Television
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Is our fear of robots dissipating?Dec 06, 2013 10:00 pm - Fear and loathing of robots is a trope of long standing in science fiction, captured best in Isaac Asimov's 1942 short story “Runaround,” which introduced the Three Laws...
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Jay Z tops Grammy nominations with 9Dec 06, 2013 8:04 pm - Jay Z easily led Grammy Award nominations announced Friday with nine, but left-of-center rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kendrick Lamar were among a group of new sta...
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Broadway wins in live ‘Sound of Music’Dec 06, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Whew, that was nerve-wracking, right? All those kids and staircases, pillow fights, candles and dancing. But somehow the cast and crew of NBC’s three-hour liv...
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Sohu to stream Nickelodeon programs in ChinaDec 05, 2013 5:50 am - BEIJING — “SpongeBob SquarePants” and other Nickelodeon children’s programs will be dubbed into Mandarin and available to watch free online in China over the next 12 mon...
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Actress to visit fundraiser for Mt. Prospect teacherDec 05, 2013 4:30 am - A group of teachers at Lions Park Elementary School in Mount Prospect has organized a fundraiser to help a longtime colleague in her battle with cancer. Linda Frahm, a t...
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Bashir leaves MSNBC over Palin flapDec 04, 2013 9:13 pm - NEW YORK — MSNBC host Martin Bashir resigned from the network Wednesday, nearly three weeks after making graphic remarks on his show about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...
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Christian Slater marries girlfriend in FloridaDec 04, 2013 8:47 am - LOS ANGELES — Christian Slater has married his girlfriend in an impromptu ceremony. Slater’s spokeswoman says the 44-year-old actor wed his girlfriend of three years, Br...
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‘Mob City’ brings Frank Darabont back to series TVDec 04, 2013 4:45 am - At first glance, it appears that Frank Darabont has shifted gears big time from “The Walking Dead” to TNT’s new drama series “Mob City,” lurching from grisly zombies to ...
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ABC's 'The Chew' biting into its 500th episodeDec 03, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — When ABC's “The Chew” premiered in September 2011, it begged the question: Was it biting off more than a show like this could chew? Here was a rollicking week...
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Alexa Davalos goes film noir in TNT’s ‘Mob City’Dec 02, 2013 1:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Alexa Davalos has handled her share of rough-and-tumble action in movies including “The Chronicles of Riddick,” “The Mist” and “Clash of the Titans.” But ...