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• Bill O'Reilly and ex-Fox chief are hit with more allegations

  03-04-2017 23:55
  
  A Fox News contributor has come forward to level more sexual harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes
  
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• Box office top 20: 'Boss Baby' takes down Disney's 'Beauty'

  03-04-2017 23:40
  
  It took Alec Baldwin in diapers to bring down "Beauty and the Beast."
  
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• 'Angel Baby' singer dead at 71

  03-04-2017 23:31
  
  The singer of the 1960s hit "Angel Baby," a song covered by everyone from John Lennon to Linda Ronstadt, has died
  
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• CNN hires April Ryan as political contributor

  03-04-2017 22:58
  
  April Ryan, radio correspondent scolded by White House press secretary Sean Spicer in briefing last week, lands a job as contributor at CNN. She'll be available for commentary on all of the show's programs
  
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• Tenor Kaufmann goes it alone in Mahler's 'Lied von der Erde'

  03-04-2017 22:22
  
  Just as one would expect, Jonas Kaufmann's singing Mahler on the album "Das Lied von der Erde" is beautiful and at times deeply moving
  
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• The Latest: Attorney calls for investigation of Fox News

  03-04-2017 22:09
  An attorney for a former Fox News guest is calling for an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against host Bill O'Reilly. Earlier Monday, a Fox News contributor filed a lawsuit against former top executive Roger Ailes
  
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• Rooftop Gardening with Annie Novak

  03-04-2017 21:47
  Thursday, April 27, 2017 6:30 pmGreenpoint LibraryRooftop gardening is the exciting new trend in city landscaping. Learn more about how these out-of-sight spaces work by taking a virtual tour with Annie Novak, author of "The Rooftop Growing Guide: How to Transform Your Roof into a Garden or Farm" and head farmer at Greenpoint, Brooklyn's own Eagle Street Rooftop Farm. Whether you're gardening up above or down below - or aspiring to get started - this program will give you the tools you need to "
  
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• Thien, Morgan, Alderman, Adebayo eye women's fiction prize

  03-04-2017 21:42
  
  Family sagas from China and Kentucky and a sci-fi story of female empowerment are among six finalists for the international Women's Prize for Fiction
  
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• A Definitive Power Ranking of Big Little Lies Characters

  03-04-2017 21:39 via bkmag.com
  
  For the past seven weeks, if you’ve been keen enough to hop aboard, there’s been a fantastic mystery afoot over on the premium cable portion of your television (or computer, or phone, or whatever) in the star-studded adaption of Liane Moriarty’s novel, Big Little Lies, brought to us from TV veteran David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Legal), director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild) and Reese Witherspoon, who execut
  
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• Split Screens Fest coming to NYC in June to celebrate TV

  03-04-2017 21:24
  
  IFC Center, home to DOC NYC, the country's largest independent documentary film festival, is launching a new annual event that celebrates the art and cultural impact of television
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to murder in crash involving officer

  03-04-2017 21:23
  
  A man involved in a high-speed chase that killed a Kentucky police officer entered a not guilty plea Monday to charges that included murder, according to court records
  
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• 'One Shining Moment' video turns 30. Here's how it's done

  03-04-2017 21:04
  
  After Gonzaga plays North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament championship game Monday night, CBS will air the 30th "One Shining Moment" montage
  
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• 'The Devil's Triangle' starts with a bang and never lets up

  03-04-2017 20:30
  
  Review: FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine return in the action-packed "The Devil's Triangle," the latest "A Brit in the FBI" thriller
  
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• Rex Ryan will talk the talk on ESPN's 'NFL Countdown'

  03-04-2017 20:23
  
  Rex Ryan is taking his bluster to the TV studio, joining ESPN's 'NFL Countdown'
  
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• Peabody Awards ceremony to air June 2 on both PBS and Fusion

  03-04-2017 20:01
  
  The Peabody Awards has partnered with PBS and the Fusion network for a special telecast of the 76th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony
  
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• What It Means to Be All Grown Up: An Interview with Jami Attenberg

  03-04-2017 20:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Jami Attenberg and I were supposed to go to a protest in front of the White House. It would really have been the perfect setting for this interview—it would have made for a killer lede—and fresh off the Women’s March we were both genuinely jazzed to wave more signs in the cold. But, come the appointed hour, Attenberg wasn’t feeling too hot and I myself was starving. That’s how we ended up sitting at a hotel bar drinking water and eating French fries. But there&rsquo
  
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• Brooklyn’s Newest Outdoor Drinking and Dining Destinations

  03-04-2017 19:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Save for slip-on shoes and sunglasses, an outdoor drinking and dining guide is the ultimate accessory for spring. And we’ve got 14 exemplary spots to add to Brooklyn’s ever-expanding al fresco list, from Bushwick’s Martha’s Vineyard-emulating Cape House, to Bed Stuy’s tiki-inspired Diamond Reef.
  Cape House: Thanks to tall walls erected along Bushwick’s Knickerbocker Avenue flatiron— shielding the neighborhood’s unforgiving industrial sprawl from vi
  
