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• Overrated or not, Streep's speech has galvanizing effect

  09-01-2017 23:47
  Speaking in a hoarse voice that quivered with emotion, Meryl Streep silenced a boisterous Golden Globes crowd and sparked a clamor heard around the country, all the way to Trump Tower
  
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• Joel Whitney and Immy Humes on the C.I.A. and Cold War Cultural Propaganda

  09-01-2017 23:45
  Monday, February 27, 2017 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterJoel Whitney, author of Finks: How the C.I.A. Tricked the World’s Best Writers, talks with documentary filmmaker Immy Humes about the notable publishers and authors whose reputations were tarnished once their work for the intelligence agency came to light.
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• 'Hidden Figures' soars past 'Rogue One' to top box office

  09-01-2017 22:49
  
  With an ongoing taste for space, moviegoers propelled the NASA drama "Hidden Figures" past "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" at the box office
  
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• Russian Film Series: Andrei Smirnov

  09-01-2017 21:17
  Saturday, February 18, 2017 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterActor and director Andrei Smirnov is best known for his 1970 cult film Belorus Station about a long echo of a world war and male bonding over the common war trauma, he would be still celebrated to this day. A screening of Smirnov’s early short film, Angel, released after the collapse of the Soviet Union, will be followed by a conversation with Smirnov.
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• Lunar New Year 2017 events from NYC to Disney to Vegas

  09-01-2017 21:14
  Lunar New Year begins Jan. 28, kicking off the year of the rooster
  
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• ATTN, Casey Affleck: This Bushwick Bar Will Give You Free Booze To Cut Your Man Bun

  09-01-2017 19:50 via bkmag.com
  
  In recent years, quite a few things have been very polarizing: the political climate, La Croix, that damn black and blue dress. But perhaps nothing has been more reviled-yet-somehow-stuck-around than the man bun. But, finally, there’s incentive for people to take action to get rid of them.
  Boobie Trap, a bar located on Bleecker Street in Bushwick, is offering “one free booze bottle” to anyone who will cut their man bun off inside the bar. “We’d film t
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] Help find the three goons mugging elderly Coney Islanders

  09-01-2017 18:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyPolice are looking for a trio of toughs they believe beat and robbed several elderly Coney Islanders at the close of last year.The three cowards, who appear to be teenagers, have ambushed oldsters in five incidents since Nov. 30, mostly in and around public housing on the neighborhood’s west end.• The goons jumped a 61-year-old woman outside her apartment in a W. 33rd Street public housing building at 9:30 am on Nov. 30, a
  
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• U2 to play full 'Joshua Tree' album on stadium tour

  09-01-2017 17:58
  
  U2 will play the entirety of its classic 1987 album "The Joshua Tree" at each stop during a summer stadium tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release
  
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• Review: 'Her Every Fear' is effective, compulsive thriller

  09-01-2017 17:47
  
  Book Review: The writing and story line shine in Peter Swanson's thriller, "Her Every Fear"
  
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• Vodka and Gun Shots: Cate Blanchett in The Present

  09-01-2017 17:13 via bkmag.com
  
  When you’re going to see Cate Blanchett play Chekhov, you probably don’t expect to see her pour a bottle of vodka over her head and gyrate strenuously to the 1990s dance hit “What Is Love.” But that is what happens during the fraught second act of The Present, a hard-edged, often crude adaptation of Chekhov’s early play Platonov by Blanchett’s husband Andrew Upton that first played down in Sydney and has now moved to Broadway.
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• Alphabet Soup: An A to Z Guide to Brooklyn’s Best Bowls

  09-01-2017 17:07 via bkmag.com
  
  No matter that we’ve donned thin fall jackets through the majority of December; January’s first major snowfall officially ushers in soup season. And since Brooklyn boasts seemingly endless options for scoring a top notch bowl, we’ve compiled an A to Z guide to the boroughs best bisques, gumbos and phos—including All Hands elegant skate chowder, and Zaytoons hearty vegetarian lentil.
  All Hands: Instead of clams, this local shellfish-focused newcomer swaps frilled bits of f
  
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• Don’t Pass Me By: The Islands

  09-01-2017 16:28
  
  From the outside, The Islands doesn’t look like much, but don’t make the mistake of passing it by. Photo: Georgia Kral
  In this series, we take you inside the restaurants we keep going back to–neighborhood spots that always deliver on their promise of good food and hospitality, even if they don’t necessarily look like much from the outside.
  The facade is unassuming. Located next door to a Key Food and sharing the grocery store’s awning, you may miss it the first tim
  
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• Streep takes on Trump while accepting lifetime award Globe

  09-01-2017 13:10
  
  Meryl Streep quickly turned the spotlight away from herself and onto President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday night while accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes
  
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• Golden Globes serve up a side order of politics

  09-01-2017 11:09
  The Golden Globes ceremony lauded the musical, crowning 'La La Land' as the big winner, but it also served up a side order of politics in the form of zingers _ both humorous and serious _ against Donald Trump
  
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• Trump's efforts to step away from private empire limited

  09-01-2017 09:31
  
  President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to distance himself from his business empire haven't gotten far with his inauguration fast approaching
  
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• To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided

  09-01-2017 09:28
  Sharp divisions over Donald Trump's election have got politicians, celebrities and even high school students debating whether taking part in the inauguration signals support for the new president or merely respect for democratic traditions
  
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• Streep wins Globe DeMille award, excoriates Trump

  09-01-2017 06:55
  
  Actress Meryl Streep, winner of eight Golden Globes and three Oscars, honored for lifetime achievement
  
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• Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter arrested after game

