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• Willie Nelson cancels 2 of 5 Las Vegas shows due to illness

  26-01-2017 23:58
  
  Country music icon Willie Nelson is canceling two Las Vegas shows this weekend due to illness
  
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• DC shop paints over mural with Cosby, Obama; new mural soon

  26-01-2017 22:58
  
  A landmark restaurant in the nation's capital has painted over a mural on one of its outside walls that depicted Bill Cosby and President Barack Obama, among other figures
  
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• 'Modern Family' co-creator picked for Wisconsin commencement

  26-01-2017 22:37
  
  Phil Dunphy from "Modern Family" can't understand why the University of Wisconsin would invite a guy named Steve Levitan to deliver its commencement address
  
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• Pruett, 6 others to be inducted in Motorsports Hall of Fame

  26-01-2017 22:28
  
  Five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona champion Scott Pruett was one of seven people selected for induction in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
  
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• Review: In 'The Salesman,' echoes of Arthur Miller in Tehran

  26-01-2017 21:48
  
  Film Review: Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-nominated "The Salesman" may not quite reach the heights of his best ("About Elly," "A Separation")
  
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• FBI director Comey to address South By Southwest festival

  26-01-2017 21:13
  
  South By Southwest says FBI director James Comey will address the portion of the festival focusing on interactive technology
  
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• Jackson's incident lasting memory of last Houston Super Bowl

  26-01-2017 21:08
  
  Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction is a lasting memory of the last Super Bowl in Houston, overshadowing a thrilling win by the New England Patriots in 2004 and forever changing how the NFL handles halftime performances
  
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• SAG Life honoree Lily Tomlin: 'I have had a good ride.'

  26-01-2017 20:48
  Lily Tomlin, who will receive Life Achievement honors at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, says of her career: "I have had a good ride
  
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• Events for Youth and Families: Family Movie at the Library: Emmanuel's Gift

  26-01-2017 19:43
  Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterNarrated by Oprah Winfrey, Emmanuel’s Gift tells the powerful and passionate story of a disabled orphan, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah from Ghana, who has risen above poverty and a severe physical challenge to become a hero and inspiration to people around the world. His first stunning act of heroism was riding a bike across Ghana on one leg in order to change his country’s negative perception of the disabled.
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• Leaked video likely to hurt "A Dog's Purpose" at box office

  26-01-2017 19:09
  
  Marketers would describe "A Dog's Purpose" as a film with "four-quadrant" appeal, meaning it's likely to draw moviegoers of both genders, young and old -- but will it
  
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• Elton John tapped to write 'The Devil Wears Prada' musical

  26-01-2017 19:01
  
  Producer Kevin McCollum said Thursday that Elton John, the composer of Broadway hits "The Lion King" and "Aida," will supply the music for a stage adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada."
  
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• Earnings sought from album rapper allegedly made behind bars

  26-01-2017 18:45
  
  Victims of a botched nightclub shooting are asking a judge to seize the earnings from an album that officials say rapper C-Murder recorded and released while in prison
  
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• Iranian actress boycotts Oscars to protest Trump

  26-01-2017 18:34
  
  Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated "The Salesman," says she won't attend the Academy Awards in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration plans
  
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• Shia Labeouf Arrested In Queens After Altercation With Neo-Nazi

  26-01-2017 18:29 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s been an interesting past few years for Shia Labeouf. The 30-year old, of course jump-started his career as the face of legendary Disney Channel sitcom Even Stevens, before becoming a big movie star for a few years in films like Disturbia, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and the first three Transformers films. In recent years, he’s been involved in various performance art pieces, and also had a very memorable time
  
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• Francis Ford Coppola developing 'Apocalypse Now' video game

  26-01-2017 18:01
  
  Francis Ford Coppola wants to make an "Apocalypse Now" video game and he's hoping fans will help pay for it
  
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• Court: 'K-19: The Widowmaker' sub must be removed from river

  26-01-2017 17:37
  
  A court has ordered a scrapyard to remove the remnants of a Russian submarine once used as a set for a Harrison Ford movie from the Providence River
  
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• India.Arie defends Chrisette Michele's inaugural performance

