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They say I did something bad -- then why's it feel so good?

That line leads the chorus to “I Did Something Bad” off of Taylor Swift’s Reputation album, an endlessly listenable 15-song affair that careens back and forth between diary entries about dreamy Joe Alwyn to burn book-like drags of her enemies -- from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to Katy Perry, to her exes, and even herself for good measure.

For someone dogged for most of her career with accusations of playing the victim, Taylor spent a fair amount of 2017 exploring her dark side, and in particular seeming to embrace those snake emojis that slithered their way into her narrative after Kim’s infamous Snapchat story and killed “Old Taylor” once and for all.

With that in mind, here’s a list (in red, underlined) of six of Taylor’s shadiest moments of the year.

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Taylor Swift’s brand new music video for “Look What You Made Me Do” is all over the place, in a good way. The new visuals kick off with roaring thunder and lightning over an ominous graveyard. “Here lies Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ a tombstone reads in the centre of the cemetery. Related: Taylor Swift’s New Single […]...

Who doesn't love Tombstone? It's one of the most beloved Westerns of the modern era. And if you're a fan, you can undoubtedly quote most, if not all, of the lines delivered with scene-stealing flair by Val Kilmer in what's become the definitive portrayal of gambling gunslinger Doc Holliday. You may know every scene in this movie like the back of your hand, but today we've collected 10 Things You Never Knew About Tombstone. And you may walk away pleasantly surprised and shocked.

Tombstone boasts one of the most formidable macho ensembles imaginable: Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, as well as smaller roles for Michael Rooker, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Lang, Billy Zane, Jason Priestly, Billy Bob Thornton, and Terry O'Quinn. So let's get into it, shall we?

Tombstone is missing a few Earps.

The heroic ensemble at the center of Tombstone includes Wyatt Earp, played by Kurt Russell,...

Just last night,The Public Theatercelebrated its Annual Gala, Hair To Hamilton, 50 Years of Revolutionary Musicals, at the Delacorte Theater. Directed byDaniel Sullivan, with musical direction byRob FisherandNadia Digiallonardo, the 90-minute concert featured songs from The Public's most beloved and groundbreaking musicals performed by some of the most celebrated voices in theater. Below, check outhighlights from the show, whichfeatured tunes from Hamilton, Hair,A Chorus Line, Fun Home, Runaways, The Pirates of Penzance, Caroline, or Change,Here Lies Love and more...

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature a Spanish adaptation of In The Heights in Washington, DC, Here Lies Love at Seattle Rep, and West Side Story in Los Angeles, just to name a few. Check out our top features below...

Can't you just picture the inscription on a certain mighty Martian marine's tombstone?

"Here lies Badass Bobbie Draper. She was always spoiling for a fight. If she'd only heeded the age-old Earth adage: 'Be careful what you wish for, because you mIght get it," she might've lived a little longer.

No amount of mixed-martial arts or combat training looks enough to save Bobbie — lying wounded on Ganymede's surface with a cracked helmet — from whatever the hell that sentient being is, standing above her and looking seriously pissed off.

Bobbie Draper's apparent demise, along with the deaths of her comrades in her unit and aboard the Martian military ship, the Scirroco, was one of several threads featured on The Expanse Season 2 Episode 6.

There were so many, in fact, this may have been the series' most ambitious, if not stellar, hour. It went down like an overstuffed burger with everything on it — tantalizingly juicy and delicious looking,...

Top brass at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival announced on Thursday the 2016 Première Brazil selection, comprising 14 features and six documentaries.

Selections include Erico Rassi Comeback, Felipe Sholl’s The Other End and Cristiane Oliveira’s A Woman And The Father.

The 2015 Première Brazil best fiction feature winner was Gabriel Mascaro for Neon Bull, while Petra Costa and Lea Glob earned documentary honours for Olmo And The Seagull.

The festival runs from October 6-16. Click here for the line-up.

