Lifestyle Stories from July 19, 2018 (Change date)
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Paramount fires its top television executive over commentsJul 19, 2018 10:05 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount says it has fired the head of its television division for making unspecified comments that drew complaints from employees. Paramount Picture...
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Disney announces new Star Wars 'Clone Wars' episodesJul 19, 2018 5:05 pm - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Disney says it will release new episodes of the Star Wars animated series "The Clone Wars" on its upcoming streaming platform. The 12-episode run was an...
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Bruce Springsteen surprises audience at Billy Joel concertJul 19, 2018 7:05 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Springsteen propped himself on top of Billy Joel's piano to sing a duet with The Piano Man, who was celebrating his 100th concert at Madison Square...
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Review: The Internet's return lacks bite, electricityJul 19, 2018 1:05 pm - The Internet, "Hive Mind" (Columbia Records) The internet, as we know all too well by now, shrieks and howls and barks. The L.A.-based soul and R&B band of the same name...
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'Don't Worry' offers flawed portrait of cartoonist John CallahanJul 20, 2018 7:48 am - “Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot” - ★ ★ ½ Macabre is a word often associated with the late cartoonist John Callahan. He's the man who in his widely published cart...
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Frothy 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' offers low-stakes summer funJul 23, 2018 6:10 am - “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” - ★ ★ ★ “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” is a wholly ridiculous movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. It's the kind of film that feels and sounds ...
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Stylish 'Equalizer 2' artificially sweetens tale of vigilante violenceJul 23, 2018 6:10 am - “Equalizer 2” - ★ ★ “There are two kinds of pain,” ex-government assassin Robert McCall says to a Turkish thug he's about to thrash. “One that hurts you, and one that c...
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10 hot tickets: Lauren Daigle, Twenty One Pilots and Kacey Musgraves on sale this weekendJul 23, 2018 6:10 am - • Lauren Daigle: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont: Christian pop. $25.50-$75.50. On sale 10 a.m. Friday, July 20. (800) 745-30...
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Bo Burnham's impressive 'Eighth Grade' gets high marks for empathyJul 23, 2018 6:10 am - “Eighth Grade” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Not even Joseph Conrad had the courage to venture into that darkest of hearts: middle school. Bo Burnham's “Eighth Grade,” however, plunge...
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Elvis documentary 'The King' a provocative exploration of America's soulJul 19, 2018 6:00 am - "The King" - ½ Prepare to be all shook up. Eugene Garecki's "The King" marks a bold and blunt, bizarre and bemusing Elvis Presley documentary that stretches way be...