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• Review: Beatty as eccentric billionaire _ not THAT one

  21-11-2016 23:37
  
  Film review: Warren Beatty's long-awaited Howard Hughes story is appealingly eccentric, but uneven and tonally confusing
  
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• The Great Cook Swap, trade up on Dec. 13

  21-11-2016 22:55
  
  This week you’re likely to go exploring in the far reaches of your kitchen where you hide the gravy separator and the tart pan. You’ll also be reminded of how many pots and platters you never ever use, which is a good thing, because on Tuesday, Dec. 13, we’re inviting you to bring your tired cooking tools and trade up for fresh goods at Brooklyn Based and 61 Local’s Great Cook Swap.
  Gather all your gently used cookware, cookbooks, unopened spices and fancy
  
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• The Great Cook Swap, refresh your kitchen collection on Dec. 13

  21-11-2016 22:55
  
  This week you’re likely to go exploring in the far reaches of your kitchen where you hide the gravy separator and the tart pan. You’ll also be reminded of how many pots and platters you never ever use, which is a good thing, because on Tuesday, Dec. 13, we’re inviting you to bring your tired cooking tools and trade up for fresh goods at Brooklyn Based and 61 Local’s Great Cook Swap.
  Gather all your gently used cookware, cookbooks, unopened spices and fancy
  
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• Review: In 'Allied,' with Brad Pitt, love in the fog of war

  21-11-2016 22:46
  
  Film Review: Deeply nostalgic moviemaking is rendered with digital precision in Robert Zemeckis' highly manicured World War II romance "Allied."
  
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• Review: Set sail with the spirited, familiar 'Moana'

  21-11-2016 22:17
  Film Review: "Moana" is a classic Disney pic to the core, bursting with stunning visuals, good hearted humor, adventure and some truly catchy songs from "Hamilton" maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda
  
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• Live from New York! The elevators to Trump's residence

  21-11-2016 22:09
  
  C-SPAN airs an unlikely feed: the elevator bank in New York's Trump Tower, which visitors to the president-elect must navigate
  
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• 'Moana' song work an oasis from 'Hamilton' craze for Miranda

  21-11-2016 21:39
  
  When Lin-Manuel Miranda needed a break from his American history phenomenon "Hamilton," envisioning the crisp blue waters of Polynesia and Disney's latest animated musical "Moana" offered the perfect getaway
  
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• It’s Your Fault the OED’s Word of the Year is “Post-Truth”

  21-11-2016 21:17 via bkmag.com
  
  In their yearly moment of semi-glory, the Oxford English Dictionary announced last week that their word of the year is post-truth, defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”
  Context isn’t exactly required, but the OED points to spikes in the frequency of post-truth— since Brexit and the presidential election here in th
  
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• Are You Sitting Down? Di Fara’s Is Delivering Pizza by the Slice

  21-11-2016 21:16 via bkmag.com
  
  For almost 60 years, Di Fara Pizza in Midwood has given Brooklyn some of the best pizza made anywhere. The business, begun by Dom DeMarco—who famously and personally makes each of his pies—attracts lines of crazed pizza droolers that last more than 90 minutes outside of his inconspicuous shop.
  In a borough that does not lack for slices of melted cheese on top of baked dough, Di Fara’s has long been acknowledge—from Mayor Bill de Blasio to the New
  
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• Say Goodbye to Hollywood: Rules Don’t Apply

  21-11-2016 20:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Rules Don’t ApplyDirected by Warren BeattyOpens November 23
  With Rules Don’t Apply, 79-year-old Warren Beatty directs his fifth feature film, officially tying the number of Dobie Gillis episodes he appeared in. That’s scarcely less than the seven feature films Beatty has acted in during my lifetime, four of which he directed; at this point, Terrence Malick has become a significantly more prolific presence on the cinematic landscape of the past forty years. There’s a kind
  
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• Former 'Survivor' contestant enters plea in larceny case

  21-11-2016 19:49
  
  A former "Survivor" reality show contestant who was convicted of possessing child pornography has entered a plea in an alleged Ponzi scheme
  
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• TimesTalks Presents: "Moonlight:" A Night of Music and Conversation

  21-11-2016 19:41
  Tuesday, November 29, 2016 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterDon't miss this extraordinary opportunity to attend an evening of music and conversation in celebration of this year's groundbreaking film "Moonlight," which has been heralded as a vital portrait of contemporary African American life and an intensely personal meditation on identity, family, friendship and love. Join "Moonlight's" director, Barry Jenkins and cast members, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris and Andre Holland as they discuss
  
