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• Ratings boost: NCAA title game viewership up 30 percent

  04-04-2017 23:50
  
  Viewership for the NCAA national championship game between Gonzaga and North Carolina was up 30 percent from last year
  
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• NC man guilty of murdering 4, including 'Top Model' hopeful

  04-04-2017 23:28
  
  A North Carolina man has been convicted of murdering four people in two drug-related killings, including an aspiring model who appeared on a reality TV show
  
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• Brazil soap star Jose Mayer apologizes for sexual harassment

  04-04-2017 23:18
  
  Brazilian soap opera star Jose Mayer is apologizing after accusations that he had sexually harassed a female colleague
  
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• Showtime developing miniseries on deposed Fox chief Ailes

  04-04-2017 23:12
  
  A miniseries about deposed Fox News Channel executive Roger Ailes is in the works at Showtime
  
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• Roger Federer, Microsoft's Gates to play doubles for charity

  04-04-2017 22:58
  
  How's this for a doubles team? Roger Federer, Bill Gates to pair up in charity tennis match
  
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• 2 reputed associates of 'Sopranos' crime family get prison

  04-04-2017 22:24
  
  Two reputed associates of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO's "The Sopranos" are headed to prison for their roles in a drug distribution ring
  
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• Cowboys' Tony Romo retiring, replacing Phil Simms at CBS

  04-04-2017 21:56
  
  Tony Romo is retiring from the Dallas Cowboys to replace another former quarterback in Phil Simms as lead analyst for CBS
  
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• More advertisers say they have ditched Fox's O'Reilly show

  04-04-2017 21:54
  
  Seven companies confirm that they have canceled advertising on Bill O'Reilly's show on Fox News due to allegations of sexual harassment
  
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• Long and Pointless and in Love: on Elif Batuman’s The Idiot

  04-04-2017 21:41 via bkmag.com
  
  Standing on a shuttle bus, listening to her Walkman and watching people on the street below, eighteen-year-old Harvard freshman Selin experiences a car crash: “Things changed somehow, and I was on the floor.” This, in Elif Batuman’s debut novel and second book, The Idiot, is one of the strangest descriptions of falling I’ve ever read. Intensely disembodied—there’s no mention of how it feels to lose your balance, to be suspended midair, to hit the ground—
  
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• Television pilot 'Scalped' to begin filming in New Mexico

  04-04-2017 21:23
  
  A television pilot adapted from the comic book series "Scalped" will begin filming this month in New Mexico
  
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• Solar eclipse mania spurs festivals, tours, sold-out hotels

  04-04-2017 19:56
  
  Destinations in the path of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse are going wild with plans for festivals, concerts and viewing parties
  
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• Blindness, God and Sea Monkeys: Williamsburg Director Ido Fluk on The Ticket

  04-04-2017 19:46 via bkmag.com
  
  In The Ticket, from Williamsburg-based filmmaker Ido Fluk, a blind man wakes up one morning inexplicably able to see. For James (played by Dan Stevens), this awakens a hunger for a much different life than the one he has—more money, a better car, a hotter lover—and he works fast to boost his material circumstances. But James’s new ambitions are often attained to the detriment of others, from his family and friends to the pawns of a new financial scheme, so it might be too late
  
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• Spanish ship off Gibraltar: 'Incursion' or 'routine?'

  04-04-2017 19:28
  
  The British territory of Gibraltar says a Spanish navy patrol ship entered its waters amid the simmering tensions over Gibraltar's future after Brexit
  
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• Echo & The Bunnymen and Violent Femmes touring together this summer, playing Coney Island

  04-04-2017 18:41
  
  Two '80s alt-rock titans, Echo & The Bunnymen and Violent Femmes, will be touring together this summer. Dates include Coney Island, Asbury Park, and more...
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• Small town must face hard past in Watts' debut novel

  04-04-2017 18:36
  
  Book Review: Small town faces a hard past and rethinks the future in Stephanie Powell Watts' "No One Is Coming to Save Us."
  
