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• Australian 'Star Wars' actor Peter Sumner dies at 74

  23-11-2016 23:55
  
  His agent confirms that Peter Sumner, an Australian actor who had a small but memorable part as an officer on the Death Star in "Star Wars," has died at age 74
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] DA: Sicko who filmed himself raping kid in Prospect Park gets 108 years behind bars

  23-11-2016 23:31
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperA sicko who convinced a 15-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl to have sex with each other in Prospect Park then filmed himself raping the girl will spend the rest of his life behind bars, prosecutors announced on Nov. 23.Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice sentenced 35-year-old Kensington man Natalio Canete-Perez to 108 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of predatory sexual assault earlier this month,
  
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• Spike Lee sued for failing to pay union health contributions

  23-11-2016 23:20
  
  Filmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by the directors of three union benefit plans for not making sufficient health and pension contributions
  
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• Billy Joel takes the blame for broken-down Springsteen bike

  23-11-2016 22:53
  
  A motorcycle that Bruce Springsteen was riding when a group of veterans found him broken down on the side of a New Jersey road was built by none other than Billy Joel
  
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• 11 New Albums Your Parents Might Like (to play at Thanksgiving)

  23-11-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Margo Price, Mavis Staples, Kevin Morby and 8 more albums worth your (and your parents') Thanksgiving time.Continue reading…
  
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• [CARROLL GARDENS] Police: Guy was packing two loaded guns

  23-11-2016 21:49
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookLoadedPolice cuffed a guy for allegedly carrying two loaded guns on him on Dwight Street on Nov. 19.
  Officials searched the suspect with a warrant between Wolcott and Kings streets at 9:45 am, and allegedly found he was packing two firearms as well as two rounds, according to authorities.
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• Titus Andronicus playing Brooklyn Bazaar on NYE (and maybe opening night 1 of Hold Steady at Brooklyn Bowl?)

  23-11-2016 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Titus Andronicus will say goodbye to 2016 by playing New Years Eve at Brooklyn Bazaar. The show, which the venue is calling "The Greatest New Year's Eve Party Ever!"...
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• Amazon removes negative reviews of Megyn Kelly's memoir

  23-11-2016 21:38
  
  Amazon has suppressed a number of negative reviews of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's new memoir
  
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• Topaz Jones schedules BK show

  23-11-2016 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Montclair, NJ rapper/singer Topaz Jones released his debut album Arcade last month, and now he announced his first NYC show since its release...
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• 8 Thanksgiving Films for the Open-Minded

  23-11-2016 20:40 via bkmag.com
  
  Thanksgiving doesn’t get the Hollywood treatment the way Christmas and Halloween (and Valentine’s Day, god help us) do. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is certainly a classic, but where do you go after that? Even if we take the holiday as a stand-in for fall more broadly, the pickings are slim—and troubled. The Big Chill is whiter than the white that sits upon the rice; Hannah and Her Sisters is an urgent reminder of the fact that only Woody Allen should play Woody Allen, and t
  
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• Jupiter Disco: Bushwick’s Retro Futuristic Dystopian Bar Is Your Drinking Utopia

  23-11-2016 20:08 via bkmag.com
  
  Bars provide us with many good things, most of which are based in fermented sugars and distilled liquids. But for our souls, they do a lot more: Walk inside of a favorite, and leave behind the day that came before it. If there are chairs, a counter, bottles of liquor, and a person to serve some of it to you, well, welcome to a better place than the one you’ve just left.
  But sometimes—not often—a bar can be a refuge whether you drink in it or not. And that’s what Jupi
  
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• Screaming Females playing two NJ shows in February

  23-11-2016 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We already knew Screaming Females would be playing fellow Jersey band The Front Bottoms' annual Champagne Jam holiday party at Webster Hall in December (which is now sold out), and now they added two shows in their home state too...
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• Madison Square Garden, Radio City & more hit by credit card data breach

  23-11-2016 19:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The breach affected cards used for food, drinks and merch at five of their venues, but not ticketing or online sales.
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• Your Ideal Thanksgiving Week

  23-11-2016 19:43
  
  First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving to our vibrant and wonderful Brooklyn Based community! In what has been an objectively grim year, capped off with one of the more unsettling political developments in the modern era, feeling “thankful” hasn’t been top of mind of late, but know that our appreciation for you, our loyal readers, has never flagged. We are endlessly grateful for your continued support and for the opportunity to share our stories, tips, events, and news about ou
  
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• Zemeckis hopes glamour, intrigue will draw 'Allied' audience

  23-11-2016 19:39
  
  In a world of franchises, reboots and comic-book films, the original spy thriller "Allied" is a comparatively bold gamble for a studio
  
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• Was cable TV election poll coverage a waste of time?

