Lifestyle Columns
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New release caters to Beatles fanJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Beatles International" The Beatles were the most popular band in the world, but in reality they were much more than a band. They changed how people felt about thems...
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'The Girl From Monaco' simply despicableJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - 'The Girl From Monaco' I truly hated this despicable piece of French misogyny. A straight-laced middle-aged attorney (Fabrice Luchini) gets his conservative world rocke...
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Smooth things over with this how-toJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Concrete patios are great. They give you a nice, even surface for seating and grilling, and even shuffleboard if you want. But sometimes the surface can chip or "spall" ...
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She's practically perfect except for brain powerJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have been dating a woman who is, save in one respect, the woman of my dreams. She is everything: She is beautiful, generous, kind, great in bed, a great cook, quick...
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Hot ceiling keeps air conditioning running too muchJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Even though my house is adequately insulated, my air conditioner runs a lot. On sunny days, the bedroom ceiling seems hot, so heat must be coming from the hot roof. H...
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Vardalos' 'Valentine's Day' a big, fat disappointmentJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Ever since her 2002 sleeper romance "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" struck box office gold, screenwriter/actress Nia Vardalos has practically made a side career out of squand...
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Anniversary DVD does right thing by Spike Lee filmJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "Do The Right Thing" (20th Anniversary Edition) - It all starts with those pictures on the wall. A customer inside a pizzeria notices that the pictures all feature ...
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Hey, Paramount: 'Transformers' critics didn't screw upJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If film critics were designed to be mere consumer advisers, then we really screwed up by kicking the lug nuts out of Michael Bay's screechy, populist piece of pandering ...
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Catch 'Macbeth' under the stars in Oak BrookJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Artistic Associate Nick Sandys directs First Folio Theatre's season-ending production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," a tragedy examining unchecked ambition and ultimate pow...
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Third 'Ice Age' suffers from sitcom syndromeJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Even the comic escapades of Scrat, the ratty, nut-obsessed squirrel, are wearing thin, just like the ice in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." "Dawn" brings back those l...