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• Trump criticizes 'fake media' on Flynn story

  15-02-2017 23:47
  
  President Trump continues his fight with the media, but the media's fighting back
  
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• In new report, man claims Justin Bieber punched him in June

  15-02-2017 23:41
  
  A Las Vegas man who says Justin Bieber assaulted him at a Cleveland hotel eight months ago has filed a police report about the fracas
  
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• Grammy producer apologizes for Metallica, Caesar glitches

  15-02-2017 23:39
  
  The longtime producer of the Grammys is apologizing to Metallica and Shirley Caesar for glitches that marred their inclusion in the Grammy ceremony
  
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• Trump declines ESPN invite to fill out NCAA bracket on-air

  15-02-2017 23:36
  President Donald Trump won't be filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket on ESPN this March, unlike his predecessor, Barack Obama
  
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• Making 'Portlandia': Brainstorming, basketball, improv

  15-02-2017 23:36
  
  Making the IFC series 'Portlandia' requires teamwork and improvisation, with the episode airing Thursday a case in point
  
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• Feds raid NYC's Friars Club in possible embezzlement probe

  15-02-2017 23:25
  
  Investigators with the U.S. Postal Service have raided New York's legendary Friars Club in a possible embezzlement probe
  
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• Punk Rock Bowling NJ lineup (Specials, Buzzcocks, Lifetime, Dillinger Four, NOFX, Charles Bradley, more)

  15-02-2017 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The lineup also includes Leftover Crack, The Pietasters, The Explosion, PUP, and more.
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• BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU: Playlist for February 15, 2017

  15-02-2017 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The new music wagon train rolls on via BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU. This weeks' show features songs from New Pornographers, Alex Lahey, El Michaels Affair, Spiral Stairs, Hand Habits, Jay Som, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Vagabon, Julie Byrne and more...
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• City police commissioner gets parking ticket, and pays up

  15-02-2017 22:35
  
  In Philadelphia, no one escapes the scrutiny of the parking authority _ not even the city's police commissioner
  
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• White Lung playing NYC one-off before Sasquatch

  15-02-2017 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The ferocious, singular punk band White Lung returned last year with Paradise, one of our favorite punk albums of 2016. Their first-announced US date of 2017 was the Sasquatch! festival...
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• Martin Shkreli To Host An Evening At Webster Hall

  15-02-2017 21:44 via bkmag.com
  
  Apparently not able to learn from the mistakes of venues and universities nationwide who have booked the likes of Martin Shkreli and other human voids, Webster Hall is hosting the Pharma Bro himself on Monday, February 20th.
  While the event is noticeably missing from the venue’s calendar on its website, Martin Shkreli is doing his due diligence to promote the engagement.
  The Eventbrite ticketing page states:
  “An Evening With Martin Shkreli—Martin will discuss investin
  
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• [PARTY LINE] Rift deepens between Dem Party boss, G’point pol

  15-02-2017 21:35
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn Democratic Party Boss Frank Seddio is trying to oust one of his own district leaders, deepening a rift between the two.Seddio threatened to run someone against Greenpoint District Leader Nick Rizzo, because the northern Brooklyn pol is not toeing the party line.Rizzo and other members of the New Kings Dems, which has been needling Seddio for ethics reforms for months — met with the party boss on Jan. 26, and that&rs
  
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• Mbongwana Star touring before "Africa Now!" concert at The Apollo (w/ Songhoy Blues & more)

  15-02-2017 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The fifth annual "Africa Now!" concert, part of the World Music Institute's 2016/2017 season,goes down at NYC's Apollo Theatre on March 11 with headliners Mbongwana Star and Songhoy Blues,.The lineup has expanded and changed since the initial lineup...
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• Runway diversity at Kors, Rodriguez offers 'no shenanigans'

  15-02-2017 21:02
  
  Michael Kors included a plus-sized model on his runway, and Narciso Rodriguez presented a 'no shenanigans' collection of impeccably tailored clothes at New York Fashion Week
  
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• Iron Lung playing Saint Vitus before Maryland Deathfest

  15-02-2017 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Iron Lung's Brooklyn show is with Wormrot, Captain Cleanoff, P.L.F., and Mother Brain.
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• Wolf Eyes release new album 'Undertow,' playing shows

  15-02-2017 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wolf Eyes have digitally released a new five-track album, Undertow. It's as dissonant as you'd hope from Wolf Eyes, and it's released on their new Lower Floor imprint...
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• Burger Boogaloo: 2017 lineup & tickets (Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, X, more)

  15-02-2017 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The lineup this year is pretty great, with Iggy Pop, Buzzcocks, X, Guitar Wolf, NRBQ, Shannon & The Clams, Nobunny, Quintron & Ms. Pussycat and more.
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• Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes needs Tommy John surgery

