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  • Caroll Geiser, of Rochester, N.Y., grooms Eva, a 3-year-old Old English Sheep dog, during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Monday in New York.

    The dos and don'ts of Westminster Dog Show Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Scissors, blow dryers, bobby pins — they're as much a part of the Westminster Dog show as commands, crates and treats. What Westminster won't tolerate, though, are PEDs — performance-enhanced dogs. That means no tattooing a boxer's nose to make it more black, no braces for a pointer to straighten its teeth. "It goes against the spirit of showing dogs in their appropriate state," Westminster President Sean McCarthy said.

     
  •  Anthony Edwards plays Hank Galliston, a magazine publisher who descends into an historical mystery after his wife is kidnapped, in “Zero Hour,” premiering Thursday on ABC.

    A decade after ‘ER,’ Edwards back on TV Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    A decade after Dr. Mark Greene hung up his white lab coat for good on "ER," Anthony Edwards is back as the star of a new television series, ABC's "Zero Hour," which premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. EST. The road back to series television took Edwards many miles to travel — literally thousands upon thousands.

     
  •  Craig Zadan, left, and Neil Meron, producers of the Academy Awards, said Monday that Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere will return to the stage where “Chicago” won best picture in 2003.

    Oscar producers promising ‘wow moments’ Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too. The award-winning production duo is planning the most performance-filled Oscar show ever. They promise a "wow moment" in each of its 13 acts, so the show demands a more dynamic stage and more dressing rooms and rehearsal time than previous Oscar productions.

     
  •  Mumford & Sons, from left, Ben Lovett, Ted Dwayne, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston Marshall accept the award for album of the year for “Babel” at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday.

    Grammy audience down, still 2nd highest since 1993 Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    While the Grammy Awards couldn't come close to the freakishly high ratings generated in 2012 because of Whitney Houston's death and Adele's smashing success, this year's show had the second-largest audience for the program since 1993. The Nielsen company said Monday that music's annual awards show was seen by 28.4 million people Sunday night on CBS.

     
  • Pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) saves an airliner from catastrophe despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up in Robert Zemeckis’ bold drama “Flight.”

    Denzel Washington takes ‘Flight’ to DVD Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Denzel Washington, in one of this best performances in years, adds depth and tension to "Flight," a movie in which a plane crash is only one of the tragedies a pilot must overcome in his life.

     
  •  The New Philharmonic orchestra will be performing an abbreviated three-concert schedule in 2013-14, college officials announced. It appeared the orchestra was in jeopardy of giving its final performance last month.

    New Philharmonic gets three-concert reprieve Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    A 36-year-old professional orchestra that appeared to be playing its last note at the College of DuPage is getting an encore. College officials have agreed to give the New Philharmonic orchestra a 3-concert season in 2013-14 after receiving letters and emails from patrons upset that the 80-member ensemble might have given its final curtain call at a January concert. The orchestra had been performing at the college's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn until this season, when a $35 million renovation project began that forced the orchestra to schedule concerts off-campus.

     
  • Members of the Spring Valley Chorus

    Spring Valley Chorus present harmony variety show March 9Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Saturday, March 9 at 3PM the Spring Valley Chorus of Schaumburg will present an A Cappella harmony Variety Show at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg.

     
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    Sunday picks: Monster Jam crushes the competition at AllstateFeb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    Today's the last day to catch the big wheels of Monster Jam in action at the Allstate. Find inspiration for your home at The Old Home New House Home Show in St. Charles. The Marion Consort choral ensemble performs a blend of music from and inspired by “The Hobbit” at the Palatine Public Library. Get in the mood for Mardi Gras by catching the rock and bluesy band Creole Stomp at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights.

     
  • The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced Monday their high-powered line-up for their 2013-14 Broadway Las Vegas series. “The Book of Mormon” and nine other shows are a coup for the $470 million performing arts center, which has seen great success since it opened in March 2012. Officials say there had been pent-up demand for the fine arts in a city better known for sexy shows and celebrity impersonators.

    Broadway comes to Vegas with slew of hit musicals Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    There's no shortage of stages in the Entertainment Capital of the World, although residents have long found it easier to find a celebrity impersonator than a Tony Award-winning musical. But executives at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts believe that's been changing since their $470 million complex opened last March, and they plan to keep the first-year momentum going with a 2013-14 Broadway calendar that includes "Les Miserables," "The Book of Mormon," and eight other Broadway mega-hits.

     
  • Trudie Styler, left, and musician Sting arrive at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles.

    Images: Grammy Awards arrivals Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    Celebrities began rolling down the red carpet in the early Sunday afternoon, but it remained to be seen if any would try to skirt CBS's mandate that stars dress appropriately with sensitive areas covered adequately.

     
  •  Actor and director Ben Affleck with the award for Best Film for “Argo,” at the BAFTA Film Awards at the Royal Opera House on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in London.

