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• Trump inaugural to include prayers from prosperity preachers

  28-12-2016 23:44
  
  The inaugural for President-elect Donald Trump will include prayers from prosperity gospel preachers
  
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• Flipping Scripts: Art Notes for 2017

  28-12-2016 23:19 via bkmag.com
  
  Last week I posted a lengthy, ambling, ultimately perhaps tiresomely discursive roundup of 2016 art highlights. As you’ll likely recall if you read the piece—or as you might observe if you read it here—I found it rather difficult, even nearly dishonest to dig into all the microcosmic good of NYC art shows and the like without first addressing various aspects of the macrocosmic bad that has characterized so much of what we’ve seen in the news and felt in our lives over th
  
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• Fans create impromptu Hollywood star for Carrie Fisher

  28-12-2016 23:15
  
  Carrie Fisher didn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so fans have taken over a blank sidewalk star to pay tribute to the late "Star Wars" actress
  
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• Canadian actor Gordie Tapp, a regular on "Hee Haw" has died

  28-12-2016 23:13
  
  Canada's public TV broadcaster has announced the death of entertainer Gordie Tapp, who exercised his comedic chops as a regular on America's popular "Hee Haw" television variety series
  
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• Brother of JonBenet Ramsey sues CBS for $750M over series

  28-12-2016 22:35
  
  The older brother of JonBenet Ramsey is suing CBS and others for $750 million over a series which concluded he killed his sister
  
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• Resurgent 'Today' show has December ratings milestone

  28-12-2016 22:13
  
  NBC's 'Today' beats ABC's 'Good Morning America' in December for first month without Olympics since June 2012
  
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• NFL, Canada's CTV hopeful for favorable Super Bowl ad ruling

  28-12-2016 22:11
  
  The company that owns the right to broadcast the Super Bowl in Canada and the NFL went back to court Wednesday in an effort to reverse a decision banning the substitution of Canadian ads over American ones during the game
  
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• Rapper T.I. and his wife to split as she files for divorce

  28-12-2016 22:06
  
  Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, wife of rapper T.I., has filed for divorce from the hip-hop entertainer
  
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• [CRIME] Trio takes delivery guy’s belongings and food

  28-12-2016 21:03
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendDelivery gone wrong
  Three worms threatened a delivery worker and stole his phone and wallet on E. 14th Street on Dec. 18, police said.The 21-year-old worker told police he was making a food delivery near Avenue V at about 9:45 pm when the crooks came up to him and one said, “Is that the delivery?” while a second one grabbed him from behin
  
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• [CRIME] Mask-clad louts rob man at gunpoint

  28-12-2016 21:03
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateBad dealThree brutes robbed a man at gunpoint after pretending to be pot dealers on W. 33rd Street on Dec. 24, said police.
  The man told police he went to the fifth floor of an apartment building between Mermaid and Surf avenues to buy marijuana when three men in ski masks grabbed him. The baddies pushed the man into a staircase and brandished a black gun before swipin
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Vandals attack menorahs in Park Slope and Prospect Heights

  28-12-2016 20:59
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperVandals broke two public menorahs in Park Slope and Prospect Heights on Monday night, according to a local rabbi who believes the attack was fueled by hate — anti-Semitic or otherwise.“This definitely came from a place of hate, either of the holiday display, or the display of Jewishness, or if it’s teenagers that have issues in general, but it’s definitely something very concerning,” said Rabbi Mendy H
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] An ice gesture! New Year’s ‘Polar Plunge’ rasies $ for sick kids

  28-12-2016 20:19
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey’re freezin’ for a reason.Come New Year’s Day some 2,500 hot-blooded swimmers will usher in 2017 by diving into the People’s Playground’s frigid shore for charity at the Polar Bear Club’s 113th annual New Year’s Day Plunge. The Jan. 1 dunk will raise cash for Camp Sunshine, a Maine retreat for sick children and their families, and will expose th
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] An ice gesture! New Year’s ‘Polar Plunge’ raises $ for sick kids

  28-12-2016 20:19
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey’re freezin’ for a reason.Come New Year’s Day some 2,500 hot-blooded swimmers will usher in 2017 by diving into the People’s Playground’s frigid shore for charity at the Polar Bear Club’s 113th annual New Year’s Day Plunge. The Jan. 1 dunk will raise cash for Camp Sunshine, a Maine retreat for sick children and their families, and will expose th
  