  26-01-2017 17:28
  
  India.Arie has come to the defense of fellow singer Chrisette Michele, who was criticized for singing at President Donald Trump's inauguration last week
  
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• Broadcaster Tommy Smyth leaving ESPN after 25 years

  26-01-2017 17:18
  
  Tommy Smyth leaving ESPN after 25 years to call games for Philadelphia's MLS club
  
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• Michael Che Is Having A Show In Brooklyn 100% Benefitting Planned Parenthood

  26-01-2017 17:06 via bkmag.com
  
  To say the least, there have been a lot of changes in the past few months—and the past week or so, in particular—that induce anxiety. There’s never a bad time to stand up for a cause that you believe in, but at the same time, now seems like a better time than ever to do such a thing. On Monday, Saturday Night Live star/Weekend Update host Michael Che is hosting his own secret show on Monday, 1/30, at The Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, where tickets were $20 a
  
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• Lessons of Darkness: Behemoth

  26-01-2017 16:54 via bkmag.com
  
  BehemothDirected by Zhao LiangOpens January 27 at the Metrograph
  Exposing the ill effects of China’s drive to develop, the mesmerizing Behemoth, a boldly visual essay film by the political documentarian Zhao Liang, depicts the successive stages of industrial manufacture as a de facto descent into hell. Zhao (who co-wrote the film with his French producer, Sylvie Blum) observes the pulverized landscape and punishing human labor in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, first at a co
  
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• Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested on camera during NYC livestream

  26-01-2017 16:54
  
  Actor Shia LaBeouf (SHY'-uh luh-BUF') was arrested on camera after he got into an altercation with another man during a performance art project in New York City
  
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• Review: 'Resident Evil' returns to hardcore horror roots

  26-01-2017 14:35
  
  "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard" returns to the series' roots with the first genuinely scary entry in a decade, playing off classic horror tropes in inventive ways
  
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• US court rules against Nigeria senator facing drug charges

  26-01-2017 13:17
  
  US appeals court upholds ruling against Nigeria senator facing drug charges
  
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• Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested outside New York City museum

  26-01-2017 09:46
  
  Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after he allegedly got into an altercation with another man outside a New York City museum
  
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• Decades after killings, 'Fatal Vision' case back in court

  26-01-2017 09:19
  
  A former Army surgeon convicted of killing his pregnant wife and their two daughters nearly five decades ago is getting another chance to argue that he's innocent
  
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• Column: Looking live once more as era ends with Musburger

  26-01-2017 08:20
  
  Column: Looking live a final time as an era ends with Brent Musburger leaving
  
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• [WINDSOR TERRACE] Checkin’ in with: New Borough Parks Commissioner Martin Maher

  26-01-2017 06:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn has a new parks czar — Windsor Terrace resident Martin “Marty” Maher, who just took over as borough parks commissioner after Kevin Jeffrey retired last year. We caught up with Maher about his new gig.Lauren Gill: So what does the borough parks commissioner actually do?Martin Maher: The borough parks commissioner is sort of the [New York Parks] Commissioner Silver representative in the borough. We deal with
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Prison Ship memorial could be boro’s first national monument — and you can weigh-in next week

  26-01-2017 06:49
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperMonument-al news!The Feds are considering designating Fort Greene Park’s iconic Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument as Brooklyn’s first national monument, and locals can learn what that means for the park and how they can weigh in on the proposal at a public meeting on Jan. 31.Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D–Fort Greene) convinced Congress to approve and fund a study into designating t
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Clean start: Sunset Park is about to get its first in-patient detox facility

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperSunset Park is getting its first inpatient drug detox center in March, but some skeptical locals say the center should be placed elsewhere because the neighborhood has become a magnet for services that cater to city-wide issues without meeting local needs.“I think more resources to help fight drug addiction is great, but I feel like Sunset Park is always the neighborhood that gets the short straw,” said Silvia Velas
  
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• [STANDING O] You say ‘goodbye,’ we say ‘hello’

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySunset ParkThe good folks at Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow have announced Dr. Liliana Polo McKenna will be taking the reigns as interim chief executive officer from current officer Randy Peers, who is headed to Berks County, Pa., to head the Greater Reading Chamber and Economic Development Corporation.
  Under the watchful eye of Randy, the agency’s budget grew to $8 million and ha
  
