Dann Gire
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Gire: Oscar gets it right this timeJan 13, 2016 12:00 am - No huge surprises or bombshells with the announcements of the 88th annual Academy Award nominations Thursday morning. In fact, the nominations were ho-humly predictable....
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Fremd teacher started 'Teachers' star's performing careerJan 12, 2016 4:00 am - Rolling Meadows native and “Teachers” series star Caitlin Barlow knows exactly who sparked her interest in the performing arts and opened the door to the world of comedy...
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Rolling Meadows native parlays improv into TV Land gigJan 11, 2016 10:00 pm - The way Caitlin Barlow talks about her life, exclamation points will never go out of style. "I am having a riot!" the Rolling Meadows native gushed. "I never thought I w...
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Cheap scares run amok in horrific 'Forest'Jan 07, 2016 10:00 pm - When people in Japan want to do themselves in, they go into the Aokigahara Forest - known as "the suicide forest" - at the northwest base of Japan's Mount Fuji. When stu...
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Kaufman's stop-motion 'Anomalisa' is a visual treatJan 07, 2016 4:45 am - I have seen Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion, animated drama "Anomalisa" twice, and both times the sheer technical skill of this motion picture burst my eyeballs. More than...
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Reel life: Spend an evening with HitchcockJan 07, 2016 4:27 am - Film critics notebook: • He's still the Master of Suspense! Join us at Dann & Raymond's Movie Club for "A Good Evening With Alfred Hitchcock," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1...
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DiCaprio bears up with superb performance in 'The Revenant'Jan 05, 2016 10:00 pm - The magnificently harsh “The Revenant” depicts nature's brutality with a poetic touch of visual grace, a work of such “you are there” immediacy that you might flinch as ...
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Actress co-founded hospital for poor in IndiaJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - While attending Stanford University, Buffalo Grove native Melanie Chandra and four fellow students wanted to do something for the low-income people in India. So, they fo...
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Buffalo Grove grad's 'Code Black' role just latest in her successJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - She holds a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford University, a second-degree black belt in Shotokan karate, the title of Miss India America 2007 and a regular rol...
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Reel life: Dann picks some of 2015's best, worstDec 31, 2015 5:00 am - Film critics notebook As we segue into 2016, here are some final movie observations about the recently departed 2015: The Best Movie Poster: Hands down, "Trainwreck." Th...