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• An ice gesture! New Year’s ‘Polar Plunge’ raises $ for sick kids

  28-12-2016 20:19
  
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• Review: Bening shines as a '70s mom, trying to figure it out

  28-12-2016 19:38
  
  Film Review: Annette Bening gives a poignant and meticulous performance as a 1970s California mother trying to figure out how to raise her adolescent son
  
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• Minor Victories (Slowdive, Mogwai, Editors) tell us their Top 10 LPs of 2016

  28-12-2016 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Check out what records this UK shoegaze-post-rock supergroup dug this year.
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• Iggy Pop and Thurston Moore shoot the breeze, jam in new video (watch)

  28-12-2016 19:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rough Trade shops coordinated this conversation which took place at Iggy's pad in Miami. He and Thurston talk talk punk, pop, and touch on many points of Iggy's career. There's even an impromptu jam.
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• Brooklyn’s Best New Bars of 2016

  28-12-2016 19:22 via bkmag.com
  
  Part of the fun of year-end “best of” lists is undoubtedly tallying up the buzzy new spots you’ve been to and adding a few more to your bucket list. But if there’s a deeper observation to be made by looking back at the best new bars that opened in Brooklyn this year, it would have to be the way the nightlife scene reflects growing trends in our borough as a whole. This year, many of our favorite bars were new ventures by expert bartenders who’ve already proven thems
  
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• My best NYE in NYC: Jonathan Schnapp of the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club

  28-12-2016 19:00
  
  We asked our contributors, friends and notable Brooklynites to share their favorite New Year’s in NYC. Here, Jonathan Schnapp, co-owner of the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, shares his epic night in his signature, e e cummings style of email. His shuffleboard palace is throwing their third annual New Year’s Eve Flamingo Formal on Saturday, a totally free, fun night and a great excuse to dress up for the last hurrah of the year. For more ideas, check out our last Ideal Week
  
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• we look back at 2016 on this week's BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on Sirius XMU (playlist)

  28-12-2016 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today (12/28) is the last episode of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU for 2016 and host Nick Masi spends it counting down his favorite records of the year, which include many records that ended up on BV's year-end list.Continue reading…
  
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• In the House: Can Bands Afford to Live together in Brooklyn?

  28-12-2016 18:17 via bkmag.com
  
  It was a chilly November night, but after paying the cover charge and pushing open the door, we were immediately greeted by a wave of near-stifling body heat. We could barely even get into the room, it was so packed with people. Someone had been standing directly in front of the door and had to move out of the way so that we could push it open wide enough to squeeze through it.
  Once inside, we were practically standing on the “stage”—a short little riser on which the Berke
  
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• Comedy About Brooklyn Gentrification Debuts on BRIC TV

  28-12-2016 17:30
  
  Photo via BRIC Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateThere’s plenty of comedic fodder to be found in rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, as ably demonstrated by Brooklynification, a scripted TV series that recently debuted from BRIC TV.
  Photo via BRIC
  A brownstone version of Portlandia, the six-episode first season pokes fun at mommy-and-me yoga, red state transplants
  
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• My best NYE in NYC: Oriana Leckert of Brooklyn Spaces

  28-12-2016 17:07
  
  If you need a recommendation for an epic New Year’s Eve bash, Oriana Leckert is the person to ask. The author of Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture and Creativity knows all the borough’s DIY venues and the parties they spawn. She used to write our New Year’s Eve party roundup for years, and she tracks quirky events and alternative nightlife for her own blog year round. So when I asked her to name her favorite New Year’s Eve out of all the parties she must have
  
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• Carrie Fisher's books become best sellers after her death

  28-12-2016 16:51
  Three of actress and humorist Carrie Fisher's books landed in the top 10 of Amazon's best-seller list less than 24 hours after her death
  
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• [COBBLE HILL] LICH developer reveals plans for a 28-story tower

  28-12-2016 16:26
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe developer that now owns the site of the old Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill just revealed another part of the gargantuan housing complex is has planned for the property.Builder Fortis Property Group filed plans on Dec. 22 for a 28-story tower on Hicks Street between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street, according to Department of Buildings documents and as first reported by real-estate blog New York YIMBY.
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• Where to Drink and Dine (and Wish it Were Still 1999) on New Year’s Eve

