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• Singer Sia and filmmaker-husband Erik Anders Lang separate

  07-12-2016 23:37
  
  Grammy-nominated singer Sia and her filmmaker-husband, Erik Anders Lang, are separating
  
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• Black employees file discrimination suit against CNN, Turner

  07-12-2016 23:19
  
  Current and former black employees of Time Warner, owner of CNN and TBS, have filed a class action racial discrimination suit against the company
  
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• Chailly avenges Puccini with original Butterfly

  07-12-2016 23:15
  
  Principal conductor Riccardo Chailly has avenged Giacomo Puccini's memory with a successful staging of the composer's original version of "Madama Butterfly" for La Scala's gala season-opener
  
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• Trump on the attack against 'SNL' again

  07-12-2016 22:56
  President-elect Donald Trump is renewing his attack on NBC's 'Saturday Night Live,' this time prodded by NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview
  
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• With acclaim raining down, Casey Affleck tries to enjoy it

  07-12-2016 22:54
  
  Casey Affleck's performance in "Manchester by the Sea" has been perhaps the most universally acclaimed of the year
  
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• Hunter accused of killing upright walking bear sues 6 people

  07-12-2016 22:38
  
  A hunter who says he was falsely accused online of killing a New Jersey black bear that walked upright on its hind legs and became an internet celebrity has sued six social media posters
  
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• A show, a trial and now the rerun in 'Cops' murder-for-hire

  07-12-2016 22:31
  
  Either a Florida woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, or she is the victim of a rogue police department seeking fame on the "Cops" television show
  
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• Look Harder: Good Art Things to See This Week

  07-12-2016 22:18 via bkmag.com
  
  This is a weekly, mostly Brooklyn-based compendium of art happenings.(Adrienne Elise Tarver, Eavesdropping, 2016)
  VICTOR + MO: STORIES OF SHADOWS—ADRIENNE ELISE TARVER
  In this two-part solo show (the second part is planned for February) Adrienne continues her navigation of Vera Otis, an elegant, mysterious woman with fantastic posture who loves sunglasses and expensive furniture. Vera always seems to be alone, if she’s there at all; Adrienne films her ho
  
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• 2 burned in gas blast at company that makes rowing machines

  07-12-2016 21:33
  
  A gas explosion at a Rhode Island company that makes indoor rowing machines has left two people with burns
  
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• Phelps to get special honor from SI at ceremony

  07-12-2016 21:22
  
  Michael Phelps will get a special honor at Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year awards ceremony
  
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• Pakistani court indicts brother of model over honor killing

  07-12-2016 20:46
  
  A government prosecutor says a court in central Pakistan has indicted the brother of slain model Qandeel Baloch for killing her in the name of honor
  
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• Review: Ebullient 'La La Land' is something to sing about

  07-12-2016 20:42
  
  'La La Land,' starring the dream Hollywood pairing of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is a gorgeous, heart-lifting throwback to old movie musicals, with a twist of contemporary storytelling
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Dec. 8-14

  07-12-2016 20:38
  
  Emma Straub was one of the first Brooklyn residents we including in our “Five Questions, One Drawing” series a few years ago. Illustration: Steven Weinberg
  Well Brooklyn, what are your plans for the week? Oh right, I guess that’s actually our job, to help you figure out the best way to spend the next seven days. This time of year is always tough–it’s dark when you get out of work, the holidays require a good amount of organization, energy and cash, and it just seem
  
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• Reputed mobster pleads guilty in plot to kill crime rival

  07-12-2016 19:53
  
  A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO's "The Sopranos" has admitted plotting the death of an organized crime rival
  
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• [TRANSIT] Sinkhole tries to gobble up bus

  07-12-2016 19:50
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA massive sinkhole nearly swallowed a school bus on 23rd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues on Dec. 6.The 7-foot crater opened after the bus drove over the sagging street at roughly 3:30 pm, a witness said. The sight was a shock to block residents, but Sunset Park residents are no strangers to the cave-ins — the chasm is the nabe’s third hulking sinkhole this year. Emergency
  
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• And now, the rerun in 'Cops' murder-for-hire case

  07-12-2016 19:46
  
  Either a Florida woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, or she is the victim of a rogue police department seeking fame on the "Cops" television show
  
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• Police: 5 injured in gas explosion at rowing machine company

  07-12-2016 19:45
  
  Police say a gas explosion at a company that makes indoor rowing machines has injured five people
  
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• Study: 2016 campaign coverage was overwhelmingly negative

  07-12-2016 18:50
  
  Harvard study of 2016 campaign coverage says it was more negative than any other except for 2000 Bush-Gore race
  
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• Longtime A's announcer Bill King wins Hall's Frick Award

  07-12-2016 18:33
  
  Former Oakland Athletics announcer Bill King has won the Ford C. Frick Award presented by the Hall of Fame for excellence in broadcasting
  
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• Neil Young tackles pipeline, technology on 'Peace Trail'

