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• Maestro Dudamel tells Venezuelan leaders 'Enough is Enough'

  04-05-2017 23:50
  
  Classical music maestro Gustavo Dudamel is speaking out against the Venezuelan government he has long performed for over its bloody crackdown on protesters
  
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• Reality TV star could help pick next Honolulu police chief

  04-05-2017 23:39
  
  The chairman of the Honolulu Police Commission wants the wife of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman to help select the city's next police chief
  
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• Fired Fox radio reporter sues, claiming retaliation

  04-05-2017 23:12
  
  A Fox News radio reporter has sued the beleaguered company, saying that she was let go in response to a complaint about treatment by her superiors
  
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• 2nd weekend of Jazz Fest kicks off with 'locals day'

  04-05-2017 22:26
  
  The second weekend of the seven-day New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is kicking off
  
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• The Latest: Singer Doherty: Le Pen not "a distant threat"

  04-05-2017 22:25
  
  Singer Pete Doherty is calling French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen "a shadow at the gate," and has joined French artists and students rallying and singing for openness and tolerance.
  
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• Anti-Trump late night jokes coming at a blistering pace

  04-05-2017 22:04
  
  An academic study notes that late night's Stephen Colbert has been making jokes at Donald Trump at the blistering pace of 3.37 per day during Trump's first 100 days in office
  
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• Fired BET executive sues, alleging 'old boys' club' bias

  04-05-2017 21:59
  
  A former female executive with Black Entertainment Television is suing the channel and its parent company, Viacom. Zola Mashariki claims a discriminatory "old boys' club" atmosphere led to her firing while she was on disability for breast cancer
  
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• Announcing the Semi-Finalists of the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival's Inaugural Screenplay Competition

  04-05-2017 21:45
  
  The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival launched its first Best Screenplay category for its 7th Annual edition, June 3-11 2017. Unproduced film and television scripts with a connection to Brooklyn via the writer, characters, theme or setting were eligible. The winner will receive a live, staged reading cast with professional actors, to be produced by AoBFF later in 2017.Congratulations to our Semi-Finalists!Acceptance Is  - Written by Belle AngelDon't Call Me Sir! - Written by Bo SvensonVinc
  
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• Experience New Jersey’s Hippest Urban Oasis at the KW NJ Metro Group Open House

  04-05-2017 21:36 via bkmag.com
  
  245 South Mountain Avenue in Montclair, New Jersey brings the sophistication of city lifestyle to suburbia. This completely updated Center Hall Colonial is located in the Estate section of Montclair Township. Known for its urban lifestyle amenities, Montclair is a short commute to New York City.
  With an unparalleled amenities package, this incredible home resides on .46 acres in one of Montclair’s most desirable locations. The 2,694 square foot home has been completely updated and includes
  
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• Viacom beats forecasts but investors fret 'reteiring'

  04-05-2017 21:21
  
  Viacom beats forecasts but investors fret 'reteiring'
  
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• Classical maestro Dudamel hits Venezuela govt over protests

  04-05-2017 20:57
  
  Classical music maestro Gustavo Dudamel is speaking out against the Venezuelan government he has long performed for over its bloody crackdown on protesters
  
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• Cops: TV weatherman who killed self was suspect in rape case

  04-05-2017 20:55
  
  The Oxford County Sheriff's Department says a popular TV weatherman who took his own life was the sole suspect in a sexual assault investigation
  
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• Jerry Garcia's guitar truckin' to auction, could fetch $1M

  04-05-2017 20:47
  
  Jerry Garcia's custom-made guitar, called Wolf, is truckin' to auction on May 31 at New York's Brooklyn Bowl
  
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• Priest pleads guilty to stealing $500K for casinos, concerts

  04-05-2017 20:28
  
  The rector of a church-owned retirement home for Roman Catholic priests has admitted embezzling a half-million to pay for casino visits, high-end dinners and Philadelphia Pops concerts
  
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• Review: Maroon 5's PJ Morton thrives on new solo album

  04-05-2017 20:20
  
  Music Review: Maroon 5's PJ Morton returns to New Orleans roots on new solo album, 'Gumbo'
  
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• In the US's crosshairs, Assange gets his close-up in 'Risk'

  04-05-2017 19:50
  
  Laura Poitras thought she was making a laudatory documentary about the bravery of Julian Assange. But 'Risk' turned into something different.
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Ringling's final show coming to Facebook Live

  04-05-2017 19:50
  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus _which began in the 19th century _ will make its final bow on the most 21st century of channels: Facebook Live
  
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• Julie Foudy signs multiyear extension with ESPN

