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What’s on TV Friday: ‘First They Killed My Father’ and ‘Room 104’

Photo Sreymoch Sareum in “First They Killed My Father.” Credit Netflix Angelina Jolie’s war drama arrives on Netflix. And HBO’s “Room 104” tells disturbing tales within the confines of four walls. What’s Streaming FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (2017) on Netflix. Angelina Jolie’s latest venture into war movies comes with …

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Review: A Darker ‘Frozen,’ With Glints of Ice and Murk

The first question is easier to answer. It was money that brought Elsa and the gang to Denver for the pre-Broadway tryout that opened on Thursday. (The Broadway production is scheduled to begin previews at the St. James Theater on Feb. 22.) After all, “Frozen” the film, released in 2013, …

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Review: The Beasts Have Arrived, in a Yiddish ‘Rhinoceros’

Photo From left in foreground, Luzer Twersky, Caraid O’Brien and Malky Goldman in New Yiddish Rep’s “Rhinoceros.” Credit Pedro Hernandez By now, resistors know the drill. Call your senators. Call your representatives. Vote in your primaries. March in your protests. And above all, try not to turn into an odd-toed …

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Qatar National Bank’s Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari on conflict in region

Photo by Mark Runnacles | Getty Images The Doha Skyline at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on November 17, 2016 in Doha, Qatar. “Sometimes it’s a dollar and a half or two dollars from one side over the other because Qatar is not dependent on these economies, while some countries are …

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Calling All Broadway Songwriters (in High School)

Photo The actor Ektor Rivera signs a Playbill for a fan in 2017. High school songwriters will have a chance to come to Broadway, too, through a new competition announced by the National Endowment for the Arts. Credit Jackie Molloy for The New York Times The National Endowment for the …

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Betting against oil when it tops $50 has worked roughy 70% of the time

Traders who bet against oil prices continuing to rise after U.S. crude topped $50 a barrel have typically reaped rewards since the oil price crash of 2014. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures jumped above the psychologically important level on Thursday for the first time in five weeks. The contract …

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UN Security Council to meet on North Korea missile test on Friday

Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Pedestrian look at a television screen broadcasting a news report in Tokyo on September 15, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan. The United Nations Security Council will meet at 3 p.m. ET on Friday on the latest North …

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Review: Ben Stiller Is a Dad With a Bruised Ego in ‘Brad’s Status’

Photo Austin Abrams and Ben Stiller in Mike White’s latest film, “Brad’s Status.” Credit Jonathan Wenk/Amazon Studios “Dad, are you having a nervous breakdown?” Troy asks his father, Brad. It’s a fair enough question, not least because Brad is played by Ben Stiller, a frighteningly high-strung performer even at his …

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Cleveland Indians break American League record, but stadium still not selling out

Frank Jansky | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Indians fans celebrate following the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians on September 13, 2017, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. Cleveland defeated Detroit 5-3 to win their American League record 21st straight game. He said Cleveland’s …

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North Korea’s latest missile traveled farther, flew higher than its last

Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters Pedestrians walk past a TV set showing news about North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. North Korea launched an unidentified missile early Friday morning local time that landed in the sea after passing over Japan. That was the second time the pariah …

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