Celebrities
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Shailene Woodley leads People's Choice nomineesNov 04, 2014 4:15 pm - LOS ANGELES - Actress Shailene Woodley and singer Sam Smith are the leading nominees for the 2015 People's Choice Awards with four nods apiece. Nominees in 58 categories...
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Sesame Street marks 45th birthdayNov 04, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK - You don't get to be the longest-running children's show in U.S. TV history by doing the same thing over and over. So even though parents who grew up watching ...
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Shy bladder group protests DirecTV ad featuring 'awkward' Rob LoweNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Shy bladder sufferers want DirecTV to stop airing a television ad where a "painfully awkward" actor Rob Lowe says that he can't urinate in public. The satelli...
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Tom Magliozzi, NPR 'Car Talk' host, dies at 77Nov 03, 2014 3:30 pm - Tom Magliozzi, who along with his brother delivered insights on automobiles through a blizzard of Boston-accented quips, putdowns and laughter on NPR's “Car Talk” radio ...
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Alicia Silverstone talks about a plant-based dietNov 03, 2014 5:00 am - MIAMI - Alicia Silverstone may have made her acting mark as a "Clueless" valley girl, but these days she'd rather be known as someone so very clued in about diet and hea...
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At 80, MacLaine comes to terms with work, lifeNov 03, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Shirley MacLaine pulled no punches when asked about her take on life at age 80. "Well, I'm a lot closer to dying," she said, with a chuckle. Maybe so, but ...
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Loretta Lynn coming to Arcada in St. CharlesNov 03, 2014 12:01 am - Loretta Lynn, country music's legendary "Coal Miner's Daughter," is on the road again and planning a spring concert in St. Charles. Famed for such boundry-pushing songs ...
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Lena Dunham disputes abuse allegationsNov 02, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Lena Dunham was in a "rage spiral" as she disputed a writer's contention that she sexually abused her little sister. In a recent essay for the conservative Na...
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Book notes: Rocker Jim Peterik signs new book at NCC in NapervilleNov 01, 2014 6:30 am - • Silhouette artist and author Clay Rice discusses his children's book "The Stick" and will create silhouettes of guests (for a fee) at an author event running from 11 a...
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Rowling reveals new tidbits on Pottermore siteOct 30, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDO - Just in time for Halloween, J.K. Rowling has given fans a glimpse of what makes a wicked witch tick. The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter published a 1,700-wor...