Entertainment Columns
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Dann in reel life: A peek behind 'Page One'Jun 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times' Hollywood couldn't create a character like New York Times media columnist David Carr. Feisty. Smart. Pugnaci...
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Best bets: Zoom into charity car show in VoloJun 29, 2011 12:00 am - Auto extravaganza Get ready to ogle all sorts of vintage cars and famous Hollywood autos (including Lightning McQueen from “Cars”) when the George Barris Charity Ca...
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Post-herpetic neuralgia rarely causes paralysisJun 27, 2011 1:00 am - Q. I am a 70-year-old woman who developed shingles on my right leg last June and am now left with neuropathy. It went from the middle of my leg all the way down to m...
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Third 'Transformers' a big, silly boreJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - It takes about an hour and a half for Michael Bay's shrill and noisy action thriller "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" to get to the good stuff. And when I write "good s...
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Dann in reel life: 'Buck' takes his own pathJun 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: ‘Buck' Buck Brannaman grew up in a house where his father would frequently get drunk and beat his two sons so severely, they would carry welts and...
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Garfield films, 'Thorn Birds' on DVDJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - John Garfield was a terrific actor, and one of the screen's great anti-heroes. He was part of New York's famous Group Theater before heading for Hollywood to star in mov...
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Gott: Can tetanus be the cause of disability?Jun 20, 2011 12:00 am - Q. A patient bit my niece at work while she and others were trying to restrain her. Afterward, my niece was asked when she had her last tetanus shot; she wasn't sure...
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On the road: Savoring a Taste of ChicagoJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago Feast of fun Taste of Chicago is more than a chomp-a-rama courtesy of 59 diverse restaurants. There's a boatload of activities for the whole family at ...
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Hanson retires from ESOJun 18, 2011 12:00 am - Robert Hanson, music director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, has resigned that post, effective July 1, in order to devote more time to writing music and to spend time ...
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Dann in reel life: So it's a hobo? With a shotgun?Jun 17, 2011 12:15 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘Hobo With a Shotgun' Here's a blood-soaked, unabated urban revenge fantasy rendered in such over-the-top excesses that it becomes an adults-...