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• Pentagram to Perform Without Bobby Liebling

  20-04-2017 23:45
  
  OfficialFacebook post cites "circumstances that are beyond anyone’s control, that are a direct result of Bobby Liebling’s personal actions"
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• New 'delicioso' postage stamps dedicated to Latino cuisine

  20-04-2017 23:31
  
  From the kitchen table to the mail, the U.S. Postal Service is recognizing the influence of Latino foods and flavors on American cuisine with the release of a new series of stamps
  
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• Fox stock gains ground following O'Reilly firing

  20-04-2017 23:17
  
  Shares of Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, are gaining ground Thursday following the firing of longtime and top-rated host Bill O'Reilly
  
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• Killer of NFL's Will Smith gets 25 years for manslaughter

  20-04-2017 23:10
  
  The man who killed retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith during a traffic dispute has been sentenced to 25 years for manslaughter
  
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• a first look at Gorillaz Spirit House (which hits Brooklyn this weekend)

  20-04-2017 23:04
  
  Check out photos from inside the new collaboration from Gorillaz and SONOS.
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• Without O'Reilly, Fox News faces its toughest test

  20-04-2017 23:01
  
  The firing of Fox's lead personality, Bill O'Reilly, will test whether the top-rated cable network's appeal is due to its overall strength more than a personality or two
  
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• Aaron Hernandez death ruled suicide, brain goes to science

  20-04-2017 23:00
  
  Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez's death in prison has been officially ruled a suicide
  
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• The Latest: Aaron Hernandez's brain heading to researchers

  20-04-2017 22:44
  
  Authorities in Massachusetts say Aaron Hernandez's brain is being turned over to university researchers now that they've ruled his death in prison a suicide
  
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• Memphis: 1 city, 2 days, 4 attractions

  20-04-2017 22:43
  
  One city, 2 days, 4 attractions: A quick visit to Memphis offers music history and African-American history
  
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• Judge blocks sound engineer's release of Prince EP

  20-04-2017 22:39
  
  A federal judge has blocked a sound engineer from releasing a five-song EP of unpublished music by Prince after the late superstar's estate objected _ but one song is still available online
  
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• Kamaiyah reveals 'Don't Ever Get It Twisted' art, pushes back release date

  20-04-2017 22:29
  
  She's also featured on Lil Yachty's just-announced debut album.
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• The Latest: Will Smith killer gets 25 years in prison

  20-04-2017 22:26
  
  The killer of NFL star Will Smith has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, far less than the maximum
  
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• Man sentenced to 25 years for killing Saints star Will Smith and 15 years, served concurrently, for wounding his wife

  20-04-2017 22:16
  
  Man sentenced to 25 years for killing Saints star Will Smith and 15 years, served concurrently, for wounding his wife
  
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• Earth, Wind & Fire and Chic touring together this summer

  20-04-2017 22:11
  
  Let's groove.
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• Sylvia Moy, Motown songwriter and producer, dies at age 78

  20-04-2017 22:00
  
  Motown songwriter Sylvia Moy, who penned or collaborated on several hits by recording stars like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, has died at age 78
  
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• Review: An uneasy mishmash, 'Unforgettable' is forgettable

  20-04-2017 21:40
  
  Film Review: 'Unforgettable' attempts the uncomfortable task of combining serious social themes _ namely a domestic violence subplot _ with camp horror, and the result is an uneasy, disappointing mishmash of serious and laughable
  
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• Kevin Hart and Charlamagne Tha God to appear at BookCon

  20-04-2017 20:58
  
  Kevin Hart and Charlamagne Tha God will make a joint appearance at this year's BookCon in New York to promote their new books
  
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• Amos Oz, David Grossman among Intl Booker Prize nominees.

  20-04-2017 20:50
  
  Two of Israel's most renowned authors and an Argentine first-time novelist are among six finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction
  
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• A look at the 6 films exploring the LA riots, 25 years later

  20-04-2017 20:48
  Los Angeles erupted into the most destructive civil disturbance in US history on April 29, 1992, and the 25th anniversary is being marked by six documentaries exploring the roots and lingering impact of the LA riots
  
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• LA's violent uprising of 1992 returns to TV 25 years later

  20-04-2017 20:47
  
  Six films are revisiting the Los Angeles riots this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the worst civil unrest in US history, a remarkable number of simultaneous releases focused on a single event
  
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• check out official "first look" images from 'Game of Thrones' Season 7

