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• Pete Rose appears on Phillies' wall of fame ballot

  23-02-2017 22:01
  
  Pete Rose is on the ballot for the Philadelphia Phillies' wall of fame, his first association with the team since he was banned from baseball in 1989
  
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• Matt Reeves steps in to direct 'The Batman'

  23-02-2017 21:52
  
  "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves has stepped in to direct "The Batman" for Warner Bros. just a few weeks after star Ben Affleck left the post
  
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• Robin Thicke's ex-wife accuses him of evidence tampering

  23-02-2017 21:42
  
  Robin Thicke's ex-wife is accusing the singer of tampering with a court order in an attempt to get her arrested in their bitter custody dispute
  
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• Yale professor's guide to resisting tyranny coming next week

  23-02-2017 21:24
  
  A Yale University history professor's suggestions for resisting Donald Trump's presidency and his warnings about the demise of democracy, a list widely shared on social media, have been expanded into a book
  
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• APNewsBreak: Beyonce out of Coachella; will perform in 2018

  23-02-2017 21:03
  
  Beyonce, who is pregnant with twins, will not perform at Coachella this year, but will headline the festival in 2018
  
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• Italian fashion contrasts: Audacious Pucci, modest Max Mara

  23-02-2017 20:28
  
  Red accents are lighting up the Milan runway, from blood red ensembles to red contrasts in footwear or a simple stripe of color
  
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• Christie on the radio? He says he'll consider his options

  23-02-2017 19:20
  
  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he'll consider his options after he leaves office and hasn't declared himself a candidate to work at a sports radio station in New York
  
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• Aretha Franklin birth home may get DIY Network overhaul

  23-02-2017 19:16
  
  Officials in charge of fixing up the Memphis home where Aretha Franklin was born say they are working with the DIY Network to move the crumbling structure to a safer location and make it more attractive for visitors
  
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• Rihanna is named Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year

  23-02-2017 19:10
  
  Rihanna has been named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year
  
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• Oscars made strides, but Octavia Spencer wants more growth

  23-02-2017 19:06
  
  Even though Octavia Spencer is pleased with the record amount of blacks nominated for an Oscar, she's still not content with the lack of recognition shown toward all races of color
  
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• Jesse Hassenger’s Annual Oscar Predictions & Airing of Grievances

  23-02-2017 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Hey, the Oscars fixed diversity this year! Just kidding; the very breakthroughs I’m sure will psyche up a lot of Academy members with the usual self-importance are exactly why the awards process and the industry it represents can still be pretty galling (for example: the first black cinematographer nominated for an Oscar! Happening now! In 2017!). But because 2016 had a lot of good movies to choose from, there are also plenty of good Oscar nominees to choose from, should The Academy, in al
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel talks about Trump and other pre-Oscars concerns

  23-02-2017 17:37
  
  Jimmy Kimmel will make his Academy Awards hosting debut on Sunday
  
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• Review: A schmaltzy history lesson in 'Bitter Harvest'

  23-02-2017 17:36
  
  'Bitter Harvest,' starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks, seeks to teach a history lesson but drowns its serious story _ about the devastating forced famine in 1930s Ukraine _ in a soppy, uninteresting romance
  
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• Conservative activist O'Keefe posts tapes targeting CNN

  23-02-2017 17:24
  
  Conservative activist James O'Keefe released recordings Thursday that he says were made secretly inside CNN in 2009
  
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• [CHANGING BROOKLYN] Mitchell-drama! Clinton Hill co-op at war over whether to cash in

  23-02-2017 17:22
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is a housing tower divided!Residents of a Clinton Hill Mitchell-Lama co-op are at war over whether to leave the below-market-rate housing program and cash-in on their real-estate or to forgo the windfall so others can benefit from the dirt-cheap digs — and the two sides faced off alongside local pols at a heated rally on Wednesday morning.
  “Should living in Clinton Hill only be an
  