  07-12-2016 18:32
  
  Prolific rocker Neil Young is at his curmudgeonly best on "Peace Trail," bemoaning his place in the current generation while standing up for his decades-long commitment to fighting for the underdog
  
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• The Best Brooklyn Restaurants of 2016

  07-12-2016 18:29 via bkmag.com
  
  For the most part, annual “best of” lists tend to compile themselves. But the painful whittling we had to do this year in order to get to 10 is solid evidence that, despite the host of hardships involved in opening a Brooklyn restaurant, legions of incredible talents are continuing to take the plunge. And while (after a lackluster showing in 2015) Williamsburg is predictably back on top, with a two Michelin-starred tasting room, a bi-level all-day eatery, and a duo of star-front
  
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• Auction of Shirley Temple items includes childhood tap shoes

  07-12-2016 18:02
  
  Two pairs of tap shoes belonging to the child movie star Shirley Temple have sold at auction for $20,000
  
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• Musical celebrating Harold Prince heads to Broadway in 2017

  07-12-2016 17:54
  
  The Manhattan Theatre Club said Wednesday that "Prince of Broadway," which celebrates the work of director-producer Harold Prince, will play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre next summer
  
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• Season 4 Of Broad City Is “Coming In Hard and Raw” This August

  07-12-2016 17:48 via bkmag.com
  
  The mood among comedy lovers everywhere was universally lifted this morning, when Comedy Central released a video of Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer announcing that Broad City will be returning to televisions everywhere this August. The pair, who both star in and write the show, let the fans know, that it’s coming. “Coming in hard,” as Abbi says, before Ilana echoes her sentiment, “Coming in hard and raw,” she says, as Jacobs cracks up alongside h
  
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• Opening statements draw contrast in murder-for-hire trial

  07-12-2016 17:38
  
  Either a Florida woman tried to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, or she is the victim of a rogue police department seeking fame on the "Cops" television show
  
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• The Willy Wonka of Second Hand Clothes

  07-12-2016 17:20 via bkmag.com
  
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  It’s a Thursday morning, and the employees of Noamex’s warehouse in East New York hop off the Q8 bus on Wortman Avenue. They shuffle past parked tractor trailers and through the building’s unassuming front door, filing in singly to punch their time cards. They’re young, old, male, female, skinny, stout. Their uniforms are whatever they decided to
  
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• The Latest: 'I hear shots fired. I see Will's body jolt'

  07-12-2016 17:20
  
  A witness to the April shooting of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith says she saw Smith's body "jolt" as Cardell Hayes shot him following an argument over traffic, and says he showed no remorse as he looked down on Smith's lifeless body
  
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• Save 20 Percent More on Discounted Items at DWR Warehouse Sale, Dec. 10-11

  07-12-2016 17:00
  
  Sponsored By Design Within Reach.DWR offers the best in authentic modern furnishings for less at its Brooklyn warehouse.Created By BlankSlateThis weekend, December 10 and 11, Design Within Reach will be hosting a two-day sale at the DWR Brooklyn warehouse, where fans of modern design can save 20 percent more on discounted items.
  Inventory at the warehouse includes a rotating assortment of overstocked, returned, and scratch-and-dent furniture regularly offered at savings, sold as is and ready to
  
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• Enter To Win: BK Bazaar Holiday Sweepstakes!

  07-12-2016 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  For the month of December, Brooklyn Magazine is giving away one pair of SuperPasses to three shows at BK Bazaar! SuperPass winner will receive: expedited entry, 2 drinks, and a mini golf or tennis table game. Check out this awesome lineup below:
  Wednesday 12/7 – Cindy Wilson (B-52’s) and Jennifer Vanilla (Ava Luna), with DJ Kristin Kontrol (Dum Dum Girls)Friday 12/16 – Monogold (record release), Chappo, & Starlight Girls
  NYE Saturday 12/31 – 94 Presents: The Greatest
  
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• Drifting Along: Rancho Viejo

  07-12-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  It can certainly be said that Dan LeFranc has taken a lot of chances with his new play Rancho Viejo at Playwrights Horizons. He has written nine distinct characters (along with one well-trained dog) who are often on stage all at once. He has also allowed his own writing to breathe to such an extent that Rancho Viejo lasts for three hours with two intermissions, and yet this maximalist canvas is very often patiently, bewilderingly minimalist in tone and effect. Set in the southern California of D
  
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• “Death Librarians” Shed Light on Mortality and Grief

  07-12-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Sometimes the weight of the world’s recorded information seems impossibly vast. Sometimes you’re looking for a more personal touch than Google can offer. Hell, sometimes you just really want to know more about Victorian freakshows or books bound in human skin.  
  This is where a specialized librarian comes in. Megan Rosenbloom and Laetitia Barbier are two librarians navigating a topic that’s especially hard to grapple with: death. Both have an abiding interest in death, and
  
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• Caddie dies, 1st round stopped at Dubai Ladies Masters

  07-12-2016 15:29
  
  A caddie collapsed and died Wednesday at the Dubai Ladies Masters, forcing the suspension of the first round and the shortening of the tournament to 54 holes
  
