Television
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'Switched at Birth' tackles college racial tensions
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - A white college student goes out to party costumed as black rapper Lil Wayne, angering African-Americans who see it as evidence of insidious campus racism....
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'Transparent' transgender actress bullied growing up in SchaumburgFeb 16, 2016 4:00 am - 'Transparent' star transitioned from suburban boy to Hollywood actress
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'Black-ish' star Miles Brown appearing at Woodfield Feb. 20Feb 16, 2016 12:00 am - Child actor Miles Brown of ABC television's "Black-ish" will meet and greet fans from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Sleep Number store in Woodfield Mall in Sc...
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HBO flashes back to decadent '70s with 'Vinyl'Feb 14, 2016 6:15 am - Anyone who lived through the disco and punk eras of 1970s and '80s New York no doubt remembers the time well — or at least as well as their compromised brain cells will ...
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Doing Valentine's Day the nerdy wayFeb 14, 2016 4:45 am - "An Affair to Remember." "Sleepless in Seattle." "The Bridges of Madison County." "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II." One of these is not like the other, an...
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DVD previews: 'Black Mass,' 'Trumbo'Feb 13, 2016 5:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Feb. 16: “Black Mass” (R, 122 minutes, Warner): Johnny Depp slathers on makeup to become real-life Boston crime lord James ...
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Amazon debuts series based on New Yorker magazine
Feb 12, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After working 18 years at "The Daily Show," Kahane Cooperman had only a weekend off last summer before starting a job running Amazon's new video version ...
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Even before controversy, blacks cool to Oscars telecast
Feb 11, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The largest black audience for the Academy Awards over the last dozen years came in 2005, when Chris Rock was host and Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman won ...
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Familiar Stars Hollow faces back for 'Gilmore Girls' reboot
Feb 11, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some familiar Stars Hollow faces will be on hand for the "Gilmore Girls" reboot. Netflix says that the four-episode series will include Milo Ventimigl...
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Leonard Nimoy program at Cook Park LibraryFeb 11, 2016 12:00 am - Learn about the late Leonard Nimoy, the man who played Spock in the "Star Trek" TV shows and movies, on Feb. 27, at the Cook Park Library, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Liberty...