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• Oscars still lagging in female and minority representation

  23-02-2017 17:06
  
  The 2017 Oscar nominations were a banner year for black nominees both in front of and behind the camera, but other nonwhite groups and women were largely left out of the running
  
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• Alan Colmes, liberal voice on Fox, dead at 66

  23-02-2017 17:00
  
  Alan Colmes, the longtime radio and television commentator best known as the amiable liberal foil to the hard-right Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel, died Thursday at age 66 after a brief illness
  
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• The Oscars are less white, but the industry hasn't changed

  23-02-2017 16:57
  
  After two years of intense public scrutiny over the academy's all-white acting nominations, the 2017 Oscar nominees are as diverse a group as the organization has ever seen, thanks to films like "Moonlight," "Hidden Figures" and others
  
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• New Edition's Ronnie DeVoe announces wife expecting baby

  23-02-2017 16:55
  
  New Edition member Ronnie DeVoe has announced he and his wife, Shamari, are expecting a baby
  
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• '24:Legacy' producers apologize for using Kenya attack video

  23-02-2017 16:48
  
  The executive producers of the new Fox series "24: Legacy" are apologizing for using footage from a terror attack at a Kenya mall that killed 67 people
  
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• AP Oscar predictions: What will win, what should win

  23-02-2017 16:40
  
  Ahead of Sunday's 89th Academy Awards, Associated Press film writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony many expect will be a "La La Land" sweep
  
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• The Best in Brooklyn Art This Weekend

  23-02-2017 16:26 via bkmag.com
  
  LAUNCH F18—FLAGS DOWN: TYLER LAFRENIERE
  Launch F18 is in Manhattan, but Tyler Lafreniere is a Greenpoint boy (except for his unending devotion to Maspeth, Queens, where he runs Mrs. Gallery with Sara Maria Salamone). Previous installations by Lafreniere, all painstakingly casual, involved hand-sewn jock straps (Comfort and Support), a La-Z-Boy, and Ballantine (Tap the Rockies). Low-key, old-school bro stylings all around. It looks like this new one, his third solo
  
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• The Fifth Annual Brooklyn Foodie Awards

  23-02-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In the spirit of the Oscars, it’s time for our Fifth Annual Brooklyn Foodie Awards! This is where we honor excellence among restaurants and chefs that have debuted in the last year, with totally arbitrary, intangible ‘awards’ that don’t actually mean anything to anyone, except maybe the people receiving them. So hurry up and draft out your teary acceptance speeches all of you (restaurant) industry folk. Because we like you. We really, really like you.Best Restaurant
  
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• Oprah Winfrey to speak at upstate NY college commencement

  23-02-2017 15:22
  
  Oprah Winfrey will be a speaker at the graduation ceremony for an upstate New York college that some graduates of her South African school attended
  
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• Nick Cannon welcomes baby boy Golden 'Sagon' Cannon

  23-02-2017 15:18
  
  Nick Cannon welcomes new baby boy Golden "Sagon" Cannon
  
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• The Lobster Shift: Into the city night

  23-02-2017 15:14
  
  The Lobster Shift is a monthly column by Kenneth R. Rosen that explores the city and its inhabitants in the hours between dusk and dawn.
  Nothing had yet caught fire. After my late shift, I fell fast asleep.
  I’d spent the night wandering in a haze, a low mist applied across the city invariably and without discretion. I stepped around patches and had nowhere to go but home, wondering whether there was somewhere for me to be and all I’d forgotten it. A strange tickle lapped at my neck a
  
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• Conservative activist James O'Keefe to release CNN tapes

  23-02-2017 13:17
  
  Conservative activist James O'Keefe has announced plans to release recordings Thursday that he says were made secretly inside CNN
  
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• Author Helen Bailey's partner jailed for 34 years for murder

  23-02-2017 12:48
  
  The partner of children's author Helen Bailey has been sentenced to at least 34 years in prison for murdering her and dumping her body in a cesspool at their home
  