  15-02-2017 19:48
  
  St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes needs season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right arm
  
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• Prince's band The Revolution expand tour, playing Webster Hall after BB King's

  15-02-2017 19:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Say you want The Revolution? Well, you know...
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• A Woman’s Life: Stéphane Brizé’s New Moral Tale Kicks off Film Comment Selects

  15-02-2017 19:30 via bkmag.com
  
  A Woman’s LifeDirected by Stéphane BrizéFebruary 17, 6:30pm at the Film Society of Lincoln Center as the Opening Night film of Film Comment Selects
  Those familiar with Stéphane Brizé’s contemporary morality tale The Measure of a Man may be surprised by his latest film, A Woman’s Life. To be fair, both films show people who are forced to adjust to brutal, unforeseen circumstances. The Measure of a Man, about a worker who is suddenly laid off, and fin
  
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• Johnny Cash Fest concert being held near his boyhood home

  15-02-2017 19:15
  
  A concert to close out the first Johnny Cash Heritage Festival will take place in the field that Johnny Cash picked cotton as a youth
  
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• 'Love Actually' update to air on 'Red Nose Day Special'

  15-02-2017 18:55
  
  Whatever happened to the characters from "Love Actually"
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Feb. 16- Feb. 22, not my President’s Day

  15-02-2017 18:38
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  Insa is throwing a dance party Sunday night to raise money for refugees affected by Trump’s hideous travel ban. Video: Insa
  Buenos miercoles, todos, and welcome to another edition of Your Ideal Week, our weekly roundup of eats, activities, readings, cultural events, and other gatherings happening in and around the best borough. Hope everyone survived the snowstorm OK, and maybe had
  
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• Metallica's James Hetfield 'livid' over Grammy mishap

  15-02-2017 18:37
  
  Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich says lead singer James Hetfield was "livid" over the technical mishap that left him without a working microphone for the band's Grammy duet with Lady Gaga
  
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• Country singer Thomas Rhett's family is growing by 2

  15-02-2017 18:31
  
  Life is about to get crazy for country singer Thomas Rhett, whose family is growing by 2. The "Die A Happy Man" singer announced Wednesday on Twitter that his wife, Lauren, is pregnant and they are adopting a child from Africa
  
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• Q&A: "La La Land" composer on his moment in the spotlight

  15-02-2017 18:26
  
  Before becoming the toast of awards season, "La La Land" composer and songwriter Justin Hurwitz labored on the film for over six years with his old college roommate, writer/director Damien Chazelle
  
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• Music Review: An Americana icon ranges into new territory

  15-02-2017 18:18
  
  Son Volt's signature style lives again on "Notes of Blue," a mature album that builds on a sound so evocative that it helped redefine the contours of popular music
  
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• Met scraps Bondy's 'Tosca,' replaces it with realistic sets

  15-02-2017 18:03
  
  The Metropolitan Opera is scrapping Luc Bondy's maligned production of Puccini's "Tosca" after just 59 performances and replacing it next season with a David McVicar staging that more resembles the work's Roman locations
  
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• Style On The Street: February

  15-02-2017 17:59 via bkmag.com
  
  Sara Schpani, 21
  Occupation:
  Student
  Where are you headed?
  Chinatown
  Tell us about your outfit:
  I’m going for70s with a twist (patch pants)
  Favorite item of clothing?
  These pants
  One piece you covet more than any other?
  Blue fur collar
  Store where most of your clothes are from?
  Beacons
  Style icon?
  Spice Girls
  What other decade and city’s style do you most wish youwere around for in its original iteration?
  70s
  The post Style On The Street: February appeared first on Brooklyn Magazine.
  
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• The Latest: Chicago police investigating Facebook video

  15-02-2017 17:56
  
  Chicago police are investigating a Facebook video they say is connected to the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old boy
  
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• From Junk

  15-02-2017 17:43 via bkmag.com
  
  We swap spit in the karaoke booth That time we hung out w/
  our giddy newness at the Mexican restaurant by the bookstorewith the best reading series in the city and the glassy eyes
  zooming in on each other Seeing only the wonder, like canaryyellow on a canary or like when our sky wraps up in Earth’s
  shadow This is my yellow heart This is my gauzy two-people-
  gazing-across-the-night-into-each-other instrumental situation
  Don’t blame the junk for being discarded Hey do you do youremembe
  
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• Lindsay Lohan: Support Trump, would be 'a positive thing'

  15-02-2017 17:38
  
  Lindsay Lohan says Americans need to come together in support of President Donald Trump
  
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• What Makes A Pop Band? Talking With Electric Guest

