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• Review: In 'Alien: Covenant,' a return to gut-busting horror

  09-05-2017 23:47
  
  Film Review: "Alien: Covenant" is a hybrid: part gory "Alien"-style scare-fest, part chilly "Prometheus" existentialism. It's a tall order of thrills and theology that Ridley Scott comes close to pulling off.
  
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• The franchise! Assemblyman says 17-year-olds should vote!

  09-05-2017 23:10
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperTeenage voteland?That’s what Assemblyman Robert Carroll (D–Park Slope) hopes to create with his proposal to lower the voting age for local and statewide elections in New York from 18 to 17.Carroll told Brooklyn Paper Radio hosts Gersh Kuntzman (largely supportive) and Vince DiMiceli (very dismissive) that the bill would dramatically improve voter engagement.“Studies show that if you don’t vote before you&
  
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• Techno-infused opera about Steve Jobs gets new backers

  09-05-2017 22:42
  
  A techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has earned the financial backing of opera companies in San Francisco and Seattle
  
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• Burglar arrested at rapper 50 Cent's Connecticut mansion

  09-05-2017 22:33
  
  Authorities have arrested a suspected burglar at rapper 50 Cent's mansion in Connecticut
  
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• Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction is tossed after suicide

  09-05-2017 22:27
  
  A Massachusetts judge has erased a 2013 murder conviction against former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, ruling that case law has long established that defendants who die before their appeals are heard should have their convictions vacated
  
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• Judge extends house arrest for Panama ex-dictator Noriega

  09-05-2017 22:22
  
  A judge in Panama has extended the house arrest conditions for former strongman Manuel Noriega to one year following his surgery to remove a benign brain tumor
  
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• Matt Harvey rejoins Mets, apologizes for skipping game

  09-05-2017 22:11
  
  Matt Harvey has rejoined the New York Mets after serving his three-day suspension for skipping a game last weekend
  
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• Sturgill Simpson leads nominees with 3 at Americana Awards

  09-05-2017 22:08
  
  Grammy-winning country singer Sturgill Simpson leads the Americana Honors and Awards nominees with three nominations, including album of the year, artist of the year and song of the year
  
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• Colbert has good week in ratings despite controversy

  09-05-2017 22:02
  
  Some anger about a crude comment that Stephen Colbert made about President Trump didn't hurt the late-night funnyman in the ratings
  
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• Review: Guy Ritchie reinvents 'King Arthur' to mixed results

  09-05-2017 21:49
  
  Film Review: Director Guy Ritchie reimagines the Excalibur myth for a modern, 'Game of Thrones' audience in 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword'
  
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• Power outage at Dekalb Avenue snarls Southern Brooklyn trains

  09-05-2017 21:23
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperA power outage at the DeKalb Avenue station stalled trains across the borough and stranded Southern Brooklyn straphangers during the Tuesday morning rush. It was an absolute mess that wasn’t helped by the transit authority’s confused —and confusing — resposne, said one incensed commuter.“What the hell is going on with these damn trains?” said Bay Ridgite John Moretti, who waited nearly two ho
  
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• Predators' playoff drive forces venue change for CMT Awards

  09-05-2017 21:06
  
  Nashville Predators' playoff drive results in venue change for CMT Music Awards
  
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• No dancing this time: Zac Brown returns to country roots

  09-05-2017 21:02
  
  The Zac Brown Band returns this month with an album of pure country songs, which will come as a relief to some fans bewildered by the singer's recent dabbling in everything from grunge to electronica
  
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• A Poem for May: When I’m Away from You, I Feel Like the Second-Place Winner in a Bee-Wearing Contest

  09-05-2017 21:02 via bkmag.com
  
  who practiced all year, onlyto lose to a guy whose
  every inch was coveredin hum. And I am in awe
  to learn one cheeky beeclambered into the winner’s
  sugared ear, anotherslid into his nostril, and still—
  he didn’t flip. Just calmlywaited for the bell to ring
  a victory. But evenfifty-seven pounds of bees
  can’t stop the music I hearwhen I return to you, the music
  I hear when you walk near me.Like I’m always carried in enough
  good sting and thrum to rememberour life. I&r
  
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• Dance mom to dance con: Abby Lee Miller gets year in prison

  09-05-2017 20:55
  
  Former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for bankruptcy fraud and for taking $120,000 worth of Australian currency into the country without reporting it
  
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• Review: Paul Weller's 'Kind Revolution' highly creative set

  09-05-2017 20:53
  
  Music Review: Paul Weller's 'A Kind Revolution' is another excellent set from the Modfather, 10 richly-detailed yet uncluttered songs prolonging his creative renaissance
  
