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1 0.5 Obama heads to Europe with upbeat message on Trump (15.99/16) The last time President Barack Obama took questions from reporters abroad, he dismissed Donald Trump as an "unqualified" peddler of "wacky ideas," expressing confidence during his September swing through Asia that voters would ultimately reject the candidate who ran so vocally against his own agenda. 2016-11-14 18:09 8KB rss.cnn.com

2 0.8 W. Va. mayor retweets comment Michelle Obama an 'Ape in heels' CHARLESTON, W. Va. — The director of a West Virginia development group and a (5.25/16) mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about first lady Michelle Obama caused a backlash and prompted calls on social media for both women to be fired. Clay County Development Corp... 2016-11-14 19:54 892Bytes article.wn.com

3 2.8 'We're not going anywhere': Millennials march against Trump High school students left class by the thousands Monday, carrying their signs and their (3.13/16) chanting voices into the streets of several U. S. cities six days after Donald Trump's election. They... 2016-11-14 22:11 767Bytes article.wn.com

4 3.3 Mary Jo White to Step Down as S. E. C. Chief Other financial regulators are expected to follow suit, giving the Trump administration (2.15/16) an opening to shift the government’s approach to policing the industry. 2016-11-14 18:11 9KB www.nytimes.com

5 0.4 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' Review and newcomer Denée Benton head the ensemble of writer-composer (2.05/16) Dave Malloy's wildly imaginative musical retelling of a chapter of '.' 2016-11-14 21:00 12KB feedproxy.google.com

6 0.4 Hundreds Of Hateful Incidents Reported After Trump's Victory : The Two-Way : NPR

(0.18/16) Students in Michigan chant "build a wall" at classmates; in Los Angeles they taunt a child about deportation. Reports of hostile behavior toward minorities and women have surfaced since the election. 2016-11-14 19:03 6KB www.npr.org

7 0.0 US-House-All, 1st Add,400 652 of 652 precincts - 100 percent Jim Reed, Dem 94,623 - 41 percent x-Doug La Malfa, GOP (i) 138,669 - 59 percent 804 of 804 precincts - 100 percent x-Jared... (0.11/16) 2016-11-14 18:26 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk (0.02/16) 8 3.3 Mahindra Comviva classé dans le Magic Quadrant 2016 de Gartner dans la catégorie Gestion intégrée NEW DELHI, November 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Reconnaissance reçue pour la suite de solutions de facturation et... 2016-11-14 23:15 1KB www.prnewswire.com

9 2.7 Maria Shriver looks beautiful in blue blouse dress as she speaks at Glamour Women Of The Year Summit (0.01/16) The 61-year-old journalist was a featured speaker at the Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 LIVE Summit in Los Angeles on Monday. 2016-11-14 22:22 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

10 2.2 Calvin Johnson and Jana Kramer dance for the finals of '' This is it. The semi-finals. See if former Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson and Metro Detroit native, singer and actress Jana Kramer danced their way into the finals of "Dancing With The Stars. " 2016-11-14 23:31 1KB www.mlive.com

11 1.3 Bec Hewitt awkwardly shimmies around in a purple satin gown as the then 15-year-old excitedly prepares for her very first She has spent most of her life in the limelight, having graced the cover of countless magazines and enjoyed the fanfare of endless red carpet events. 2016-11-14 22:30 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

12 2.1 BBC cuts moment Beverley Knight COLLAPSES from Children In Need Rocks performance The soul singer stunned audience members after fainting midway through a rendition of Whitney Houston classic I Will Always Love You during her Children In Need Rocks performance. 2016-11-14 22:08 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk

13 3.3 The Office star Angela Kinsey weds actor Joshua Snyder in LA The 45-year-old blonde looked stunning in a one-shoulder goddess dress while the groom wore a blue suit. 'Our wedding was more than just two people coming together,' Angela shared. 2016-11-14 21:59 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

14 4.3 Music Tastes Good Festival to return to Long Beach next year Music Tastes Good, the weekend food and music festival co-founded by the late Josh Fischel, a well-known Long Beach musician 2016-11-14 21:56 1KB www.presstelegram.com

15 3.0 Quentin Letts first night review of School of Rock Time to rename ... Lord Meat Loaf! The composer’s latest show, just imported from America, is a rooty-tooty, rock-pumpin’ effort with not a warbling ballad to be found. 2016-11-14 21:52 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 16 0.6 'Born to be his conduit': Jennifer Warnes remembers her friend and collaborator Leonard Cohen For many, the singer Jennifer Warnes will be forever linked to Leonard Cohen because of her 1987 album of Cohen interpretations, “Famous Blue Raincoat.” 2016-11-14 20:15 7KB www.latimes.com

17 3.2 House swears in 3 new members, more coming soon WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has three new members and stands at its full complement of 435. Democrats Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania and Colleen Hanabusa of Ha... 2016-11-14 20:11 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

18 1.7 Michael Turnbull shares video of himself on Instagram jiggling to a Drake song shirtless He has remained in the spotlight since his Bachelorette days thanks to his penchant for sharing bizarre social media updates. 2016-11-14 19:51 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

19 4.2 Celebs show off bikini bodies on winter vacations What winter blues? Celebs like Hilary Duff and Kourtney Kardashian are beating the cooler temps by taking off on vacation. 2016-11-14 18:43 1KB www.aol.com

20 9.6 Fake Kelly Khumalo pregnancy causes a stir A satire news site has caused a stir after claiming that Kelly Khumalo is pregnant with fellow musician Khaya Mthethwa's child. 2016-11-14 18:40 1KB www.timeslive.co.za Articles

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1 /20 0.5 Obama heads to Europe with upbeat message on Trump

(15.99/16) Now, as he departs for his final scheduled overseas trip as president, Obama faces an altogether different scenario: Trump is his successor, and instead of a cheering farewell tour, he's embarking upon a reassurance mission for deeply shaken foreign allies.

At stops in Greece, Germany and Peru, Obama will be left explaining the US election results to foreign counterparts whose anxieties about Trump he's been fueling for more than a year by denouncing Trump from podiums across the globe. Obama must now convince foreign governments and populations that the future isn't as bleak as he once predicted.

Speaking from the White House briefing room before he departed, an upbeat Obama insisted that he would deliver a message of confidence in the future of transatlantic ties during his talks this week.

"There is enormous continuity beneath the day-to-day news that makes us that indispensable nation when it comes to maintaining order and promoting prosperity around the world. That will continue," Obama said, describing Trump as having "expressed a great interest in maintaining our strategic relationships. "

In fact, he claimed that the President-elect had voiced a change in viewpoint during their Oval Office meeting last week on a key multinational issue.

"One of the messages I will be able to deliver is his commitment to NATO and the transatlantic alliance," Obama said. "One of the most important functions I can serve at this stage during this trip is to let them know that there is no weakening of resolve when it comes to America's commitment to maintaining a strong and robust NATO relationship and a recognition that those alliances aren't just good for Europe, they're good for the United States. And they're vital for the world. "

Aides said Obama would confront the election results directly in public remarks and in private conversations with leaders as the core aspects of his foreign policy legacy now appear in question.

Indeed, with right-wing nationalist movements gain steam in capitals across Europe and the world, Obama faces the daunting task of plotting a way forward with a liberal alliance that now appears more fractured than ever.

But Obama will also stress his view that Trump must be given every chance to succeed when he assumes office in January, a message Obama voiced in the Rose Garden the day following the election and again during his meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.

"This office is bigger than any one person and that's why ensuring a smooth transition is so important," Obama told journalists at the White House.

That will not be an easy message to relay in Europe, where leaders were worried merely at the bombastic rhetoric on the campaign trail, let alone the prospects of Trump in the White House. The President-elect has repeatedly questioned core transatlantic and transpacific principles, including suggesting the US would no longer provide a defense umbrella for Japan and South Korea as well as expressing skepticism toward NATO.

Trump has vowed to unravel nearly every aspect of Obama's foreign policy, decrying what he says are bad trade deals, leaving pending agreements with Pacific nations and the European Union virtually dead. And he's promised to scrap key multilateral accords that formed large parts of Obama's foreign agenda, including a deal reached in Paris last year to reduce global carbon emissions and the pact with Iran to curtail its nuclear ambitions.

