Celebrities
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J.K. Rowling defends casting of black Hermione in new play
Dec 20, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON - A black actress playing Hermione Granger? J.K. Rowling has no problem with that. The best-selling author of the "Harry Potter" books has responded to mixed reac...
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Actor James Cromwell arrested at power plant protest
Dec 19, 2015 6:00 am - WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) - Actor James Cromwell was among six people arrested at an upstate New York power plant that is under construction. The Times Herald-Record of Middl...
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Drunken-driving charge against actor Sam Shepard dismissed
Dec 18, 2015 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Prosecutors in New Mexico have dismissed a drunken-driving charge against actor and playwright Sam Shepard. The Magistrate Court dismissal said the...
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Actor Dustin Diamond to start jail in January
Dec 17, 2015 6:00 am - PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. - Former "Saved by the Bell" actor Dustin Diamond will start serving his four-month jail sentence with work release in January for an altercation a...
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Actor James Woods happy to be alive after Colorado crash
Dec 16, 2015 6:00 am - GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Actor James Woods says he's happy to be alive after crashing on an icy highway in Colorado. The accident happened Monday on Interstate 70,...
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Cranberries singer O'Riordan admits assaulting Irish police
Dec 16, 2015 6:00 am - DUBLIN (AP) - The lead singer of the Irish rock band The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, has pleaded guilty to assaulting three policemen and a flight attendant during a...
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Wynonna Judd, Jennifer Nettles coming to Genesee TheatreDec 15, 2015 12:00 am - Women of country music will headline in two newly announced shows at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. Grammy Award-winner Wynonna Judd and her band Th...
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Violinist Perlman wins 'Jewish Nobel'
Dec 14, 2015 6:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman has been awarded this year's "Jewish Nobel" for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the dis...
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Fans will help create crowdsourced Taylor Swift bookDec 14, 2015 4:59 am - NEW YORK - Simon & Schuster will publish a crowdsourced book on Taylor Swift that fans will help create. The publisher announced Sunday that it will hold a contest where...
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Author appearances: Meet Jeremy Roenick at two suburban book signingsDec 12, 2015 6:23 am - • Former NHL great and Chicago Blackhawk Jeremy Roenick signs copies of his book "Shoot First, Pass Later: My Life, No Filter" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Anderson...