Entertainment Stories from January 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Host party the way expectant parents would likeJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Q. My brother and his wife are expecting a little boy this spring. We’re all very excited, and I’ve offered to host the baby shower. The problem is that the parent...
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Mark Wahlberg apologizes for 9/11 commentsJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Actor Mark Wahlberg has apologized for asserting that he would have stopped terrorists from flying an airliner into New York's World Trade Center on Sept. 11 ...
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'Woman in Black' poster a poor ployJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - The woman in bleck? While hanging out at the South Barrington Theaters last weekend, I came upon one of the scariest one-sheets (posters) I've seen since 1979's “Al...
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First Folio's Sandys takes artistic reins at Remy BumppoJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Artistic director wasn't a role Nick Sandys intended to play, at least not right now. But when Remy Bumppo Theatre's board of directors offered it to him last week, in ...
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Well-meaning 'Red Tails' misses the markJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - In "Red Tails," the famed Tuskegee Airmen get the John Wayne-style heroic rendering they very much deserve, but in a hackneyed and weirdly context-less story that does t...
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Sundance time: Indie film world gathers in UtahJan 18, 2012 10:30 am - PARK CITY, Utah — Independent films that may have been years in the making get their first audiences at this week's Sundance Film Festival. That could also mean careers ...
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Steel Beam's 'Murderer' not for the squeamishJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - “Murderer” starts with a long first scene that manages to be both surreal and shocking at the very same time. An artist works at his easel while a woman flips through a ...
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Weekend picks: Kathy Griffin delivers barbs at Chicago TheatreJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - Oh Kathy! Find out which celebrities will be spared or cut down to size when Emmy award-winning comedian and Oak Park native Kathy Griffin returns this weekend for ...
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Lyric Opera sets new seasonJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - Opera fans have plenty to look forward to in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's recently announced 58th season for 2012-13. Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko is set to ...
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David Duchovny's roundabout way into showbizJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — David Duchovny has starred in two hit TV shows, “The X-Files” and “Californication,” and yet the thought of going into showbiz never occurred to him when he w...
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