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• Senate GOP discussing health overhaul's Medicaid provisions

  09-05-2017 20:47
  
  Senate Republicans trying to craft a health care overhaul are discussing how to ease provisions in the House-passed bill phasing out President Barack Obama's expansion of Medicaid
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor to appeal Hernandez conviction ruling

  09-05-2017 20:41
  
  Prosecutors say they will appeal a ruling erasing former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's conviction in a 2013 murder because he died before his appeal was heard
  
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• Teen's plea for free Wendy's nuggets sets retweet record

  09-05-2017 20:24
  
  A teen's joke effort on Twitter to win a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy's becomes the platform's most retweeted post of all time
  
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• Boy donates thousands of comic books to military base

  09-05-2017 20:04
  A young comic book aficionado is behind a campaign that led to thousands of comic books being donated to the military
  
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• Simone Biles on 'Dancing': Smiling doesn't win gold medals

  09-05-2017 19:44
  
  Simone Biles told "Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron, "Smiling doesn't win you gold medals," after standing tight-lipped while being critiqued for her performance
  
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• New backers lure Steve Jobs opera to Seattle, San Francisco

  09-05-2017 19:44
  
  A techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has earned the financial backing of opera companies in San Francisco and Seattle
  
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• Police ask for help catching Marine Park swastika painter

  09-05-2017 19:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops are still searching for the bigoted weasel who scribbled swastikas all over Marine Park during the holy Jewish holiday of Passover last year on April 25.
  Officials have released a more detailed photo of the suspect and are asking for the public’s help to catch him, according to the police department.
  The jerk allegedly drew the anti-Semitic graffiti all along Avenue S with a white marker in the middle of the night, incl
  
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• Fox harassment claims create clouds around Sky takeover bid

  09-05-2017 19:36
  
  A woman who says she was mistreated by former Fox TV star Bill O'Reilly is calling on British regulators to reject 21st Century Fox's bid to take control of broadcaster Sky Plc
  
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• Judge tosses Aaron Hernandez's conviction in 2013 murder

  09-05-2017 19:11
  
  A Massachusetts judge has erased Aaron Hernandez's conviction in a 2013 murder because he died before his appeal could be heard
  
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• Austrian bass savors role as operatic oaf in 'Rosenkavalier'

  09-05-2017 19:07
  
  Bass Guenther Groissboeck scores in Met's "Rosenkavalier" as obnoxious Baron Ochs
  
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• St. Louis to turn Chuck Berry's one-time home into museum

  09-05-2017 19:03
  
  St. Louis is planning to convert Chuck Berry's one-time home into a museum and to create a cultural district around it honoring the rock 'n' roll legend and other prominent African-Americans who have lived in that part of the city
  
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• Review: Sniper flick 'The Wall' shoots itself in the foot

  09-05-2017 18:57
  
  Film Review: "The Wall," featuring two actors, one evil voice and a crumbling stone wall, attempts to be deep or even existential but it can't hide its deep flaws in the constant swirling desert sands
  
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• Keith Urban, Ballerini, Rhett top contenders at CMT Awards

  09-05-2017 18:48
  
  Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and Keith Urban lead the 2017 CMT Music Awards nominations with four each, including going head-to-head in the video of the year and social superstar categories
  
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• Carrie Underwood helping fund girls sports programs

  09-05-2017 18:47
  
  Carrie Underwood will be funding girls team sports projects in an agreement with the DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation and its Sports Matter program
  
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• Endless Love: Omar Souleyman, Wedding Singer to the World

  09-05-2017 18:27 via bkmag.com
  
  To hear Omar Souleyman sing is to hear a part of Syria that’s been buried deep below searing conflict. Despite the turmoil in his homeland, Omar Souleyman continues to be a wedding singer for the world. The path he took to get there, though, is incomprehensible to the Western World, let alone the average musician. Souleyman is from Al-Jazira, a rural town in northeastern Syria and, now, a very bloody part of the world. “It is difficult to travel abroad from Syria. There aren’t
  
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• Rolling Stones heading back on the road, this time in Europe

  09-05-2017 17:59
  
  The Rolling Stones are going back on the road, this time staying a bit closer to home with a European tour
  
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• Zooey Deschanel a mom of 2 after welcoming baby boy Charlie

  09-05-2017 17:46
  
  Zooey Deschanel is now a mom of two after welcoming a baby boy
  
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• Country star Alan Jackson selling home for $6.4 million

  09-05-2017 16:57
  
  Country music star Alan Jackson is selling his northern Georgia home for $6.4 million
  
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• Best-selling authors discuss art of 'the beach read'