  28-12-2016 16:14 via bkmag.com
  
  If you’re still thoroughly shell shocked from the year that was, and trepidatious (to put it mildly) about the year yet to come, there’s never been a better reason to let it all hang loose on New Year’s Eve. For a short while, at least, you can forget your troubles in the bubbles of a glass of complimentary champagne—not to mention feast like there’s no tomorrow—at spots like Sauvage, The Good Fork and more.Sauvage: A duo of seatings ($95 at 6pm, and $135 at 9
  
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• Justice DJing NYC Friday (Hot Chip too & Crystal Castles live)

  28-12-2016 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Justice returned recently with the very solid Woman, their first album in five years. While they don't have a tour announced yet, they have a few upcoming dates including a PRE-NYE Party in NYC...
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• AP FACT CHECK: WWE wrestler Big Show not dead

  28-12-2016 11:49
  
  A story reported by a blog called "WWE" that claimed professional wrestling star "Big Show" had died in a car accident is false
  
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• Appreciation: Fisher found best material in her own troubles

  28-12-2016 07:07
  Carrie Fisher, who gained pop-culture fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars," found her best material in her own troubled life
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Park Slope’s giant mayor lights Park Slope’s giant menorah

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey got a whole latke love!A record crowd congregated in Grand Army Plaza on Saturday to watch our gigantic mayor light the first candle of a gigantic menorah for the first night of Hanukkah. The organizers say they know the turnout was one for the books because they handed out more than 2,000 free potato pancakes on the night — more than ever before.“It went extremely well,” Rabbi Shimon Hecht, leader of Chabad
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Cops: Woman attacked homeless shelter workers

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  No shelterPolice arrested a woman for allegedly attacking workers at an Eighth Avenue homeless shelter on Dec. 12.The victim told police she and her partner were working security at the refuge between 14th and 15th streets at 1:30 pm when the suspect entered seeking a bed, but refused to allow guards there to search her and check her stuff.The suspect became irate and then allegedly attacked the staffers, sp
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] Dems the breaks: Sore losers need to get over election

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyHere we go again, the PC, liberal, sore-losing Dems took another swipe at the Trump family — this time on a Jet Blue Flight and aimed at Ivanka Trump, with her kids and husband in tow no less.In one report in the New York Post, “Once inside the cabin, [Daniel] Goldstein, who had a child in his arms, began shouting at Trump, demanding to know why she was on the flight and not on a private plane.”I cannot begin t
  
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• [MEAN STREETS] Cyclists sick of 88th Precinct cars in bike lane, CO claims he can’t do anything about it

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCyclists are fed up with officers from Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct parking their cars across the bike lane on DeKalb Avenue, and are demanding the cops cut it out before someone gets hurt.“When you ride your bike up DeKalb you have to swerve out in traffic,” said Dara Furlow, a Clinton Hill resident who regularly uses the lane. “People are trying to be safe and ride their bikes and I think they’re impe
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Still perfect: Lincoln fends off Jefferson to retain spotless season

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Benjamin LeibowitzBrooklyn DailyThey’re still on track.Lincoln’s boys basketball team kept its perfect record intact on Dec. 22, defeating Jefferson 88–71 in a rematch of last year’s Public Schools Athletic League championship game.This year, however, the Railsplitters walked away with the victory and — more importantly — a big-time boost of early-season confidence.“Last year we took a beating by this team at the Ga
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Gridiron greats: 2016 All-Brooklyn football honors

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThere weren’t any champions crowned, but some of the best football players in the city suited up across Brooklyn this season.Erasmus Hall once again led the way in the Public Schools Athletic League, notching a third-straight championship berth before coming up short to Curtis at Yankee Stadium. Lincoln and Grand Street Campus also impressed with appearances in the city conference semifina
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Police: Suspect beat cop with flashlight during pot arrest

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillFlash hitCops collared a guy who they say bashed a police officer with a flashlight after he was arrested for possessing pot on Irving Place on Dec. 22.Officers said they stopped a Ford Mustang with excessive window tints near Gates Avenue at 10:45 pm, and inside they allegedly found the vehicle’s occupants were carrying a big stash of weed, so they began making arrests.
  But as the co
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Blackbirds suffer third-straight loss

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThe ball just wouldn’t bounce the Blackbirds’ way.The Long Island University men’s basketball team wrapped its non-conference schedule on Dec. 21 with a 75–66 loss to Niagara University at Barclays Center. It was the third-straight loss for the Blackbirds as the squad shot just 34.2 percent in the second half.
  “I know our guys were frustrated by that,” Blackbirds coach Jack Perri said. “But
  
