Television
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Horrors! Des Plaines native goes for filmmaking revengeAug 17, 2014 11:00 pm - Michael Ojeda found the perfect, secluded motel he'd been looking for in Superior, Arizona. He asked the clerk if he could stay in the corner room. "Oh," the clerk said,...
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Guiltless pleasure: TV's image improves, along with its programmingAug 17, 2014 5:30 am - Manjula Stokes has twice sworn off television, once throwing a set off her deck in a fit over an ex-husband's sports obsession. Now she's a devotee of programs like “Dow...
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DVD previews: 'Amazing Spider-Man 2,' 'Quiet Ones'Aug 16, 2014 5:45 am - Here is a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Aug. 19: "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (PG-13, 142 minutes, Sony): This sequel is a strenuously chipper but nonetheless saggy...
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International racing fans eager for Arlington Million todayAug 16, 2014 4:01 am - As the suburbs gear up for the 32nd annual running of the Arlington Million at Arlington International on Saturday, for the first time viewers will be tuning in all over...
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Chuck Todd taking over NBC's 'Meet the Press'Aug 13, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Embattled "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory is leaving NBC News and Chuck Todd will replace him on the venerable Sunday morning public affairs program,...
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Smokey Robinson, Long Island Medium coming to GeneseeAug 13, 2014 1:00 am - R&B singer Smokey Robinson and Theresa Caputo, the star of TLC's hit show, “Long Island Medium,” will both appear at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan this fall. Motown le...
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Big question about Robin Williams' death: Why?Aug 12, 2014 11:00 pm - SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Although police have now revealed that Robin Williams died by suicide, the Oscar-winning actor's fans, friends and even family continue to struggle ...
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Al-Jazeera America logs first anniversaryAug 12, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Al-Jazeera America marks its first anniversary on the air next week, and if you haven't watched much, you're not alone. The news network has recorded some sta...
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Screen, stage actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89Aug 12, 2014 1:01 am - Lauren Bacall, a bewitching actress whose husky voice and smoldering onscreen chemistry with her husband Humphrey Bogart made her a defining movie star of the 1940s and ...
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'Nashville' goes live in new season premiereAug 11, 2014 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Actor Charles Esten has more at stake in the new season of the ABC drama "Nashville" than resolving the cliffhanger that left his character, singer-so...