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• US musician makes mics in Russia using Kalashnikov machinery

  23-02-2017 10:41
  
  Californian musician David Brown and fan Pavel Bazdyrev are a rare example of success in Russia's consumer goods industry
  
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• The Stepford Whites: Get Out

  23-02-2017 09:57 via bkmag.com
  
  Get OutDirected by Jordan PeeleOpens February 24
  The sorta-horror sorta-comic thriller Get Out conjures dread almost immediately, and with no actual ghosts, zombies, or demons whatsoever. It opens on a young black man, talking on his cell phone, relating that he’s gotten a little lost in this suburban neighborhood. He ends the call, consults some street signs, and a car pulls up near him. The speed with which this situation, free of all but the most basic context, creates anxiety is impre
  
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• Honda Classic only South Florida stop for PGA Tour

  23-02-2017 08:35
  
  For golf fans of South Florida, the Honda Classic should not be missed this week
  
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• Japan Crown Prince vows to follow father's footstep

  23-02-2017 06:58
  
  Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has marked his 57th birthday with a pledge to follow in his father's footsteps as a symbol of the nation if his father's abdication wish is realized
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O is giving Dr. Liswood A Foot of approval

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay RidgeBest foot forwardCongratulations to podiatrist Dr. Paul Liswood for receiving the 2016 American Podiatric Medical Association’s Meritorious Service Award. Dr. Liswood received the award for consistently putting his best foot forward for the care and treatment of his patients and having a profound impact on podiatric medicine, and for his role in advocating for the New York podiatric scope of practice, extending th
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O is giving boxes of chocolate

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrighton BeachThree boxes of chocolates to the students of PS 253 in Brighton Beach for traveling with members of the United War Veterans Council on its Valentine’s Day Caravan event. The caring kids visited veterans at the St. Albans Community Living Center in Queens on Feb. 15.Children in the fourth and fifth grades took a break from reading, writing, and arithmetic and delivered cards; gifts bags containing candy and to
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O check’s the team

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyFort GreeneCheckmate and kudos to members of the Brooklyn Technical High School Chess Team on its first-ever win at the City Chess Championship games held at New York Marriott Hotel on Feb. 4 and 5.The strategy-savy students won with 15.5 points combined from the top four players in the “under 1900” division.Master player Malcolm Galpern Levin, class of 2020, was the top scorer with five points, winning all his five
  
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• [PARTY LINE] Mud-slinging in Bay Ridge’s Council race

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyRepublican City Council candidate Bob Capano is charging that his Democratic opponent, Justin Brannan, is violating the law by taking a job with former boss Councilman Vincent Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) — the term-limited lawmaker both candidates seek to replace in an election this fall.“This secret recent hiring of Mr. Brannan by Councilman Gentile does not pass the smell test” said Capano in one of several pre
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Off the press: Gallery raises cash to protect reporters

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThey are sending a message.
  A Park Slope gallery will launch a counter-offensive to Trump’s war against the media this weekend, with an fund-raising exhibit of both political and apolitical artwork made on paper. The Ground Floor Gallery’s exhibit “Marked Urgent,” opening on Feb. 24, will raise cash to protect journalists — a task that is has become increasingly imp
  
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• [NIGHTLIFE] Just bead it: The best Mardi Gras events in Brooklyn

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperLent it all hang out!The pre-Lent celebration of Mardi Gras has spread well beyond the Bayou State, and beads will be flying all over Brooklyn for Fat Tuesday. We have rounded up some of the best New Orleans-style parties for those who want to get down.Bayou bitesGet started early with the “Mardi Gras Madness” crawfish boil at the Hall at MP, where the cuisine of the bayou takes
  
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• [MUSIC] Marching on: ‘Hungry’ brass band just wants to party

