Television
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'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 50 years of drama
Mar 24, 2023 8:17 AM - "The Young and the Restless," which began on March 26, 1973, celebrates its 50th anniversary this month as the No. 1 daytime drama for 35 consecutive years, with fans growing up alongside the actors. "I think a huge reason why the audience has stuck with us for so long is because we are the same people," says Lauralee Bell, a star and daughter of the show's founders.
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Her next big stage: Algonquin woman auditions for 'American Idol'Mar 24, 2023 6:50 AM - Tune in Sunday to watch Algonquin's Caroline Baran, also known as Kaeyra, audition on "American Idol."
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C2E2 returns: How Chicago's comic con is evolving along with today's fansMar 24, 2023 6:00 AM - Yes, Marvel and "Mandalorian" fans will be pleased. But so will K-pop stans, anime lovers and Gen Y nostalgics when the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo returns March 31-April 2 to McCormick Place.
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'Yellowjackets' is back with more drama for Melanie Lynskey and companyMar 22, 2023 6:00 AM - Melanie Lynskey can't detail them, but she says she's as excited about the developments in Season 2 of "Yellowjackets" as she was about Season 1. The actress had a big journey on the award circuit for the freshman round of the drama series, and its second year begins Friday, March 24, on Showtime's streaming and on-demand channels.
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Anthony Fauci doc on PBS covers a career of crises
Mar 21, 2023 6:00 AM - There's a moment in the new PBS documentary, "American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci," when a protestor holds up a handmade sign reading, "Dr. Fauci, You Are Killing Us." It says something about Fauci that it's not initially clear when that sign was waved in anger -- in the 1980s as AIDS made its deadly rise or in the 2020s with COVID-19 vaccine opponents.
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'We shouldn't be afraid to ask for help': Ted Lasso at White House promotes mental health care
Mar 20, 2023 9:46 PM - Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to "ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely."
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Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals Tuesday
Mar 20, 2023 8:53 PM - President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, Mindy Kaling and others with the 2021 National Medal of Arts. It's the nation's highest award for advancing the arts in America.
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Streaming this week: 'Top Gun: Maverick,' Lana Del Rey and 'Rabbit Hole'
Mar 20, 2023 5:45 AM - This week, the Oscar-nominated doc "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" comes to HBO Max; "Top Gun: Maverick" lands on Amazon's Prime Video; and Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding and 6lack release new music on streaming services.
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Bob Odenkirk brings 'Lucky Hank' to ornery life in new AMC dramedyMar 19, 2023 6:00 AM - Hank Devereaux Jr. is a man who is stuck. As played by Naperville native Bob Odenkirk in the half-hour dramedy "Lucky Hank," premiering Sunday, March 19, on AMC, he's the chairman of the English department at Railton College, a badly underfunded school in the Pennsylvania Rust Belt. "He is like a lot of curmudgeons -- kind of beloved for the way he's a crab," Odenkirk says.
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Actor Lance Reddick dies at 60
Mar 17, 2023 5:10 PM - Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including "The Wire," "Fringe" and the "John Wick" franchise, has died. He was 60.
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