Television
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Taylor Swift to co-host Grammy nominations showOct 29, 2012 9:18 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift will co-host the Grammy nominations television special. Grammy officials say the pop star will join LL Cool J as hosts of the Dec. 5 spec...
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Viewers elect to watch TV's make-believe politiciansOct 28, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — It seems you just can't watch TV without confronting politics. And that's not just the glut of campaign coverage, now reaching its feverish climax. No, the hi...
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Harper to induct distinguished alumni MondayOct 27, 2012 10:00 am - They range from a television producer and event planner to a Barrington financial executive, an Arlington Heights entrepreneur and a Hoffman Estates building official. A...
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Time Warner Cable cuts first major Lakers dealOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Time Warner Cable Inc. says it has reached its first major agreements to receive payment for carriage of two new channels carrying Lakers basketball games....
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'Parks and Recreation' actor shows off his creative sideOct 26, 2012 5:00 am - If you like Ron Swanson on NBC's “Parks and Recreation,” then you'll like Nick Offerman, the actor who plays him. Swanson is the director of the parks department in the...
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Mark Grace indicted on DUI chargesOct 25, 2012 9:00 pm - Associated Press PHOENIX — Former Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman and television analyst Mark Grace has been indicted in a DUI case and could face nearly four years i...
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New TV series shows open adoption from both sidesOct 25, 2012 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — Pregnant at 18, a high school dropout, Genavieve Diggs knew she wasn't equipped to raise a child, but after surrendering her newborn for adoption, she nearly ...
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Channing Tatum makes 'Magic' on DVDOct 24, 2012 3:45 pm - “Magic Mike” Director Steven Soderbergh's “Magic Mike” is loosely based on Channing Tatum's early life as a male dancer and features the actor in the title role. Mi...
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Key and Peele find laughs in racial quandariesOct 24, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — As a comedy team, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are very funny. As guys who both lay claim to biracial status (black fathers, white mothers), they share...
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BBC boss: Corporate culture aided abuser SavileOct 23, 2012 10:04 am - LONDON — The BBC has become the latest large institution to find itself accused of failing to stop sex abusers in its midst, with its chief acknowledging Tuesday that a ...