  20-04-2017 20:40
  
  We're still three months out from the Season 7 premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones but the wildly popular series has just released the official "first look" images from the show and you can check out all 15 in the gallery above.
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• Insiders: Board of Election pick a power-play by Golden

  20-04-2017 20:17
  
  Party Line: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe Board of Elections named a new Republican chief clerk one year after the infamous April 2016 voter purge, which slashed more than 120,000 voters from the rolls during the contentious New York presidential primary between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
  Bay Ridgite Ray Riley — a former staffer of state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) who now works at Maimonides M
  
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• President Trump welcomes Sarah Palin to White House

  20-04-2017 20:15
  
  President Donald Trump has hosted former Alaska governor Sarah Palin at a White House dinner with musicians Ted Nugent and Kid Rock
  
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• 'Moulin Rouge' director Baz Luhrmann to speak at Princeton

  20-04-2017 20:12
  
  "Moulin Rouge" director Baz Luhrmann will speak to graduating seniors at Princeton
  
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• Big Boi releases "Kill Jill" (ft. Killer Mike & Jeezy) & "Mic Jack" (ft. Adam Levine)

  20-04-2017 19:44
  
  Big Boi shares two singles off his upcoming album 'Boomiverse.'
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• Nick Waterhouse covers lost Jan & Dean song on new Record Store Day 7″ (listen)

  20-04-2017 19:42
  
  Nick Waterhouse is releasing a new 7" on Record Store Day. The A-side is "L.A. Turnaround" from last year's Never Twice, but the B-side is a new recording, "I Try," that has an interesting history...
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• Who I Ate on My Summer Vacation: Slack Bay

  20-04-2017 19:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Slack BayDirected by Bruno DumontOpens April 21
  Once labeled as part of a “New French Extremity,” Bruno Dumont for years had a reputation as one of the European art-house’s most stalwart killjoys, a Hanekean exponent of austerity and provocation. That began to change with his last film, the shaggy-dog policier Li’l Quinquin: without relinquishing any of his gravity, Dumont revealed (or discovered) himself to be a nimble conductor of majestic, filigreed slapstick. The new
  
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• Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon Switch Roles in The Little Foxes

  20-04-2017 17:59 via bkmag.com
  
  If you were putting together a staging of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes with Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon, the obvious casting would be Linney as the villainous Regina Giddens and Nixon as the pathetic Birdie, but the gimmick of this production is that Linney and Nixon alternate these roles at each performance. This kind of thing has been done before, usually in Shakespearean repertory, but only hardcore enthusiasts of this play and these actresses will want to see it twice. So whic
  
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• 'Infowars' host Jones says his on-air persona not a 'trick'

  20-04-2017 17:45
  
  Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has testified that he's sincere in his "Infowars" commentary but acknowledges he also uses satire and comedy on his show
  
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• Celebs, athletes compete in video game event for charity

  20-04-2017 17:37
  
  Some popular celebs and athletes will compete in a televised video game event to raise money for charity
  
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• Allison Janney on Broadway, 'The West Wing' legacy and Trump

  20-04-2017 17:35
  
  Allison Janney is having one of the busiest years of her life, juggling a film in which she plays skating star Tonya Harding's mother, the TV series "Mom" and a Broadway revival of "Six Degrees of Separation."
  
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• Fox stock holds steady following O'Reilly firing

  20-04-2017 17:29
  
  Shares of Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, held steady in Thursday trading following the firing of longtime and top-rated host Bill O'Reilly
  
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• Olympic athlete Germaine Mason killed in crash in Jamaica

  20-04-2017 17:28
  
  Police in Jamaica say that Olympic-medal winning athlete Germaine Mason has died in an early-morning motorcycle crash
  
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• Aaron Hernandez's apparent suicide shrouded in mystery

  20-04-2017 17:12
  
  Aaron Hernandez's death in prison remains shrouded in mystery, and authorities are offering few answers
  
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• Life After Brooklyn: Upstate favorites

  20-04-2017 16:54
  
  We interviewed former New Yorkers about their lives upstate, and we also asked them to share their favorite spots, so you can enjoy them next time you visit–or when you relocate, too.
  Glasses at the Suarez Family Brewery. Photo; Suarez Family Brewery via Instagram
  Sarah Suarez
  1. Suarez Family Brewery in Livingston: Nick’s brother Dan and his wife Taylor opened their brewery in the summer of 2016. They have a tasting room where we love to hang out on our days off—Dan even
  
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• Life After Brooklyn: Upstate New York

  20-04-2017 16:50
  
  The view from the Spruceton Inn. Photo: Casey Scieszka
  It all started just a handful of years ago, a slow and steady migration of Brooklyn residents packing up their belongings and heading north–to the mountains, to cabins, to a respite of crisp greenery and stillness.
  Or did it?
  In reality, city folk have been settling in various counties of upstate New York for generations. The only reason it’s lately been deemed a phenomenon is because social media is now here to chronicle every
  
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• Q&A: Could the Henrietta Lacks case happen today?