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• Shadowgraphs mine baroque psych pop on tuneful debut LP (stream it)

  04-04-2017 18:28
  
  Groovy bass lines abound on Shadowgraphs debut album, as do vibraphone, eight-mile-high harmonies, and nods to tropicalia and krautrock.Continue reading…
  
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• Locust/Pinback collaborator Brent Asbury releasing debut LP as Panicker

  04-04-2017 18:12
  
  Listen to the danceable, industrial-tinged new single "Commuter."
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• Day 75/100: Made of Oak (Nick of Sylvan Esso) – "Vacuum Life"

  04-04-2017 18:04
  
  The song is from the 'Our First 100 Days' series.
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• BRIC TV’s Hard-Hitting Documentary Exposes Corporate Deception

  04-04-2017 17:45
  
  Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateDocumentaries that give you a fresh set of eyes to view the world are rare, but The Sweatshop of Wall Street is one of them. Produced by BRIC TV, Sweatshop investigates the world of direct sales in New York City, and you may never look at your cellphone the same way again.
  The documentary follows Phil Vasto and Zao Yang, New York City t
  
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• Q&A: Freeman, Caine and Arkin on aging as actors

  04-04-2017 17:44
  
  The old-guy buddy comedy "Going With Style" teams the legendary contemporaries Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin for the first time
  
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• Sylvan Esso got remixed by Demo Taped, expand tour, playing Prospect Park

  04-04-2017 17:42
  
  Sylvan Esso have added a few shows to their busy 2017 touring schedule, including a return to the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at PRospecft Park Bandshell...
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• Panorama adds "outdoor dance club with nonstop DJ sets," The Point

  04-04-2017 17:40
  
  Theo Parrish, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Omar-S, Marcellus Pittmann, Anthony Naples b2b Huerco S, Mister Saturday Night, and more will perform in The Point at this year's Panorama festival.
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• Gethers highlights mom's career in 'My Mother's Kitchen'

  04-04-2017 17:32
  
  Review: Peter Gethers shares recipes and intimate stories about his mom's celebrated career in "My Mother's Kitchen"
  
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• stream Here Lies Man's afrobeat stoner metal album in full

  04-04-2017 17:18
  
  You can now listen to the entire self-titled debut album by Here Lies Man,- the Antibalas-related band who aims to mix Sabbath worship with afrobeat.
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• Review: 'The Lost Order' by Steve Berry is gripping story

  04-04-2017 17:14
  Book Review: "The Lost Order, Steve Berry's latest Cotton Malone adventure, is gripping story
  
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• Third woman joins racial lawsuit against Fox News

  04-04-2017 17:12
  
  A third woman has joined a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by a since-fired financial executive at Fox News Channel
  
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• Cold Waves Fest 2017 lineup: Front 242, Stabbing Westward, Cold Cave & more

  04-04-2017 17:07
  
  The 2017 Cold Waves festival happens September 29 - October 1 in Chicago (Metro & Smart Bar), bringing together a host of veteran and newer industrial and EBM acts.Continue reading…
  
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• Nerding Out with Taran Killam on Hamilton, Get Out, and his Post-SNL Career

  04-04-2017 17:03 via bkmag.com
  
  He’ll tell you this himself, but from 2010 to 2016, Taran Killam was living the dream. As a key cast member on Saturday Night Live, he performed an endless number of memorable skits and shorts, while working alongside his heroes and role models on a weekly basis. Even after his abrupt exit from the show last summer, it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that Killam is just as bright and optimistic about the future as ever: he’s currently starring on broadway and wrapping up his di
  
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• Coldplay vocalist visits sick fan in Manila hospital

  04-04-2017 16:57
  
  Coldplay's lead vocalist has visited a fan with cancer hours before the group played a packed concert at Manila's seaside Mall of Asia Arena Concert Grounds
  
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• Air announce first U.S. tour in seven years

  04-04-2017 16:53
  
  Air's appearance at NYC's Governors Ball will be the kickoff to the French duo's first U.S. tour in seven years. It's a short visit...
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• Front 242 touring around Cold Waves Fest, playing NYC with Severed Heads

  04-04-2017 16:48
  Belgian industrial/EBM act Front 242 will be back in North America this fall for Chicago's Cold Waves Fest and will tour while here...
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• Stocks slip again following weak business investment report

  04-04-2017 16:25
  
  US stocks are falling Tuesday after the Commerce Department said a measurement of business investment fell in February
  
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• 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' legacy debated on anniversary

  04-04-2017 16:22
  
  On the 50th anniversary of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," some cheer the movie's legacy while others look back and wince
  
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• Debut novel 'Behold the Dreamers' wins PEN/Faulkner award

  04-04-2017 16:21
  
  A timely, and timeless, debut novel about immigration and the class divide has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
  
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• Chelsea Clinton is in no hurry to get into politics

  04-04-2017 15:58
  
  Chelsea Clinton prepares to make the opening stop in a six-state book tour facing intensifying questions about her own political future
  
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• Your online security needs some attention–how to shut out cyber snoops

  04-04-2017 15:30
  
  A few weeks ago a weird thing happened. I had powered my laptop all the way down and when I went to log in I couldn’t. It kept telling me my password was wrong. I was reasonably certain I was remembering and typing it correctly, but no matter how many times I tried I couldn’t get in. So, I logged in as a guest and started the Apple ID reset process and went on with my day. Except a few hours later my phone let me know through the double authentication process that someone was tr
  