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• Get in the holiday mood with Garth Brooks, R. Kelly and more

  21-11-2016 19:37
  
  Get in the holiday mood with new holiday albums from Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, R. Kelly, Neil Diamond, She & Him, Kacey Musgraves and Sarah McLachlan
  
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• Tainted Ramirez, Rodriguez on Hall ballot with Guerrero

  21-11-2016 19:36
  
  Steroids-tainted stars Manny Ramirez and Ivan Rodriguez are on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot for the first time along with Vladimir Guerrero
  
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• Big Apple Circus files for bankruptcy protection, seeks sale

  21-11-2016 19:29
  
  The artsy, one-ring Big Apple Circus is filing for bankruptcy protection after four decades of entertaining the world
  
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• Dave Chappelle to unleash 3 Netflix comedy specials in 2017

  21-11-2016 19:14
  
  Comedian Dave Chappelle is headed back to TV with his first concert specials in a dozen years _ a trio of specials to be released on Netflix simultaneously in 2017
  
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• Germany buys Thomas Mann's former home in Los Angeles

  21-11-2016 18:26
  
  Germany has purchased a Los Angeles house once owned by Thomas Mann
  
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• Much-lauded Irish novelist William Trevor dies at age 88

  21-11-2016 18:22
  
  William Trevor, one of Ireland's greatest novelists and short story writers, has died in his adopted English home
  
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• Colbert to host Kennedy Center Honors for 3rd straight year

  21-11-2016 17:34
  
  Stephen Colbert will return to host the Kennedy Center Honors for the third year in a row
  
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• Kanye West cancels remaining dates on Saint Pablo Tour

  21-11-2016 17:30
  Representative for rapper Kanye West says remaining dates of current tour have been canceled
  
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• Brooklyn Arts Council Celebrates 50 Years With Affordable Art Sale, Party in Dumbo

  21-11-2016 17:30
  
  Boost the arts in Brooklyn and find some affordable art for your own walls or a friend’s at the Brooklyn Arts Council’s annual art sale and holiday party in Dumbo. There will be snacks, cocktails, and the opportunity to purchase paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, and mixed-media works from Brooklyn artists for $350.
  All the art is donated, and sales will benefit the Brooklyn Arts Council’s efforts to support local artists. The nonprofit celebrates its 50th anniversary th
  
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• ‘Bad Santa 2’ Is Too Pointless For A Clever Headline

  21-11-2016 17:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Bad Santa 2Directed by Mark WatersOpens November 23
  Bad Santa materialized like a toxic wind this time of year in 2003, but its genuine transgressiveness and nihilism were medicinal. This was before the Bad/Dirty boom, when it still felt kind of shocking to see an antihero alcoholic racist in a Santa Claus suit having sex with prostitutes in a major motion picture. It helped that it was helmed by something of an arthouse hero in Terry Zwigoff, whose slim and singular filmography includes Crumb
  
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• “There’s Room Here”: Boris Fishman Talks Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, Immigration, and the Brooklyn Eagle Prize Shortlist

  21-11-2016 17:27 via bkmag.com
  
  A heartfelt and complex novel, Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo explores what it means to belong and what it means to be moved from “home”.  This multilayered fictional tale, which follows Russian immigrants Maya and Alex as they try to find out why their eight-year-old adopted son, Max, has taken to sleeping on the floor, eating grass and generally going “wild.” Maya believes a cross-country road-trip to Max’s birthplace, Montana, to find his birth parents wil
  
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• Fast-talking 'Gilmore Girls' returns; mad binging forecast

  21-11-2016 16:45
  
  Lorelai, Rory and the quirky residents of Stars Hollow are back after a 9-year-absence as Netflix debuts "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life."
  
