Television
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DVD previews: 'Selma,' 'Black or White'May 02, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, May 5: "Selma" (PG-13, 127 minutes, Paramount): Director Ava DuVernay has created a stirring, often thrilling, uncannily timely...
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Stage, screen lives overlap for 'Nashville' star Aubrey PeeplesApr 29, 2015 6:00 am - The hit ABC show "Nashville" may be a scripted series, but when seven of the stars hit the road for a spring concert tour - arriving at the Rosemont Theatre Tuesday, May...
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Batavia man to appear on 'The Bachelorette'Apr 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Batavia native will be a contestant on this season of ABC's “The Bachelorette,” a family member confirmed Wednesday. Clint Arlis, 27, now an architect living in Chicag...
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Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy' makes for gripping yet bleak HBO miniseriesApr 27, 2015 6:00 am - Don't look for any boy wizards, giants or Hippogriffs in “The Casual Vacancy.” Author J.K. Rowling keeps her first non-“Harry Potter” novel firmly anchored in the all-to...
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Daytime Emmys honor Betty White with lifetime achievement awardApr 26, 2015 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Matt Lauer and Ellen DeGeneres helped the Daytime Emmys make a gender-bending return to television with a comedy bit involving pasties and black stockings ...
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DVD previews: 'Paddington,' 'Inherent Vice' coming TuesdayApr 25, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, April 28: "Paddington" (PG, 95 minutes, TWC-Dimension/Anchor Bay): Because of its adorable protagonist, laugh-out-loud gags and...
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Disney blocks Verizon custom TV ads in 'skinny bundle' disputeApr 25, 2015 6:02 am - Walt Disney Co. has pulled television ads for Verizon Communications Inc.'s Custom TV from its networks after saying that the new TV-package service violates contract ag...
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Hulu gains exclusive online rights to TNT, Cartoon Network showsApr 25, 2015 5:55 am - Hulu LLC, the online video service, acquired exclusive rights to shows from Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting in the first licensing deal between the companies. Pas...
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'SNL's' Cecily Strong goes to WashingtonApr 24, 2015 6:00 am - Former Oak Park resident Cecily Strong still will be live on Saturday night on April 25, but in a much different atmosphere than usual. NBC's "Saturday Night Live" is a ...
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'I am a woman': More from the Bruce Jenner interviewApr 24, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner says that "for all intents and purposes, I am a woman." Jenner spoke in a long-awaited interview televised Friday with AB...