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• 'Gifted' unites Chris Evans with a new young leading lady

  03-04-2017 19:30
  
  Chris Evans' new leading lady is 10-year-old Mckenna Grace in the upcoming movie "Gifted," a family drama about an unassuming single guy raising his math-prodigy niece, determined not to let her brilliance interfere with her childhood
  
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• The Golden Door: You Carry Your Father’s Face

  03-04-2017 19:18 via bkmag.com
  
  My father, who had a degree in engineering in Bosnia, now works as a doorman. I remember going on a walk with him around Morris Park in the Bronx when I was 18 years old. He stopped and said to me, “I do a job that I do not love, in a country that does not understand me, but I do it all for you. I might not have a lot of money, but at least my children are my wealth.” You can imagine the fear of disappointing him.
  As a Bosnian-American Muslim woman, my entire childhood was a reminder
  
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• Brooklyn in Exile at Treefort, Idaho’s Very Own SXSW-in-Waiting

  03-04-2017 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Southern Idaho might seem like an odd place for something like the Treefort Music Fest, which just concluded its sixth year, to thrive. The state capital, Boise, is the 99th largest city in America and is an oasis of liberal sentiment in Idaho, sorta: Clinton lost to Trump 39% to 47% in Ada County, of which Boise is the county seat—a smaller margin than almost anywhere else in the state. The heart of Lincoln’s Idaho Territory, the area around Boise was contested for many decades afte
  
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• Review: Senegal's Orchestra Baobab returns with dance galore

  03-04-2017 18:59
  
  Review: Senegal's Orchestra Baobab honors a former bandmate on "Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng," a spicy mix of African and Cuban tempos with no rust and a fluctuating pulse
  
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• Review: Unreleased 1976 Bill Evans Trio gig intimate treat

  03-04-2017 18:58
  
  Review: "On A Monday Evening" is the first release of a 1976 recording by the Bill Evans Trio, an autumn concert in Wisconsin that finds the influential pianist and his partners in outstanding form
  
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• A look at Saudi Arabia's most pressing economic targets

  03-04-2017 18:51
  
  Saudi Arabia is embarking on an aggressive transformation of its economy, which is being led by King Salman's 30-year-old son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  
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• The Latest: Fox contributor files sexual harassment suit

  03-04-2017 18:40
  
  A Fox News contributor, Julie Roginsky, claims she was denied opportunities at Fox after rejecting former top executive Roger Ailes' sexual advances
  
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• Judge expects 2-week Cosby trial; jury to be sequestered

  03-04-2017 18:32
  
  The judge in Bill Cosby's criminal case expects the trial to last about two weeks
  
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• Trump impersonator to host Comedy Central's 'President Show'

  03-04-2017 17:57
  
  Comedy Central is giving Donald Trump his own weekly showcase
  
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• Ex-NFL star begins presenting defense in double-murder trial

  03-04-2017 17:09
  
  Lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez have begun presenting their defense in his double-murder trial
  
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• Olivia Wilde to make her Broadway debut in play of '1984'

  03-04-2017 17:01
  
  A new stage adaptation of George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel "1984" will star Olivia Wilde making her Broadway debut
  
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• Judge approves Rhode Island settlement over 38 Studios

  03-04-2017 16:56
  
  A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Rhode Island's failed $75 million deal with the videogame company owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling
  
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• What to eat at Smorgasburg 2017

  03-04-2017 16:31
  
  For those of us who admit to being more than a little food-focused (or slightly gluttonous, whichever), this was a much-anticipated weekend, and we’re very lucky that Smorgasburg isn’t picky about the weather. The lauded food market returned to East River State Park and took up residence in Prospect Park this weekend, despite a somewhat chilly and grey start on Saturday. This year, the market opens with a decent shaking up to its usual program–from mom-and-pop s
  
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• Review: 'Cork Dork' celebrates wine, sommeliers

  03-04-2017 15:21
  
  Book Review: "Cork Dork" explores wine, taste and the mysterious world of sommeliers
  
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• Q&A: Nolan previews adrenaline rushing war epic 'Dunkirk'

  03-04-2017 15:12
  
  Christopher Nolan speaks to The Associated Press about his adrenaline rushing epic "Dunkirk," which hits theaters on July 21
  
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• “From a whisper…”: Leslie Thornton at BAM

  03-04-2017 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Leslie ThorntonApril 3-May 8 at BAM
  The incredible Leslie Thornton makes films and videos of electric energy. A work like Another Worldy (1999) actively animates the past through the use of archival footage, in its case an eclectic ensemble of older cinematic dance scenes reedited in tune with East German techno. A film like Jennifer, Where Are You? (1981) disquietingly deploys footage shot closer to the time of its making as it presents a little girl applying lipstick that leads her to transfor
  
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• Has Shea Stadium Found the Secret to Longevity for DIY Venues?