"The whole trip was designed to give Europe a boost of self-confidence because Europe was increasingly worried about the nature of the US presidential campaign, the tone and tenor coming from then-candidate Donald Trump," said Heather Conley, senior vice president for Europe at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

"Now the President has the unenviable task of ... explaining what Europeans are now coining the 'Trump effect,'" Conley went on, noting the heavy slate of elections and referenda across Europe in the coming year that liberal leaders worry now tilt toward nationalist views in the wake of Trump's victory.

"They are very worried, because the same populist, nationalist expressions, whether that's on immigration, whether that is on free trade, have certainly running very strong political currents within Europe," she said.

At his first stop in Athens, Obama plans to tour the Parthenon and meet with Greece's left- leaning Prime Minister as the country continues to work through its debt crisis. The pair are also likely to discuss the ongoing refugee crisis, which has resulted in massive waves of migrants fleeing Syria's civil war arriving on Greece's shores.

Obama also plans to deliver a major address about democracy, using its ancient birthplace to argue for the enduring values of open and free societies. Aides said he'll confront last week's election results directly, as well as the vote in the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union, linking the two as evidence that the benefits of globalization haven't yet reached everyone.

But he'll also provide a rebuttal against arguments for a more walled-off continent, insisting Europe works better as a joint power.

"I believe that European integration is one of the greatest political and economic achievements of modern times, with benefits for EU members, the United States and the entire world," Obama said in an interview with the Athens newspaper Kathimerini before he arrived Tuesday. "Europe is our largest economic partner, and we have a profound economic interest in a Europe that is stable and growing. "

In Germany, Obama huddles with Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom he described during Monday's news conference as "probably... my closest international partner these past eight years. "

In the aftermath of Trump's win, Merkel's leadership role in the West has suddenly intensified, leaving her as the most stalwart voice for the type of open and globalized society Obama has backed after he leaves office.

He'll also meet with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Italy, and "signal our solidarity with our closest allies and express our support for a strong, integrated, and united Europe. "

Merkel finds herself in a stronger position than other US allies in Europe, including France's Francois Hollande, who is deeply unpopular and faces powerful right-wing forces; Italy's Matteo Renzi, who has expended political capital on proposed constitutional reforms that face a referendum vote next month; and the United Kingdom's Theresa May, who is occupied with navigating Britain's exit from the EU.

But even Merkel is facing a backlash from the right over her policy on refugees. There's little expectation that Trump will provide her the same political backing Obama has as she attempts to map Europe's future.

"We must adjust to the fact that US foreign policy will be less predictable, at least for a considerable time," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Der Spiegel this week. "It is to be hoped that in government, not everything is eaten so hot as it was cooked in the election campaign. But the expectations that have been aroused in the American population are huge. "

Obama ends his swing in Peru for a meeting of Pacific leaders, his final attempt to cement his eastward shift in foreign policy focus, even as a centerpiece of that plan -- the massive Trans- Pacific Partnership trade deal -- appears dead.

He'll meet for a final time with China's President Xi Jinping as ties between Washington and Beijing enter a deeply uncertain phase. Trump has threatened a more pugilistic approach, vowing to brand China a currency manipulator during his first 100 days in office.

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4 /20 (2.15/16) 3.3 Mary Jo White to Step Down as S. E. C. Chief Wall Street regulators began an exodus from Washington on Monday as Mary Jo White , the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission , announced plans to leave the agency.

The decision makes Ms. White, a former federal prosecutor who has served more than two decades in the federal government, the first major Obama administration appointee to step down after Donald J. Trump ’s upset victory last week. Other financial regulators are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks.

The election of Mr. Trump is a game-changer for the S. E. C. — and for that matter, all financial agencies.

Ms. White was expected to leave no matter the outcome of the election. But many Democrats had hoped that if Hillary Clinton won, she would choose a strong proponent of regulation to succeed Ms. White, whose policies often reflected a political middle ground. Now, the agency is almost certain to be pushed in the opposite direction.

Mr. Trump has vowed to dismantle Dodd-Frank, the financial regulatory overhaul Congress passed in response to the 2008 financial crisis. And although Dodd-Frank will more likely be watered down than repealed, his appointments will no doubt shift the tone and priorities across financial regulatory agencies.

The president-elect’s biggest move on Wall Street could be his choice for Treasury secretary. Mr. Trump’s short list is said to include Steven Mnuchin, an investment manager and former Goldman Sachs partner who was Mr. Trump’s campaign finance chairman, and Representative Jeb Hensarling, Republican of Texas and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. Mr. Hensarling is still being considered, in part because of pressure from Congress, but Mr. Mnuchin is the favorite among Mr. Trump’s Wall Street backers, according to someone with direct knowledge but who was not authorized to speak publicly. A decision is expected within about 10 days.

Either way, the Trump Treasury Department might rein in the Financial Stability Oversight Council, a collection of regulators who examine financial risks and designate companies as systemically important. The Treasury secretary is chairman of the council and could effectively defang it, according to Ian Katz, a policy analyst at Capital Alpha who predicted that the council might essentially become “a quarterly kaffeeklatsch.”

Mr. Trump was elected at a pivotal time for the S. E. C., an agency that had already turned a corner under Ms. White. Unlike Mary L. Schapiro, who inherited a scandal-plagued S. E. C. after the financial crisis, Ms. White needed not to save the agency, but to modernize it, a task that the next administration also will face.

Ms. White’s departure, which will take effect at the end of the Obama administration in January, will set off speculation about whom the president-elect will select to succeed her. Although such discussions have barely begun, the field of potential contenders could include Michael S. Piwowar, a Republican commissioner at the agency.

Paul S. Atkins, a former S. E. C. Republican commissioner who has advocated deregulatory policies, is leading Mr. Trump’s effort to select a new chair for the agency and could be a candidate. Anthony Scaramucci, a hedge fund manager who supported Mr. Trump’s candidacy, is also advising the transition team.

“As the head of the S. E. C. you’ve got to get back into reffing the game properly and end the demonization of Wall Street,” Mr. Scaramucci said in an interview last week before his appointment to Mr. Trump’s transition team.

As other of President Obama’s financial regulators step down, the firewall around his Wall Street legacy will start to crumble. Timothy Massad, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is expected to step down by early next year, though he could briefly remain at the agency as a Democratic commissioner.

An even bigger change could occur at the banking regulators — the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — which became a thorn in the side of Wall Street under President Obama. Martin J. Gruenberg and Thomas Curry, the leaders of the F. D. I. C. and O. C. C., will probably leave office next year when their terms expire, or possibly even sooner.

Daniel Tarullo, the Federal Reserve governor who oversees many of the central bank’s regulatory efforts, is not expected to serve out his term through early 2022. He could leave early next year, which would deliver a blow to proponents of Wall Street regulation.

With turnover at the S. E. C., Ms. White’s legacy could be in jeopardy as well.

She oversaw a record number of enforcement actions and directed a rapid pace of rule-writing based not only on Dodd-Frank, but on regulations of her own making. Those initiatives were aimed at improving money market fund regulation and the broader asset management industry.

“I think what we’ve done so far has been quite transformative and really modernized that core responsibility,” Ms. White said in a recent interview.

Yet Ms. White has not completed more than a dozen rules, nor has she formalized a plan to require that financial advisers act in their client’s best interests. Now that these initiatives will fall into the hands of a Republican chairman, they may come off the agenda.

As it was, Ms. White, a political independent, drew criticism from liberal lawmakers who view her as the quintessential moderate. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who channels the populist outrage over Wall Street excess, even called on President Obama to designate a new S. E. C. leader because the agency had not required companies to disclose political contributions.

In her first public remarks on the subject, Ms. White said in an interview that the criticism “really does come with the territory.”

“I think I’m a very constructive recipient of constructive criticism,” she said, adding: “It’s not like you like people to beat on your head, whoever they are, however baseless it is.”

Before the S. E. C., Ms. White was the first woman to become United States attorney in Manhattan, one of the most apolitical jobs in government. Earning a reputation as a tenacious prosecutor with an independent streak, Ms. White embraced the joke that her office was the United States attorney for the “sovereign,” rather than Southern, district of New York.

