Lifestyle Columns
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Drury Lane's 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' a true charmerNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Musical theater ingénues seeking entree into the local scene may want to set their sights on Drury Lane Theatre Oak Brook. The folks there have an eye for talent and a ...
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Many factors go into building a smoke-free fireNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. I just installed a new efficient fireplace in the living room. In the past, I have had problems getting a wood fire started and burning without much smoke. Do you hav...
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Warner, TCM team up to offer classic film collectionNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Warner Home Entertainment and Turner Movie Classics have teamed up over the past year to release the "TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection." The collection consisted of...
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Lawsuits mount over 'problem' drywall imported from ChinaNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Thousands of homeowners across the nation are claiming that drywall imported from China at the height of the housing boom is making them ill. No quick or inexpensive "fi...
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Your property manager ripped you off - now what?Nov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Over the last few years there has been a virtual epidemic of property managers who have taken their clients' money, and up until now, there has been little recourse. If ...
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Clooney and company milk 'Goats' for laughsNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It takes a quick 93 minutes for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" to dump a load of satirical napalm all over the U.S. military in a story so comically outrageous that when i...
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17th Century 'Pheda' addresses forbidden passionNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Forbidden passion Phedra's love for her stepson sets in motion events that threaten the entire family in Jean Baptiste Racine's 17th century tragedy "Phedra." New W...
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3-D animated 'Christmas Carol' scary, not in a good wayNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Tiny Tim looks like one of the malevolent young aliens from "Village of the Damned." Bob Cratchit looks like one of the innocent bystanders you accidentally shoot during...
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'Fourth Kind' fragmented and frivolousNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Prepare to feel slightly conned by "The Fourth Kind." Every time something mysterious is about to happen on so-called "archival" video footage, the image goes haywire at...
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'Precious' is a bleak but hope-filled drama with fantastic actingNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It only takes a few scenes into the bleak, but hope-filled drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" to realize you're in the presence of two commanding ac...