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperThey’re hungry for king cake!The Hungry March Band will once again rock the Bell House for its annual Mardi Gras Bash on Feb. 28. The Brooklyn brass band known for marching in the streets in support of political causes always looks forward to Fat Tuesday, said one long-time member.
  “Mardi Gras is one of the few holidays we do every year,” said Jason Candler, who has played
  
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• Move to Brooklyn a lifeline for Cosmos captain

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyWhat a roller coaster!The New York Cosmos’ journey to its new home in Coney Island had so many ups and downs that team captain Carlos Mendes almost could not hold on. Just a few months ago, he was certain that his team and the North American Soccer League were on the brink of folding, but things changed in January when Rocco B. Commisso, the chief of Mediacom Communications Corporation, bought the Cosmos and took the team off
  
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• [GOWANUS] Marching on: ‘Hungry’ brass band just wants to party

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyThey’re hungry for king cake!The Hungry March Band will once again rock the Bell House for its annual Mardi Gras Bash on Feb. 28. The Brooklyn brass band known for marching in the streets in support of political causes always looks forward to Fat Tuesday, said one long-time member.
  “Mardi Gras is one of the few holidays we do every year,” said Jason Candler, who has played
  
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• [FEARLESS PARENTING] It’s okay to be your kids’ friend

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperYou don’t want to be your kids’ friend, you need to be the parent…”Such was the advice recently from my mother. While once upon a time I would have stopped to reflect and wonder if in fact that was true, if I was doing it wrong because I wanted to be friends with my kids, this time my response was immediate and resolute.
  “Actually, I do want to be their friend,” I said.
  I waited for th
  
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• [FASHION] ‘FIT’ for a Kings County: Fashion Institute of Technology to hold classes in Brooklyn

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThese classes are tailor-made for Brooklyn.The Fashion Institute of Technology will soon offer two classes at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park so locals don’t have to trek out to the distant isle of Manhattan to step up their fashion know-how. And the courses will provide busy Brooklynites a more convenient way to enroll in the institute’s classes, said the school’s head of continuing and professional
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Locals protest Gentile over staffer’s harassment allegations

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperCommunity members rallied outside Councilman Vincent Gentile’s Bay Ridge office on Feb. 20 to show solidarity for the lawmaker’s former staffer Michael Bistreich, who is suing the term-limited democrat alleging that his former colleagues made fun of his Asperger’s syndrome and even left mutilated stuffed animals on his desk to get under his skin. About 20 protestors came arme
  
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• [ART] Off the press: Gallery raises cash to protect reporters

  23-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey are sending a message.
  A Park Slope gallery will launch a counter-offensive to Trump’s war against the media this weekend, with an fund-raising exhibit of both political and apolitical artwork made on paper. The Ground Floor Gallery’s exhibit “Marked Urgent,” opening on Feb. 24, will raise cash to protect journalists — a task that is has become increasingly imp
  
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• Woman wearing anti-Trump sign barred from Lincoln Center

  23-02-2017 04:53
  
  A woman is claiming she was barred from attending a performance at New York City's Lincoln Center because she wouldn't remove an anti-Trump sign affixed to the back of her jacket
  
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• The Latest: Judge blocks law on posting actors' ages

  23-02-2017 02:23
  
  A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked a California law that allows actors and other entertainment professionals to force a website to remove their ages
  
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• Chopped off heads, torn out hearts in brutal Brazil gang war

  23-02-2017 02:14
  
  Soon after a celebration died down at a Brazilian prison, a bloodbath beyond the worst imaginings of authorities swept through the lockup, a brutality that laid bare a failed prison system and the brutal war between gangs in Latin America's largest nation
  
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• Judge blocks California law on posting actors' ages

  23-02-2017 02:07
  
  A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked a California law that allows actors and other entertainment professionals to force a website to remove their ages
  
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• BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU: Playlist for February 22, 2017

  23-02-2017 01:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This week's show included songs from Ride, Spoon, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Dirty Projectors, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate, Ryan Adams, a tribute to Kurt Cobain, and more.
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