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• NFL examining schedule for teams playing on Thursday night

  01-12-2016 23:26
  
  NFL executive Troy Vincent tells The Associated Press the league is re-evaluating its scheduling process in a bid to avoid the short turnaround of having teams playing on Sunday night and then travel to play on Thursday
  
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• Stomp, Clap & Sing: Louie

  01-12-2016 22:58
  Tuesday, January 31, 2017 11:00 amCentral Library, Dweck CenterLouie Miranda has been dazzling the hearts of children, parents & teachers everywhere he goes. He is unique, original & loved by an ever growing population across the country! He has played with numerous ensembles performing music in a wide variety of styles.
  
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• Stomp, Clap & Sing: Jam with Jamie and Friends

  01-12-2016 22:58
  Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:00 amCentral Library, Dweck CenterGet ready for a serious jam session that will get everyone up and dancing! Jam with Jamie and Friends come armed with guitar and bubbles, ready to jam out to traditional children's songs, rock n' roll oldies, and today's hits. Jam with Jamie provides custom, upbeat, interactive events nationwide. Serving the NYC Tri-State area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, and Dallas.  We come ready to ROCK! 
  
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• Lady Lamb releases 'Tender Warriors Club' EP, adds tour dates

  01-12-2016 22:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's seven songs that move from delicate folk, to darker sounds, to Feist-y ones.
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• Shelton, Lambert to headline 2017 Bayou Country Superfest

  01-12-2016 22:20
  
  Some of the biggest names in country music will headline the 2017 Bayou Country Superfest, which moves from Louisiana's capital to the Superdome in New Orleans for its eighth year
  
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• [BREAKING, ►VIDEO, BAY RIDGE] Seventh Avenue is under water!

  01-12-2016 22:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA busted water main is gushing water on Seventh avenue between 65th and 66th Streets.
  The pipe burst at approximately 3 pm today and began spewing brown water onto the thoroughfare. The break caused traffic delays on Seventh and threatened to spill over onto the nearby Gowanus Expressway, said Community Board 10’s district manager.“It’s pretty bad,” said Josephine Be
  
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• Tony-winning play 'The Humans' to close in January

  01-12-2016 22:14
  
  "The Humans," Stephen Karam's play about a fractious family's holiday get-together, will soon be clearing its plates
  
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• 'La La Land' leads Critics Choice Awards with 12 nominations

  01-12-2016 22:13
  
  "La La Land" has landed 12 nominations from the Critics' Choice Awards, including best picture, best director for Damien Chazelle and nods for its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling
  
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• Veterans' group criticizes vets joining pipeline protest

  01-12-2016 21:57
  
  A group of military veterans is upset that other veterans are planning to join a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota
  
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• Streaming sports gets easier as NFL comes to CBS All Access

  01-12-2016 21:51
  
  CBS says NFL games are coming to its CBS All Access subscription service, making it a little easier for "cord cutters" to watch football without a pricey cable subscription
  
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• Review: 'Man Down' waits too long to deliver worthy message

  01-12-2016 21:44
  
  Film review: "Man Down" carries a poignant message about American veterans' mental health needs, but you may give up on the movie before it gets there
  
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• New 'Hamilton' CD features songs by Alicia Keys, Sia, Usher

  01-12-2016 21:24
  
  The 23-track "Hamilton Mixtape" features songs from the Broadway musical by Usher, Kelly Clarkson, Nas, Alicia Keys, Ashanti, John Legend, Sia, Common, Wiz Khalifa, Queen Latifah, The Roots, Jill Scott and Busta Rhymes
  
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• How DirecTV Now compares to other online TV services

  01-12-2016 21:23
  
  DirecTV Now is the latest online TV service to offer an alternative to cable or satellite packages that can easily cost about $100 a month
  
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• Absu, Aluk Todolo, Blood Incantation & more playing Stardust 2017 at Saint Vitus

  01-12-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Absu, Slagmaur, Aluk Todolo, Blood Incantation, Obliteration, Insect Ark, Young and in the Way, Lycus, Spectral Voice and more are playing.
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• Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor gives us his "Top Ten Homeless Thanksgiving San Francisco Tracks" (listen)

  01-12-2016 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "This is the music I listened to whilst walking around San Fransisco on Thanksgiving, the music I heard in my head, and also some of the tunes various people were listening to on the streets that I 'Shazammed’." - Alexis Taylor
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• The secret opener at The Hold Steady's final 'Boys & Girls' show is…

  01-12-2016 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's a very exciting one.
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• Lifter Puller is the secret opener at The Hold Steady's final 'Boys & Girls' show

  01-12-2016 20:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  They've got a surprise opener every night, and a little birdie tells us that the final night's opener is gonna be a very exciting one: Craig Finn and Tad Kubler's pre-Hold Steady band Lifter Puller.
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• How many days does it take Rolling Stones to make an album?

