Entertainment
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Book Review: ‘How to Leave the House’ by Nathan Newman marks the debut of a bold new fiction voiceAug 16, 2024 9:48 am - Before you read a word of “How to Leave the House” by Nathan Newman, it may help to know that a TV adaptation is already in the works. This is a book that unfolds like it’s destined for the small screen.
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Book Review: ‘Secret Life of the Universe’ is a primer on search for life beyond Earth
Aug 16, 2024 9:10 am - As director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol’s work is focused on answering the question of whether we’re al...
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Book Review: Nate Silver makes a compelling case for taking more risks in ‘On the Edge’
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‘He left us such a gift’: In ‘Love From the Front … and Beyond,’ daughter shares WWII vet’s storiesAug 16, 2024 3:00 am - The daughter of World War II veteran and longtime St. Charles resident Bill Wiebmer has published a book with his letters and stories, “Love From the Front ... And Beyond.”
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Lily Collins has found ‘Emily 2.0’ in Paris
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Katy Perry to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV VMAsAug 15, 2024 2:21 pm - Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month. She will also perform.
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‘Hollywood Squares’ host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies at 98
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Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry lead a middling spy comedy in ‘The Union’
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World’s steepest dive coaster planned for Six Flags Great AmericaAug 15, 2024 9:03 am - Six Flags Great America in Gurnee announced plans Thursday to debut a new a dive coaster next year featuring the world’s steepest drop and the most inversions.
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Racing pacing, wince-inducing finale diminish flourishes of cinematic greatness in ‘Alien: Romulus’Aug 15, 2024 8:42 am - An undisciplined, maddening, exhilarating grab-bag of goop, greatness and grateness, Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” should have qualified as the second-best sequel in the nine-feature “Alien” franchise, film critic Dann Gire says.