  15-02-2017 17:03 via bkmag.com
  
  Electric Guest has an infectious energy—so much so, that after sitting down with the duo (comprised of Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton) for just half an hour, I left feeling more psyched than ever about their new album.
  The band’s second studio album, Plural, is out February 17, and is the follow-up to 2012’s Mondo. After five years out of the spotlight, they released “Dear to Me,” a single featuring Haim, in November as a preview of new music to come. While the duo
  
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• Greece says no to Gucci fashion show at Acropolis

  15-02-2017 16:44
  
  Greek Culture Minister says site is 'global symbol of democracy and freedom' and request by Italian luxury brand Gucci is rejected
  
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• 2 tough guys meet their match in Maggie Siff on 'Billions'

  15-02-2017 16:13
  
  Showtime's money drama "Billions" pits two Alpha Males against each other
  
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• Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran to play iHeartRadio Music Awards

  15-02-2017 15:48
  
  Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran and The Chainsmokers will perform at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles
  
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• Narciso Rodriguez offers a 'no shenanigans' collection

  15-02-2017 15:46
  
  Narciso Rodriguez presented a 'no shenanigans' collection of impeccably tailored clothes at New York Fashion Week, saying that focusing on craftsmanship and durable beauty was his way of dealing with today's political and social turmoil
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, February 15-21

  15-02-2017 15:33 via bkmag.com
  
  Beat the Devil (1953)Directed by John HustonLike in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Humphrey Bogart is a globe-trotting fortune hunter out to plunder the developing world like a Conrad antihero who grew up playing stickball—here, he and dreamy-divine wife Gina Lollobrigida are en route to a shady uranium fortune somewhere in Africa. Like in The Maltese Falcon, he’s racing for his MacGuffin in unfriendly competition with a seedy gallery of expatriate character actors of the kind you
  
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• Under Armour CEO responds to criticism of Trump praise

  15-02-2017 15:31
  
  The CEO of Baltimore-based sports apparel company Under Armour is responding to criticism he received after calling President Donald Trump "an asset to the country."
  
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• Krysten Ritter writing novel, scheduled for November

  15-02-2017 15:30
  
  Actress-producer Krysten Ritter is becoming a novelist
  
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• Casting Oscar: Foundry creates each statuette as work of art

  15-02-2017 15:27
  Workers at a foundry north of New York City spent the past several months making 60 identical Oscars for the Feb. 26 awards
  
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• Carlos Santana says praise for Adele wasn't dig at Beyonce

  15-02-2017 14:58
  
  Carlos Santana says he was only trying to congratulate Adele on her big night at the Grammys when he said Beyonce "is very beautiful to look at," but "she's not a singer, singer."
  
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• Queen Latifah to be honored as an entertainment icon

  15-02-2017 14:27
  
  Queen Latifah will be honored by the American Black Film Festival Honors with the Entertainment Icon Award; the awards will be aired for the first time on the BET network
  
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• New Jersey girl donates 1,300 books to children's hospital

  15-02-2017 13:45
  
  A 12-year-old New Jersey girl spent Valentine's Day delivering over 1,300 books she'd spent weeks collecting to donate to a children's hospital
  
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• 400 NYC public school teachers to see Broadway's 'Hamilton'

  15-02-2017 12:56
  
  Hundreds of public school teachers in New York City have landed tickets to the hottest show on Broadway
  
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• UK Supreme Court rules against royal wedding protesters

  15-02-2017 12:55
  
  Britain's Supreme Court has ruled against protesters who were arrested and detained by police when Prince William married Kate Middleton more than five years ago
  
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• Fort Lee Film Commission honors black trailblazer

  15-02-2017 11:52
  
  The Fort Lee Film Commission celebrated Black History Month by honoring a pioneering African-American filmmaker
  
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• Kate Upton three-peats as SI's swimsuit queen

  15-02-2017 08:31
  She's once, twice, three times a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover lady
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Punks attack and rob MTA booth worker

  15-02-2017 08:04
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSubway attack
  A pair of punks attacked a Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker and stole her bag and phone inside the Jay Street-MetroTech subway station on Feb. 11.The worker was returning to her booth at the station near Willoughby Street at 6 am when the villains punched her, grabbed her bag from her left shoulder, as well as phone from her hand, and
  
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• [BOERUM HILL] Pastrami on wry: Jewish deli scores customers, retweets with Trump-mocking signs

  15-02-2017 07:55
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it a schmear campaign!
  The owner of popular Boerum Hill bagel and lox joint Shelsky’s is creating a buzz in the neighborhood and on social media with sidewalk signs that poke fun at President Trump and his bungling administration — the latest of which is “Thanks to customer feedback, we no longer sell Ivanka brand lox, whitefish, or herring,” in reference to Nordstro
  
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