  04-05-2017 18:57
  
  Julie Foudy signs multiyear extension with ESPN, will focus on soccer, Olympics, NCAA championships
  
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• The dark side of May 4: Storm trooper causes alarm at school

  04-05-2017 18:51
  
  A student dressed as a storm trooper for "Star Wars Day" prompted the evacuation of a Wisconsin high school when a frightened parent saw the costumed figure entering the facility and called 911
  
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• Miley Cyrus talks marijuana, twerking and Liam Hemsworth

  04-05-2017 18:46
  
  Miley Cyrus says she's "completely clean" after giving up marijuana
  
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• The Total Gowanus Immersion August 12, 2017

  04-05-2017 18:42
  
  Our last Gowanus Immersion circa 2015. Photo: Alison Brockhouse
  On Saturday, August 12, join us for canalside Brooklyn brews, BBQ and more neighborhood treats during our Total Gowanus Immersion with Brooklyn Brewery. This is one of our favorite areas for a daylong crawl, and yours, too, judging from how quickly our Gowanus Immersions typically sell out!Tickets, $25, on sale now, are exchanged the day of the event for a pack of WAM (walking around money), that you’ll be able to&n
  
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• Rocky's muse: Boxer who inspired Stallone gets his moment

  04-05-2017 18:39
  
  Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner's business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ
  
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• Daddy Yankee says his music success online isn't a surprise

  04-05-2017 18:33
  Daddy Yankee feels that streaming is finally showing a hidden reality about Latin artists' popularity
  
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• Ranking The Star Wars Films (So Far)

  04-05-2017 18:30 via bkmag.com
  
  May the fourth be with you! Do you realize how amazing it is that Star Wars is so beloved, and such a cultural institution that we have pretty much a national holiday celebrating the franchise? Unreal. Amazing.These were my favorite movies growing up, and they continue to be my favorite movies today. As a child of the 90s, I don’t even hate the prequels that much. They’re obviously not *good* movies, but I have a soft spot for them and appreciate them. And be
  
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• Cafe Tacvba embraces freedom on album without record label

  04-05-2017 18:27
  
  Cafe Tacvba is embracing its newfound independence with the release of the first album without a record label in the Mexican rock band's nearly three-decade career
  
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• The Total Beacon Immersion July 22

  04-05-2017 17:50
  
  Photo by @amandaromayne via Instagram.
  On July 22, we’re taking a field trip to the Hudson Valley for The Total Beacon Immersion, our first Immersion with Brooklyn Brewery outside of NYC! Join us for an epic day spent exploring downtown Beacon’s pubs, boutiques and galleries, all accessible by Metro-North.
  For the past seven summers Brooklyn Based and Brooklyn Brewery have lured New Yorkers away from their well-worn paths to explore new neighborhoods through its Immersion serie
  
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• NYC Ferry packed to the gills on first day

  04-05-2017 17:50
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperWe’re gonna need a bigger boat.
  An afternoon run of Mayor DeBlasio’s NYC Ferry Rockaway-Sunset Park-Manhattan route that shoved off with a full boat on May 1 thanks to a swell of evening commuters the left some Brooklynites stranded on foreign shores.“They had to turn some of us away because there were just too many people,” said Steven Anders, who was hoping to shorten his commute back to Sunset Park. &
  
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• 'Harry Potter' will make Broadway jump in spring 2018

  04-05-2017 17:43
  
  The stage play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will come to The Lyric Theatre on Broadway in the spring of 2018, producers said Thursday
  
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• Shunned by radio, women in Nashville embrace outlaw status

  04-05-2017 17:42
  
  Historically men have profited from the outlaw country moniker, but now women are embracing the role of renegades in country music
  
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• Historic Philadelphia opera house to become live music venue

  04-05-2017 17:31
  
  A glorious old opera house that takes up a full city block in Philadelphia will reopen as a live music venue
  
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• Royals' retirement plans differ from country to country

  04-05-2017 17:17
  
  For some of the world's royal families easing out of the public eye is seen as a normal way of ending their public service and handing the reins to a new generation
  
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• The Latest: Prince Philip jokes about advanced years

  04-05-2017 17:10
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed "our deepest gratitude and good wishes" to Prince Philip following the announcement of his impending retirement
  
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• Sound Artist and Composer Lea Bertucci’s Constellation of Work

  04-05-2017 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s immediately clear that Lea Bertucci doesn’t spend much time on the surface of things. In telling me about playing the saxophone, she casually mentions that, “They were invented in the 1880s, so they got a lot of the kinks worked out that clarinets never quite had.” She dives deep on every subject we touch on, from the history of her home town, to Star Trek, to the lineage of multiple art movements. Her interests stretch beyond boundaries. The name of h
  