Damien Chazelle’s awards season contender La La Land starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone has been selected as the centrepiece screening at the Middelburg Film Festival in Virginia on October 22. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs will take part in a keynote conversation. The festival runs from October 20-23.Samuel Goldwyn Films and Eammon Films are partnering to distribute James Sadwith’s Coming Through The Rye, a coming-of-age film about the filmmaker’s childhood efforts to meet...

Global Creatures, the outfit behind Walking With Dinosaurs — The Arena Spectacular, announced this morning that it’s signed up a top-rank duo of director Alex Timbers (Rocky – The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, Here Lies Love) and writer John Logan (Spectre, Skyfall, Red) to develop Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 pop fantasia Moulin Rouge! into a stage musical. Timbers most recently made news when Disney dropped him as director of its forthcoming Broadway adaptation of the…...

If art does in fact imitate life, then Beyoncé's newest work just did one heck of a good impression. The singer set the internet ablaze on Saturday night with the debut of her new visual album Lemonade, an hour-long hybrid of music, visuals and spoken word, which debuted on HBO, immediately before she dropped the new album on Tidal. But with real life footage from events throughout her life, along with ample references to her parents' broken marriage and presumably the state of her own relationship with husband of eight years Jay Z, it's the content of Beyoncé's...

If art does in fact imitate life, then Beyoncé's newest work just did one heck of a good impression. The singer set the internet ablaze on Saturday night with the debut of her new visual album Lemonade, an hour-long hybrid of music, visuals and spoken word, which debuted on HBO, immediately before she dropped the new album on Tidal. But with real life footage from events throughout her life, along with ample references to her parents' broken marriage and presumably the state of her own relationship with husband of eight years Jay Z, it's the content of Beyoncé's...

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Richie pursues the King of Rock n Roll, Mr Elvis Presley, in the latest episode of HBO and Sky Atlantic's Vinyl...

This review contains spoilers.

1.7 The King Of I

In some ways, episodes six and seven of this season could be regarded as a connected pair. Both episodes worked as an extended examination of Richie’s emotional travails and both of them used a particular narrative device to do so. In last week’s episode, the twist was that, in thinking that Ernst really was accompanying him, Richie knew less than the audience (assuming that, in this post Fight Club/Sixth Sense cultural environment, you all saw the reveal coming). This week, it’s Richie who knows more about his Las Vegas adventure and the viewer who has to be clued in after the fact. It was a subtle way of suggesting that Richie is back in control,...

The folks at Sideshow Collectibles must have said his name three times, because they've just revealed a new Beetlejuice Sixth Scale Figure that is sure to please fans of the beloved Tim Burton film:

Press Release: From Tim Burton’s supernatural cult classic comedy, Sideshow is proud to introduce the Beetlejuice Sixth Scale Figure and Tombstone Sixth Scale Figure Environment!

Presenting Michael Keaton as the self-proclaimed “ghost with the most,” Beetlejuice is dressed to impress in his black and white striped suit, with wide eyes and wild hair. Packed with personality and screen accurate details, the Beetlejuice Sixth Scale Figure is a must have for fans of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice. So go ahead, make your millennium!

Featuring:

Detailed likeness of Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. Finely tailored classic black and white striped suit. Accessories include watches, five pairs of expressive hands, and one (1)hand holding a nail file. Exclusive includes...

OkayBetterBest, a new musical written by Rhonda Kess and Michael Weems and directed by Hunter Foster, will be presented the Ars Nova Loft 511 West 54th Street as a special industry reading on Thursday, December 3 at 300 Pm and Friday, December 4 at 300 Pm. The cast includes Jason Gotay Bring It On The Musical, Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, George Salazar Godspell, Here Lies Love, Julia Mattison Godspell, Elena Ricardo Mamma Mia, Christina Sajous Holler If Ya Hear Me, American Idiot, Justin Matthew Sargent Bonnie amp Clyde, Rock of Ages and Remy Zaken Spring Awakening. Industry members interested in attending should email OkayBetterBestgmail.com and indicate their affiliation.