  09-01-2017 06:41
  
  Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter has been arrested at a Pittsburgh bar following the team's wild-card win over the Miami Dolphins
  
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• Golden Globes fashion both unexpected and mundane

  09-01-2017 06:23
  
  Gray, black and white offset shows of pink and yellow on the Golden Globes red carpet
  
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• Globes honored TV and movies, and often slammed Donald Trump

  09-01-2017 06:13
  The Golden Globe's went on with high spirits and rare efficiency, as well as a number of jabs at President-elect Donald Trump
  
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• Poison Idea officially break up (again), documentary in the works

  09-01-2017 06:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The band posted a goodbye on Facebook.Continue reading…
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Left to laugh: Comedians hold festival to soften blow of Trump takeover

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyDon’t let Trump get you down in the dumps, grumps!A pair of Brooklyn comedians will try to lift liberal spirits during the weekend of the presidential inauguration with a nationwide comedy festival. Two Williamsburg venues will host local installments of the “What a Joke” festival on Jan. 20–21, with the goal of giving guests a good giggle when they need it most, said one of the event’s co-founders.
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• [►VIDEO, DUMBO] We taste-test the beet latte!

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By the Brooklyn Paper Beet generation BureauBrooklyn PaperThe “beet latte” is the hot new Australian beverage trend set to take Brooklyn by storm. So is it actually any good or does it just look nice on Instagram? Brooklyn Paper deputy editor and resident Aussie Ruth Brown and reporter Lauren Gill went to Dumbo’s Bluestone Lane cafe to find out.Comment on this story.
  
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• [►VIDEO, BREAKING CHEWS] Hot pink! Dumbo cafe serving ‘beet lattes’

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperFirst came babyccinos — now meet the “beet latte.”An Australian cafe in Dumbo is serving up bright pink espresso-style drinks made with powdered beets and almond milk. The Instagram-friendly concoction is already a huge trend Down Under — the same place responsible for the kiddie cappuccino craze that took Park Slope by storm — and the owners of Prospect Street’s Bluestone Lane say they’re n
  
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• [NIGHTLIFE] Left to laugh: Comedians hold festival to soften blow of Trump takeover

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperDon’t let Trump get you down in the dumps, grumps!A pair of Brooklyn comedians will try to lift liberal spirits during the weekend of the presidential inauguration with a nationwide comedy festival. Two Williamsburg venues will host local installments of the “What a Joke” festival on Jan. 20–21, with the goal of giving guests a good giggle when they need it most, said one of the event’s co-founders.
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• [MARINE PARK] Big deal! Locals not impressed with new larger stop signs at dangerous intersection

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe city installed oversized stop signs on Ryder Street at Avenue P last week in response to a 9-year-old boy’s injury at the intersection last month. But it needs to speed up a study for more stop signs and speed bumps, because the slightly larger postings won’t make a big difference alone, locals said.“It is completely ridiculous, it’s not going to help anything,” said Ryder Street resident Mark Pos
  
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• [CRIME] Cabbie raped woman at knifepoint, cops say

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA cab driver raped a Sunset Park woman at knife-point steps from her home on Jan. 7, said police.
  The 29-year-old victim hitched a ride from the driver of a red mini-van after she left a bar on Coney Island Avenue near Turner Place in Kensington at 3 am, a police spokesman said.
  But the driver stopped the cab a few blocks from the woman’s home in Sunset Park, brandished a knife, and demanded cash. The woman forked over wh
  
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• [BRIGHTON BEACH] Brighton Beacher wrote play called ‘President Trump’ in 1990

  09-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThis Brooklynite correctly predicted a Donald Trump presidency while famed election analyst Nate Silver was still going through puberty.Brighton Beacher Joseph Ben-Po’s obscure 1990 play “President Trump: A play about love, not a broken heart nor a messy divorce” follows The Donald’s road to the White House as he tries to make America great again by halting Japan’s acquisition of American real estate
  
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• Isabelle Huppert is shocked by win for controversial 'Elle'

  09-01-2017 05:52
  
  French actress Isabelle Huppert was as shocked as the rest of the room when Leonardo DiCaprio announced that she had won the Golden Globe for best actress in a drama for her role in the controversial film "Elle"
  
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• Text of Meryl Streep's Cecille B. DeMille Award speech

  09-01-2017 05:38
  
  The text of Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes after accepting the Cecille B. DeMille Award, according to a transcript provided by Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
  
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• Trump mentioned early and often at Golden Globes

  09-01-2017 04:57
  
  The anti-Trump jokes came early and often at the Golden Globes ceremony, especially from host Jimmy Fallon
  
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• Partial list of winners at the Golden Globe Awards

  09-01-2017 04:28
  
  Partial list of winners at the Golden Globe Awards
  
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• 'Atlanta,' Viola Davis, Ryan Gosling take early Globes

  09-01-2017 03:20
  
  The Golden Globes got off to a rocky start, with a broken tele-prompter initially stalling host Jimmy Fallon, who still managed to start the show with a singing-and-dancing ode to "La La Land" and a steady diet of Donald Trump jokes
  
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• 2017 Golden Globe winners: 'Atlanta,' 'La La Land,' 'Moonlight' & more

  09-01-2017 03:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nothing for 'Stranger Things' or 'The Night Of,' sadly.
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• A parade of pinks on the Golden Globes red carpet

  09-01-2017 02:32
  
  The pinks had it on the Golden Globes red carpet, from princessy Lily Collins to frothy Carrie Underwood
  
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• The Latest: Simon Helberg on when Streep will get respect

  09-01-2017 00:30
  The Latest: "The Big Bang Theory's" Simon Helberg says he hopes Meryl Streep "wins an award and finally gets some recognition" at this year's Golden Globes.
  
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