Television
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Wheeling woman makes final five on ‘Biggest Loser’Feb 25, 2013 8:14 pm - Danni Allen, a Wheeling resident and graduate of Mundelein High School who specialized in winning weekly challenges on “The Biggest Loser,” an NBC weight-loss show, earn...
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HBO’s ‘Parade’s End’ keeps British TV invasion goingFeb 25, 2013 12:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Tom Stoppard is sitting on the patio of a Sunset Boulevard hotel, bathed in California winter sunshine, framed by bamboo landscaping and looking very much ...
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PBS' 'Makers' explores the women's movementFeb 25, 2013 5:00 am - For girls born after women were appointed to the Supreme Court, “Makers: Women Who Make America” is a history lesson. The three-hour special that airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday...
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Rihanna to visit Barrington High School March 22Feb 22, 2013 9:46 am - Singer Rihanna will make her long anticipated appearance at Barrington High School on Friday, March 22 — a day the school normally would be closed for the first day of s...
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Poll Vault: What TV shows are you hooked on?Feb 21, 2013 11:01 pm - I resisted as long as I could. I steadfastly vowed not to jump on the “Downton Abbey” bandwagon. But I caved last weekend and watched some of the first season on On Dema...
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Ex-Spice Girl Brown named new ‘Talent’ judgeFeb 21, 2013 4:03 pm - NEW YORK — NBC says former Spice Girl Melanie Brown is joining the judges’ panel of “America’s Got Talent.” Brown, also known as Scary Spice during her time with the 19...
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‘The Biggest Loser’ to open new resort in ItascaFeb 20, 2013 9:26 am - The long-running NBC weight loss competition show, “The Biggest Loser,” will open a new, upscale resort in Itasca, the resort’s parent company, Fitness Ridge Worldwide, ...
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Robin Roberts returns to ‘Good Morning America’Feb 20, 2013 7:40 am - NEW YORK — Five months after undergoing a bone-marrow transplant, Robin Roberts is back on television in the morning. Roberts said Wednesday she’d been waiting 174 days ...
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Tony Goldwyn rules as cheating chief executiveFeb 19, 2013 11:48 am - NEW YORK — When “Scandal” debuted last spring, its premise seemed clear-cut and comfortable. This latest melodrama from Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practic...
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NBC hires former Obama strategist David AxelrodFeb 19, 2013 9:07 am - NEW YORK — David Axelrod, former strategist and aide to President Obama, has landed a new job at NBC News. The network said Tuesday that Axelrod is joining as a senior p...