call.
  “We’re asking filmmakers of color to create an episode of a sci-fi series that depicts Brooklyn between the present day and the year 3000,” says Kecia Elan Cole, BRIC TV senior producer
  
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• Peru police investigate death of 'Nashville' actress

  18-11-2016 18:16
  
  Police in Lima, Peru are investigating the death of American actress Lisa Masters as a possible suicide
  
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• Boxer Vinny Paz says Hollywood biopic made him cry

  18-11-2016 18:00
  
  Vinny Paz says he cried when he saw "Bleed for This," a Hollywood biopic opening Friday about the life of the Rhode Island boxer
  
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• Wayne Gretzky lending his voice to 'The Simpsons'

  18-11-2016 17:37
  
  Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky has lent his voice to "The Simpsons" for an episode set to air next month
  
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• “He’s Got The Chance”: John Hodgman on Preisdent-elect Donald Trump

  18-11-2016 17:32 via bkmag.com
  
  Through the years, John Hodgman has been a number of things. He’s been an author, a writer and an editor for the New York Times. He’s been a P.C., a Daily Show contributor, a podcaster, and an actor. These days, he’s still writing for the Times, and recording his Judge John Hodgman podcast, while being a voiceover regular in Jon Glaser Loves Gear on TruTV, and as of last Friday, he can be seen in the second season of Amazon’s Red Oaks as recurring character Travis, a crud
  
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• [►CLIP, PODCAST] Crooner Patrizio Buanne talks to Gersh and Vince about Trump and God

  18-11-2016 16:43
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperHere’s the second half our song-and-dance show, this one featuring international recording sensation Patrizio Buanne — a good friend of the paper who spoke to the boys about his felling on Donald Trump — whom he met at a Friar’s Club Roast of Larry King — as well as how god and orgasms are connected. That and more if you take a listen now!The interviews with Dan
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Tony Danza talks Trump, scorced earth, and living the single life in the city!

  18-11-2016 16:43
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperAbbon-DANZA!Get ready for legendary television actor Tony Danza to serve up a heaping helping of all-American (make that all Italian-American) charm to listeners of Brooklyn Paper Radio this week — giving a delectable preview of his upcoming “Standards and Stories” show at Brooklyn College on Sunday.In a wide-ranging, pre-recorded interview that will be podcast during today
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Arrest in Ridge deli shooting

  18-11-2016 16:38
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyPolice have arrested one suspect in the Bay Ridge deli shooting where four men were wounded, officials confirmed on Nov. 17.
  Cops identified the man as Sunset Parker Ivan Jimenez. The 29-year-old was allegedly one of three men who opened fire on a Third Avenue bodega on the corner of 73rd Street on Oct. 8 in what investigators say may have been a gang-related attack.
  The shooter and two accomplices followed a man from a nearby
  
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• Nick Cannon is expecting a baby with his ex-girlfriend

  18-11-2016 16:25
  
  Nick Cannon says he's expecting a baby with his ex-girlfriend Brittany Bell
  
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• 'I'm not normal' _ the quirky genius that is Alton Brown

  18-11-2016 16:25
  Alton Brown returns this fall with two offerings that are slightly from left field: A cookbook of the food he eats at home and a live variety show that hits Broadway with a mix of unusual food demonstrations, puppets and songs
  
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• The City, While We Sleep: Brooklyn @ 4:00am

  18-11-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Poetry by Angel Nafis, photos by Jane Bruce Most loyal-est lamppost / glowing without eyes watching / you are a still whole thing. / Quiet testimony you make of the block. / A squad all your own. / When only a few tires sigh across the street / slick / and no shoes to marr or make a new kind of clean. /
  No socks in the shoes or feet in the socks to trudge across / Beneath a know-it-all sky already heavy with tomorrow. / The night is here no matter who won’t witness its
  
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• Good is the New Cool: Raise a Glass for Good

  18-11-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Ever wondered how you could support ethical, sustainable businesses? Welcome to a new regular series highlighting products, services and organizations that are ‘doing well by doing good’.Soma, a certified B Corp , makes beautiful water filters, carafes and pitchers. They believe everyone deserves clean drinking water, and  actively support organizations like charity: water who are working to solve the global water crisis. Every filter sold helps in those efforts.
  We spoke to &ls
  
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• A One Woman Show: Talking with Sheela Lambert about the 5th Annual Bi Book Awards