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• [STANDING O] Deck the windows

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyWilliamsburgDeck the windowsThanks and hooray to the students at Progress High School, for making the store-front windows festive for the holiday season. For the past five years the Grand Street BID in Williamsburg has challenged high-school students to make the windows and season a bit brighter as part of the Holiday Window Display Contest it sponsors.
  This year, one of the student groups from Progress High School created a hol
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Locke in: All-night philosophy fest takes on Trump

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  Kant stop won’t stop! Read more.
  
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• [PARTY LINE] Dem leaders push back reforms — again!

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe county’s Democratic Party machine keeps delaying reform proposals that would take power away from a select few leaders and empower rank-and-file members, critics within the body are charging.Members pushed a reform package in September, but party honchos stymied a vote and instead promised to create a committee to review the reforms and report back in January.But party leaders announced during a Jan. 24 meeting that the
  
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• [MUSIC] Singing off keys: A music show with no piano!

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  Opera company launches a new series of small shows this weekend. Read more.
  
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• [DEVELOPMENT] Clean start: Sunset Park is about to get its first in-patient detox facility

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailySunset Park is getting its first inpatient drug detox center in March, but some skeptical locals say the center should be placed elsewhere because the neighborhood has become a magnet for services that cater to city-wide issues without meeting local needs.“I think more resources to help fight drug addiction is great, but I feel like Sunset Park is always the neighborhood that gets the short straw,” said Silvia Velas
  
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• [COBBLE HILL] Singing off keys: A music show with no piano!

  26-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey’ll be singing off keys!The piano will stay silent and untouched during a keyboard-free opera performance at Cobble Hill’s Vertical Players Repertory on Jan. 28. The show, titled “PiaNO,” is the first in the “miniatures behind the door” series of monthly shows designed to bring the highbrow art down to earth. The company’s storefront space on Court Street is the ideal intimate venue fo
  
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• Motown Musical actor complains of racial assault in Reno

  26-01-2017 03:08
  
  An actor in the stage show "Motown The Musical" filed a criminal complaint with Reno police after he says a woman shouting racial slurs assaulted him on a downtown street in broad daylight
  
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• Christie cites GOP primary, declines backing Guadagno

  26-01-2017 02:53
  
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cited the contested Republican primary and declined to endorse Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to succeed him
  
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• TV specials pay tribute to Mary Tyler Moore

  26-01-2017 02:05
  
  Television is paying tribute to Mary Tyler Moore, one of its adored leading ladies
  
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• Solange, Questlove, Kimbra, TVotR, Sheila E & more part of Prince/Bowie symposium at Yale

  26-01-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Solange, Questlove, Kimbra, Sheila E, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and more are appearing this week at Yale University's Schwarzman Center as part of a four-day symposium called "Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign: Celebrating the Legacies of David Bowie and Prince" ...
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• Mary Tyler Moore brought more than funny to her sitcom roles

  26-01-2017 01:16
  
  It's a lot of meaning to heap on a pair of TV sitcoms
  
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• Gay parts with publisher over deal with far-right pundit

  26-01-2017 00:27
  
  Angered with her publisher for giving a platform to the "blunt, inelegant hate" of far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, Roxane Gay has withdrawn a planned book with Simon & Schuster
  
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• Olympian Jennie Finch joins MLB as youth softball ambassador

  26-01-2017 00:10
  
  Gold medalist Jennie Finch is pitching youth softball this spring as an ambassador for Major League Baseball
  
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• Mary Tyler Moore, who changed depiction of women, dies at 80

  26-01-2017 00:02
  
  Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, has died
  
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• Mavis Staples, Jackson Brown Cyndi Lauper, Michael McDonald & more playing "Love Rocks NYC" benefit

  26-01-2017 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mavis Staples, Cyndi Lauper, Michael McDonald, Jackson Brown, Gary Clark Jr, Dr. John, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Warren Hynes, Marc Cohn, the Blind Boys of Alabama and more will all be performing at NYC's Beacon Theatre on March 9...
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