  01-12-2016 20:36
  The Rolling Stones initially went into the studio to create original rock music, but after rehearsing blues songs to flex their musical muscles, they took an unintended path: They recorded an entire blues album, and it only took them three days
  
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• Women lead the 'The Illusionists' on Broadway this time

  01-12-2016 20:29
  
  The magic supergroup "The Illusionists" has returned to Broadway trying to stun audiences for a third time, but this time they've brought something missing from previous stops _ female magicians
  
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• Rock on the Range 2017 lineup: Metallica, Soundgarden, Primus, Gojira, DEP, more

  01-12-2016 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The fest also includes Amon Amarth, Deafheaven, Red Fang, Thrice and more.
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• Mickey Mouse hits the road with NASCAR stars in new series

  01-12-2016 20:25
  
  Mickey Mouse is hanging with a fast crowd of NASCAR drivers in a new Disney TV series
  
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• Panorama fest will be back in 2017 (dates & tickets)

  01-12-2016 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The NYC music fest will return to Randall's Island Park in July.
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• Jury selection begins for woman accused of hiring hit man

  01-12-2016 20:18
  
  Jury selection is moving slowly in the retrial of a Florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband
  
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• Trevor Noah And Tomi Lahren Had A Surprisingly Civil Chat Last Night

  01-12-2016 20:03 via bkmag.com
  
  As soon as the guest schedule was released for the week, it was clear that last night’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah was going to be one to keep tabs on. The guest with Noah, now in the midst of his second year hosting the political satire program after taking over for Jon Stewart last year, was none other than outspoken conservative “pundit” Tomi Lahren, who works for Glenn Beck’s online network The Blaze.
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• One Thing at Marilyn Minter’s Pretty/Dirty: ‘Green Pink Caviar’ Video

  01-12-2016 19:57 via bkmag.com
  
  In a way, Marilyn Minter’s Pretty/Dirty show at Brooklyn Museum wouldn’t have garnered the kind of reaction it has outside the fever/fervor of our presidential election. Minter’s a beautiful artist with a solid body of work, but the atmosphere gave everything she makes a new, pressing tilt: Roberta Smith titled her New York Times review “A ‘Nasty Woman’ of Contemporary Art Fearlessly Renders the Body”; Minter’s &ldquo
  
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• 'La La Land' named best film by New York film critics

  01-12-2016 19:51
  Damien Chazelle's Los Angeles musical "La La Land" has been named best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle
  
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• Hellfest 2017 lineup: Deep Purple, Slayer, Deafheaven, The Damned, Opeth, more

  01-12-2016 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also: Blue Oyster Cult, Rancid, Kreator, Emperor, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe, Primus, Electric Wizard, Pentagram, Hawkwind, Baroness, DRI, Integrity, Leftover Crack, & more.
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• Neil Diamond to celebrate career with world tour

  01-12-2016 19:36
  
  Neil Diamond promises to leave "no song unsung" on his upcoming world tour
  
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• Song for 7-month-old daughter moves John Legend to tears

  01-12-2016 19:30
  
  John Legend's favorite track off his new album, "Darkness and Light," was written for a very special lady: His 7-month-old daughter, Luna
  
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• Katatonia announce 2017 tour with Caspian and Uncured

  01-12-2016 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Swedish metal greats Katatonia have announced a big North American tour for early 2017. The band released their 10th studio album The Fall of Hearts in May of this year but had yet to hit the US road to support that...
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• Modern Baseball's favorite LPs of 2016

  01-12-2016 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  All four members made their own lists. Sean's is the heaviest on punk (NOFX, PUP, So So Glos, Bayside), Brendan's is the heaviest on pop (Beyonce, Rihanna, Solange, Frank Ocean), and Jake and Ian both mostly have indie rock...
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• Q&A: Gosling and Stone on 'La La Land' & their movie romance

  01-12-2016 19:08
  
  Bogart and Bacall; Tracy and Hepburn; Stone and Gosling _ the hugely charming Los Angeles musical "La La Land" seals it: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have entered the ranks of great cinematic couples
  
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• Treefort fest: initial 2017 lineup & tickets

  01-12-2016 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The 2017 lineup includes Mac DeMarco, The Growlers, Bouncing Souls, Deafheaven, Lower Dens, Meat Puppets, and more.
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• “The Cinema is Another Life”: Raúl Ruiz Remains

