Entertainment Columns
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Are drugs the best solution for sleep troubles?Aug 29, 2011 6:00 am - Q. My 4-year-old granddaughter has been given medication to help her “enter REM sleep” at night for more than two years. It was recently increased to 0.1 mg/5 ml or ...
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Hitchcock's 'Legacy of Suspense' celebrated on DVDAug 26, 2011 6:00 am - “Alfred Hitchcock: Legacy of Suspense” Alfred Hitchcock started directing silent films in 1927, and his many movies have stood the test of time. For fans of the ma...
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Suburban teens win local Film FestAug 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Teens from Arlington Heights and Oak Park won the top three awards in the fifth annual Teen Film Fest sponsored by the Arlington Heights Memorial Library last Friday. Ro...
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Best bets: High art, good eats in Highland ParkAug 24, 2011 5:30 am - Highland art More than 260 artists display their work as part of the 28th Port Clinton Art Festival, which coincides with the 5th annual Taste of Highland Park this...
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Hoffman grad does sickly makeup for beautiful 'Contagion' starsAug 23, 2011 5:00 am - So, your job is to take the radiantly beautiful, Oscar-winning actresses Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow and make them look as if they've contracted a deadly, unknown d...
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Coumadin can cause cold feelingAug 22, 2011 6:00 am - Q. I have a family member who takes Coumadin and always complains of being very cold. Nothing she does externally helps to warm her up. I figure that the thinning of...
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'Final Destination's' Bludworth cloaked in mysteryAug 18, 2011 6:00 am - In Candyman's suite When actor Tony Todd met me at Chicago's Trump International Tower, he said, “You look like an algebra teacher!” So much for my inner image as t...
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Best bets: 'GH' stars rock out in St. CharlesAug 17, 2011 6:00 am - Soap stars sing Fans of the soap opera “General Hospital” won't want to miss a chance to get up close and personal with actors Brandon Barash, Bradford Anderson, Sc...
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38 years of mouth ulcers tried patient's patienceAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Q. This isn't a question; it's more like a testimonial. I have been plagued with canker sores since I was 20 years old and five months' pregnant. I have been hospita...
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Native American powwow coming to Busse Woods in SeptemberAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - A new weekend event to learn about and experience Native American culture is planned next month at Busse Woods. The American Indian Center of Chicago and Cook County...