Entertainment Columns
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'Breaking Bad' star called Naperville 'Nowheresville'Nov 12, 2013 4:15 am - When your "From Suburbs to Showbiz" team read what comedian/writer/actor Bob Odenkirk once said about his native suburb of Naperville, we could barely keep our jaws from...
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Stop defacing screeners for the press to reviewOct 31, 2013 6:00 am - Excuse my tirade I sat down at my computer screen to watch a press digital download for the movie "Broadway Idiot" opening this weekend at the Music Box Theatre in Chic...
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Actor D.B. Sweeney to lead Q&A in Rosemont FridayOct 30, 2013 8:23 pm - Actor D.B. Sweeney will visit the Muvico 18 Rosemont Theaters Friday, Nov. 1, to conduct a Q&A with fans following the screening of his new movie “Underdogs.” The sports...
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Best bets: Ringling Bros. plans to 'Amaze!' at AllstateOct 29, 2013 5:30 am - Circus spectacular The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to the suburbs and then the city with its 143rd edition called “Built to Amaze!” at two loc...
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Poll Vault: What social media apps are you addicted to?Oct 25, 2013 12:01 am - We interrupt this game of Candy Crush Saga to ask an important question: Which social media apps are you addicted to? If you dream of striped candies and color bombs, yo...
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Reel life: 'Lost for Words' seems more lost than anythingOct 24, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: "Lost for Words" In Stanley J. Orzel's romance "Lost for Words," former U.S. Marine Mike Vance (Sean Faris) works computer Intel for a firm in China, the h...
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Ridley Scott always gives you bang for the buckOct 23, 2013 6:00 am - British director Ridley Scott's latest stylish thriller, "The Counselor," hits the big screen today, but the filmmaker known for larger-than-life drama makes an even big...
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Best bets: Beatles tribute 'Rain' comes to RosemontOct 22, 2013 6:00 am - Beatlemania The acclaimed Beatles tribute show“Rain” comes to the suburbs after playing Broadway for an extra two shows this Saturday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 ...
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An audience with the KingOct 18, 2013 6:00 am - "Carrie," the troubled young girl who helped make author Stephen King an international phenomenon, is back on the big screen Friday in the personage of Chloe Grace Moret...
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Suburban outsider Diablo Cody sticks to the theme in her new film, 'Paradise'Oct 14, 2013 8:00 am - Suburban rebels don't get much more rebellious than Diablo Cody. The Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 2007 movie "Juno" was born at Hinsdale Hospital. She grew up in L...