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• Save big on your first Peapod.com grocery order + get 60 days free delivery with code BKBASED

  07-12-2016 15:01
  
  Take the stress out of this busy time with Peapod.com. They bring everything you need to your door from roasts to wreaths. And you won’t pay more for the convenience.
  Two of us at Brooklyn Based tried it—one order was delivered to Brooklyn, one just outside NYC. Compared to the prices we’re used to paying to get quality meats and produce delivered to our door, it’s shocking how inexpensive Peapod is.
  For pre-cut veggies like butternut squash or zucchini noodles you’
  
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• Have Itinerary, Will Travel

  07-12-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  One night not long ago, I sat at a picnic table on Caye Caulker, an island 45 minutes North of Belize City. Yards behind me, the sea was quiet. The air was heavy with moisture. Plastic cups of bottomless rum punch were mixed with Tang and ice cubes and being served to me and my friends Susan and Joanna. We were waiting as Fran, head chef of the barbecue pop-up, Fran’s, finished grilling our Jerk chicken dinner. Along with the endless faucet of cold alcoholic punch, made from ingredients pu
  
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• Beyond Die Hard: The Definitive Alternative Christmas Movie Canon

  07-12-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  The meaning of Christmas is something that we all kind of intuit, but it’s also something that Christmas movies have a very hard time agreeing upon. A Christmas Carol and its many reiterations celebrate the holiday’s potential for personal redemption; Miracle on 34th Street and Elf think Christmas is a time to believe; A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas set out to save the holiday from its worst consumer impulses; and Love Actually somehow found the cou
  
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• Met stages female composer's opera 'L'Amour de Loin'

  07-12-2016 14:46
  
  Metropolitan Opera stages female composer's modern retelling of medieval romance, "L'Amour de Loin," to be shown Saturday in movie theaters around the world as part of the Met's "Live in HD" series
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, December 7-13

  07-12-2016 14:16 via bkmag.com
  
  Days of Being Wild (1990)Directed by Wong Kar-waiEven more than most Wong films, Days of Being Wild is a film of languor. With its scattered characters, near-absence of narrative, and staccato rhythm (long stretches of hushed conversation punctuated by violent outbursts), the movie achingly embodies a particular state of ennui in 1960s Hong Kong, as men and women listlessly weave in and out of relationships. Wong weaves a tangled, mesmerizing web out of this mood, assisted by the astonishing foc
  
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• Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year

  07-12-2016 13:47
  
  Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year
  
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• Dogs and babies among Helen Mirren's acting inspirations

  07-12-2016 13:43
  
  'You cannot take your eyes off them': Helen Mirren cites dogs and babies as her unlikely acting inspirations
  
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• Time magazine Person of the Year is President-elect Donald Trump

  07-12-2016 13:33
  
  Time magazine Person of the Year is President-elect Donald Trump
  
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• Trump tweets on interview when Person of the Year is named

  07-12-2016 13:28
  
  President-elect Donald Trump is tweeting that he will be interviewed Wednesday morning on NBC amid speculation that he'll be named Time magazine's person of the year
  
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• Biden not planning on 2020 bid, but will 'never say never'

  07-12-2016 13:17
  
  Vice President Joe Biden is continuing his coy approach to a possible 2020 presidential bid
  
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• Popular Vermont punk music venue is closing its doors

  07-12-2016 12:58
  
  A popular Vermont punk music venue, established with the help of the wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, is closing after 32 years
  
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• Italian director clarifies 'Last Tango' butter rape scene

  07-12-2016 12:34
  
  Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci is clarifying details about the infamous butter rape scene in his 'Last Tango in Paris.'
  
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• Cruz Beckham, 11, releases debut holiday song for charity

  07-12-2016 11:37
  
  Another Beckham has stepped into the limelight: Cruz, the 11-year-old son of David and Victoria Beckham, has released his debut single, a holiday-themed pop track titled "If Every Day Was Christmas."
  
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• Poet, nail art lover among warehouse fire victims

  07-12-2016 09:58
  
  There was a mortuary worker who dreamed of being a painter or photographer
  
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• Emotions raw on witness stand at Will Smith death trial

  07-12-2016 09:39
  
  The first witnesses called in the trial of the man who fatally shot retired football star Will Smith included a longtime teammate who choked up as he described their friendship and Smith's widow, who was wounded in the April 9 shooting
  
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• Bloomfield bar where shooting occurred closed for violations

  07-12-2016 09:26
  
  The northern New Jersey bar where six patrons were wounded when multiple shooters opened fire during a comedy show last week has been temporarily shut down
  
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• Aaron Hernandez in court for 2012 drive-by shootings

  07-12-2016 07:00
  
  Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez is set to appear in court in Boston in connection with the shooting deaths of two men in 2012
  
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• Carolina Herrera says it's an honor to dress Melania Trump

  07-12-2016 06:58
  While some famous designers have said no to dressing the future first lady, Carolina Herrera says she'd be honored to dress Melania Trump
  
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