Entertainment
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Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on 'The Wire,' dead at 54
Sep 06, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on "The Wire" created one of the most beloved and enduring characters in a prim...
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'Warm and loving and generous': 'Today' weatherman Willard Scott dead at 87Sep 06, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Willard Scott, the beloved weather forecaster who charmed viewers of NBC's "Today" show with his self-deprecating humor and cheerful personality, has died. He...
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'A tribute to those who have fallen': List of 9/11 remembrances throughout suburbs this weekSep 06, 2021 1:00 am - “Where were you when the world stopped turning?” The titular lyrics of country singer Alan Jackson's emotional ballad, released in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror...
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'Shang-Chi' blasts Labor Day records with $71.4M debut
Sep 05, 2021 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - On what's traditionally one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" smashed the record for Labor ...
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Networks, streaming services look to sci-fi, fantasy for fall TV season
Sep 05, 2021 7:32 am - Fickleness is paying off for the young. Because Generation Z and a slice of millennials are more likely to drop and add streaming services in pursuit of tempting new sho...
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'Billions' banks new episodes as Showtime drama returns after long breakSep 05, 2021 7:30 am - "Billions" has had a long Season 5 break, but it's ready to pick up where it left off. As with so many other shows, the pandemic shut down production on the Showtime dra...
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Jam & Lewis are back for the first time with 'Volume One'
Sep 04, 2021 7:30 am - NEW YORK - If anyone questions being too old to try something new, look no further than iconic music producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. "As you get older in life, we r...
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Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' jabs, flips Asian American film cliches
Sep 03, 2021 9:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Like a lot of Asian actors, Simu Liu has played the nameless guy who can do martial arts but inevitably loses out to a more skilled white guy. It was one o...
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Spotlight: Ready for the Fringe? Elgin's arts celebration returns for its 8th yearSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - Elgin on the fringe The Elgin Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of music, theater, dance, film and the visual arts, returns this weekend for its eighth year with in...
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Netflix film 'Worth' weighs personal, financial losses of 9/11
Sep 03, 2021 6:00 am - “Worth” — ★ ★ ★ “What is life worth?” asks Washington lawyer Kenneth J. Feinberg (Michael Keaton) in the opening scenes of the based-on-a-true-story drama “Worth,” ...