  23-11-2016 19:15
  
  Hours that cable TV spent mapping 'paths to victory' on electoral maps left the reporters as surprised as anyone else
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Set, spike, championship: Midwood clinches first-ever ‘A’ volleyball title

  23-11-2016 19:09
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThey’re going to be buzzing about this one for years.Midwood girl’s volleyball made program history on Nov. 22, clinching the team’s first-ever Public Schools Athletic League A title, defeating Cardozo in straight sets of 25–14 and 25–17.It was a picture-perfect victory for a Hornets senior class that has come up just short of championship glory over the last three years.
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• Psycho Las Vegas 2017 initial lineup: Swans, Neurosis, Magma, Abbath, more

  23-11-2016 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vegas-based heavy/psych-y fest Psycho Las Vegas will return in 2017 after an inaugural outing in 2016...
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• Anvil released 'Anvil is Anvil' (listen), touring w/ Night Demon & Graveshadow

  23-11-2016 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Canadian heavy metal vets and much-loved documentary stars, Anvil, are hitting the road in 2017 with support from the excellent NWOBHM-influenced outfit Night Demon and symphonic metal outfit Graveshadow...
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• The Latest: Thanksgiving meal set for pipeline protesters

  23-11-2016 18:46
  
  About 75 people from around the country are planning to serve Thanksgiving dinner to about 2,000 protesters who are demonstrating against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota
  
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• Homeshake prep 'Fresh Air' (listen to "Call Me"), touring, playing NYC this weekend

  23-11-2016 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Homeshake may be best known as "that other band Mac DeMarco used to be in" but have been making a name for themselves since his departure. For the band's forthcoming album, Fresh Air, frontman Peter Sagar, who is Homeshake for all intents and purposes, offers up a mix of bedroom R&B...
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• We Give Thanks, MTA: Our Holiday Trains Should Run Smooth as Gravy

  23-11-2016 18:24 via bkmag.com
  
  We can tell it’s Thanksgiving for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s suddenly quite cold. My light jacket on top of a T-shirt are, unfortunately, no longer cutting it. The days of summer or even a crisp fall suddenly seem far-back in our pre-election past. Yes, Pumpkin Spice is all around us, like it or not, and, since it’s Thanksgiving weekend, the trains in our lovely metropolitan will be affected.But, really, this year, it doesn’t look so bad. While there will be some
  
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• Pelican release live LP, donated to ACLU

  23-11-2016 17:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chicago post-metal greats Pelican have been pretty quiet on the release front since 2013's Forever Becoming, but now they've surprise-released a new double live album called Pelican Live at dunk!fest 2016...
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• Doctor indicted after drug death of 3 Doors Down guitarist

  23-11-2016 17:22
  
  An Alabama doctor is accused of illegally prescribing drugs that led to the death of longtime 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts
  
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• Pumpkin-flinging TV special canceled after explosion, injury

  23-11-2016 16:37
  
  The Science Channel has canceled its planned TV special on a Delaware pumpkin-launching competition after a woman was critically injured during the event earlier this month
  
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• Where to Drink and Dine on Black Friday in Brooklyn

  23-11-2016 16:33 via bkmag.com
  
  The only valid reason to step foot from one’s house during Black Friday (our if you ask us, to ever emerge from your hermitic den in general) is food, definitely not so you can throw elbows over marked-down bedsheets, or fight to the death for the season’s latest, must-have toy. And because no one wants to cook the day after Thanksgiving (honestly, even reheating turkey seems too much of an effort) we’ve compiled a list of altruistic bars and restaurants, ready to counter your
  
