Entertainment Columns
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'Buddies,' 'Year' take a cynical view on loveAug 22, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-reviews: • Joe Swanberg's Chicago-shot rom (minus-the-com) “Drinking Buddies” isn't big on plot or gimmicks. It simply nails the reality of late twen...
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Characters below ‘mundane’ in dopey fantasy adventureAug 20, 2013 3:38 pm - “Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” begins with a Brooklyn girl named Clary Fray who goes to a mysterious nightclub with a friend and witnesses a horrific killing commit...
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Best bets: Rock out with Joan Jett in ElginAug 20, 2013 6:00 am - Top pick 'I love rock 'n' roll' Feel the beat as the summer comes to a close with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Eric Burdon & the Animals Saturday at Fest...
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Lake Zurich native takes shorts films to Cannes and beyondAug 19, 2013 10:00 am - When Rebecca Norris told her father she planned to move to Hollywood and pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker, she didn't expect his reply: "Well," he said, "you're...
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Local bands go big-time for Riot FestAug 16, 2013 5:43 am - The summer festival season continues crashing through the walls of boredom. The next biggie, Riot Fest, brings nearly 80 bands to Chicago’s Humboldt Park Sept. 13-15. An...
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Biographical ‘Jobs’ not the Apple of your eyesAug 14, 2013 12:43 pm - The founder of Apple Computers and the revolutionary inventor of everything i deserves better than this. The story of the late Steve Jobs needed to be told by a smart an...
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Best bets: Running of Arlington Million returns SaturdayAug 13, 2013 6:00 am - Top Pick By a nose? The Arlington Million was the world's first million-dollar horse race, and the tradition continues Saturday at Arlington International Rac...
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Mutts hides joy, passion behind a smoky growlAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Tom Waits definitely has his hands in this one. Not literally, but it's undeniable the guys in Mutts drew heavy influence from Waits. At first listen, the whiskey-soaked...
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‘Millers’ makes for light, infectious funAug 06, 2013 3:38 pm - Moments into Jennifer Aniston performing a “Flashdance”-inspired strip tease, Jason Sudeikis breaks the fourth wall by looking straight into the camera, and his face fla...
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Westchester native talks about acting before teaming with Jennifer AnistonAug 06, 2013 5:15 am - Kathryn Hahn couldn't quite remember how a Midwestern girl from Northwestern University wound up in New York as a struggling actress. "Blind faith!" she said. "It's so ...