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• A Woman’s Life Is So Much More than a Costume Drama

  04-05-2017 16:45 via bkmag.com
  
  A Woman’s LifeDirected by Stéphane BrizéOpens May 5
  A Woman’s Life, a finely calibrated adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant novel Une vie by the French director Stéphane Brizé, eventually goes on to ripen into a scrupulous inventory of indignities, disappointments, and all-too-ephemeral pleasures in the existence of its protagonist, but it nonetheless opens with a pair of scenes that seem to promise for her a horizon of growth and continuity. On a sun-dapp
  
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• CNN's Van Jones signs with Jay Z's firm for activism

  04-05-2017 16:23
  
  Van Jones is doing his best to bridge the partisan divide, an instinct that led to one of his toughest moments on CNN
  
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• MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts Scarborough, Brzezinski engaged

  04-05-2017 16:19
  
  MSNBC is confirming reports that "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged
  
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• “A Vulnerable Thing”: Talking with Hala Alyan about her Debut Novel, Immigration, and Therapy

  04-05-2017 16:01 via bkmag.com
  
  Hala Alyan knows how to balance identities. The Brooklyn-based Palestinian-American spent her childhood moving between the United States and the Middle East; at thirty years old, she’s a licensed practicing psychologist, award-winning author of three poetry collections, and, now, a novelist. It makes sense, then, that Salt Houses, her stunning debut, offers such a piercing examination of displacement, identity, faith, and what one character refers to as a lifetime of “emotional code-
  
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• An Ode to Roebling Tea Room, Closing Memorial Day Weekend

  04-05-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  A shiny new Apple Store on Bedford is probably one of the more on-the-nose examples of Williamsburg’s decade-long evolution—its slick edifice starkly constrasting the rough-and-ready warehouse sheltering the veteran Roebling Tea Room. Yet the disparate establishments share a landlord—the cash-flushed RedSky Capital—which is why while the former has a bright future in $700 iPhones, the latter will serve its last $12 plate of chicken tinga nachos this Memorial Day.
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• Eagles file trademark suit against Mexican Hotel California

  04-05-2017 15:33
  
  The Eagles are suing the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming it's capitalizing off the band's hit song of the same name
  
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• Victim's mom denied access to Aaron Hernandez's remains

  04-05-2017 15:24
  
  Lawyers for the mother of a man Aaron Hernandez was convicted of killing won't be allowed access to his brain, blood and urine samples in support of her wrongful death suit against the former NFL star's estate
  
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• Mike Tyson lauds Dubai while promoting boxing gym franchise

  04-05-2017 15:11
  
  Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson lauds Dubai as city that can show people the best of the Middle East
  
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• Former Fox News chief trying to sell New Jersey home

  04-05-2017 15:07
  
  Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes is trying to sell his New Jersey home for less than he paid for it
  
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• Wenner reflects on Rolling Stone at 50

  04-05-2017 14:00
  
  Fifty years after he launched an underground newspaper which changed music journalism and a great deal more, Jann S. Wenner finds Rolling Stone being showcased in a once-unthinkable forum: A museum
  
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• Cher to sing 'Believe' at Billboard Music Awards this month

  04-05-2017 13:13
  
  Cher will mark her first awards show performance in over 15 years when she takes the stage at the Billboard Music Awards this month
  
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• Britain's Prince Philip, 95, to retire from royal duties

  04-05-2017 12:35
  
  Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, will stop carrying out public engagements this fall
  
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• The Latest: Prime Minister says 'thank you' to Prince Philip

  04-05-2017 11:58
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed "our deepest gratitude and good wishes" to Prince Philip following the announcement of his impending retirement
  
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• Isn't it moronic: Morissette manager sad over 'stupid' theft

  04-05-2017 09:51
  
  Singer Alanis Morissette says her former manager stole from her and other clients to fuel a lavish life she couldn't afford
  
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• 'Late Show' host Colbert says no regrets over Trump insults

  04-05-2017 09:31
  
  Stephen Colbert says he has no regrets about a monologue that included a crude sexual reference on the relationship between the presidents of the United States and Russia and has since prompted calls to fire him and boycott "Late Show" advertisers.
  
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• Minnesota prof's coloring book pokes fun at college life

  04-05-2017 07:42
  
  A University of Minnesota English professor who won a national humor award is out with an adult coloring book that pokes fun at college life
  
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• Real-life 'Rocky' gets his moment on-screen

  04-05-2017 06:50
  
  Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner's business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ
  
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