    ‘Argo’ named best film at Britain’s Oscars Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    Iran-hostage drama “Argo” continued its journey from awards-season outsider to favorite Sunday, winning three prizes, including best-picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. Ben Affleck, who has made a remarkable journey from little-regarded actor to award-winning director, dedicated his directing prize to “anyone out there who’s trying to get their second act.”

     
  • The late Actor Larry Hagman poses in front of the Southfork Ranch mansion made famous in the television show “Dallas.” The recent death of the show's star, who legendarily played conniving Texas oilman J.R. Ewing, has spurred more fans to visit.

    Southfork Ranch draws 'Dallas' fans old and new Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    The white two-story home with stately pillars overlooking a green Texas pasture where longhorns roam is instantly recognizable: This is the power seat of television's famous Ewing family. Tourists from around the world have been flocking to Southfork Ranch since the early years of the classic series “Dallas,” which ran from 1978 to 1991, and the ranch is only getting more popular.

     
  • Kelly Clarkson accepts the award for best pop vocal album for "Stronger" at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles.

    Images: Grammy Awards showFeb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    It was a Grammy Awards show with surprising wins and some unconventional pairings during the performances.

     
  • Musical group fun. performs at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles. The band won best new artist and song of the year.

    Mumford & Sons, fun. win big at GrammysFeb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
    Mumford & Sons wrapped up a completely unpredictable Grammy Awards with perhaps the most surprising win of the night, taking home album of the year for “Babel.” “We figured we weren't going to win anything because The Black Keys have been sweeping up all day, rightfully so,” Marcus Mumford said.

     
  • A Lexus hybrid concept car was featured at last year's Chicago Auto Show, which returns to McCormick Place in Chicago for its 105th edition.

    Weekend picks: Chicago Auto Show starts its engines today Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Auto Show revs things up starting Saturday at McCormick Place. See the latest models, concept cars and much more. Search for finches and other winter birds at the Bird Walk at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. The Elgin Choral Union and Heartland Voices join with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for the concert “Choral Fantasy” Saturday. Plus, Ring in the Chinese New Year at the Garfield Park Conservatory.

     
  •  Rolling Meadows High School Show Choir members Amanda Torres and Korinne Yonan greet actress Jane Lynch and her Aunt Marge Lynch at the Chicago Film Critics Association 24th Annual Awards Show on Saturday at Muvico Theaters in Rosemont.

    Chicago Film Critics honor ‘Glee’ star Jane Lynch Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
    There’s no way a movie award night can go wrong if you throw in some Hollywood glitz, an entertaining emcee, and “Glee” star Jane Lynch. The Chicago actress was honored with the “Comedia Extraordinaire” award on Saturday night at the 24th Chicago Film Critics Association awards, held at Muvico Theater in Rosemont.

     
  • Actress Mira Sorvino, a UN Goodwill Ambassador to combat human trafficking for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, describes her advocacy against human trafficking and modern-day slavery as “my calling.”

    Oscar winner Mia Sorvino mulls activist career Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino says she could see giving up acting for her other passion — human rights advocacy. While saying she loves acting, she describes her efforts to stop human trafficking as "my calling."

     
  • This Feb. 4, 2013 photo shows American comedian, actress, and author Jenny McCarthy is host of “The Jenny McCarthy Show,” debuting Friday, Feb. 8, on VH1. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

    Jenny McCarthy debuts VH1 talk show Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Jenny McCarthy may have made a home in the Chicago suburbs, but the 40-year-old mom of a 10-year-old son hasn't lost her goofy, party girl-persona. The former Playboy playmate and TV host says Hugh Hefner's 1970s-era "Playboy After Dark" is the inspiration her new weekly VH1 talk show, "The Jenny McCarthy Show," which debuts at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. She'll commute to New York to film the show from her home outside her native Chicago. "In a perfect world the dream is to be as close as possible to my little boy so I can be the mom I want to be and to be the person on TV I want to be," McCarthy said.

     
  • Conductor Riccardo Muti plans 10 weeks of performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra next season.

    Muti plans 10 weeks of Chicago Symphony performances Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Conductor Riccardo Muti plans 10 weeks of performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during its 2013-2014 season. He plans performances in Chicago during September and October of this year and January, February, March and June of next year.

     
  • The Governor (David Morrisey) brushes the hair of his undead daughter Penny (Kylie Szymanski) during the first part of the third season of “The Walking Dead.” The popular zombie series returns for another eight episodes at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.

    Morrissey rules as The Governor in ‘Walking Dead’ Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    “Brother against brother,” says The Governor (David Morrissey) fiercely. “Winner goes free. Fight to the death.” Is this any way to run a town? AMC’s zombie drama “The Walking Dead” ended the first half of this season with a wrenching faceoff between brothers Merle and Daryl. That was last December. Things haven’t settled down as the hit horror serial returns for another eight episodes at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10.

     
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