Movies
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Dann Gire meets Griffith in airport lineJul 03, 2012 1:09 pm - During the late 90s, I was standing in line to board an American Airlines jet at Los Angeles International Airport when a tall guy in front of me caught my eye. There wa...
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'Ted' outstrips 'Mike' in big box-office weekendJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — It's both a bear and bull market for Hollywood. The bear is “Ted,” Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane's comedy for Universal Pictures about a talking teddy ...
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What if other Founding Fathers were vampire hunters?Jul 01, 2012 5:40 am - It makes sense that Abraham Lincoln, known for his youthful rail-splitting abilities, would be a top pick to take on vampires, as he does in “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hu...
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Growing Up With Nora EphronJun 30, 2012 8:00 am - When I was in high school in the 1970s, I would steal my parents' copy of Esquire before they could get it, turn to the table of contents, and reconfirm my fervent desir...
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Comic: The V word never fails to get gigglesJun 30, 2012 7:10 am - NEW YORK — Kayt Sukel, an author who writes about neuroscience and sexuality, has given lectures around the country on the issue. And there’s one word, she finds, that n...
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Antioch, McHenry movie theaters raise money for socks for soldiersJun 29, 2012 7:22 pm - Antioch and McHenry downtown theaters are supporting troops with a Fox Socks For Soldiers raffle, which ends July 4. Theater patrons can purchase $1 raffle tickets or 6 ...
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'Spider-Man' a truly amazing franchise rebootJun 29, 2012 2:00 pm - Sam Raimi's “Spider-Man 2” still reigns as the supreme Spider-Man movie adventure, but Marc Webb's energized reboot “The Amazing Spider-Man” has its own set of attractiv...
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorcing after 5 yearsJun 29, 2012 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — It always seemed more than a little weird, didn't it? The whirlwind romance of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with its very public, very emphatic proclamations o...
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'I Heart Shakey' a glorified made-for-TV projectJun 29, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'I Heart Shakey' "I Heart Shakey" is a real heartbreaker for me to review because it was obviously made with lots of love by talented Northwest s...
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'Batman 'producer explains his road to film successJun 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Michael Uslan recalled a cold night in January 1966 to a rapt audience at Harper College. Uslan, 13 at the time, was eagerly anticipating a watershed moment in his life:...