Entertainment Columns
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Strong performance marks drama 'Pariah'Jan 04, 2012 10:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: 'Pariah' Dee Rees' black teen coming-of-age drama "Pariah" is a heart-rending plea for empathy, compassion and understanding, a work that not onl...
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Ex-girlfriend still pulling strings sparks jealousyJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Q. So, I am dating this guy and I’m in love with him, and I know he loves me back. But I can’t, I absolutely can’t, stop getting jealous of his ex-girlfriend. He s...
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Best bets: Dinos roar into RosemontJan 03, 2012 5:00 am - Dino-topia Get up close and personal with more than 60 mechanized and museum-quality extinct beasts at the Discover the Dinosaurs event with interactive displays an...
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Readers write on therapy, relatives, thank-you notesJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - While I’m away, readers give the advice. On people who see therapy as an admission of weakness: I#146;m a guy. I#146;m also someone you might have met at a Mensa ...
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Des Plaines native evolves into Geico CavemanJan 02, 2012 10:00 pm - Jeff Daniel Phillips didn't just evolve from a caveman like the rest of us. He became one for a series of popular TV commercials that put Geico Insurance on the America...
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'Tree of Life' wins 4 Chicago Film Critics AwardsDec 29, 2011 5:00 am - WLS radio hosts Richard Roeper and Roe Conn will host the 23rd annual Chicago Film Critics Awards on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place in ...
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Readers offer their views on parental affairs, office partiesDec 29, 2011 4:00 am - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On seeing children as the victims when their parents have affairs: Because of social stigma, social conditioning and fina...
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Best bets: The Globetrotters hit the courtDec 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Shoot and score Expect plenty of comedy antics when the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters bring their entertaining brand of basketball for two games today to the Al...
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Don’t put spirit of Christmas in the closetDec 25, 2011 4:00 am - We bought our first artificial Christmas tree a number of years ago — you know, the kind that comes in pieces and gets put together a bit like Tinkertoys. My then-4-yea...
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'Miss Minoes' is simple ... too simpleDec 22, 2011 4:30 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Miss Minoes" The Dutch production "Miss Minoes" has to rank as the most simple-minded children's movie I have seen in years. Granted, "Miss Min...