Entertainment Stories from July 17, 2014 (Change date)
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Road closures, other restrictions during Algonquin Founders' DaysJul 17, 2014 11:00 pm - As a result of the Founders' Days activities in July, there will be numerous detours and delays while traveling through Algonquin July 24-27. At certain times, the major...
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Jazz masters evoke joy, sadness on duet CDJul 17, 2014 11:00 pm - Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, "Last Dance" (ECM) There's a sense of both joy and sadness to "Last Dance," which surprisingly is the first album in pianist Keith ...
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Posthumous Clement album a sweet send offJul 17, 2014 11:00 pm - Jack Clement, "For Once and For All" (I.R.S. Nashville) Jack Clement was a court jester who emphasized the joy and camaraderie of making music. A member of the Coun...
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Top-notch cast delights in First Folio's 'Merry Wives'Jul 17, 2014 11:15 am - How entertaining is First Folio Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"? So entertaining that intermittent opening night showers could...
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Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band to perform Rockin' for the Troops in WheatonJul 17, 2014 11:00 am - Actor, director and musician Gary Sinise will return with his 12-piece Lt. Dan Band on Saturday, July 19, to Cantigny Park in Wheaton for the ninth annual Rockin' for th...
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'Sex Tape' far from a screwball comedy classicJul 17, 2014 5:30 am - The high-concept comedies spawned by "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" need to start using birth control. Judd Apatow's landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, ...
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Visually splendid 'Planes' sequel takes dramatic diveJul 17, 2014 5:00 am - At an auto-bar, an unhappy car laments how a hybrid stole his lady friend. "I never heard him coming!" he says sadly. Prepare for a bumper crop of punny business. The se...
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'Boyhood' a different kind of cinematic epicJul 17, 2014 4:00 am - If you approach Richard Linklater's bold cinematic experiment "Boyhood" with the proper frame of mind, you will walk out of the theater having experienced an epic journe...
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Violence trumps all in clumsy 'Purge: Anarchy'Jul 17, 2014 1:01 am - The sequel "The Purge: Anarchy" takes place in 2023, exactly one year after the action of "The Purge," a violent thriller that imagined an America so beset by violent cr...
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