“She’s not motivated by any special interest,” said Preet Bharara, a prosecutor under Ms. White who is now the United States attorney in Manhattan. “People may disagree from time to time, and, in fact, in any high stakes environment, it would be unnatural if there weren’t disagreement from special interests and adversaries. But she’s hyper smart and makes a decision immune from any political wind or political criticism, and I think that’s a good way to be.”

Ms. White’s prosecutorial experience — she supervised the original investigation into Osama bin Laden — raised expectations for her enforcement agenda at the S. E. C.

And in its last fiscal year, the agency brought a record 548 stand-alone enforcement actions. In conjunction with Andrew J. Ceresney, the agency’s enforcement director, Ms. White reversed the S. E. C.’s longstanding yet unofficial policy of allowing companies to neither admit nor deny wrongdoing. Seventy-three such admissions have been made since.

Other “firsts” occurred under Ms. White and Mr. Ceresney: the first action against a major ratings firm, Standard & Poor’s, and the first action against a company, KBR Inc., for inserting overly restrictive confidentiality agreements that could stifle whistle-blowers. Some of the agency’s most novel cases came against private equity firms that failed to disclose fees and conflicts of interest.

Ms. White is known for keeping a workaholic’s schedule. Colleagues said it was common for her to hold a 9 p.m. Sunday conference call, before dispatching middle-of-the night emails and placing a 5:30 a.m. call to senior staff.

But she also promoted staff morale by holding coffee and doughnut sessions. Every holiday season, she would give a party for her staff at Rosa Mexicano restaurant, where she would hand out gifts to each of her aide’s children.

Ms. White, a partial Yankees season ticket holder whose favorite moment as S. E. C. chairwoman came when throwing out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game, said her dream job would be the first female baseball commissioner.

“I really don’t think about what I’m doing next until I’m done,” she said, except, “If you have baseball commissioner to offer me, then I can tell you what my plans are.”

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5 /20 0.4 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' Review

(2.05/16) 5:00 PM PST 11/14/2016 by

David Rooney

It's just over a year since Hamilton invigorated Broadway by looking back to the Revolutionary War to bust out of the mold of the American musical. What are the odds that another equally thrilling show would come along so soon, this one hatched with astonishing powers of invention out of a literary classic set in pre- revolutionary Russia? Writer-composer Dave Malloy and director have been honing Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 in various iterations since this exhilarating electro-pop opera debuted in 2012. It arrives on Broadway in superlative shape, its humor, emotional content and rip-roaring storytelling every bit as vibrant as its madly infectious score.

Right out of the gate, the show has been doing near-sellout business of $1 million-plus per week in previews, perhaps bolstered by the wide fan base of Josh Groban, making a knockout Broadway debut as Pierre, the unhappily married Moscow aristocrat drowning his existential sorrows in booze and books. Although the role has been expanded to take full advantage of Groban's lustrous vocals, this is very much an ensemble piece, enlivened by flavorful characterizations in the principal roles and off-the-charts energy from the hard-working chorus. No disrespect to the marvelous cast, many of whom have been with the project since its earliest stages, but the true stars are the material and production, which is often as cinematic as it is blazingly theatrical.

The sung-through show was originally commissioned and developed by Ars Nova, the fertile off- Broadway creative hub where it first premiered in a tiny space disguised as a kitschy Russian supper club, serving warm pierogies and vodka. That menu expanded, along with the production, when it moved the following year to two consecutive purpose-built New York venues. The commercial transfer allowed scenic designer Mimi Lien to push the environmental aspect even further, crafting a cabaret boîte in which the performers and musicians moved freely among patrons seated at café tables.

Last year, the creative team negotiated the shift to a proscenium stage in a run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., keeping the immersive nature of the production intact. The same goes for the $14 million move to Broadway, where the has been extensively reconfigured to accommodate onstage seating for 200 at tables and banquettes, while also clearing paths for the cast to get amongst the audience, both in the orchestra and upstairs in the mezzanine.

The theater's makeover is a feast for the eyes. Lien has redone the lobby as a shabby post- Soviet hall plastered with Pussy Riot posters and other Russian-language advertisements, while inside the auditorium is an explosion of red velvet drapery, gilt-framed period artwork and mirrors, and a constellation of sputnik chandeliers — just one element of Bradley King's gorgeous, precision-focused lighting design. The visual impact is matched by sonic jolts, when the presence of strategically placed singers and musicians creates a physical wall of surround- sound. This is arguably the most fully immersive production Broadway has ever seen. I went twice during press previews, seeing it once from the orchestra and again from onstage; each experience is quite different but the show is a blast wherever you sit, with the actors carefully directed to play to the entire house.

Malloy has whittled the story down from about 70 pages of Tolstoy's War and Peace , providing a cheat-sheet summary and diagrammed family tree in the Playbill for easy reference. The rousing "Prologue" furthers that background work as the cast sings, "Gonna have to study up a little bit if you wanna keep up with the plot," before breaking down the characters into broad types ("Helene is a slut, Anatole is hot," etc.). But even without all that drilling, the storytelling is a model of accessible clarity, acknowledging its literary roots (right down to characters occasionally singing of themselves in third-person) but with a witty contemporary spin.

Malloy plays with anachronistic language and 21st century sensibilities just as freely as he harnesses a bewildering range of musical styles into a cohesive whole. And costumer Paloma Young time-travels across the centuries in her resplendent outfits, both for peasants and aristocracy. (Copies of one ensemble member's fabulous denim Oksana Baiul vest really ought to be on sale at the merchandise stand.)

This kind of historical mashup with a knowing hipster veneer can wear thin in musicals, like the unrelentingly jokey Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. But while The Great Comet is often hilarious, the show also develops its drama far beyond the winking intro, forging genuine emotional investment in the characters' tempestuous lives.

Set on the eve of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the story focuses on pretty young countess Natasha (Denée Benton), sent with her beloved cousin Sonya (Brittain Ashford) to stay in Moscow with Natasha's earthy grande-dame godmother Marya (Grace McLean, fierce) while the war against France rages on. Natasha's fiancé, Prince Andrey (Nicholas Belton) is away at the front, and her first meeting with her prospective in-laws goes badly when Princess Mary, a Debbie-Downer spinster played with sublime dourness by the wonderful , takes an instant dislike to her brother's intended. The feeling is mutual. "Too fashionably dressed, frivolous and vain," sings Mary. "Too plain and affected, insolent and dry," counters Natasha.

This is one of many instances in which Malloy expertly molds the music and vocal arrangements to the situation, as the two women sing their discordance: "Constrained and strained. "

Impressionable Natasha gets a taste of decadent Moscow society at "The Opera. " "Grotesque and amazing" is how she describes it, and the staging lets us experience the awe through her eyes. Along with the mesmerizing costume ball that closes the first act, this scene with its accompanying modern-dance pas de deux reminded me of the 1980s music videos of Annie Lennox, in which she merged pop with performance art while playfully riffing on period physical mannerisms. The work of director Chavkin and her design team is breathtaking here, as it is in the explosive rave that depicts Moscow nightlife, with the ensemble dressed as bacchanalian club kids.

A fixture on this scene is Pierre's immodest wife Helene (Amber Gray, divinely lubricious), whose brother Anatole (Lucas Steele, so wickedly sexy he should be arrested) is a preening peacock with a platinum-blond faux-hawk, given a flashy rock-star entrance. After surveying himself approvingly in the mirror, the licentious cad then casts a covetous eye on Natasha, launching into a hypnotic seduction song underscored by an insidious bass beat. (This is the rare musical in which percussion is frequently as important as melody.) Anatole is already married but keeps that detail quiet to avoid cramping his style. Meanwhile, Helene's flirtation with Dolokhov (Nick Choksi) risks getting her husband killed in a duel. That scene yields the first all-out display of Groban's virtuoso vocals in the soaring soliloquy "Dust and Ashes," in which Pierre concedes that he's dead inside and longs to wake up. The sudden burst of celestial harmonies from around the house gave me chills.

