Entertainment
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In 'Me Time,' Wahlberg and Hart make some trouble
Aug 26, 2022 11:00 am - “Me Time” - ★ ½ There is a montage in “Me Time,” the new Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg Netflix comedy, where Hart's character Sonny gets a day to himself for the first ti...
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Theater spotlight: 'Dreamgirls' kicks off Paramount's 11th seasonAug 26, 2022 6:00 am - The price of success Paramount Theatre kicks off its 11th Broadway season with "Dreamgirls." Inspired by The Supremes and other 1960s girl groups, the musical is about t...
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'Three Minutes' a heartbreaking celluloid memorial
Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” - ★ ★ ★ ½ What gets you, deep in the gut, are the smiles. The broad, awkward, sometimes silly smiles of people on an unremarkable day in ...
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Ron Onesti: The return of the 'Travolta Dance'Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - I am not saying anything new when I proclaim that "time flies!" But can you believe that whole "lockdown" Corona thing began two and a half years ago? There are still re...
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Arden Cho steps into the spotlight in Netflix's 'Partner Track'
Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - As Arden Cho moved into the final stages of auditioning for the new Netflix series "Partner Track," she had an especially good feeling about the job after a Zoom meeting...
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Round Up the Household for a Family Western Hoedown on Sept. 23Aug 25, 2022 11:00 pm - The wild west is coming to Northbrook Leisure Center on Friday, Sept. 23, with the all-new Family Western Hoedown. Grab your party boots and join Northbrook Park Distric...
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Chamber Music on the Fox announces ninth seasonAug 25, 2022 11:00 pm - Chamber Music on the Fox recently announced a diverse and colorful array of concerts to celebrate its ninth season. Entitled "Kaleidoscope," the 2022-23 season features...
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Bank-robbery thriller 'Breaking' never quite comes into focus
Aug 25, 2022 6:00 am - “Breaking” - ★ ★ ½ “Breaking,” Abi Damaris Corbin's lean and heartfelt first feature, is a lackluster bank-robbery thriller with noble intentions, enlivened by an impas...
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Sound check: Ravinia tumbling for Culture Club, BerlinAug 25, 2022 6:00 am - Karma-karma-karma-karma Friday is the night for hitmakers that helped define an era in '80s pop. Culture Club, the London band behind the at-the-time ubiquitous "Do You ...
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Love, hope and 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'
Aug 25, 2022 6:00 am - “Three Thousand Years of Longing” - ★ ★ ★ There is not a cynical molecule in the makeup of George Miller's “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a patient and occasionally...