Dann Gire
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Arlington Heights journalist finds place in Aaron Sorkin's 'Newsroom'Sep 16, 2013 5:00 pm - It was a longshot, but after college, Margaret Judson got a job as an NBC page in New York. It was also a longshot that, while there, she met Oscar- and Emmy-winning scr...
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'Short Term 12' an honest look at everyday survivalSep 12, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Short Term 12" Destin Cretton's realistically piercing drama "Short Term 12" comes from a place of honesty, hurt, heart and hope. Without succu...
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'Insidious' sequel a messy mix of comedy, cleverness and cheap theatricsSep 11, 2013 11:00 pm - The first half of James Wan's "Insidious Chapter 2" comes off like a cheap horror knockoff that only works if the characters possess the smarts of a teenager in his unde...
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Model from suburbs now flaunting animal advocacySep 09, 2013 2:00 pm - Katie Cleary's a successful model and actress - including four years as the beauty who held case number 11 on "Deal or No Deal" and an "America's Next Top Model" fin...
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Bloomingdale enjoys its 40th SeptemberfestSep 07, 2013 6:20 am - Retired Bloomingdale firefighter Bill Wolff calls it “a labor of love.” Everyone else calls it Bloomingdale’s Septemberfest, celebrating its 40th anniversary this weeken...
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Festival of the Vine bears fruit in GenevaSep 07, 2013 6:01 am - Julie O’Malley of St. Charles loved the gourds. So she brought several of them from one of the many vendors at Saturday’s Festival of the Vine in beautiful downtown Gene...
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Fall films follow familiar formulaSep 06, 2013 6:00 am - Seasoned film fans already know what's headed our way once the leaves start to fall and the night winds turn crisp. Oscar dreams and Halloween screams. Fall signals th...
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Diesel's interplanetary action tale a bit Riddick-ulousSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - "Riddick," the fast-moving third science-fiction thriller starring walking boulder Vin Diesel as a wanted man with iridescent irises, struggles with a severe case of gen...
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'Bounty Killer' is deliberately badSep 05, 2013 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Bounty Killer' This is one bad, bad, bad movie. Deliberately bad. Roger Corman bad. So bad, we marvel at how characters force corny dialogue ou...
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Arlington Heights native: Movie producing 'beats working for a living'Sep 03, 2013 5:15 am - Colin Ebeling swears that he and his buddy Henry Saine disdain violence. "We're the least violent people you could ever meet," the Arlington Heights native said. "We're...