With all the exposition in place, the show then becomes a gripping, high-stakes melodrama, as Natasha decides to break off her engagement and elope with Anatole. The second act opens with loaded correspondence in "Letters," a killer number you immediately want to hear again. But then Malloy goes one better with arguably the musical's most beautiful song, "Sonya Alone," a declaration of friendship and loyalty in which Natasha's cousin vows to stop her from ruining her life. No praise is adequate for Ashford's heart-rending performance, her vocals summoning a raw, soulful quality that recalls '60s folkies like Joan Baez. I would see the show many times over for that one song alone.

Events accelerate as the formidable Marya gets wind of the plan and blocks her goddaughter's flight, enlisting help from Pierre to control the fallout. In a structural gambit that might have become monotonous in a less adventurous composer's hands, Malloy parses this action in a succession of duets all involving Pierre — in adversarial mode with Anatole, consolatory with Andrey and then achingly tender with Natasha, this last accompanied only by music director Or Matias' delicate piano.

Benton is at her loveliest here. Natasha's girlish giddiness is erased by humbling experience, her gratitude becoming quite moving as Pierre reveals the compassionate depths of his feelings. And Groban (wearing padding as stout Pierre, and taking occasional turns at the piano and accordion) is simply magnificent, hitting new heights of impassioned dramatic expressiveness in each song. His final aria is delivered with quasi-religious fervor to the comet of the title, and despite the simplicity of the effect, he makes you believe you can see that wonder in the night sky. Embroidered with stunning choral elements, it's a perfect ending, echoing Natasha's enchanting song to the moon in the first act.

Chavkin's direction is a marvel of intricacy, with simultaneous action happening in multiple spots, often augmented by Sam Pinkleton's choreography, which peaks in the riotous coachman's song, "Balaga. " There's sometimes more going on than the senses can fully register at one time, and yet the effect is intoxicating, never exhausting. That's also due to the sophistication and complexity of Malloy's ravishing score, which has been generally categorized as electro-pop but actually suggests a far wider-ranging set of influences in its incorporation of everything from trip-hop to ethnic folk to waltzes; from Schoenberg-esque 20th-century modern atonality to the Leonard Bernstein of Candide and beyond.

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 is never going to capture the popular imagination or draw the insane media attention of Hamilton , with its reflections on American political history and cultural identity. But this maverick show and its boundlessly inventive production are no less audacious or satisfying in their bid to rejuvenate the American musical. Don't miss it.

Venue: Imperial Theatre, New York Cast: Denée Benton, Josh Groban, Brittain Ashford, Gelsey Bell, Nicholas Belton, Nick Choksi, Amber Gray, Grace McLean, Paul Pinto, Lucas Steele, Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Ken Clark, Erica Dorfler, Lulu Fall, Ashley Perez Flanagan, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Nick Gaswirth, Alex Gibson, Billy Joe Kiessling, Mary Spencer Knapp, Reed Luplau, Brandt Martinez, Andrew Mayer, Azudi Onyejekwe, Pearl Rhein, Heath Saunders, Ani Taj, Cathryn Wake, Katrina Yaukey, Lauren Zakrin Director: Rachel Chavkin Book, music & lyrics: Dave Malloy, adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Set designer: Mimi Lien Costume designer: Paloma Young Lighting designer: Bradley King Sound designer: Nicholas Pope Music director: Or Matias Orchestrations: Dave Malloy Choreographer: Sam Pinkleton Presented by Howard and Janet Kagan, Paula Marie Black, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jenny Steingart and Jason Eagan, Mary Lu Roffe and Susan Gallin, Diana DiMenna, Mary Maggio/Sharon Azrieli/Robin Gorman, Darren Sussman/Roman Gambourg/Lev Gelfer, Tom Smedes, John Logan, Lisa Matlin, Margie and Brian Weingarten, Daveed Frazier, Argyle Productions/Jim Kierstead, In Fine Company/Hipzee, Gutterman & Caiola/Backdrop Partners, Siderow Kirchman Productions/Sunnyspot Productions, Gordon/Meli Theatricals, Rodger Hess/Larry Toppall, Daniel Rakowski/Matt Ross/Ben Feldman, Mike Karns, American Repertory Theater, Ars Nova

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6 /20 0.4 Hundreds Of Hateful Incidents Reported After Trump's Victory : The Two-Way : NPR (0.18/16) Merrit Kennedy

A man carrying a sign that reads "United Against Hate" dances with other demonstrators during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Oliveira Plaza in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.

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A man carrying a sign that reads "United Against Hate" dances with other demonstrators during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Oliveira Plaza in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.

Michigan middle school students chanting "build a wall" at Latino classmates. A woman speaking a foreign language on a San Francisco Bay Area train being called an "ugly, mean, evil, little pig. " A Los Angeles student reportedly being teased that she was going to be deported.

Since the presidential election, reports of intimidating and aggressive incidents toward minorities and women have surfaced across the country.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate incidents, has recorded more than 300 such reports in the past six days. SPLC spokesman Ryan Lenz tells The Two-Way that they "span a number of different sorts of ideological motivators," including anti-black, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-woman attitudes.

Rights groups have called for President-elect Donald Trump and other politicians to take a strong stand against intimidation.

"After a long campaign in which various ideologies from the radical right were given a direct conduit into the mainstream of American politics," Lenz says, "it seems that with the election of President-elect Donald Trump, that these ideologies and those who adhere to them feel that they are legitimized or authorized in some way to act out in the public space where previously they existed only online. "

The only other comparable moment in this country since the turn of the 20th century was the flood of anti-Muslim incidents immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks, he adds.

Trump was asked in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night about the widespread reports. He said he was "saddened" and called the reports "terrible. " Looking into the camera, he told the perpetrators to "stop it" and vowed to "bring this country together. "

But a major political appointment on Sunday might fuel divisions: Trump tapped Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist. Bannon has served as head of Breitbart News, a far-right media outlet that has been a platform for the so-called alt-right movement, which espouses white nationalism.

The SPLC says it hasn't been able to independently verify all of the recent reports. And it's worth noting that "some anti-immigrant and other bullying stories are spreading unchecked on social media," as NPR's Kirk Siegler reported , "but there are a growing number of confirmed investigations into alleged harassment and hate crimes. "

For example, a diverse Episcopal church in Silver Spring, Md., found racist graffiti scrawled in several spots prior to Sunday's services, member station WAMU reports. The messages read, "Trump Nation Whites only. "

On one side an invitation to pray and love and on the other racist xenophobic hatred- Hillandale Church @wamu885news pic.twitter.com/9bspZDXcIS

In Philadelphia, the Anti-Defamation League says swastikas combined with pro-Trump graffiti were discovered last Wednesday on an abandoned storefront.

Many of these reports are coming from school and university campuses. At Minnesota's Maple Grove Senior High School, a bathroom stall was said to have been defaced with "#whitesonly," "#whiteamerica" and "Trump," among others. "Students say they now worry about going to class," according to a local CBS affiliate. In a letter to parents , the school's principal said he was "horrified" and that it "goes against everything for which our school stands. "

At San Diego State University, a student was walking in the stairwell of a parking structure when two men confronted her and robbed her, according to the police report , which says the men "made comments about President-Elect Trump and the Muslim community. "

Many school districts around the country are proactively providing support and counseling to students, while trying to open up a dialogue in classrooms.

"We must ensure that our students feel safe by providing safe and respectful learning communities," Boston Public School Superintendent Tommy Chang said in a letter to parents the day after the election, as The Washington Post reported .

In another letter sent the same day , Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg told parents, "We encourage students, families and educators to talk, to create safe spaces where hopes, fears and differences can be raised — spaces where we can challenge each other to reach common ground on issues that divide us. "

A third-grade teacher in Philadelphia is responding by leading her students in anti-racist, empowering affirmations, as NPR's Eyder Peralta reports. "I can do anything I put my mind to," the students say in unison in a video that has been viewed 3.2 million times. Teacher Jasmyn Wright posted the video on Facebook and says that ultimately, it's up to students "to face adversity and defeat it. "

Larry Ferlazzo of Sacramento, Calif., asked his students, who include many immigrants, to write letters to Trump himself expressing their fears about the election. Several of the notes were published by the Post.