  03-04-2017 13:50 via bkmag.com
  
  It seemed likely that Bushwick’s Shea Stadium would die the death of so many other adored, dubiously-legal DIY spaces. The country is littered with the bones of all-ages venues that were slowly bled dry by licensing issues and fire marshal inquisitions. Death By Audio, 285 Kent, Market Hotel—there’s an expected transience to off-the-books rock ‘n roll. They count their history in months, not years, and are remembered in wistful coffee-table books and a particular group of
  
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• IOC denies covering up 2008 Olympic doping cases

  03-04-2017 10:46
  
  The IOC has denied it covered up doping after a German TV program claimed that positive doping tests by Jamaican sprinters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics were not prosecuted
  
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• Egypt's el-Sissi and America's Trump: A common language?

  03-04-2017 09:14
  
  Egypt's el-Sissi is a career military man of taciturn ways, his host Trump a brash real estate developer and reality TV star who inherited a fortune
  
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• Energetic Backstreet Boys bring the nostalgia to ACM Awards

  03-04-2017 09:11
  
  While Justin Timberlake had a show-stopping moment alongside Chris Stapleton at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards, it was the Backstreet Boys who shined brightly at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards
  
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• Roland founder, digital music pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi dies

  03-04-2017 08:54
  
  Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Japanese engineer who pioneered digital music and founded synthesizer giant Roland Corp., has died at age 87
  
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• Disco biscuits, Spanish fly: Cosby lawyers to argue evidence

  03-04-2017 06:54
  
  Spanish fly and quaaludes could be on the agenda when Bill Cosby returns to a Pennsylvania court for the latest showdown over evidence in his sexual-assault case
  
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• John Cena and Nikki Bella get engaged at WrestleMania

  03-04-2017 06:12
  
  Wrestlers John Cena and Nikki Bella finished off their opponents at WrestleMania and then decided to take on what could be their biggest challenge yet: Marriage
  
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• Where DINOs roam the Earth! Progressive constituents blast conservative Dem state senator

  03-04-2017 06:00
  
  Midwood: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey say Felder’s a fake!
  A few dozen angry constituents protested in front of Democratic state Sen. Simcha Felder’s Midwood office on March 30, accusing him of being a “fake democrat” for his allegiance to the Republican party up in Albany — and for ignoring the concerns of many in the community, who aren’t part of his heavily Jewish Orthodox core
  
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• War of words: Greek tragedy and talk in Crown Heights

  03-04-2017 06:00
  
  Theater: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperThey’re talking war and peace.A Brooklyn writer and director will use an ancient Greek tragedy read by a celebrity cast to launch a tough community talk in Crown Heights next week. His production “Ajax” will play at the Crown Heights Library on April 6 as part of the “Theater of War” series of performances and discussions produced with the Brooklyn Public Library. The 2,500-year-old Sophocles
  
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• Rollover minute: Car takes a tumble on Belt Parkway

  03-04-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA car flipped over on the Belt Parkway on March 30, sending two people to the hospital and causing traffic to back up for hours.
  The 40-year-old driver of a sports utility vehicle was in the middle lane heading towards the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge near Bay Parkway at about 1 pm when he claims another car cut him off, causing him to lose control and slam into the guardrail, then flip over, according to authorities. But the driver w
  
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• Lunar-cy! City Point ad falsely claims new food court will open on ‘third new moon’

  03-04-2017 06:00
  Downtown: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey promised the moon!
  The much-hyped new food hall at Downtown’s City Point mall will not be open until at least late April — not on “the third new moon of 2017” as a huge sign outside the building is currently advertising, according to a flack for the project.The hall’s marketing team came up with the idea as a way to avoid committing to a specific date, he said — even though the thir
  
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• Aldean wins top prize, Backstreet Boys shine at ACM Awards

  03-04-2017 05:45
  
  Florida Georgia Line may have lost entertainer of the year to Jason Aldean, but the country duo owned the Academy of Country Music Awards, thanks to some help from the Backstreet Boys
  
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• Chicago blues musician Lonnie Brooks dies at 83

  03-04-2017 05:31
  
  Chicago blues musician Lonnie Brooks, whose relationship with his adopted home was cemented by his hit recording of Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago," has died at age 83
  
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• Rockets' Harden ill, misses 1st game of season in Phoenix

  03-04-2017 03:14
  
  Houston Rockets star James Harden is sitting out against Phoenix because of illness, his first missed game of the season
  
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• Holtby helps Capitals hold off Blue Jackets, 3-2

  03-04-2017 03:10
  
  Braden Holtby stopped 35 shots, Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist and the Washington Capitals held on for a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets
  
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• ACM Awards kick off with energy and Chuck Berry tribute

  03-04-2017 02:29
  
  The Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off with six separates performances full of energy, including a tribute to Chuck Berry featuring Joe Walsh, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley
  
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• Action Trumps Hate: Do we really have to pay taxes?

  03-04-2017 02:03
  
  This week I want to talk about just one thing: Taxes. They’re due two weeks from Tuesday on April 18 (here’s the story behind the unusual date). As self-employed person, writing out a big check to the government is never my favorite moment in April, but this year I’m particularly dreading it.
  In general, I’m pro tax. I say that as someone who has to save for and write five-figure checks each year. I really feel those dollars, way more than back in my W-2 days.&n
  
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