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• Green Day discuss their AMAs anti-Trump chant on 'James Corden'

  23-11-2016 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As you may have heard, Green Day spontaneously chanted "No Trump! No KKK! No Fascist USA!" -- borrowed from the 2016 version of MDC's "Born to Die" -- during their performance of "Bang Bang" at the super mainstream music awards show, the American Music Awards. Now they further discussed the chant on 'The Late Late Show With James Corden'...
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• How a bunch of boxes changed the course of a documentary

  23-11-2016 16:20
  
  Lost audition footage from 35 years ago became the heart of Lonny Price's documentary, "Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened," which opened in New York last weekend and heads to Los Angeles this weekend
  
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• Le Couleur released 'P.O.P.' (stream it), played M for Montreal

  23-11-2016 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Montreal band still make slinky Francophone disco but have grown leaps and bounds as a live act since adding a fourth member on percussion and other instruments, and their new LP is a treat.
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• Rethinking South Asian Fiction: Eleven Books to Read This Winter

  23-11-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  At the mention of South Asia, the stock images that pop into most Americans’ minds are those of elephants, snake charmers, and the squalid poverty of Slumdog Millionaire. South Asian novels are, for the most part, pigeonholed as “serious fiction” featuring heavy social or political commentary or the puny side kick to Southeast Asian literature. (This is ironic because most contemporary South Asian writers are more accessible in a way—they originally write in English&mdash
  
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• Remembering Freddie Mercury (mems of Anthrax, GWAR, BTBAM & more weigh in)

  23-11-2016 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mercury passed away from complications of AIDS a quarter century ago tomorrow. Since then, it’s been too easy for the metal community to forget the role he played in the music we love. In honor of Mercury’s passing, we reached out several metal musicians to explain, in their own words, the continuing importance of Queen.
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• Polica (duo) playing ACLU benefit with The Drums in between Bon Iver shows

  23-11-2016 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A duo version of Polica (Channy and Ryan) recently revealed that they're coming to the NYC-area to open two of Bon Iver's ten shows, and that they'll be "reimagining old material and fucking around with new songs"...
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• Thou adds 2nd NYC show with Miserable; Unearthly Trance opening night 1

  23-11-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baton Rouge sludge greats Thou recently announced a few shows, and now they added another.
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• listen to Best Coast's new holiday single "Christmas And Everyday"

  23-11-2016 15:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Singer Bethany Cosentino says, it's "a song about empowerment and love. We need to remind our youth and young girls that they are strong and capable of achieving whatever they set their minds to -- on Christmas and EVERY day."
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• Gucci Mane gets engaged on Atlanta Hawks' 'Kiss Cam'

  23-11-2016 14:34
  
  Rapper Gucci Mane took full advantage of the "Kiss Cam" while attending an NBA game in his hometown of Atlanta on Tuesday night, using his scoreboard appearance to pop the question to girlfriend Keyshia Ka'oir
  
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• Cass McCombs releases heartbreaking, inspiring "Run Sister Run" video

  23-11-2016 14:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The video tells the story of the Highway of Tears, "a 450-mile stretch of road along the Trans-Canada Highway has claimed the lives of dozens of young women."
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• From the dead: HG Wells ghost story published for first time

  23-11-2016 14:04
  
  H.G. Wells' "The Haunted Ceiling" is a brief hybrid of ghost tale and detective story that's been published for the first time
  
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• Gold medalist Laurie Hernandez wins 'Dancing with the Stars'

  23-11-2016 13:16
  
  Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez can add a "Dancing with the Stars" crown to her 2016 haul after winning the 23rd season of the ABC reality competition
  
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• Amazon flooded with negative reviews of Megyn Kelly's memoir

  23-11-2016 13:11
  
  Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump have flooded Amazon with negative reviews of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's new memoir
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, November 23-29

  23-11-2016 13:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Au hasard Balthazar (1966)Directed by Robert BressonPerhaps one of the most well-known assertions regarding Bresson’s heartbreaking Au hasard Balthazar was made by Jean-Luc Godard, who hailed the film as “The world in an hour and a half.” Godard was not only alluding to the film’s extraordinary depth in depicting the overwhelming hardship and suffering of a donkey throughout his life in rural France, but was also suggesting a greater, universal dimension to Bresson&rsquo
  
