Television
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Lighter year for Super Bowl adsFeb 02, 2014 7:00 pm - NEW YORK - Advertisers played it safe in Super Bowl ads this year. There were no crude jokes. Sexual innuendo was kept to a minimum. And uncomfortable story lines were ...
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Super Bowl ads show signs of maturityFeb 02, 2014 6:06 am - NEW YORK — Forget slapstick humor, corny gimmicks and skimpy bikinis. This year’s Super Bowl ads promise something surprising: Maturity. There won’t be any close-up tong...
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From Muppets to puppies, Super Bowl ads get cuteFeb 02, 2014 5:41 am - NEW YORK — Call it Cute Bowl. Adorable is the name of the game this year as Super Bowl advertisers try to grab your attention. That means lots of “cute” story lines, inc...
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10 things to love about 'Puppy Bowl'Feb 02, 2014 4:30 am - This year, the “Puppy Bowl” has become an institution. Animal Planet's annual cute-overload counterprogramming to the Super Bowl has reached it milestone 10-year anniver...
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Suburbanites recall Beatlemania's arrival 50 years agoFeb 02, 2014 4:30 am - A half century before "viral videos," this was the moment. Still raw from the assassination of President Kennedy 80 days earlier, 73 million Americans - more than 40 pe...
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DVD previews: 'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'About Time'Feb 01, 2014 5:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 4: “Dallas Buyers Club” (R, 117 minutes, Universal): As Texan Ron Woodroof, a homophobic AIDS patient who turns his di...
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Broadway show really hopes to rock Super BowlFeb 01, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK — On Super Bowl Sunday, there will be a group of people sweating out in the cold in front of millions, doing what they do best. And that group is, of course, th...
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10 Super Bowl Ads to watch out for on SundayJan 31, 2014 8:51 am - NEW YORK — Actress Scarlett Johansson gives SodaStream some sex appeal in a controversial spot, Kia revives actor Laurence Fishburne’s “Matrix” character Morpheus in its...
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Miley Cyrus duets with Madonna for MTV specialJan 29, 2014 7:48 am - LOS ANGELES — Miley Cyrus is mashing things up with Madonna for MTV. The 21-year-old pop star and the 55-year-old Queen of Pop grinded and grabbed each other as they per...
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Fox warms up to cold-weather Super BowlJan 29, 2014 4:30 am - First, let us dispense with the obvious. Yes, Super Bowl XLVIII is being played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., the first modern-era NFL championship game t...