Entertainment Stories from August 9, 2013 (Change date)
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’Star Wars’ film won’t be previewed at Disney expoAug 09, 2013 4:07 pm - ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Force may not be with Disney fans this weekend. The Walt Disney Co. is cracking open the vault, rolling out the red carpet and pulling back the cur...
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CNN’s Gupta: I was wrong about marijuanaAug 09, 2013 2:39 pm - NEW YORK — CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta says he spoke too soon in opposing the medical use of marijuana in the past and that he now believes the drug can have very real benefi...
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Jimmy Fallon: We had baby via surrogateAug 09, 2013 10:56 am - NEW YORK — Jimmy Fallon says he and his wife had their baby daughter with the help of a surrogate. Winnie Rose Fallon, the daughter of the NBC late-night comic and his w...
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Oprah gets Swiss apology for racist encounterAug 09, 2013 8:44 am - GENEVA — Talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she encountered racism while shopping in Switzerland — and the national tourism office agrees. The media mogul, who is one of ...
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Understated con man sells First Folio's 'Rainmaker'Aug 09, 2013 6:00 am - “Once in your life, you have to take a chance on a con man.” Self-described swindler Bill Starbuck utters those words in “The Rainmaker,” N. Richard Nash's modest, oft-...
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Mutts hides joy, passion behind a smoky growlAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Tom Waits definitely has his hands in this one. Not literally, but it's undeniable the guys in Mutts drew heavy influence from Waits. At first listen, the whiskey-soaked...
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Local theater: '9 to 5' clocks in at MarriotAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Working gals Three colleagues become friends when they take on their egotistic, sexist, duplicitous boss in Marriot Theatre's production of “9 to 5 The Musical,” in...
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Suburban natives find artistic home on Wisconsin stageAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Downers Grove native Cristina Panfilio walked into a bar after performing in “Hamlet.” A man recognized her. “I'm glad to see you're not really dead!” he said. Panfilio...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Tone Bell takes the stageAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Bell-y laughs Comedian Tone Bell, formerly of the NBC sitcom “Whitney,” performs standup this weekend at Zanies Comedy Club at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park Place, R...
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All hail the zombie king!Aug 09, 2013 5:00 am - "Night of the Living Dead" isn't director George A. Romero's favorite film. He doesn't even think it's the best movie he's made. That title, in his opinion, belongs to ...
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