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• [BUSHWICK] Bushwick battler: UFC star got his fighting edge in Brooklyn

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe still considers himself a Brooklyn kid at heart.
  Neil Magny grew up in Bushwick, shuffling from apartment to apartment with his mom before the pair left the city in 2002 when he was 15 years old. Magny, 29, will take on Johny Hendrick at UFC 207 on Dec. 30. The pugilist still prides himself on his Brooklyn attitude, more than a decade after he left — it made him the fighter he is today, he said.“I’m thankful for
  
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• [BUSHWICK] Bed-Stuy native finds college success in Brooklyn roots

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe’s embracing the grind.Matt Scott grew up playing pick-up basketball on the playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and even as a junior at Niagara College, he hasn’t lost the grit he picked up there — the former Brooklyn Law & Tech standout prides himself on it.
  It’s a trait he hopes will lead the Purple Eagles to victories in a jam-packed season that includes 20 league match-ups.“It’s always fun
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Brute bashes lady with gallon jug of water in subway station

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownWater as weaponA brute hit a woman in the face with a plastic gallon jug of water after they got into a dispute at Pacific Avenue subway station on Dec. 24.
  The victim was walking up the stairs in the station near Fourth Avenue at 6:30 pm when the man accidentally hit her in the head with his bag, a report said. The woman told the guy to be careful and he got
  
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• [BRIGHTON BEACH] Building blocks of faith: Shorefront Y builds Lego menorah for Hanukkah

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThis Hanukkah party came together in a snap!Kids and parents built a 13-foot-tall menorah from Lego at the Shorefront Y on Dec. 25. The event was a first for the Brighton Beach community center, and it was a great way to combine kids’ love of building with holiday tradition, according to a leader at the center.“It was a new perspective — taking something that the kids love to
  
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• [BENSONHURST] Police: Suspect shocked man’s leg with Taser

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachDon’t tase me, broPolice arrested a man for using a Taser on a man’ leg on Avenue O on Dec. 20, officials said.The victim told police that he was crossing Avenue O at W. Eighth Street at 6 pm when a man approached him from behind. The man pulled out a Taser and shocked him on the leg, according to a police report.
  Police on the scene arrested the man, said authorities.
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• [BAY RIDGE] Seed of doubt: Citing plant thefts, city will not use solar panels in Bay Ridge park

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re not taking it lightly.The city will not install solar panels on an under-renovation Bay Ridge park building, because a rash of summertime plant thefts has officials fearing someone will steal the power generators. Some no-good-niks uprooted plants from neighborhood greenswards over the summer, but it’s a shame that the city is allowing a few rose-bush rustlers dictate policy, one local said.“The Parks
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Ridgites demand cost breakdown for field house refurb

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey know money doesn’t grow on trees.The Parks Department must prove it is not soaking taxpayers on a $4.2-million bathroom-renovation project in a Bay Ridge green space, locals are demanding. Residents have advocated for the city to refurbish the Shore Road Park field house near 95th Street for years, but now that officials have agreed to revamp the dilapidated space with two bathrooms, a meeting room, and storage close
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Intruder caught red-handed in 89th Street home

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsCaughtAn intruder was caught red-handed in a woman’s 89th Street kitchen on Dec. 20, said police.The woman told police that she heard a noise coming from the kitchen of her apartment between Third and Fourth avenues and when she went to investigate she found a man in her kitchen. The weasel fled when the woman screamed, according to a police report.
  The would-be burglar left empty
  
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• An ice gesture! New Year’s ‘Polar Plunge’ rasies $ for sick kids

  28-12-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re freezin’ for a reason.Come New Year’s Day some 2,500 hot-blooded swimmers will usher in 2017 by diving into the People’s Playground’s frigid shore for charity at the Polar Bear Club’s 113th annual New Year’s Day Plunge. The Jan. 1 dunk will raise cash for Camp Sunshine, a Maine retreat for sick children and their families, and will expose th
  
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• 'Rogue One' tops holiday weekend box office with $96.1M

  28-12-2016 00:51
  
  "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" continues to soar at the box office, adding $96.1 million in ticket sales and beating a spate of new releases to remain No. 1 over the holiday weekend
  
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• Broadway holiday numbers dip, including revenue, attendance

  28-12-2016 00:49
  Broadway box offices failed to break any records over the Christmas week holiday, despite mild weather and eye-popping hauls by huge hits like "Hamilton."
  
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