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• Inside Whiskey Feast, A Booze-Fueled Brooklyn Tasting Event

  21-11-2016 16:44 via bkmag.com
  
  Cannonball Run Production’s Whiskey Feast is the ultimate bar crawl, situated in a single room.
  This past Saturday afternoon and night, just shy of 30 of the country’s most esteemed spirit purveyors stood shoulder to shoulder in Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Expo Center—plying festival attendees with unlimited tastes of scotch, bourbon and rye.
  Stranahan’s brought small-batch, non-chill filtered single malt all the way from the Rocky Mountains, while Pennsylvania’s Ho
  
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• Small Spender: Sutton Foster as Sweet Charity

  21-11-2016 16:31 via bkmag.com
  
  The musical Sweet Charity was originally done on Broadway as a vehicle for Gwen Verdon, and it was directed by her husband Bob Fosse, who later made it into a 1969 movie starring Shirley MacLaine. Sweet Charity was based on Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria (1957), which starred Fellini’s wife Giulietta Masina as a hard-luck prostitute who desperately smiles through her tears. This Fellini film was re-envisioned by Fosse as a dance spectacle with sleaze and anger at its heart, par
  
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• Constipation. A Royal Pain In The Bum.

  21-11-2016 16:13 via bkmag.com
  
  How often should you really be going? From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) standpoint, food in = waste out. If you eat every day, you should poop every day.Constipation Symptoms:
  Lack of daily bowel movements
  Pain/Strain when moving bowels
  Hard, small or pebble stool
  Bloating
  Sense that you didn’t finishNausea
  Why am I backed up?
  Holding It. When you hold it, heat builds up, it causes drying of the stool and makes it harder to pass. Do this enough times and it will become habit. The c
  
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• Review: Foster shines in perky revival of 'Sweet Charity'

  21-11-2016 16:05
  
  Theater Review: The New Group's "Sweet Charity" is a playful revival of the 1966 musical starring a perky Sutton Foster and directed by Leigh Silverman, who embrace the farcical schtick of the original
  
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• Chicago 'Hamilton' audience member charged after shouting

  21-11-2016 15:58
  
  A man faces charges after causing a disturbance during a weekend performance of "Hamilton" in Chicago that audience member said included election-related statements
  
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• Klosters offers great alpine skiing and royal connection too

  21-11-2016 15:48
  
  It's easy to find a beautiful small town hidden away high in the Swiss Alps, one with fine food, nicely groomed slopes and a welcoming, fireside atmosphere
  
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• Six Thanksgiving recipes from Brooklyn chefs

  21-11-2016 15:45
  
  Whether you’re looking for a killer side to bring to dinner, a cocktail to serve before the meal, or something to do with all those leftovers, we’ve got you covered with these Thanksgiving recipes from Brooklyn chefs and bartenders.Thanksgiving lasagna
  Main dish or leftover solution
   
  This recipe from High Five Girl works as an alternative main course on Thursday, or a clever use for leftovers on Friday.
   
   
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   Delicata squash vases
  Side di
  
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• Recipe: The Hail Mary Thanksgiving club sandwich

  21-11-2016 15:43
  
  The Thanksgiving Club from Hail Mary is quite possibly the best classic Thanksgiving sandwich of all time. Photo: Hail Mary
  This sandwich is on the menu at Hail Mary until Christmas, and Ham and Sohla El-Waylly, owners and chefs at the Greenpoint restaurant shared the recipe with us so you can make it at home, from scratch or using your own leftovers. 
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  Cranberry sauce
  5 cups fresh cranberries
  1/2 cup lemon juice
  1/2 cup orange juice
  1/2 cup calvados
  1 cu
  
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• Recipe: Turkey Balmy from Saltie

  21-11-2016 15:22
  
  Replace your usual Thanksgiving sandwich with a turkey Balmy, a la Saltie. Photo: Caroline Fidanza
  Caroline Fidanza, owner of Saltie, provided us with the recipe for her take on a bahn mi, the Balmy, using leftover turkey. As far as we’re concerned, this could be the main course at Thanksgiving.
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  Turkey “Balmy” Banh Mi
  Ingredients
  2 soft baguette-style breads
  Leftover turkey, sliced
  Sliced ham (optional)
  2 cups sliced pickled carrots (recipe
  
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• Friendship Is Dark Magic: Always Shine

  21-11-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Always ShineDirected by Sophia TakalOpens November 25 at the Village East
  Always Shine casts the psychologies of female friendship in a Persona-inspired shade, with varying results. The film concerns best friends Anna (Mackenzie Davis) and Beth (Caitlin Fitzgerald), both blonde haired, blue-eyed actresses with a long history behind them that the film never delves into. The two women go to spend a weekend together at a secluded California house, and tensions mount, eventually reaching an ominous
  
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• Photos: 2016 American Music Awards

  21-11-2016 11:39
  
  The 2016 American Music Awards show was held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
  
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• Strong, sometimes foul political language marks the AMAs

