Movies
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Does '2016' live up to all the hype?Sep 13, 2012 6:00 am - Whose America is it? Joyce Petersen of Des Plaines writes: "Is it because of the huge crowds at the theaters to see '2016 Obama's America' that Dann Gire hasn't been abl...
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Faith, freedom and family merge in hokey 'Last Ounce'Sep 13, 2012 6:00 am - The principal message in the overt message movie "Last Ounce of Courage" - that religious freedom belongs to all Americans, including Christians - would hold more univer...
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Kathy Bates recovering from double mastectomySep 12, 2012 4:34 pm - NEW YORK — Kathy Bates says she is recovering from a double mastectomy. The Oscar-winning actress tweeted on Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer two mont...
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S. Barrington man builds career on radio's Golden AgeSep 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Carl Amari wasn't alive when the Golden Age of Radio dominated the airwaves, but as a kid growing up in Schiller Park in the 1970s, he was obsessed with old-time radio s...
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‘Lawless,’ ‘Words’ fail to sway moviegoersSep 09, 2012 4:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — “The Possession” occupied the top spot at a nearly comatose box office. The fright flick with Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean Morgan playing the parents of ...
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Johnny Depp shares 'ink' with Damien EcholsSep 09, 2012 10:00 am - TORONTO — The man Johnny Depp helped release from Arkansas' death row has become like a brother to him, right down to getting matching tattoos. “We have some,” Depp said...
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Small theaters struggle as Hollywood goes digitalSep 09, 2012 6:04 am - CRETE, Neb. — The Isis Theatre hasn’t changed much since it opened 86 years ago in southeast Nebraska, a stone’s throw from the grain elevator and railroad tracks that c...
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Did Eastwood’s RNC act cause trouble for ‘Curve’?Sep 09, 2012 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — A week after Clint Eastwood’s appearance before the Republican National Convention, mocking continues about the Hollywood veteran’s peculiar, rambling conv...
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Mike Birbiglia's 5 favorite NYC romantic comediesSep 09, 2012 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Mike Birbiglia, a stand-up comic with a sleep disorder, stars in, co-writes and makes his directing debut with “Sleepwalk With Me,” which is about ... a st...
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Filmmakers to debut N. Korea romantic comedySep 07, 2012 3:20 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — It’s a classic tale of a small-town girl who follows her dreams to the big city. But in this case, the girl is a North Korean coal miner, the big ci...