  18-11-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  I first met Sheela Lambert about three years ago as a graduate student at Pace University, working in its LGBTQA & Social Justice Center. I had organized a workshop presented by prominent bi activist Robyn Ochs, and Lambert was one of the attendees. Regardless of what people think of her, Lambert can certainly make an impression upon you and is hard to forget. She looked kind of hippy-ish in appearance, but it was her energy, persistence, and enthusiasm for the work that stood out immediatel
  
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• At 11, composer about to premiere first full opera

  18-11-2016 15:26
  
  Alma Deutscher is a composer, virtuoso pianist and concert violinist who wrote her first sonata five years ago and whose first full opera will have its premiere next month _ and she's 11 years old
  
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• New book in 'Millennium' series to be published in September

  18-11-2016 15:11
  
  The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. The publication of the fifth book in the Nordic series about hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander will hit the streets in September.
  
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• Nobel winner Dylan is likely in Stockholm next year

  18-11-2016 14:53
  
  The Swedish Academy says Bob Dylan likely will travel to Stockholm next year and might hold his Nobel lecture then
  
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• Politics and DIY at the Indie Memphis Film Festival

  18-11-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  There was something befitting in spending the final days in the run-up to one of the most divisive presidential elections in US history down south in Memphis, Tennessee. A deep blue city in the far corner of an all-red state, Memphis is a city that’s united an easy-going vibe, even as it remains divided and largely segregated. For a New Yorker and first-time visitor, however, it offered escape from the pre-election noise and anxiety. Home to Aretha Franklin, Booker T, and Otis Redding, it
  
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• Chinese director accuses Wanda of monopolizing market

  18-11-2016 12:47
  
  One of China's most famous film directors has publicly accused the country's richest man of monopolizing the cinema market and limiting screenings of his latest movie
  
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• Long Island's 'Amityville Horror' house is being bought

  18-11-2016 12:00
  
  The Long Island home that served as the inspiration for the book "The Amityville Horror" and the subsequent films of the same name is being bought
  
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• Director Feng Xiaogang accuses Wanda of monopolizing market

  18-11-2016 10:51
  
  One of China's most famous film directors has publicly accused the country's richest man of monopolizing the cinema market and limiting screening of his latest movie
  
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• Chaminade in 1982: Witnessing one of sports' greatest upsets

  18-11-2016 10:23
  
  Witness to an Upset: Tiny Chaminade's victory over mighty Virginia in 1982 is considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history
  
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• TV academy gets first black CEO in its 70-year history

  18-11-2016 08:24
  
  A veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the Television Academy
  
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• New anti-bullying program to debut at Buffalo high school

  18-11-2016 06:33
  
  A new program aimed at reducing cyberbullying will make its debut at a Buffalo high school
  
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• ESPN is getting a do-over in Mexico City on Monday night

  18-11-2016 06:02
  
  ESPN is getting a do-over
  
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• Presenter errs with Juan Gabriel's first Latin Grammy Award

  18-11-2016 06:01
  
  Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel won the first Latin Grammy Award of his long career Thursday, but presenter Andres Ceballos of the group Dvicio apparently didn't realize it was a posthumous prize
  
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• What in blazes?! Marine Park, Canarsie area leads borough for stove-top fires

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyMarine Park cooks beware!Amateur chefs cause more kitchen fires in Community Board 18 than anywhere else in Brooklyn, according to the Fire Department. It’s a silly superlative, but with Thanksgiving and the holidays just around the corner, it’s also a serious safety concern, a leader said during the board’s Nov. 16 meeting.“I laughed honestly when I heard this, I said ‘C’mon give me a break,&rs
  
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• [MEADOWS OF SHAME] Emancipation desecration! Prospect Park’s historic Lincoln statue vandalized

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt’s penny dreadful!A vandal defaced the 140-year-old bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln at Prospect Park last week, spray-painting over the Emancipation Proclamation and its inscription that typically reads “Shall be forever free.”The barely comprehensible scrawl itself doesn’t appear to be a political statement, but the fact that the tagger chose to attack the Liberator
  
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• Man dies after leap in front of D train

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA man is dead after he jumped in front of a D train in an apparent suicide at the Bay 50th Street station in Gravesend on Nov. 16.The 37-year-old leapt in front of a Coney Island Bound-bound train at 4:04 pm, according to a Fire Department spokesman. The train severed the man’s legs, and emergency responders took him to Lutheran Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:06 pm, she s
  
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• [DINING] New ‘Zagat’ guide has zero Brooklyn kosher restaurants, Councilman kvetches

