Movies
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Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top moviesAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A new study shows that there's less smoking depicted in movies in recent years. Tobacco use on the silver screen peaked in 2005 and has been on the decline e...
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'Twilight' parody 'Vampires Suck' revels in bad tasteAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - "What would you do to save the one you loved?" Becca Crane ponders during the opening scene in a bloodless parody of the "Twilight" movies, "Vampires Suck." I would do o...
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Genre stars from then and now meet in Rosemont for Chicago Comic ConAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Geek culture crosses generations. Want proof? Take a look at the Chicago Comic Con. The annual pop-culture convention has assembled more than four decades worth of fanbo...
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Reel Live review: 'Animal Kingdom' a stark drama reeking of realismAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The title "Animal Kingdom" sounds like a film about survival of the fittest. And it is, except the animals are a dysfunctional family of Australian criminals in Melbourn...
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Farewell to 'At the Movies', which was put to sleep after 35-year runAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - 'At the Movies' R.I.P. As most everyone knows, ABC finally put "At the Movies" out of its lingering misery earlier this week. The movie review show pioneered b...
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Popcorn? Licorice? Blood? Bedbugs hit NYC theatersAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bedbugs have attacked a popular movie theater in Times Square as New York battles the persistent pests. The AMC Empire 25 in Times Square was sprayed overnig...
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Best bets: Fast horses, little cars, tall shipsAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Full gallop Jockeys and horse owners from around the world vie for the Arlington Million this Saturday at Arlington Park, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. This si...
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'Eat Pray Love' star Julia Roberts happy as isAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts isn't planning any more spiritual journeys now that she is done making a film based on the hit book "Eat Pray Love." The mov...
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'Eat Pray Love' exalts purists' gelato in RomeAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - ROME -- Named for a saint and naturally tasting heavenly, San Crispino gelato already was a pass-the-word must for devotees of the Italian treat. Then a Roman bus driver...
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'Expendables' seizes No. 1 spot with $35 mil. debutAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Sylvester Stallone has proven that he's not quite expendable yet at the box office. Stallone and his pumped-up pals lifted Lionsgate's 1980s-style action ...