The cast of The CW's new musical comedy series, Rachel Bloom, Broadway alum Donna Lynne Champlin Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Vincent Rodriguez III Here Lies Love, Anything Goes National Tour and Pete Gardner launched a Tap Dance Challenge last Friday to benefit Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids. Before busting out into an impressive routine, the Crazy Ex-girlfriend cast 'tapped' Broadway favorites, The Flash's Jesse L. Martin, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Supergirl's Jeremy Jordan, Ncisla's Barret Foa Spelling Bee, Off-Broadway's Godspell and Madam Secretary's Bebe Neuwirth.

La Jolla Playhouseopenedits world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team ofRobert LopezThe Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Kristen Anderson-Lopez In Transit, recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. Up Here is directed by Tony Award nomineeAlex TimbersBroadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher and runs now through September 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

La Jolla Playhouseopens its world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team ofRobert LopezThe Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Kristen Anderson-Lopez In Transit, recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. Up Here is directed by Tony Award nomineeAlex TimbersBroadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher and runs now throughSeptember 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Earlier this month,Jose Llana stepped into the role of the King of Siam in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, directed by Bartlett Sher, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street. This marksLlana's second experience in the iconic show, as he made is Broadway debut almost 20 years ago as Lun Thain the 1996 revival.Llanajoins Tony winner Kelli O'Hara for a strictly limited 11-week engagement through Sunday, September 27. Just after he took his first bow on the Vivian Beaumont stage, he checked in with BroadwayWorld to update us on taking on his new role, reuniting with some of his Here Lies Love friends, and so much more. Check out the full interview below...

La Jolla Playhouseopens its world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Robert Lopez The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Kristen Anderson-Lopez In Transit, recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. Up Here is directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers Broadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher and will run July 28 - September 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. Up Here is being presented by special arrangement with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions, along with Victor Alvarez, WarnerChappell Music, Sally Horchow International Productions, Caiola Productions, Dominion Pictures.

Each week, HitFix Harpy will be hosting the "Game of Thrones" book club. A safe space where readers of "A Song of Ice and Fire" can come to dissect the changes to the series and debate what will happen next. All without fear they'll accidentally spoil something for non-readers. ************ That’s all he wrote folks. In some cases literally. Tonight’s season finale of “Game of Thrones” butted right up against where Martin last left Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, and Jeyne Poole/Sansa Stark. Now we just have to wait 10 months to see what happens next. Unless “The Winds of Winter” comes out before next season, we’re completely off the map now. Warning: This Post Is Dark And Full Of Spoilers. Discussion All The Way Through “The Winds Of Winter“ Beyond This Point. #1: Jon Snow falls for the oldest trick in the book. Image Credit: HBO...

La Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for its world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Robert Lopez The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q and Kristen Anderson-Lopez In Transit, recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. Up Here is directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers Broadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher and will run July 28 - September 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. Up Here is being presented by special arrangement with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions, along with Victor Alvarez, WarnerChappell Music, Sally Horchow International Productions, Caiola Productions, Dominion Pictures.

Paul Newman was one of the titans of 20th century film. He won huge acclaim in a series of Hollywood classics. But acting was only part of his story - he was also a devoted husband and father, a political activist and a philanthropist

Alistair Cooke, a very shrewd film critic, once wrote of 'stage acting as a form of sculpture and film acting as a performance with the face only - the best film actors do best with the eyes only'. He was writing about Edward G Robinson, Henry Fonda, Jean Gabin and Spencer Tracy. But Paul Newman, who has died at his home in Connecticut aged 83, belongs in that illustrious company.

Although a number of his finest pictures were in black and white (The Hustler, for example, perhaps his best film), what comes most immediately to mind when we think of him are those deep blue eyes that variously sparkle,...