Movies
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After a decade in limbo, Zac Efron and John Cena’s buddy comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’ hits streaming
Mar 06, 2024 3:50 pm - Director Peter Farrelly, who made “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago, is banking on that same thirst for vulgarity and depraved humor for “Ricky Stanicky,” his latest buddy comedy starring Zac Efron and John Cena that hits Prime Video on Thursday.
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Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it’s an election year
Mar 05, 2024 2:24 pm - Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscars history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards.
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Oscars 2024: Film critic Dann Gire predicts who will win and who should winMar 05, 2024 6:13 am - Christopher Nolan’s historical epic “Oppenheimer” will dust the competition during the 96th Academy Awards, film critic Dann Gire says. See if he’s correct when the Oscars air live at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 10, on ABC.
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What to stream this week: Ariana Grande, ‘Wonka,’ Garth Brooks, animal queens and ‘Poor Things’
Mar 04, 2024 5:45 am - Emma Stone's “Poor Things” landing on Hulu and Garth Brooks taking viewers behind the scenes to the opening of his bar in Nashville are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Early opening just first of thrilling perks planned at McHenry OutdoorMar 03, 2024 11:01 pm - After his first foray into an extended season earned rave reviews, the owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor is raring to go for his earliest-ever season open...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ brings spice power to the box office with $81.5 million debut
Mar 03, 2024 3:19 pm - Movie theaters were looking for a savior and “Dune: Part Two” is delivering on the promise.
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An Oscars comeback? How the film academy went global and found its footing again
Mar 02, 2024 9:09 am - For a few years, the Oscars looked to be hanging on by a thread. Viewership was plummeting. The pandemic didn't help. Then a funny thing happened: Interest started increasing both in and outside the academy.
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African American Film Critics group celebrates Black Hollywood and beyond while building its stature
Mar 02, 2024 8:51 am - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. Now, two decades later, AAFCA has grown in size and scope and built an admirable reputation in Hollywood.
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Black Film Summit returns to NIU Naperville March 20-23Mar 01, 2024 6:51 pm - The Black Film Summit returns to the Northern Illinois University-Naperville Conference Center March 20-23. It is a celebration of Pan African achievement in the cinema...
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We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence
Mar 01, 2024 10:25 am - Filmmaking, a rough-and-tumble business that requires an army of collaborators and millions in financing, can be a grueling endeavor. It’s not historically been the providence of octogenarians. But we may be living in the golden age of the aged filmmaker.