Television
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‘Modern Family’ director among suburban natives up for EmmysSep 22, 2013 8:00 am - As a kid, Gail Mancuso and her family would eat pizza together in their Melrose Park living room and watch shows like “Creature Features” or “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”...
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James Spader as a turncoat criminal mastermindSep 22, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — At first glance, “The Blacklist” bears an obvious resemblance to “The Silence of the Lambs.” Here’s a brilliant, twisted captive playing cat-and-mouse with a ...
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Emmy-nominated ‘Downton’ gives Logan career roleSep 22, 2013 6:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — On the brink of the fourth-series premiere of “Downton Abbey,” Phyllis Logan is still laughing about the French windows. The Scottish actress por...
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Gap ads return to TV after four years to promote fall denimSep 21, 2013 11:00 pm - Gap Inc., the biggest U.S. specialty-apparel retailer, is running television ads for its namesake brand for the first time in four years as it seeks to build on the chai...
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DVD previews: 'Iron Man 3,' 'Room 237'Sep 21, 2013 6:00 am - “Iron Man 3” (PG-13, 129 minutes, Disney): This action film seems designed less as an art object or visual entertainment than a full-body assault on the senses. A franti...
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Geneva mayor scolds EvenFlow for hosting celebs too late, cuts its hoursSep 20, 2013 2:20 pm - Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns told the owners of the EvenFlow nightclub Friday that being blinded by the light of celebrities was no excuse for breaking the law by keeping th...
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Amanda Knox on retrial: ‘Everything is at stake’Sep 20, 2013 8:46 am - NEW YORK — American student Amanda Knox on Friday defended her decision not to return to Italy for a new appeals trial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate, eve...
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Neil Patrick Harris hoping to conjure Emmy magicSep 20, 2013 6:00 am - Neil Patrick Harris is magical, and not just because he can sing, dance, act and host the Tony and Emmy awards. He's actually magical, like in the abracadabra way, and h...
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Rolling Meadows man hosts premiere of new Michael J. Fox showSep 19, 2013 10:00 pm - A Rolling Meadows resident with Parkinson's disease has organized a premiere party at Northwest Community Hospital next week for Michael J. Fox's new television show. Th...
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Aurora native hopes participation won't 'jeopardize' COD jobSep 19, 2013 6:00 pm - The latest winner of CBS' "Big Brother" - an Aurora native - said Thursday he's saddened by the controversy the show generated this season and hoped it wouldn't "jeopard...