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• Clock it to me! Dumbo’s infamous clock tower apartment sells for record $15 million

  04-04-2017 15:30
  
  Awesome: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperClock it in!A penthouse apartment in Dumbo made infamous when a certain Brookly Paper editor filmed a “real estate porn” there nearly seven years ago has finally been sold for a record price — but one that fell $10 million short of the original ask.It will never be known if Gersh Kuntman’s viral video inside the three-story apartment atop 1 Main St. had anything to do with the amount of time it took
  
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• The Monster at the Bottom of This Bottle: Colossal

  04-04-2017 15:08 via bkmag.com
  
  ColossalDirected by Nacho VigalondoOpens April 7
  “Did the monster come back?” asks Gloria (Anne Hathaway), the woman at loose ends who occupies the wonderfully unlikely center of Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal. Gloria is an alcoholic, or at least a problem drinker, and prone to blackouts, so she could easily be asking about whatever happens between the last drink she remembers and when she wakes up achy from falling asleep (which is to say passing out) in some odd position. But in
  
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• Sweden PM finds gender-segregated school bus 'disgusting'

  04-04-2017 14:34
  
  Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says "it is disgusting" if a private Islamic school in Stockholm has girls directed to the back door of a school bus while boys use the front door, as claimed by a television documentary
  
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• Chris Evans talks breakup with 'Gifted' co-star Jenny Slate

  04-04-2017 13:49
  
  Chris Evans says he's "endlessly grateful" for having met his "Gifted" co-star Jenny Slate, despite their breakup in February
  
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• Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder to lead Pilgrimage Festival

  04-04-2017 13:01
  
  Justin Timberlake will headline the next Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival and he's lured some big names to join him, including Eddie Vedder, Ryan Adams, The Avett Brothers, Mavis Staples and Gary Clark Jr
  
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• Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar dies at 84

  04-04-2017 08:49
  
  Singer Kishori Amonkar, renowned for her innovative interpretation of classical Indian music, has died at age 84
  
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• Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner says, 'I'm a big kid'

  04-04-2017 08:04
  
  Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner says she's just "a big kid" at heart and misses childhood times with her little sister Kylie, when they would head outdoors and play in the dirt
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 9-15

  04-04-2017 08:00
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 9-15
  
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• Today on Brooklyn Paper Radio: Councilman Brad Lander talks Rikers Island!

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Podcast: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperToday, on a very special 3 pm edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio, three- or four-time guest Councliman Brad Lander joins Gersh and Vince to talk about the planned closure of Rikers Island and how it will affect Brooklyn, and his plans to let you decide how to spend your tax dollars through his so-called participatory budget plan — something that sticks in the craw of one of the hosts.“I elect council members to
  
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• Think I better dance, now! Two Bushwick councilmen fight for your right to party!

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Bushwick: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey can dance if they want to!Two hard-partying Brooklyn councilmen are backing a bill that will free bars and restaurants to let patrons get their groove on without the threat of being targeted by the city’s dance police.Councilmen Rafael Espinal (D–Bushwick) and Antonio Reynoso (D–Bushwick) say they are tired of an antiquated city law that bans dancing in bistros and dives without a hard-to-get cabaret
  
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• Play ball! Kings Bay Baseball kicks off another season

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Sheepshead Bay: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTime to break out the popcorn and cracker jacks!
  The next generation of Brooklyn Cyclones played their first game to kick off spring season on April 2 in Sheepshead Bay, and celebrated the 61st year of Kings Bay Baseball. Kings Bay’s 11–12-year-olds lost in a nail-biter, but the score didn’t matter — it was a beautiful day to play ball, said the presiden
  
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• Lefty laughter: Comedy show pushes diversity

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Event: Look out — this comedy show has an agenda! Read more.
  
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• Islander legend Pat LaFontaine delivers hockey gear to Flatbush tweens

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Flatbush: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it an ice gesture.
  New York Islander legend Pat LaFontaine surprised hockey-loving tweens with high-end gear at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club in Flatbush on March 29. More than 100 burgeoning athletes got the new sticks and skates to help sharpen their skills and spark the next generation of Brooklyn hockey greats. It was a heart-warming event that brought some heat
  
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• Dough! Kids make matzoh from scratch for Passover!

  04-04-2017 06:00
  
  Crown Heights: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperThey kneaded that!
  Kids prepping for Passover had the unleavened experience of a lifetime when they got a chance to make their very own matzoh — at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights on April 2. But getting a taste of the beloved bread wasn’t even half as fun as playing with it, said Bergen Beacher Alex Mermelstein, who made the dough with his wife a
  
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