"During the election, some of the things you said made us feel really bad for myself and my family and others. It really made me cry," says one student from Afghanistan. "My family and I hope you will be nice and don't be racist and love us back. "

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7 /20 (0.11/16) 0.0 US-House-All, 1st Add,400 652 of 652 precincts - 100 percent Jim Reed, Dem 94,623 - 41 percent x- Doug La Malfa, GOP (i) 138,669 - 59 percent 804 of 804 precincts - 100 percent x-Jared Huffman, Dem (i) 159,749 - 77 percent Dale Mensing, GOP 48,570 - 23 percent 569 of 569 precincts - 100 percent x-John Garamendi, Dem (i) 113,385 - 59 percent Eugene Cleek, GOP 78,427 - 41 percent 702 of 702 precincts - 100 percent Robert Derlet, Dem 89,423 - 38 percent x-Tom McClintock, GOP (i) 148,519 - 62 percent 573 of 573 precincts - 100 percent x-Mike Thompson, Dem (i) 157,691 - 77 percent Carlos Santamaria, GOP 46,885 - 23 percent 539 of 539 precincts - 100 percent x-Doris Matsui, Dem (i) 116,179 - 75 percent Robert Evans, GOP 39,012 - 25 percent 650 of 650 precincts - 100 percent Ami Bera, Dem (i) 103,831 - 51 percent Scott Jones, GOP 101,248 - 49 percent 997 of 997 precincts - 100 percent Rita Ramirez, Dem 62,913 - 37 percent x-Paul Cook, GOP (i) 109,276 - 63 percent 486 of 486 precincts - 100 percent x-Jerry McNerney, Dem (i) 83,785 - 57 percent Tony Amador, GOP 63,131 - 43 percent 523 of 523 precincts - 100 percent Michael Eggman, Dem 73,246 - 48 percent x-Jeff Denham, GOP (i) 80,668 - 52 percent 449 of 449 precincts - 100 percent x-Mark DeSaulnier, Dem (i) 158,263 - 72 percent Roger Petersen, GOP 62,919 - 28 percent 522 of 522 precincts - 100 percent x-Nancy Pelosi, Dem (i) 210,167 - 81 percent Preston Picus, NPP 47,808 - 19 percent 517 of 517 precincts - 100 percent x-Barbara Lee, Dem (i) 194,543 - 90 percent Sue Caro, GOP 20,507 - 10 percent 434 of 434 precincts - 100 percent x-Jackie Speier, Dem (i) 162,707 - 81 percent Angel Cardenas, GOP 38,246 - 19 percent 580 of 580 precincts - 100 percent x-Eric Swalwell, Dem (i) 130,339 - 73 percent Danny Turner, GOP 47,416 - 27 percent 535 of 535 precincts - 100 percent x-Jim Costa, Dem (i) 63,140 - 56 percent Johnny Tacherra, GOP 48,900 - 44 percent 345 of 345 precincts - 100 percent Mike Honda, Dem (i) 73,822 - 40 percent x-Ro Khanna, Dem 113,046 - 60 percent 580 of 580 precincts - 100 percent x-Anna Eshoo, Dem (i) 186,719 - 71 percent Richard Fox, GOP 75,929 - 29 percent 436 of 436 precincts - 100 percent x-Zoe Lofgren, Dem (i) 155,029 - 74 percent Burt Lancaster, GOP 55,125 - 26 percent 423 of 423 precincts - 100 percent -Open x-Jimmy Panetta, Dem 104,216 - 71 percent Casey Lucius, GOP 43,367 - 29 percent 575 of 575 precincts - 100 percent Emilio Huerta, Dem 35,569 - 41 percent x-David Valadao, GOP (i) 51,173 - 59 percent 383 of 383 precincts - 100 percent Louie Campos, Dem 50,234 - 31 percent x-Devin Nunes, GOP (i) 109,440 - 69 percent 539 of 539 precincts - 100 percent Wendy Reed, Dem 49,462 - 29 percent x-Kevin McCarthy, GOP (i) 118,844 - 71 percent 448 of 448 precincts - 100 percent -Open x-Salud Carbajal, Dem 132,303 - 54 percent Justin Fareed, GOP 114,841 - 46 percent 453 of 453 precincts - 100 percent Bryan Caforio, Dem 80,786 - 46 percent x-Steve Knight, GOP (i) 96,345 - 54 percent 599 of 599 precincts - 100 percent x-Julia Brownley, Dem (i) 123,885 - 60 percent Rafael Dagnesses, GOP 83,896 - 40 percent 390 of 390 precincts - 100 percent x-Judy Chu, Dem (i) 116,580 - 66 percent Jack Orswell, GOP 59,096 - 34 percent 379 of 379 precincts - 100 percent x-Adam Schiff, Dem (i) 147,018 - 78 percent Lenore Solis, GOP 41,880 - 22 percent 267 of 267 precincts - 100 percent Richard Alarcon, Dem 28,598 - 25 percent x-Tony Cardenas, Dem (i) 86,074 - 75 percent 356 of 356 precincts - 100 percent x-Brad Sherman, Dem (i) 140,007 - 72 percent Mark Reed, GOP 53,303 - 28 percent 519 of 519 precincts - 100 percent x-Pete Aguilar, Dem (i) 95,408 - 55 percent Paul Chabot, GOP 77,305 - 45 percent 371 of 371 precincts - 100 percent Roger Hernandez, Dem 50,516 - 38 percent x-Grace Napolitano, Dem (i) 82,973 - 62 percent 450 of 450 precincts - 100 percent x-Ted Lieu, Dem (i) 149,777 - 66 percent Kenneth Wright, GOP 75,733 - 34 percent 240 of 240 precincts - 100 percent x-Xavier Becerra, Dem (i) 84,794 - 79 percent Adrienne Edwards, Dem 22,973 - 21 percent 317 of 317 precincts - 100 percent x- Norma Torres, Dem (i) 89,390 - 71 percent Tyler Fischella, GOP 35,751 - 29 percent 428 of 428 precincts - 100 percent x-Raul Ruiz, Dem (i) 101,290 - 61 percent Jeff Stone, GOP 65,789 - 39 percent 361 of 361 precincts - 100 percent x-Karen Bass, Dem (i) 131,008 - 82 percent Chris Wiggins, Dem 28,338 - 18 percent 394 of 394 precincts - 100 percent x-Linda Sanchez, Dem (i) 113,957 - 70 percent Ryan Downing, GOP 49,152 - 30 percent 421 of 421 precincts - 100 percent Brett Murdock, Dem 78,525 - 42 percent x-Ed Royce, GOP (i) 108,694 - 58 percent 252 of 252 precincts - 100 percent x-Lucille Roybal-Allard, Dem (i) 75,710 - 72 percent Roman Gonzalez, NPP 29,498 - 28 percent 257 of 257 precincts - 100 percent x-Mark Takano, Dem (i) 83,772 - 63 percent Doug Shepherd, GOP 49,671 - 37 percent 413 of 413 precincts - 100 percent Tim Sheridan, Dem 71,063 - 40 percent x-Ken Calvert, GOP (i) 104,785 - 60 percent 353 of 353 precincts - 100 percent x-Maxine Waters, Dem (i) 112,257 - 76 percent Omar Navarro, GOP 35,987 - 24 percent 358 of 358 precincts - 100 percent -Open x-Nanette Barragan, Dem 63,533 - 51 percent Isadore Hall, Dem 61,263 - 49 percent 417 of 417 precincts - 100 percent Ron Varasteh, Dem 91,456 - 41 percent x-Mimi Walters, GOP (i) 134,150 - 59 percent 242 of 242 precincts - 100 percent -Open x-Lou Correa, Dem 70,732 - 70 percent Bao Nguyen, Dem 30,193 - 30 percent 410 of 410 precincts - 100 percent x-Alan Lowenthal, Dem (i) 103,505 - 63 percent Andy Whallon, GOP 61,255 - 37 percent 447 of 447 precincts - 100 percent Suzanne Savary, Dem 92,145 - 41 percent x-Dana Rohrabacher, GOP (i) 131,747 - 59 percent 511 of 511 precincts - 100 percent Doug Applegate, Dem 102,003 - 49 percent Darrell Issa, GOP (i) 105,737 - 51 percent 592 of 592 precincts - 100 percent Patrick Malloy, Dem 66,854 - 36 percent x-Duncan D. Hunter, GOP (i) 119,466 - 64 percent 448 of 448 precincts - 100 percent x-Juan Vargas, Dem (i) 77,593 - 72 percent Juan Hidalgo, GOP 30,269 - 28 percent 447 of 447 precincts - 100 percent x-Scott Peters, Dem (i) 115,633 - 57 percent Denise Gitsham, GOP 88,822 - 43 percent 496 of 496 precincts - 100 percent x-Susan Davis, Dem (i) 120,829 - 66 percent James Veltmeyer, GOP 62,613 - 34 percent