  01-12-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Life is a Dream: The Films of Raúl Ruiz (Part 1)
  December 2-22 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center
  It’s impossible to follow many of Raúl Ruiz’s films, and foolhardy even to try. One would do better instead to flow with them, based as they are on mood and tone rather than on three-act structures. While the films in fact hold lots of plots, their storylines move not through binaries of conflict and resolution, but instead overlap with and recede from one another like c
  
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• School district temporarily pulls classics after complaint

  01-12-2016 18:58
  
  A Virginia school district is considering whether two classics are inappropriate for students after a parent filed a formal complaint
  
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• Sloppy Heads releasing an LP ft. YLT's James McNew (stream a track)

  01-12-2016 18:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Their record release show is also with James McNew's Dump project.
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• I Am An Adult, And I Am Obsessed With This Song From Disney’s Moana

  01-12-2016 18:44 via bkmag.com
  
  I have a confession to make. In the last…. I don’t know, 24 hours or so, I’ve listened to a song approximately 100 times. This song is performed by a man who began his professional career as a football player, and then became a professional wrestler. This song was written by a man who dressed up in colonial garb every day for the better part of the last two years. And this song… is… AMAZING.“You’re Welcome” is a song from the Disney film Mo
  
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• Ride are making their first new LP in 20 years with producer Erol Alkan

  01-12-2016 18:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This will be Ride's first album since 1996's half-hearted 'Tarantula.'
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• Former Bieber sidekick, Lil Twist, sentenced to year in jail

  01-12-2016 18:07
  
  Justin Bieber's former sidekick, Lil' Twist, has been sentenced to a year behind bars after pleading no contest to beating and robbing a Nickelodeon actor
  
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• USA Track and Field agrees to 8-year deal with NBC

  01-12-2016 17:31
  
  USA Track and Field agrees to 8-year deal with NBC for key events
  
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• Backstage UK politics makes thrilling drama in 'This House'

  01-12-2016 17:09
  
  A play about a government riven by feuding, facing a shaky global economy and with Parliament's party whips as the main characters has become an eerily timely hit in Britain
  
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• Art Basel Miami Beach festivities continue despite Zika

  01-12-2016 16:27
  
  Miami's art world doesn't stop for Zika-carrying mosquitoes
  
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• LeBron James chosen Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of Year

  01-12-2016 16:16
  
  LeBron James has been chosen Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year after leading the Cavaliers to the NBA championship and ending Cleveland's sports title drought
  
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• District temporarily pulls classic novels after complaint

  01-12-2016 16:14
  
  A Virginia school district is considering whether two classic books are inappropriate for students after a parent filed a formal complaint
  
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• Former Dallas police chief David Brown writing memoir

  01-12-2016 15:49
  
  The Dallas police chief who was praised for his response to last summer's shootings of 5 law enforcement officers is working on a memoir
  
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• Vice President Biden to be Colbert's guest on 'Late Show'

  01-12-2016 15:22
  
  CBS says Vice President Joe Biden is returning to "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Biden is a scheduled guest on Tuesday's edition for what will be his first talk-show appearance since the 2016 presidential election
  
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• Mariah Carey headlines New Year's Eve lineup in Times Square

  01-12-2016 15:05
  
  Mariah Carey is set to ring in 2017 with a live performance in Times Square as the headliner for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" on ABC
  
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• Lost Generation: Search Party and Millennial Angst

  01-12-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Translating the anxieties of classic film noir has proved surprisingly difficult. True Detective couldn’t get over the hurdles of tragic, troubled masculinity to explore identity beyond those parameters, and Sin City and its sequel were more obsessed with reductive, hyperreal versions of its conventions and tropes. But Search Party, the new TBS sitcom created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Michael Showalter, is in the vein of Cold Weather (as well as last year’s Wild Cana
  
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• Prince Harry joins Rihanna at celebration in Barbados

  01-12-2016 14:56
  
  Britain's Prince Harry has joined Rihanna in celebrating 50 years of independence for her native Barbados
  
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• Your December Kids Calendar: 12 Days of holiday madness

  01-12-2016 14:53
  
  Let the holiday madness begin. Here are 12 way to keep sane and enjoy the month. Photo: Meredith Craig de Pietro
  December is finally here. The days of breathtaking performances, dazzling snowfalls, and holiday cheer fill the month with magic. Here are 12 ways to enjoy the winter wonderland of NYC with your family, before the deep freeze of January forces you to hibernate in your home with just the TV remote to warm you. From free events to expensive new holiday traditions, there’s ho
  
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