Entertainment Columns
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On the road: Celebrate Beach Week at Grand Traverse ResortJun 21, 2014 5:30 am - Chicago Mart and art sleepovers Art lovers and shoppers will like the new packages for summer stays at the Godfrey Hotel Chicago. Available Friday nights, The ...
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Silly 'True Blood' comes back to lifeJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - Sadly, we must leave Westeros and those wacky Lannisters behind for another 40 weeks (give or take), but HBO is bringing us back to Bon Temps, Louisiana, on Sunday for o...
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World Cup won't be mocked among fans in SchaumburgJun 17, 2014 5:00 am - At the start of the 1994 World Cup, I wrote a snarky, jingoistic, front-page column mocking soccer as "cross-country with a ball." I voiced surprise that there were team...
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On the road: Ain't them bodies art?Jun 14, 2014 6:00 am - Chicago Loopy bodies Don't miss the Chicago premiere of "Bodies in Urban Spaces," performed by local dance artists and choreographed by Willi Dorner. The free performanc...
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Truly great TV: Tragedy and 'Thrones'Jun 13, 2014 5:15 am - The best film I've seen this year didn't play in 3,000 theaters, employ big-name movie stars and droves of visual effects artists or air on a premium cable channel. It's...
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Woodstock-born makeup artist creates memorable TV, movie looksJun 09, 2014 1:01 am - "I'm Hollywood's best kept secret," Mike Smithson said. He could be right. The Woodstock-born makeup artist's impressive resume reads like a pop culture album of greate...
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'Cosmos' takes its final spectacular tripJun 08, 2014 5:30 am - “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane recently took a beating at the box office and on the Internet for his vulgar Western comedy, “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” bu...
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On the road: Catch Wheel Fever! in Old World WisconsinJun 07, 2014 5:30 am - Chicago Kids rule the Allegro roost Hotel Allegro Chicago is offering its youngest guests a playground of perks this summer including a new Pop-Up Museum Exhibit Series ...
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Reel life: Trailers of the past weren't spoilersJun 05, 2014 5:30 am - Down with trailers! I hate most movie trailers. I avoid them at all costs before I see the actual movies because, as I have learned the hard way, they can ruin the joke...
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Radio move from WGN fouls up 'Go, Cubs, Go' anthemJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - Cubs fans are used to the team announcing big changes that really don't change a thing. When the Chicago Tribune bought the Cubs in 1981, change was promised. Folks said...