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8 /20 3.3 Mahindra Comviva classé dans le Magic Quadrant 2016 de Gartner dans la catégorie Gestion intégrée (0.02/16) 22:19 ET

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2016-11-14 23:15 Mahindra Comviva www.prnewswire.com

9 /20 2.7 Maria Shriver looks beautiful in blue blouse dress as she speaks at Glamour Women Of The Year Summit

(0.01/16) She comes from a family of famous democrats. So it comes as no surprise that Maria Shriver could look so beautiful in blue. The 61-year- old journalist was a featured speaker at the Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 LIVE Summit in Los Angeles on Monday. She looked fantastic in a navy number as she arrived at the event at NeueHouse Hollywood. divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger is still not final although they ended the relationship five years ago. They have both moved on romantically while giving no explanation as to why they've not legally changed their marital status. According to a report on TMZ, neither is interested in ending the marriage and it just continues on that way. Arnold, 69, is in a relationship with Heather Milligan and Maria seems happy dating Matthew Dowd. Maria and Arnold ended their marriage in May 2011 after it was revealed he had fathered a child, named Joseph, 19, with the couple's housekeeper Mildred Baena.

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2016-11-14 22:22 Justin Enriquez www.dailymail.co.uk

10 /20 2.2 Calvin Johnson and Jana Kramer dance for the finals of 'Dancing With The Stars' Calvin and Jana in the semi-finals

From 13 contestants down to 5. This is week 10, the semi-finals of "Dancing With The Stars. " Former Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson and Metro Detroit singer and actress Jana Kramer tried to dance their way into the finals. Click through the slideshow to see their performances, scores, and who went home in 5th place.

2016-11-14 23:31 Edward Pevos www.mlive.com

11 /20 1.3 Bec Hewitt awkwardly shimmies around in a purple satin gown as the then 15-year-old excitedly prepares for her very first Logie Awards She has spent most of her life in the limelight, having graced the cover of countless magazines and enjoyed the fanfare of endless red carpet events. But 17 years ago, Bec Hewitt (née Cartwright) was an awkward 15-year-old preparing to attend her very first Logie Awards ceremony. In a rare piece of cringe- inducing home footage uncovered this week, the then 15-year-old is seen wiggling around her home in a purple satin gown ahead of her Logies debut. Scroll down for video. Parading her slinky dress in front of her mother Michelle and a group of cooing onlookers, the nervous aspiring actor looks worlds away from her current stature. 'Isn't she beautiful?' gasped Michelle as Bec swanned into the living room. 'Stunning', responded several onlookers, while another added: 'She's got a very nice back.' 'It's dragging on the ground. I've got to take it up a bit,' another viewer remarked. The man behind the camera then asked Bec to move into the kitchen where the lighting was brighter, before asking: 'Is that how you're going to have your hair up like that?' 'Dunno yet,' Bec replied timidly. Indeed, images from the 1999 Logie Awards show that Bec did wear her hair in the curled up-do featured in the home movie. Bec was nominated in the Logie Award category for Most Popular New Female Talent thanks to her iconic portrayal of Hayley Smith Lawson on . While she missed out on taking home the gong in 1999, she finally managed to scoop a Logie for Best Actress in 2005.

2016-11-14 22:30 Monique Friedlander www.dailymail.co.uk

12 /20 2.1 BBC cuts moment Beverley Knight COLLAPSES from Children In Need Rocks performance The BBC have excluded dramatic footage of performer Beverley Knight collapsing during a live performance from their pre-recorded tribute to the late Sir Terry Wogan. The soul singer, 43, stunned audience members at London’s Royal Albert Hall after fainting midway through a rendition of Whitney Houston classic I Will Always Love You during her Children In Need Rocks For Terry performance in October. But the alarming moment she was carried offstage has since been edited out of the tribute to the long-term Children In Need presenter, which was screened by the BBC on Monday evening. Scroll down for video However Knight’s near faultless performance of the power ballad, recorded moments before she was carried offstage, did feature alongside further performances from musical guests including Ellie Goulding, Olly Murs, Rick Astley, Michael Ball and Take That. Fans have since praised the singer across social media, with actor David Harewood commenting: ‘@Beverleyknight Oh my God I love you! Beautiful song, everything you said was gorgeous on Black is the new Black!#blackandbritish.’ Elsewhere Twitter user Ayeesha raved: 'Love this performance @Beverleyknight smashing it #iwillalwaysloveyou #bbc #childreninneed #rocksforterry.' Edward Alan Sill was equally enthusiastic as he paid the singer the ultimate compliment, writing: 'Wow I think @beverleyknight just out Whitney-d Whitney! #TerryWogan.' Fellow Twitter user Helen C was no less complimentary, adding: 'Wow, I just love @Beverleyknight voice it's beautiful #CINRocks.' Following her collapse Beverly's representative told MailOnline: 'She was in a very hot dressing room backstage and left to go straight onstage, where she suddenly felt faint mid performance. The performance came to a halt and the Shoulda Woulda Coulda hitmaker was rushed off the stage. 'Medics saw her backstage afterwards,' the statement continued. 'And said she had low blood sugar but after 30 minute she felt much better and they signed her off to perform the number later in the evening - which she did without further issues. ' According to The Sun , audible gasps went up from the crowd as the West End favourite fell to the floor before crew members rushed on stage to help. And concerned well-wishers immediately took to Twittter to express their concerns and hope for her speedy recovery. One fan posted: 'It's not everyday you see Beverly Knight faint on stage... In the Royal Albert Hall!!', while another shared, 'Beverly Knight fainted during her performance get well soon girl #CINRocksForTerry'. A third commented: 'Report from @BBCCiN concert is the #beverly knight has collapsed on stage. Hope she is ok.' Earlier in the evening, Beverley had seemed in good spirits as she made a radiant red carpet arrival at the event. Clad in a plunging blue silk dress with a patterned skirt, she flashed a beaming smile as she clutched a toy Pudsey bear. The collapse came shortly after Beverley insisted it was 'business as usual' after a raging car fire outside her London home prompted her to employ a bodyguard. The singer was reportedly 'really upset' by the incident and temporarily relocated to a hotel. A source told the Daily Mirror : 'Beverley is really upset by the ordeal and her management has taken her away from the situation. 'So she’s been booked into the hotel and been given her own bodyguard.' A representative for Beverley told MailOnline at the time: 'The cause of last week’s fire is being looked into. Beverley is fine and it’s business as usual.' Such was the damage to Beverley's car, that police were allegedly unable to say whether or not the blaze had been caused deliberately. A Met Police spokesman said: 'We were called to reports of a car on fire and investigated to see if it was a result of arson. There’s no evidence to suggest it was started deliberately.' Beverley is currently starring as leading lady Rachel Marron in the stage adaptation of The Bodyguard. The part was originally made famous by Whitney Houston in the epic 1992 film of the same name which was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide that year. The West End version at the Dominion Theatre also stars Hollyoaks heartthrob Ben Richards as Frank Farmer, originally played by Kevin Costner, and features Whitney's greatest hits including Saving All My Love, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You. Rachel is a world famous music star whose life becomes endangered by a stalker. She turns to former Secret Service agent-turned-bodyguard Frank for protection, and the pair become romantically involved. Speaking previously about the role to the Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Beverley said: ‘It’s hard bloody work, but it’s so much fun at the same time with this company. 'I’m singing and dancing every single night and I’m learning. 'I’ve always gone on stage to sing as Beverley Knight, but I’ve had to learn how to play someone else.’ ‘I’m precious about my voice, but not overly precious. When I come off stage I have my honey drink just to guard against coughs and colds. If my throat’s hydrated I can get through anything.'