  09-05-2017 16:43
  
  The "beach read" is short-hand for disposable page turners but many who write them have long-held rules and standards: strong characters and narratives, and settings that are compelling and accurate
  
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• Don’t Miss Target Margin’s Epic Revival of “Mourning Becomes Electra”

  09-05-2017 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  “An interpretation of this play that feels alive right now.” (The New York Times).
  Don’t miss Target Margin Theater’s “lucid and astonishingly intimate production” of Eugene O’Neill’s epic trilogy, MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. A NYT Critics’ Pick, ‘Electra” is “a fascinating experiment in proximity” which has been “remade with illuminating intimacy.” This incredible five hour production moves the aud
  
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• South Koreans watch vote count with Game of Thrones, hip hop

  09-05-2017 16:15
  
  South Korean television networks go out of their way to entertain on election day, including graphics that turn the presidential candidates into Game of Thrones characters and hip hop artists
  
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• Iowa Rep. Rod Blum quits interview over town hall questions

  09-05-2017 16:15
  
  U.S. Rep. Rod Blum angrily walked out of a televised interview in front of a group of schoolchildren in Dubuque, Iowa, when pressed about screening attendees to his public meetings
  
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• 2018 Grammy Awards returning to NYC after 14 years in LA

  09-05-2017 15:41
  
  After 14 years in Los Angeles, the Grammy Awards are returning to New York City
  
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• Wish you were here? V&A museum puts Pink Floyd on show

  09-05-2017 15:32
  
  The Victoria & Albert Museum's new exhibition is a psychedelic time capsule of a show devoted to the band Pink Floyd, complete with floating pigs, surreal animations and trippy projections
  
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• ABC announces revival of 'American Idol' next season

  09-05-2017 14:10
  
  ABC says it will revive 'American Idol' during the next television season
  
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• Kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight writing second book

  09-05-2017 14:05
  
  Michelle Knight, one of three survivors from being kidnapped and held for years in a Cleveland house, is writing a follow-up to her best-selling memoir about her ordeal
  
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• NY food delivery start-up shuts down after 2 years

  09-05-2017 11:59
  
  A New York food delivery service that launched with fanfare and celebrity chef backing is shutting down operations after only two years in business
  
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• Pepe croaks: Cartoonist kills off frog turned hate symbol

  09-05-2017 10:18
  
  The "chill frog-dude" cartoon who transformed from a benign internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol has been killed off by his creator
  
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• watch Mac DeMarco sing Billy Joel at Slowdive's afterparty in Bushwick

  09-05-2017 08:33
  
  Check out video of Mac taking on "Just the Way You Are" at El Cortez, as well as a full set he played in a Brooklyn studio earlier in the day...
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• We drove by shortly after this car flipped on Brooklyn Bridge yesterday.

  09-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By James HarneyBrooklyn PaperA car flipped onto its roof during a freak mid-day collision Monday in the Brooklyn-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge — and The Brooklyn Paper was there.There wereno major injuries to the car’s three occupants, police and fire department officials said, and by the time we drove by and snapped these shots, no one was inside the vehicle.A police spokesman the crash occurred about 1:35 p.m. when a BMW sedan was sideswiped
  
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• Scat-urated! Locals fear more sewage dumping in Coney creek

  09-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey’re calling it the “Coney Island Reek.”Researchers testing Southern Brooklyn waterways have discovered that Coney Island Creek is still saturated with stool more than nine months after the city cracked down on an apartment complex busted for dumping 200,000 gallons of raw sewage per day into the tributary.
  Levels of fecal bacteria should have dropped dramatically since then, but researchers discovered that
  
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• On your mark: Kearney grads ready to race at St. John’s

  09-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.St. John’s AthleticsBrooklyn DailyTechnically, they’re not a package deal; it just always seems to work out that way.Bishop Kearney grads, and twin sisters, Therese and Jackie Gallagher weren’t planning on going to college together, but the pair found a home together at St. John’s, and now the dynamic duo is hoping to make a name for themselves on the track.“We ran track at Bishop Kearney together, so we knew that we wanted to run
  
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• Famed children’s television show host returns to his hometown high school

  09-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyWhat a wonder-ama!Fans of the original 1950s and ’60s children’s television show “Wonderama” — which brought kids on stage for games, prizes, and celebrity guests — got a chance to meet with old-timer host Sonny Fox at his alma mater James Madison High School for a reunion show on April 29.
  Fox graduated in 1942 from the Midwood school — the same one that produced Sen. Bernie Sanders &mdas
  
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• Dam good show: Vampire Weekend drummer launches new project

  09-05-2017 06:00
  
  Music: He’s leading the girls’ night out! Read more.
  
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