Movies
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Independent Spirit Awards make acting awards gender neutral
Aug 23, 2022 1:00 am - The Film Independent Spirit Awards will now feature gender neutral film and television acting categories and raise its budget cap to $30 million, the organization said T...
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Discipline was key to success, actor Edward James Olmos says in Judson University speechAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Acclaimed actor Edward James Olmos may have startled the audience Monday night at Judson University - first by starting his speech in Spanish, then by telling the crowd ...
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'Dragon Ball Super' bests 'Beast' at the box office
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy an English football team in FX's 'Welcome to Wrexham'Aug 19, 2022 6:15 am - Two Hollywood actors with nominal knowledge and no experience purchase an English football team and go on a journey. The triumphs and pitfalls they encountered along the...
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Putting the band back together: How Mount Prospect's Bluesmobile became part of Blues Brothers ConAug 19, 2022 5:30 am - They're putting the band back together in more ways than one for the inaugural Blues Brothers Con this weekend at the Old Joliet Prison. Besides an appearance Friday ni...
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'Game of Thrones' prequel keeps dragons, adds diversity
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A vengeful lion eradicates humans in the delightfully cheesy, derivative thriller 'Beast'Aug 18, 2022 11:00 am - “Beast” - ★ ★ ½ What? You missed Stephen King's 1983 movie “Cujo” with a rabid St. Bernard menacing a parent and child trapped in a car? And you forgot the scary kitche...
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Run, Laal, run: Aamir Khan stars in Indian 'Forrest Gump'
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Hit it! Why Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi are heading to Joliet Prison this weekend
Aug 18, 2022 1:00 am - For years, officials at the Old Joliet Prison have heard the same refrain from fans of “The Blues Brothers.” “How cool would it be to get Dan Aykroyd here?” said Greg Pe...
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Widescreen: Malort and tavern-style pizza go great with Chicago-made movie screening Monday at the TivoliAug 17, 2022 11:00 pm - I felt “seen” multiple times in the opening minutes of “Relative,” a slice of Chicago life written and directed by Michael Glover Smith about a family of young adults co...