2016-11-14 22:08 Jason Chester www.dailymail.co.uk

13 /20 3.3 The Office star Angela Kinsey weds actor Joshua Snyder in LA Angela Kinsey has married Joshua Snyder. The Office star tied the knot with the Days Of Our Lives actor on Sunday in Topanga, California, in front of 130 guests. The 45-year-old blonde looked stunning in a one-shoulder goddess dress while the groom wore a blue suit with plaid tie. 'Our wedding was more than just two people coming together, it was a family coming together,' Angela shared with Martha Stewart Weddings. The site was first to break the news. 'Josh and his sons and my daughter and I. We were so proud of our children. They each wrote something to say during the ceremony,' she added. She has daughter Isabel Ruby Lieberstein, aged eight, with Warren Lieberstein who she was married to from 2000 until 2010. She continued, 'They wanted us to know how much it means to them that we were becoming a family. It was truly moving. I don't think there was a dry eye in the room!' 'Yesterday was awesome!!!' Angela wrote on Instagram. '#GotHitched.' In August she confirmed their engagement. 'We were going out to dinner and my daughter said that first she wanted to show me the fort in the backyard that she and my boyfriend's sons had been working on,' she said. 'She led me outside and there was a blanket by the pool and she said I had to sit on it. His sons brought me flowers and then he came around the corner with a ring.' Angela continued, 'He had called my mom and asked for her blessing...that would have made my Dad so happy. He proposed and I said yes. The ring is an emerald...all three of our kids' birthstone. The kids made me cards and pictures and I cried. I cried that happy ugly cry.' She last appeared in the movie Laid In America and will soon be seen in Half Magic with Heather Graham and Jason Lewis. Joshua was last in the movie Guilt By Association.

2016-11-14 21:59 Heidi Parker www.dailymail.co.uk

14 /20 4.3 Music Tastes Good Festival to return to Long Beach next year Music Tastes Good, the weekend food and music festival co-founded by the late Josh Fischel, a well-known Long Beach musician, will return next year.

While no lineup has been announced, the festival will run from Sept. 30 through Oct. 1, according to a post on the Music Tastes Good Facebook page on Monday afternoon.

“It’s safe to say that we are officially pumped. Josh Fischel’s Music Tastes Good will be back in Long Beach in 2017!” the post read.

Mike Cubillos, a press representative for Music Tastes Good said in an email that the festival dates were all the information he had at this time.

The inaugural event, which took place in September in the East Village Arts District, included about 50 bands performing on several stages over three days.

The lineup included The Specials, Metz, De La Soul, The Melvins, Living Colour, and Squeeze.

While he attended his event, 47-year-old Fischel, who toured the world as a musician and collaborated with bands such as Sublime, Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas and Ikey Owens, died four days after the festival of liver disease.

His death lead to speculation about the festival’s return next year.

In previous interviews, Fischel had said he hoped to turn the event into an annual festival that would put Long Beach on the musical map and boost the city’s thriving music scene.

2016-11-14 21:56 By www.presstelegram.com

15 /20 3.0 Quentin Letts first night review of School of Rock School of Rock by Andrew Lloyd Webber, New London Theatre Time to rename Andrew Lloyd Webber... Lord Meat Loaf! The veteran composer’s latest show, just imported from America, is a rooty-tooty, rock-pumpin’ effort with not a single, warbling ballad to be found. Instead it gives us a stage full of child- rockers playing electric guitar like shrink-wrapped Jimi Hendrixes. Ear-splitting and rib-tickling, it makes for one of the most merrily liberated romps (or riffs) of the year. His lordship has collaborated with Downton Abbey script writer Julian Fellowes and lyricist Glenn Slater. They have reconstructed a 2003 film about a down-and-out rocker who blags himself a job as music teacher at a prissy American private school. Wastrel Dewey Finn assumes the name of his best friend Ned Schneebly and ‘corrupts’ a class of pre-pubescent children by turning them into a rock band. Can they win a local talent show against some adult heavy-metal dudes? Imagine the Roald Dahl musical Matilda on speed and you may start to picture it. In fact, I’m sure they have even borrowed some inspiration from the school uniforms in Matilda. If you listen carefully you can just about hear a few trademark Lloyd Webber phrases but it is all pretty well disguised amid the cheery din. A stickler for musical-theatre standards might argue that the song lyrics and even some of the lines are indistinct. The story takes a while to get going – to show us what a failure and slob Finn is. In these respects, David Fynn is well cast. He is so out of shape, he puffs and pants and can barely get the words out to match the beat of some early songs. He also sweats buckets. No matter. His character is meant to be a chubster, after all. Are some of the scenarios corny? Yes. The headmistress of sniffy Horace Green school, played by Florence Andrews, eventually melts, as we knew she would. Finn’s hen-pecked best friend (a wondrously chinless Oliver Jackson) finally tells his wife to shut up. There are endless ‘whoop’ moments but that is the modern American way. And Lord Fellowes works in some delicious teasing of uptight parents. He even teases a gay couple. What WILL Elton and David say? Any faults are balanced by a cast of irresistibly talented pupils. Director Laurence Connor has worked wonders with them. I loved their incessant leaping, kicking their heels high behind their calves, and their sheer delight in rocking in front of a swanky first-night crowd that included some of the West End’s fattest wallets. Without wishing to be maudlin, there is also a strong dose of truth in the story. Rock music really can be the making of shy children. My lad, in his early teens, was at a private school and not doing much. Then he discovered the electric guitar. The night he rocked his heart out in a solo performance left my wife and me joyfully speechless. Terrific fun, this show.

2016-11-14 21:52 Quentin Letts www.dailymail.co.uk

16 /20 0.6 'Born to be his conduit': Jennifer Warnes remembers her friend and collaborator Leonard Cohen For many, the singer Jennifer Warnes will be forever linked to Leonard Cohen because of her 1987 album of Cohen interpretations, “Famous Blue Raincoat.”

With backing from Cohen and musicians including Van Dyke Parks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, bassist Roscoe Beck and others, Warnes brought to life Cohen’s songs with the affection of a portraitist painting a paramour.

Warnes had known Cohen, who died last week at age 82, since 1971. Then 22, she met him — where else? — in the lobby of a hotel.

Best known for her classic duet with Joe Cocker, “Up Where We Belong,” Warnes went on to appear on half a dozen Cohen albums, some as vocal arranger. Her distinctive voice serves as a foil on songs including “Tower of Song,” “Ain’t No Cure for Love” and “The Guests.” She’s among the choir on the original version of “Hallelujah” as well.

In the studio, Warnes witnessed firsthand Cohen’s approach to songwriting and during two world tours watched as he presented his work and charmed crowds.

For “Famous Blue Raincoat” she recorded nine Cohen songs that expanded the notion of how his work could be interpreted. (An anniversary reissue added four more recordings from the time.)

Warnes and Cohen remained close for 45 years. The Times spoke to her after news of Cohen’s passing was announced. Below is a condensed and edited transcript of that conversation.

I was doing a television show with Waylon Jennings. I said, “Yeah, send me!” I was sent over to Columbia, and I sang for [producer] Bob Johnston and Leonard.”

So I sang those a cappella and they said, “Get your passport.” It was during that time that I fell in love with him and realized that the line of women was longer than I could deal with. I made a decision to become an artistic friend, a creative friend, rather than a romantic friend because there was no way I could be his only girl.

I put all my energy into the music and that developed into a serious, full-time creative friendship by about ’74 or ’75.

“Recent Songs.” Henry Lewy asked me to create choirs for him, so I started to do these overlays and these Beach Boys-type of [vocal] stacks. I began to understand that the voice could be an atmosphere, or a scrim, or a curtain behind him that suggested otherworldly places.

