Entertainment Columns
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Best bets: Bull riders tough it out at AllstateJan 08, 2013 5:00 am - Ride 'em The top 35 bull riders in the world compete to ride the country's fiercest bucking bulls when the 2013 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Built Ford Tough Seri...
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Best bets: See Wheeling native Voigt in 'Les Troyens'Jan 02, 2013 5:00 am - Trojan epic Wheeling native and soprano Deborah Voigt stars as Cassandra while mezzo-soprano Susan Graham stars as Dido in the epic Berlioz opera “Les Troyens,” scr...
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In Hollywood, suburban strengths shine throughJan 01, 2013 4:30 am - Even before we started our “From Suburbs to Showbiz” news team, we knew people from the suburbs were something special. We quickly found out how right we were. Every tim...
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Best bets: Ring in 2013 with New PhilharmonicDec 26, 2012 5:00 am - Waltz time College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center may be shut for renovation, but the New Philharmonic is still ready to ring in the New Year with its concert “Vi...
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Best bets: Last chance for 'The Nutcracker'Dec 18, 2012 5:00 am - Nutcrackers aplenty The season is winding down for area presentations of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet “The Nutcracker.” Here are a few key remaining productions: Ÿ ...
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Elmhurst's Celozzi driven to Hollywood successDec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Nick Celozzi had a dream that his son, Nick Celozzi II, would go to law school. But no. Young Celozzi wanted to go to Hollywood and become a movie star. "My parents we...
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ tops with Chicago film criticsDec 17, 2012 12:17 pm - The Chicago Film Critics Monday named “Zero Dark Thirty,” Kathryn Bigelow’s controversial drama about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, top movie of 2012. The dr...
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'Ted,' 'Girls' out on DVDDec 14, 2012 4:00 pm - “Ted” Seth MacFarlane, creator of “Family Guy,” directed, produced and co-wrote this $218 million box-office hit about John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his brought-...
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Too many strikes against bleak '1942'Dec 06, 2012 5:00 am - Reel Life review: 'Back to 1942' It might have the most boring movie title in recent memory, but the Chinese historical epic "Back to 1942" traces a horrible time in As...
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Best bets: Lyric stages surreal 'Hansel & Gretel'Dec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Hunger games There is no gingerbread house in director Richard Jones' acclaimed and much-traveled take on Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera “Hansel & Gretel.” Instea...