Television
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Widescreen tidbits: Quadruple quarantine feature, essential 'Star Wars'May 01, 2020 6:00 am - If you're still lucky enough to have Turner Classic Movies in your cable lineup after Xfinity inexplicably moved it to a sports package, you can enjoy a rare Saturday wh...
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Ryan Murphy reimagines 'Hollywood' history in woke 1940s-set fantasy
May 01, 2020 5:57 am - Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn't fit the mol...
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Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
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Women's watch: Chicago broadcaster ready to get back to live sports on TVMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - It was a surreal environment, much like many places in public have been over the last month or so since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Lisa Byington, a Chicago-based sport...
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'Goonies' cast, 'Flintstones' rescue TV viewers in pandemic
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Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
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Chicago and its museums partner for virtual toursApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago cultural institutions may be shuttered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn't mean they're unavailable. Beginning this week, the Shedd Aquarium,...
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Young polar opposites attract in Hulu's new 'Normal People'Apr 27, 2020 6:00 am - Marianne and Connell are lifelong Irish friends who can't stay out of each other's orbits - or beds. As played by British actress Daisy Edgar Jones ("War of the Worlds,"...
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As 'Homeland' ends, what kind of TV hero will fight terrorism's next form?
Apr 26, 2020 7:30 am - Note: This story discusses some of the events in Season 8 of "Homeland." • • • For all his scrapes, personal losses and ridiculously close calls, Jack Bauer, the gr...
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Good News Sunday: Geneva family turns nightly dinners into themed occasionApr 26, 2020 7:03 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Twenty-one days. Twenty-...