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• Not Another Teen Movie: Evolution

  23-11-2016 12:50 via bkmag.com
  
  EvolutionDirected by Lucile HadžihalilovićOpens November 25
  A fairy tale that doubles as body-horror sci-fi, Lucile Hadžihalilović’s suggestive second feature, Evolution, unfolds in a craggy seaside enclave populated entirely by adult women and prepubescent boys—though in this matriarchy it’s the latter group that’s forced to bear the burden of childbirth. Ten-year-old Nicolas (Max Brebant) lives with a maternal figure (Julie-Marie Parmentier) who rou
  
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• Mos Def leaves South Africa on a US passport

  23-11-2016 11:07
  
  Hip-hop star Yasiin Bey _ also known as Mos Def _ has left South Africa after making a deal with authorities who accused him of violating the country's immigration laws
  
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• Only on AP: Women's hoops explores changes to NCAA tourney

  23-11-2016 08:06
  
  College women's basketball is exploring ways to change the format of the NCAA Tournament, including moving the Final Four back a week to avoid overlap with the end of the men's tournament
  
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• Yule hog! Biker santa and his gang deliver toys

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailySanta’s switched from reindeer to horsepower.A motorcycle-riding Santa Claus and about 100 leather-clad, hog-riding elves rode through the streets of Brooklyn spreading holiday cheer on Nov. 19, delivering toys to children at the Flatlands Family Residence as part of the Bikers of Brooklyn’s 28th annual Toy Run. A pack of bikers followed Mr. and Mrs. Claus to hand out the gifts — and it’s the best holiday p
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Pow-wow! Native groups share culture in Sunset Park

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey danced to the beat of their own drum.Dozens crowded the Sunset Park Recreation Center to celebrate the diversity of indigenous cultures through music and dance on Nov. 29. The Redhawk Native American Arts Council hosted the powwow highlighting a mix of cultures from North America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, and the event was a great chance for locals to get a glimpse of new cultures &m
  
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• Pow-wow! Native groups share culture in Sunset Park

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey danced to the beat of their own drum.Dozens crowded the Sunset Park Recreation Center to celebrate the diversity of indigenous cultures through music and dance on Nov. 29. The Redhawk Native American Arts Council hosted the powwow highlighting a mix of cultures from North America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, and the event was a great chance for locals to get a glimpse of new cultures &m
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] The best pinball bars in Park Slope

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt wasn’t so long ago that Park Slope was a pinball wasteland, but now the place is lousy with the bumper-filled arcade gizmos, and bar hoppers can barely drop a quarter in the bucolic brownstone cloister without buying themselves a few silver balls. Here are a list of some of the most frequented bars on the Slope’s burgeoning pinball scene:
  1. Pacific Standard
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• [PARK SLOPE] Flippery Slope! Park Slope is Brooklyn’s pinball Mecca

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperPark Slope is flipping out!The brownstone neighborhood is home to one of the largest competitive pinball scenes in the city, due in large part to a recent boom in local watering holes that cater to supple-wristed ball bashers, according to one enthusiast.“It’s definitely on the rise again,” said Terry Van Pelt, a Sunset Park resident who travels to the Slope to play the silver ball. “It’s really popula
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Case of the stolen doggie Giants jersey closed

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Thrown off the scentCops have given up the hunt for the thief who stole a doggie-sized New York Giants jersey from a Fifth Avenue pet store on Nov. 8.An employee told police that the suspect waltzed into the shop between 12th and 13th streets at 5:30 pm, grabbed the tiny canine football uniform, and fled.
  No arrests have been made in the heist, and the case has since been closed, according to police.Cell to
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] It’s time for colleges to stop coddling sore losers

  23-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyI cannot state with absolute “certitude” that these reports are true, however, I have tried my best to unravel the mysteries of the big bang (Donald Trump as president).According to several media outlets — some traditional, some not so — colleges across the wide expanse of our country are giving students coloring books, Play Doh, therapy dogs, hot chocolate, self-care courses, and even a free pass on fina
  
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