Entertainment
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To play Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie had to lean how to breathe again
Nov 29, 2024 9:01 am - Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. “The first few weeks were the hardest because my body had to open and I had to breathe again.”
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How ‘Moana 2’ charted a course back to the big screen
Nov 27, 2024 7:24 pm - When you look at some of the numbers, it’s hard to believe “Moana 2” was ever going to be anything but a movie.
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Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover, from bios and books to a status tote
Nov 27, 2024 6:55 pm - Stumped on what to buy for your cinephile friend this year? The Associated Press has gathered up some of the best items out there to keep any movie lover stylish and informed.
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‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion
Nov 27, 2024 6:37 pm - Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news,” Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” is the focus of William Elliott Hazelgrove’s “Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America.”
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10 options from Santa’s big bag of Christmas TV programming
Nov 27, 2024 5:50 pm - Hollywood cranks out holiday programming as fast as toys are made in Santa’s workshop with broadcast networks, cable channels and streaming services offering seasonal specials.
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Netflix show revisits killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey: What happened?
Nov 27, 2024 5:04 pm - Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her parents’ home the day after Christmas in 1996. The tragic details — a tiny beauty pageant contestant bl...
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Learn about sustainable solutions at ‘Saving Walden’s World’ screeningNov 27, 2024 4:00 pm - The Prairie Circle Unitarian Universalist Congregation will host a screening of the documentary “Saving Walden’s World” on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Prairie Crossing’s Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake.
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Ron Onesti: ‘Hey Hey’ with a cool MonkeeNov 27, 2024 3:56 pm - “Hey Hey, We’re the Monkees” was a familiar tune that drew us all to our black-and-white television sets with the “bunny-ear” antenna and crumpled aluminum foil at the ends on Monday nights in 1966 when the show first aired.
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Get ready for Holly Jolly Holiday in WaucondaNov 27, 2024 2:57 pm - Holly Jolly Holiday, formerly Holiday Walk on Main, will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Wauconda Park District community center, 600 N. Main St., Wa...
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Santa’s parade route set in LibertyvilleNov 27, 2024 2:57 pm - The route has been set in Libertyville for the annual Santa Parade through town, beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the northwest corner of the village.