Entertainment Columns
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Four decades of 'Tonight Show' out on DVDNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - “4 Decades From The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” For those of you who watched “The Tonight Show” as a regular viewer, or a casual one, this great 15-disc se...
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Holiday films deliver the 'Tron' and 'True'Nov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The holiday movies have returned with a blissful mix of baby boomer catnip, special effects adventures, animated comedies and contemporary reworkings of classic material...
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Cause of foot numbness eludes doctorsNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. About three years ago, in a slip and fall, I suffered a separation of the quadriceps from the left kneecap. The surgery went well, and I have complete recovery an...
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Franco riveting in '127 Hours'Nov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - ="breakhead">Reel Life review: #8216;127 Hours' Several viewers keeled over while watching Danny Boyle's fact-based drama at its Telluride Film Festival premiere ea...
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'Unstoppable' a heart-pounding rideNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Seriously, how threatening and scary can a big, unmanned choo-choo be? Let yardmaster Connie Hooper answer that one. “A missile the size of the Chrysler Building!” she s...
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“The Elia Kazan Collection” new on DVDNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - “The Elia Kazan Collection” Elia Kazan was one of Hollywood's great directors, a man with a rare gift for bringing out the best performances from his actors. Many o...
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Spontaneous gagging can have many causesNov 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Thank you for your balanced, sensible and unbiased information. It is a breath of fresh air. My husband has a problem with spontaneous gagging. It does not seem ...
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Go guide: Cooking show, 'White Christmas', 'Winter Pageant'Nov 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago • Want fries with that? Nearly 150 exhibitors are ready to introduce your taste buds to the latest in main courses, sides dishes, desserts, wine, beer and s...
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'Megamind' blends farce and fantasyNov 04, 2010 1:00 am - “Megamind” is both farce and fantasy, a vivid 3-D animated comedy filled with zany characters, switched identities, reversing roles and surprise plot entanglements. Then...
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'Due Date' delivers crass comedy, kooky charactersNov 04, 2010 1:00 am - Call it “Planes, Trains and Automobiles -- Without the Planes and Trains.” “Due Date” stars Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis as two clashing, feuding strangers w...