I developed this way of draping his songs and it always worked. Our voices were so opposed in tone, and I had so much light and he had this warm dark thing going in. So it worked. And from that rose a friendship that lasted 45 years. Generally, he would give me a cassette with his song in its raw form, probably with that little keyboard or guitar — whatever was basic to a songwriter sketch. He would send it to me and say, “Do you like this? Tell me what you hear.”

Often I didn’t like some of it — and then I would love some of it. So I’d say, “Well, I can really get into this one, but that one I just hear nothing.”

Well, I had a little time with him during the Phil Spector period [in New York], but my fiance had been shot and killed in South Central Los Angeles, and it was a really difficult time. Not a time for singing.

[Leonard] rescued me from that and helped me through that. But most of our invention happened in the late ’70s, early ’80s, up until “Famous Blue Raincoat.” Once I started “Famous Blue Raincoat,” it was my concept, in a way, so I kind of ran with that one.

I just recently sang in December on some stuff, and it wasn’t used. It wasn’t strong. It wasn’t right. Yes. He showed up and he was dressed up with a tie and came out to see me. And we had some beautiful moments.

It’s too personal.

Oh, yes, he gave me his blessing. He came to the sessions. He wrote “Ain’t No Cure for Love” for the project. It was a comment after we both had read the L. A. Weekly [story] about AIDS. We took a walk around the block. I said, “Gee, it’s getting so people can’t even love one another anymore. Just die from it.” And he said, "There ain’t no cure for love.”

That’s right. He had a little Casio thing at the house, and it gave him control. He has these old Jewish rhythms that his mother loved that would be from the klezmer world. He loved to evoke those, and then he would just create on top of that beat. It sounded like home to him.

And you notice that in the last record that he's made, there’s use of the choir from his parents’ temple, and the rabbi that sings “Hineni, Lord, I am here,” in the old cantor style. This has been something really important to him. Definitely “The End of Love” is very rooted in that feeling.

And how he respected women, the overwhelming gentleness always shocked me because I was raised in a rougher universe. I came from that situation where men didn’t treat women well, so to be around somebody so overwhelmingly gentle, you kind of put everybody else on the back burner.

I wanted to be around him because I wanted to be around that radical kindness. And I think people sensed that he was like that, but as a woman to be around that? It was the reason why everybody wanted to be his girlfriend or his boyfriend or whatever.

He was revolutionary in the stance that he brought to the world. So the music is gorgeous and the body of work is huge. And, you know, he is Dylan’s equal.

But I would say when all is said and done, what I’m going to remember are a few tones of voice and the look in the eyes and his impeccable timing when you were in pain, those kinds of things. I’ll remember that I woke up from a surgery to see him in there sleeping in the hospital, and I’ll remember him at my mother’s funeral. That’s what I’ll remember. Oh, absolutely, yes. And he knew. He sacrificed his personal needs for that body of work to exist and to live. And so we have it. It’s the greatest gift of an artist, just to leave all of this. So you’re right. His body of work will survive.

I think anybody who spends any time by their hi-fi speakers listening to what he really meant inside of a song, they’ll get the gift. The deep humanity in it is going to be missed.

Sure do!

You know, I wrote him a letter about a month ago. He wrote me back this beautiful letter. I said, when it’s all distilled and understood, I think I was, among other jobs, really just born to be his conduit. I was born to be an instrument that he played. And I was born to bring the inner sound of what he did out. That’s it.

I’m like the waitress. I’m bringing the food. But I didn’t grow the food, you know? And I can think of no more beautiful job than to have loved him and supported him and known him. That to me is like a very fulfilling feeling. There’s no emptiness when I think of him.

2016-11-14 20:15 Los Angeles www.latimes.com

17 /20 3.2 House swears in 3 new members, more coming soon WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has three new members and stands at its full complement of 435. Democrats Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania and Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii and Republican James Comer of Kentucky were sworn in Monday night by House Speaker Paul Ryan. All three won special elections last week to fill vacant seats. Evans is replacing Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah, who resigned in June after being convicted of using federal grants and nonprofit funds to repay an illegal loan. Hanabusa is replacing Democratic Rep. Mark Takai, who died of cancer this summer. And Comer is filling the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Ed Whitfield, who resigned in September amid a House ethics investigation. The three will have a head start on other new members. The rest will be sworn in Jan. 3.

2016-11-14 20:11 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

18 /20 1.7 Michael Turnbull shares video of himself on Instagram jiggling to a Drake song shirtless He has remained in the spotlight since his Bachelorette days thanks to his penchant for sharing bizarre social media updates. But it seems Michael Turnbull has trumped them all with his latest video, in which he is seen jiggling shirtless to Drake's hit One Dance while using the Snapchat duck filter. The selfie-style video, which appears to have been filmed in the privacy of his Brisbane apartment, was uploaded on Monday night during the supermoon. Scroll down for video. 'Full moon crazy #drakeduck #supermoon,' he wrote in the caption. Stunned fans responded with confusion, with one commenting: 'Ummm, Super Moon or wine?!' 'Combination,' the former flame of Sam Frost responded. Indeed, Michael was seen enjoying a glass of red wine in his previous Instagram video, which was uploaded hours earlier. Appearing slightly worse for wear with a glass of wine in hand, Michael marvelled at the supermoon from his balcony, writing in the caption: 'Super moon me up with @taylorswines #naturalbeauty #moonshine #supermoon #starboy.' It's the latest in a string of eyebrow-raising updates from the reality star. Last weekend, he shared an extremely raunchy Instagram video of himself wearing nothing but a low-hanging beach towel. Making sure to focus his fans' attention upon his pelvic region, Michael cut his head out of the frame and rotated his shirtless torso to one side. 'Beach Day at Southbank,' he wrote in the caption, adding the hashtags #beats and #wineandcheesebody and superimposing the word 'beach' over his lower torso. The post is reminiscent of a raunchy naked selfie Michael shared to Instagram last year. In December 2015, Michael posted - and then swiftly deleted - a naked mirror selfie on Instagram with his derrière exposed. 'Sunburnt note to self – wear sunscreen Michael [sic]' he wrote in the caption. He also stripped off in June this year for yet another questionable selfie, this time taken in the bath tub. In the bizarre photo, the ex-soccer player is seen pretending to take a nap while bathing, while making sure to place his tattooed bicep front and centre. In the shot, Michael is slumped over the side of his tub with his eyes closed and a serene expression on his face. 'Can't beat a good nap in a hot bath in winter after training', he wrote in the caption. Fans were quick to poke fun at the post, with one writing: 'Did you seriously pose in the bath with your eyes closed showing off your biceps? Hahaha' 'How do you take a selfie while asleep/napping? Especially dangerous in the bath!' wrote another confused fan. Michael rose to fame when he placed second on the reality TV dating show The Bachelorette last year.

2016-11-14 19:51 Monique Friedlander www.dailymail.co.uk

19 /20 4.2 Celebs show off bikini bodies on winter vacations Hotties with bodies!

While the temperatures dip low during the winter months, celebs are finding an easy way to get warm by heading off to tropical destinations like Mexico and the Caribbean. Hilary Duff was spotted soaking up the sun in Puerto Vallarta in early November and "Modern Family" star Ariel Winter also kicked back in Mexico.

Naturally, all these sexy stars also decided to show off their bikini bodies too! Check out all their hot snaps above!

2016-11-14 18:43 AOL Staff www.aol.com

20 /20 9.6 Fake Kelly Khumalo pregnancy causes a stir Kelly and Khaya caused a Twitter storm recently when Kelly posted a picture of the two together on the set of Idols SA. The pair were both mentors on the show.

Now a satirical news site has claimed that Kelly is pregnant with Khaya's child.

"The cat was let out of the bag when Kelly Khumalo posted a positive pregnancy test result on Instagram with the caption 'Lil Khaya''', the report on satirical site Live Monitor South Africa read.

The fake report later trended on social media site Twitter.

Kelly has slammed the report, calling it a complete fabrication.

"I would like to categorically state that I am not dating anyone at the moment. Khaya is an industry friend who I happened to take a selfie with at a show we were both working on. I am not pregnant with anyone's child," Kelly said through a statement.

Khaya also took to Twitter to clear his name.

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2016-11-14 18:40 TshisaLIVE www.timeslive.co.za

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