Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Purge continues at Reboot Illinois, state government coverage websiteMay 04, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime Springfield journalist Matt Dietrich is out as editor of Reboot Illinois, the website and subscription newsletter covering state and local government and politi...
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The funniest 92 seconds of 'La La Land'Apr 28, 2017 6:00 am - “La La Land” is a film of many pleasures. The breathless opening musical number on an L.A. freeway. Director Damien Chazelle's ever-moving camera. Linus Sandgren's gorge...
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'Bates Motel' will go out on topApr 21, 2017 6:00 am - It doesn't have Bernard Herrmann's piercing violins or Alfred Hitchcock's mastery of the camera, but A&E's television series based upon "Psycho" has carved out its own p...
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Constable: Arlington Heights native hits vinyl homer with Cubs songApr 20, 2017 5:20 am - Rooting for the Chicago Cubs during his years growing up in Arlington Heights, Ted Wulfers couldn't be content just watching that glorious World Series Game 7 victory wi...
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Constable: A Haeger Potteries artist's quest to find his colossal vaseApr 15, 2017 1:00 am - For seven generations, men in the Maglio family turned lumps of clay into works of art in Italy. In 1963, the last of that line, Italian master potter Sebastiano Maglio,...
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'Better Call Saul' needs to bring on the FringApr 14, 2017 6:00 am - AMC's “Better Call Saul” returned for its third season last Monday with a premiere that felt, oddly, like a midseason steppingstone, not an important bookend. The second...
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Alien Day celebrates the classic film and this summer's prequelApr 07, 2017 6:00 am - If you're bursting with excitement over the May 19 release of "Alien: Covenant," director Ridley Scott's return to the sci-fi/horror franchise he helped launch in 1979, ...
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Fantastic beasts and where to find them on earth - and in high definitionMar 28, 2017 6:00 am - Magic and nature collide this week on the home video market, and present two extremely attractive options for videophiles on the cutting edge. J.K. Rowling's latest film...
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Lawyer-turned-Internet radio host loves new gigMar 27, 2017 1:00 am - Al Weissman was a lawyer for about 25 years, handling real estate and other cases. He never expected to be an entertainer. When he retired in 2003, he planned to travel...
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Warring stars and 'Star Wars'Mar 22, 2017 6:00 am - If you haven't seen FX's “Feud: Bette and Joan,” you're missing out on another potential classic season of television from producer Ryan Murphy, who gave us last year's ...