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Courier Life microwave bureauBrooklyn PaperNow we don’t normally just reprint “press releases” all willy-nilly (what “self-respecting newspaper” would?), but this one from Councilman David Greenfield (D–Midwood) calling out “restaurant guide” Zagat for not including any Brooklyn kosher joints was “too delicious to pass up!” (And don’t worry, it’s “parve”). Here it is in all it&
  
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• Councilman: Public school staff telling immigrant Brooklyn students to ‘start packing their bags’ after Trump election

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyPublic school employees are bullying immigrant students in Bay Ridge and Sunset Park, saying “they’d better start packing their bags,” on the heels of Donald Trump’s election victory, according to a letter Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D–Sunset Park) and members of two local community education councils sent to schools chancellor Carmen Farina on Nov. 15.“I recently met with parents from CECs 1
  
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• [CLASS ACTION] Councilman: Public school staff telling immigrant Brooklyn students to ‘start packing their bags’ after Trump election

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperPublic school employees are bullying immigrant students in Bay Ridge and Sunset Park, saying “they’d better start packing their bags,” on the heels of Donald Trump’s election victory, according to a letter Councilman Carlos Menchaca (D–Sunset Park) and members of two local community education councils sent to schools chancellor Carmen Farina on Nov. 15.“I recently met with parents from CECs 1
  
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• [BRIGHTON BEACH] See it!: Truck plows hole into Brighton Beach wall

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA truck crashed into an Oriental Boulevard apartment building and left a gaping hole on Nov. 17.Emergency responders arrived at about 1:45 pm and transported one of the drivers to Lutheran Hospital in stable condition, a fire department spokesman said.An officer told our photographer on the scene that the truck crashed into the smaller car near West End Avenue and then rammed straight into the apartment building.Reach reporter Jul
  
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• [BAY RIDGE NIGHTS] Take a musical journey through the Ridge!

  18-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA big weekend of live music is ready to rock the Ridge!
  Dive deep into the American traditions of rock, disco, and jazz — plus a Billy Joel tribute band, because that man is an American treasure.
  On Friday, hustle over to the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77th and 78th streets) for some classic disco beats from Generation Gap. The vocalist-keyboard duo will play dance hits that make you want to bust out the go-
  
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• Jennifer Lopez duets with Marc Anthony at Latin Grammys

  18-11-2016 04:51
  
  Jennifer Lopez surprised guests at the 17th annual Latin Grammy Awards Thursday when she performed with and presented an award to her ex-husband Marc Anthony
  
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• Thailand's queen in hospital with high fever, lung infection

  18-11-2016 04:42
  
  The royal palace of Thailand says Queen Sirikit has been hospitalized with fever and lung infection, a month after her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died
  
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• Manuel Medrano wins best new artist at Latin Grammy Awards

  18-11-2016 03:26
  
  Colombian singer Manuel Medrano and Puerto Rican artist Yandel each won two Latin Grammy Awards Thursday during a ceremony that began with a strong message in defense of Latinos
  
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• Woman appeals defeat in rape lawsuit against Derrick Rose

  18-11-2016 02:07
  
  The ex-girlfriend who lost her lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends of rape has appealed
  
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• Late Mexican composer Juan Gabriel wins first Latin Grammy

  18-11-2016 01:53
  It didn't happen during his lifetime, but venerable Mexican composer Juan Gabriel received his first Latin Grammy Award Thursday
  
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• Man charged with felony vandalism in smashing of Trump star

  18-11-2016 00:27
  
  Authorities say a man who used a sledgehammer to smash Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been charged with felony vandalism
  
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• Stomp, Clap & Sing: Music with Emily & Friends

  18-11-2016 00:22
  Tuesday, December 6, 2016 11:00 amCentral Library, Dweck CenterPut the rhythm in your feet, dance your body and feel the beat! Sing-a-long with songs you know and rock out with Emily's original tunes! With the release of her new CD, Sun In The Morning 'Til The Moon At Night, Emily is thrilled to be coming back to share her music with you.
  
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• Stomp, Clap & Sing: Jeremy Plays Guitar

  18-11-2016 00:22
  Tuesday, December 20, 2016 11:00 amCentral Library, Dweck CenterGrab your kids for a sing-along dance party with the awesomely educational band Jeremy Plays Guitar! Rock out to award-winning music and find out what the critics are raving about - it's the most fun your kids have while (shhh) learning!                      
  
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• Miles Teller comes back swinging in 'Bleed for This'

  18-11-2016 00:21
  By his count, Miles Teller has done 13 films in the past five years _ four of them came out this year alone
  
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