Television
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Brooke Burke joins Tom Bergeron on 'Dancing'Mar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Former "Dancing With the Stars" winner Brooke Burke will be Tom Bergeron's new partner when the series starts again later month. She'll replace Samantha Harr...
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Preliminary ratings show Oscars up over last yearMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers. The Niel...
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Mount Prospect Libary offers open chess playMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Chess anyone? The Mount Prospect Public Library offers a special afternoon of open chess play for all ages and skill levels. You supply the moves, the library wi...
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'Avatar' cinematographer followed path from Palatine to PandoraMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Try to intimidate Mauro Fiore. Go on. Just try. The 1982 Palatine High School graduate is up for an Academy Award tonight for his camera work on James Cameron's cutting-...
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'Biggest Loser' casting call SaturdayMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Calling all 'Losers' The NBC reality competition series "The Biggest Loser" comes to Chicago looking for contestants in an open casting call from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m...
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Mount Prospect's Idol moves on to next roundMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect's Lee DeWyze breezed on to the next round in American Idol, while the two other Chicago-area contestants were voted off on Thursday. Northbrook's John Par...
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Sarah Palin pitching TV show about AlaskaMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A TV producer said Thursday he is pitching a series to television networks that would be about Alaska seen through the eyes of its most famous resident, Sar...
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'Idol' creator Simon Fuller debuts new Web seriesMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Reality television, dominant on the tube, is making its most dramatic foray onto the Web. On Tuesday, Simon Fuller, the creator of a little show called "Amer...
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Michael's weight loss so far: 204 poundsMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Looking like a completely different person, "The Biggest Loser" contestant Michael Ventrella came to Marino's Pizza & Italian Cafe in Wood Dale Wednesday, where cameras ...
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Bowersox wows 'Idol' judges after hospitalizationMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Crystal Bowersox still has a healthy shot at becoming the next "American Idol." The 24-year-old single mother from Toledo, Ohio, performed Creedence Clear...