  21-11-2016 10:13
  
  From curse words to Donald Trump insults, the artists on the American Music Awards proved to be a challenge for censors
  
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• [►VIDEO, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Make some noise: Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock, hundreds rally against racist Trump graffiti in Adam Yauch Park

  21-11-2016 07:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperHe’s gotta fight for your rights.The Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz rallied with hundreds of Brooklynites and fans on Sunday after some jerk graffitied swastikas and the phrase “Go Trump” in Adam Yauch Park — the Brooklyn Heights playground named for his late band-mate, who grew up around the corner.
  The emcee encouraged the crowd to keep fighting
  
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• Deaths and injuries to film and TV workers, by the numbers

  21-11-2016 07:01
  
  Sometimes, things go wrong on film sets: a foot slips off a ladder, a stunt goes awry, a finger catches a blade meant to cut wood or shape props
  
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• A look at fatal international set accidents that killed 37

  21-11-2016 07:00
  
  Filmmaking is a global industry, and at least 37 people have been killed and many more injured since 2000 in accidents on productions outside the United States run by major studios as well as regional companies
  
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• 3 black Americans see China as their land of opportunity

  21-11-2016 07:00
  
  For some of the relatively few black Americans who have moved to China, it has become a land of dreams
  
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• 5 filming accidents that rocked, helped shape the industry

  21-11-2016 06:57
  
  Many fatal accidents on film and television sets fly under the radar, but some generate headlines, and changes within the industry
  
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• AP: Too quiet on the set; filming accidents often go untold

  21-11-2016 06:55
  
  Making movies and television shows can be a dangerous business
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Community Board 7 backs Sunset Park library redevelopment

  21-11-2016 06:51
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re lending their support.Members of Community Board 7 voted in favor of the controversial Sunset Park library redevelopment on Nov. 16. The city aims to sell the aging Fifth Avenue book-lender to developer the Fifth Avenue Committee, which will it with an eight-story low-income apartment building and lease the ground-floor commercial space back to the library system. Critics say the city should not sell public land,
  
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• Film shows recovery for Boston Marathon bombing survivors

  21-11-2016 06:44
  
  A new documentary about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings chronicles the long road recovery for many of the survivors
  
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• Rocky: 40 years later, he's still a lovable underdog

  21-11-2016 06:42
  
  Four decades after movie audiences first met Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone's lovable character still resonates with fans.
  
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• Int'l Emmys to honor prolific TV producer Shonda Rhimes

  21-11-2016 06:05
  
  TV producer Shonda Rhimes didn't get the president she wanted, but she'll be receiving a special honor from the president she created at the International Emmy Awards Gala
  
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• [THEATER] Election update: Hillary-inspired sitcom gets a new ending

  21-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperWhile Hillary supporters were tearing out their hair on election night, one Crown Heights playwright was tearing up her script.
  An absurdist sitcom about Hillary Clinton’s run for the presidency will have a newly re-written final episode for its debut at Issue Project Room on Dec. 3. The creator of “Motherland” says that, with the highest glass ceiling still intact, the capst
  
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• [FUZZY BROOKLYN] Pup fiction: Park Slope kids read to dogs at Brooklyn’s most adorable event

  21-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey’re telling tails out of school!Park Slope first-graders read children’s books to dogs at the Powerhouse on 8th bookstore on Friday, in an event so ridiculously sweet employees were left wondering if they’d hallucinated the whole thing.
  “It was pretty unbelievably cute,” said store manager Reilly Rennhack. “It was almost, like, an absurd level of cute.&rd
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Election update: Hillary-inspired sitcom gets a new ending

  21-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyWhile Hillary supporters were tearing out their hair on election night, one Crown Heights playwright was tearing up her script.
  An absurdist sitcom about Hillary Clinton’s run for the presidency will have a newly re-written final episode for its debut at Issue Project Room on Dec. 3. The creator of “Motherland” says that, with the highest glass ceiling still intact, the capst
  
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• [BRIGHTON BEACH] Trump Village residents ecstatic their home has 45th president’s name

  21-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey’re all in for Trump.Brighton Beachers living in Trump Village are ecstatic that their homes now bear the name of the 45th president. Manhattan renters unhappy with the Nov. 8 election results got their landlord to remove President-elect Trump’s name from apartment buildings there, but don’t expect that in Brighton Beach — where The Don surfed to victory thanks to a
  
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