  20-04-2017 16:42
  
  'Death-defying' cells from cancer patient Henrietta Lacks led to a scientific bonanza
  
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• Oprah Winfrey erupts in HBO's powerful 'Henrietta Lacks'

  20-04-2017 16:14
  
  Oprah Winfrey erupts in the new HBO film "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" as a tormented woman in search of the mother she never knew whose tissue sample would yield medical marvels benefiting millions
  
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• ” I wanted to show my life”: Empathy at Art of the Real

  20-04-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In 2014, Em Cominotti and Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli (a Brooklyn Magazine contributor) began collaborating on what would eventually become the feature film Empathy. The two co-wrote the documentary’s script, with Rovinelli as director and Cominotti as both subject and star. Carefully tracing the contours of Cominotti’s life as a queer escort and sex worker moving between New York City, her native Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles as she reconnects with old friends and clients and attempts to k
  
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• Judge blocks sound engineer's release of Prince music

  20-04-2017 15:54
  
  A federal judge has blocked a sound engineer from releasing unpublished music by Prince after the late superstar's estate objected
  
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• MTV's Video Music Awards return to West Coast for 2017

  20-04-2017 15:00
  
  After spending a year at Madison Square Garden in New York, the MTV Video Music Awards are coming back to the West Coast
  
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• A Slice of the High: Will New York City Really Sit Out the Coming Pot Boom?

  20-04-2017 14:45 via bkmag.com
  
  On a recent weeknight, a line of people stretched out of the back entrance of a nondescript office building in lower Manhattan and onto its after-hours loading dock. We were waiting, quietly, in single file, for the elevator to take us up to HighNY, an advocacy and networking event for people trying to get rich selling weed.
  Recreational marijuana is now legal in eight states and the District of Columbia. Meeting the needs of the 60 million Americans living in those states, and any additional on
  
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• King presents Spanish author Mendoza with Cervantes prize

  20-04-2017 14:02
  
  Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has been presented with the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor, with officials praising his humorous style as a continuation of that of Spain's most famous author
  
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• Defense to plead for leniency in death ex-New Orleans Saint

  20-04-2017 11:39
  
  The defense gets a chance to make its case for leniency in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith
  
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• Gar-done! Developer nixes plan to build towers near Brooklyn Botanic Garden (for now)

  20-04-2017 08:58
  
  Crown Heights: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperDevelopers seeking to build two controversial towers a stone’s throw from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled their application for a zoning variance hours before Community Board 9’s Land Use Committee were expected to decide on the matter.
  Cornell Realty gave no reason for its decision to cut and run in a letter informing the Department of City Planning of its change
  
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• Bounce in our step: Squibb Park Bridge reopens after 32-month closure

  20-04-2017 08:49
  
  Awesome: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperYou can cross this bridge when you get to it.
  The zigzagging overpass from Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park reopened after 32 months on Wednesday — and one eager local went out of his way to test the goods during his 7:30 am jog, reporting back that it had been everything he’d dreamed of for the nearly three years it had been shuttered.
  “It was liberating in on
  
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• Prince's 1980s band hits the road for memorial tour

  20-04-2017 08:14
  
  Prince's 1980s band The Revolution is back together and kicking off a three-month tour by performing at Paisley Park
  
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• Documentary delves into life of music pioneer Clive Davis

  20-04-2017 07:53
  
  Music mogul Clive Davis has celebrated his legacy with the debut of a documentary about his life during the opening night of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival
  
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• Plenty of history and scoring at the Texas Open

  20-04-2017 07:28
  
  THE WEEK AHEAD: Low scores and a high score at the Texas Open, and Bubba does China
  
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• O'Reilly is out at Fox but influence endures; career too?

  20-04-2017 07:17
  
  Despite the inglorious end to Bill O'Reilly's two-decade Fox News Channel career, observers say his deep imprint on Fox and other cable news outlets and his influence on barbed political discourse are intact for the foreseeable future
  
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