Entertainment
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So long, 2023: ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ ushers in another new yearDec 26, 2023 1:38 pm - Stop rockin' around the Christmas tree, because it's time to head to New York City – via your living room TV – for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacres...
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Book Review: ‘Soldier of Destiny’ traces Ulysses S. Grant’s complicated route before the White HouseDec 26, 2023 1:12 pm - Ulysses S. Grant's standing among the presidents has improved in recent years, with critically acclaimed biographies by Ron Chernow and others offering a new perspect...
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TV actor Kamar de los Reyes of ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ dies at 56Dec 26, 2023 7:14 am - Kamar de los Reyes, a television, movie and voice actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-cop in the soap “One Life to Live” and a villain in the video game “Ca...
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Beyoncé’s childhood home in Houston burns on Christmas morningDec 26, 2023 7:03 am - HOUSTON, Texas — Beyoncé’s childhood home caught fire early on Christmas morning, though the family living there escaped safely. The fire was reported at about 2 a.m. Mo...
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Naperville Park District theater program to perform “Beauty and the Beast”Dec 25, 2023 7:18 pm - Naperville Park District’s Magical Starlight Theatre program will present “Beauty and the Beast” on Jan. 12-14 and 19-21 at Naperville Central High School. Tickets for “B...
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Michael Mann still has another gear. At 80, he’s driving ‘Ferrari’Dec 25, 2023 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — Michael Mann, who gave Crockett a white Ferrari on “Miami Vice,” pummeled cars with bullets in the shootout in “Heat” and set the thriller “Collateral” in a ta...
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On the weekend before Christmas, ‘Aquaman’ sequel drifts to firstDec 25, 2023 12:39 pm - “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas Monday. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jas...
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What to stream this week: ‘America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League,’ Barbenheimer and ‘Night Court’Dec 25, 2023 6:00 am - The return of “Night Court” and new music from the K-pop act TVXQ are some of the new television, movies and music headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming o...
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‘The Color Purple’ is a stirring big-screen musical powered by its spectacular castDec 25, 2023 5:00 am - Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule’s stirring “The Color Purple,” adapted f...
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Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ is an underdog saga that’s both stirring and a tad stodgyDec 24, 2023 8:17 am - Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat ” on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, calm and soothing, and aptly reflects the ethos of a f...