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Earlier this week, the lights went out in NYC, plunging much of Manhattan into darkness. Among the inconvenienced were the dozens of fans on-hand at Madison Square Gardens for this singer's concert, which had to be cancelled and rescheduled:
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Pink
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Ed Sheeran
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Adam Lambert
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Jennifer Lopez
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This type of animal figured prominently in Crawl, the past weekend's horror-thriller opener:
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Snakes
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Alligators
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Spiders
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Bats
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Also opening was buddy comedy Stuber, starring Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani and the guy who plays this Marvel character:
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The Winter Soldier
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Drax
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Dr. Strange
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Phil Coulson
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Meanwhile, new on the small screen was Pearson, the offshoot of this other cable series:
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Sons of Anarchy
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Burn Notice
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Psych
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Suits
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Lots and lots of us embraced the red-hot, privacy-violating FaceApp, which does this to your face:
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Makes it look much younger
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Makes it look much older
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Changes the gender
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Places it on an animal's body
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I should be allowed to play any person claimed this notable actress, who has been the subject of some questionable casting decisions recently:
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Angelina Jolie
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Jennifer Lawrence
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Jessica Chastain
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Scarlett Johansson
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Break out your Emmy countin' fingers. Setting a record number of Emmy nominations this week was popularly-reviled Game of Thrones, which nonetheless chalked up this many nod:
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23
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30
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37
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Largely on the strength of Game of Thrones and Chernobyl, HBO was again the most nominated network with 137 nominations - 20 better than this 2nd place outlet:
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Netflix
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Hulu
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Amazon Prime
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CBS
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More Emmys! With the rest of the slate being claimed by the likes of HBO's Barry and Veep, Pop's Schitt's Creek and Amazon's Fleabag and Mrs. Maisel, this was the only comedy from one of the traditional 4 networks to receive an Emmy nomination:
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Modern Family
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The Good Place
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Superstore
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American Housewife
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And looking at Best Actress/Drama, this show has its two leads both nominated in the same category:
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How to Get Away with Murder
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Killing Eve
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Game of Thrones
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This Is Us
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