Movies
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Oliver Stone plays it straight in 'Snowden'Sep 15, 2016 6:00 am - Edward Snowden, who cast himself as the hero of his own spy movie, gets the real thing in Oliver Stone's Hollywood-ized biopic of the National Security Agency whistle-bl...
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'Bridget Jones' sequel delivers the comic charmSep 14, 2016 6:00 am - Renée Zellweger is charming as ever in "Bridget Jones's Baby," a lively return to form for the unlikely trilogy about an ordinary woman and her professional and romantic...
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Barrington High students earn spot at White House film festivalSep 14, 2016 5:30 am - For the second year in a row, television production students from Barrington High School have won a spot at The White House Student Film Festival in Washington D.C., bea...
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Naperville native composes music for animated movies, TVSep 13, 2016 5:40 am - He laughs about it now, but Michael Kramer had a teacher at Naperville Central High School who tried talking him out of a career as a Hollywood music composer. It will b...
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2016 Elgin Short Film Festival finalists announcedSep 12, 2016 11:00 pm - As part of the Elgin Fringe Festival, the community is invited to come out to vote for the last two finalists of the upcoming Elgin Short Film Festival. On Thursday, Sep...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Sully' makes $35 million splash
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clint Eastwood's "Sully" made a splash in its first weekend in theaters, bringing in a solid $35 million, according to studio reported actuals Monday....
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In Hollywood, people with disabilities are almost nonexistentSep 12, 2016 6:00 am - I didn't need a study to tell me that people with disabilities are woefully underrepresented in the entertainment industry, but a new report from Stacy Smith and her col...
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9 things you probably didn't know about Nora Ephron's rom-comsSep 12, 2016 6:00 am - You've probably seen some of Nora Ephron's movies. She wrote the screenplay for "Heartburn" and "When Harry Met Sally ..." and wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle,"...
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'Sully' is the last straw: You should never travel with Tom HanksSep 11, 2016 7:00 am - Say you find yourself as a character in a Tom Hanks movie plot. Congratulations! What an opportunity. But just be careful to steer clear of all modes of transportation. ...
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Adult audiences drive 'Sully's' big $35.5 million landing