Entertainment Columns
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On the road: Honor the eagle in Quad CitiesJan 03, 2015 4:00 am - Chicago Downtown Chicago abbey Every Sunday in January, Pavilion, in The Langham Chicago, invites “Downton Abbey” aficionados to enjoy teatime inspired by the ...
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Gire: Dann & Raymond look at BondJan 02, 2015 4:45 am - Film critic's notebook Blast in the new year with Raymond Benson and me as Dann & Raymond's Movie Club presents "The Films of Connery. Sean Connery" at 7:30 p.m. Thursd...
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On the road: Happy 80th birthday, Elvis!Dec 27, 2014 4:15 am - Chicago All shook up Celebrate what would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday with more tribute artists than you can shake a pound of bacon at. The festiva...
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Our picks for some of the year's best performancesDec 25, 2014 4:00 am - More best of 2014 Best performance by an actor: Eddie Redmayne for his transparent portrait of scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” Best perform...
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'Zero Motivation' jumps around a lot for a military comedyDec 25, 2014 4:00 am - Mini-review: 'Zero Motivation' Talya Lavie's military comedy "Zero Motivation" has been aptly described as "Private Benjamin" meets "M*A*S*H*" meets "Office Space," and ...
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He carves Dala horses; his daughter paints themDec 23, 2014 5:01 am - Centuries ago, during the long cold evenings in central Sweden, men would take the wood scraps from the local furniture making trade and carve toys for children. The to...
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Pop-culture moments to remember in 2014Dec 23, 2014 5:00 am - Shocking. Energizing. Hilarious. Here are the pop-culture moments I couldn't stop talking and thinking about this year, presented randomly. The Hound battles Brienne - ...
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Constable: No Kardashians, but holiday cards hit spotDec 18, 2014 4:30 am - Don't ask me to justify the reason for any of this, but I read in the International Business Times that the Kardashian family won't be sending out a holiday card this ye...
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Journey to Middle-earth has been an emotional oneDec 17, 2014 5:00 am - Fifteen years after filming began in New Zealand on the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, director Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga concludes ...
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Boogeyman wins as movie theaters cave to threatDec 17, 2014 12:00 am - "The Interview" dropped from Christmas lineup after mysterious threats online