Television
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Streaming this week: 'The Bachelorette,' Idris Elba, The Weeknd, Sarah Snook and 'Jack Ryan'
Jun 26, 2023 6:00 am - John Krasinski makes his final bow in season four of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," a new album from Lucinda Williams and the debut of the mystery video game Crime O'Clock ar...
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Widescreen: How Disney+ created Pixar's 'Elemental' box office woesJun 21, 2023 11:00 pm - Pixar's "Elemental" hit theaters last week with a resounding thud - the latest high-concept animated film from the Disney division debuted with a $29 million opening wee...
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'The Full Monty' returns 25 years on as a series on Hulu, with its politics laid bare
Jun 20, 2023 6:00 am - The Sheffield strippers of "The Full Monty" return 25 years on, in a new TV series that wears its politics on its sleeve. In the much-loved original movie, a group of un...
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New to streaming this week: 'The Bear' is back, Kelly Clarkson sings, Robert Downey Jr. drives
Jun 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Albums from Kelly Clarkson and Portugal. The Man, as well as the new season of "And Just Like That" are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a dev...
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Good News Sunday: How a Des Plaines resident's own experience inspired her to found Cards for Hospitalized KidsJun 18, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: How a Des Plaines resident's own experience inspired her to found Cards for Hospitalized Kids
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Truce story: 'The Walking Dead' takes on NYC in 'Dead City' on AMCJun 18, 2023 6:00 am - The world of horror is pretty equally divided when it comes to fan preferences about the undead. Fast-moving versus slow-moving zombies is one of the most controversial ...
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Widescreen: Vivien Leigh, Pete Davidson and the weirdest double feature everJun 15, 2023 6:00 am - As someone who professes to be a film lover, I am embarrassed to admit I had never seen the 1951 Tennessee Williams classic “A Streetcar Named Desire” until this past Tu...
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Western Springs home cook brings local flavor to PBS' 'The Great American Recipe' challengeJun 15, 2023 6:00 am - Season two of “The Great American Recipe” premieres Monday, June 19, on PBS, and Ted Pappas, a semiretired architect from Western Springs, is one of the cooks chosen to ...
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Tom Holland describes Apple TV+'s 'The Crowded Room' as his 'hardest' and 'most rewarding' job so far
Jun 15, 2023 6:00 am - The words "Tom Holland" and "spoilers" can immediately illicit snickering. There are compilation videos on YouTube of the "Spider-Man " star accidentally revealing too m...
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Boldly going: 'Star Trek' prequel explores 'Strange New Worlds' againJun 13, 2023 6:00 am - A prequel series in one of sci-fi's most iconic franchises is ready to go, boldly, back to the roots of the saga. “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” begins its 10-episode s...