Dann Gire
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Jerry Lewis shoots for stage success at Aurora's ParamountOct 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Audiences beware. When comedy icon Jerry Lewis performs his personal brand of sit-down humor at Aurora's Paramount Theatre Sunday, he might be loaded. Even armed. I only...
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Leap of faith led Elgin native to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'Oct 20, 2014 1:00 am - Elgin native Bianca Alarcon might not have landed a job on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" if she hadn't taken "a leap of faith." The Larkin High School alumna had a good job...
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Gire: Meet Dan Aykroyd at Hollywood Palms SundayOct 16, 2014 3:00 pm - Critics notebook • A bloodsucking double-bill comes to the Hollywood Blvd. Theater in Woodridge on Saturday, Oct. 18, when Todd Browning's original 1931 "Dracula" (...
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Macy's directorial debut 'Rudderless' struggles to set sailOct 16, 2014 6:00 am - "Rudderless" not only serves as the name of a makeshift rock band in William H. Macy's directorial debut, it also describes the drama's rambling narrative. It's a strang...
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'Whiplash' drums up stinging tale of obsession, manipulationOct 16, 2014 5:45 am - The explosive, ingeniously constructed mentor-from-hell drama "Whiplash" gives durable character actor J.K. Simmons the meatiest and mightiest role of his career, outsid...
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Bill Murray finds virtue in comically sentimental 'St. Vincent'Oct 16, 2014 5:45 am - Bill Murray so far has racked up two movies that could pass as modern biblical parables. The first, Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day," ranks as the better one, a sophisticat...
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Odd casting weighs down sparkless 'Best of Me'Oct 16, 2014 5:30 am - Michael Hoffman's "The Best of Me," another Lady-and-the-Tramp romance penned by Nicholas Sparks, will go down in Hollywood history for the worst casting choice ever mad...
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Elgin's Emmy Award-winning 'Shark Tank' producerOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - Before entrepreneurs pitch their products on ABC's "Shark Tank," they work with producer Heather Dreiling. Dreiling, 33, who grew up in Elgin, is an Emmy Award-winning p...
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'The Judge' guilty of diminished drama, recycled charactersOct 09, 2014 5:45 am - We, the critical jury, do hereby find the defendant, David Dobkins' meager legal drama "The Judge," guilty as charged on the following: Two counts of major actors recyc...
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Reel life: Catch Amy Rapp's 'Alley Cat' at festivalOct 09, 2014 5:30 am - That's a Rapp, Amy! The 50th anniversary Chicago International Film Festival is underway at Chicago's River East Theaters through Oct. 23. One of the movies is "The All...