Movies
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Usain Bolt talks about his new documentaryNov 29, 2016 5:00 am - KINGSTON, Jamaica - Usain Bolt is now a movie star. He refuses to say he's an actor. Such a distinction is important for the Jamaican sprinting great and nine-time Olymp...
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Pair from suburbs make '30 for 30' documentary about 1988 Notre Dame-Miami gameNov 29, 2016 4:00 am - It's considered one of the greatest college football games of all time - the 1988 national championship between Notre Dame and the University of Miami. The media framed ...
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Box office top 20: 'Moana' dethrones 'Fantastic Beasts'
Nov 28, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "Moana," Disney's animated voyage to ancient Polynesia, sailed away with the Thanksgiving box office, debuting with $82.1 million over five days and $56....
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'Moana' continues Disney's domination of Thanksgiving weekend box officeNov 28, 2016 5:00 am - Disney continues its all-time domination of Turkey Day film openings at the box office. The Mouse House's "Moana" grossed $81.1 million domestically over the five-day ho...
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The limits of politics in 'Beasts,' 'Harry Potter'Nov 28, 2016 5:00 am - In a long essay published earlier this fall about J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" stories, the British writer Laurie Penny argued that "Potter-themed memes emerge wherever...
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Palatine Park District to show 'It's a Wonderful Life'Nov 28, 2016 12:00 am - Palatine Park District will host a screening of the holiday classic "It's A Wonderful Life" on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center. The screening...
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'A lot of people don't know what linguists do' How the new sci-fi thriller 'Arrival' is raising the profession's profileNov 27, 2016 6:15 am - The extraterrestrial "heptapods" at the center of the new sci-fi thriller "Arrival" aren't the only strange, poorly understood creatures in the film. The other aliens, ...
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Sunday picks: Spend an afternoon with Hepburn's 'Breakfast'Nov 27, 2016 6:10 am - Hepburn elegance Swoon to Henry Mancini's Academy Award-winning score and song "Moon River" in special 55th anniversary screenings of "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Dire...
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'Moana' cruises with $81.1M Thanksgiving weekend
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Kenneth Lonergan makes a triumphant return with 'Manchester'Nov 25, 2016 5:00 am - There's an early scene in Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester By the Sea," a grief-drenched drama starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, that effectively announces to ...