Jamie Sotonoff
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How can we make our movie theaters safer?Aug 06, 2015 5:30 am - In the wake of the latest movie theater shooting, Wednesday in Tennessee, is it safe to go to the movies in the suburban theaters? Suburban theater operators and mayors ...
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Suburban firefighters compete on 'American Ninja Warrior'Aug 03, 2015 1:00 am - Fellow firefighters like to razz Brandon Mears and Dan Polizzi about being contestants on "American Ninja Warrior." "Only every single day, seven days a week," said Mea...
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Wheaton casting director can spot 'it' factorJul 27, 2015 1:00 am - Ta'Rhonda Jones, a Chicago rapper with no professional acting experience, came in to Simon Casting hoping to get a small role on the hit TV show "Empire." But when casti...
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Wanna be on 'The Biggest Loser'? Here's your chanceJul 21, 2015 5:30 am - Four people from the suburbs have won NBC's "The Biggest Loser" weight loss competition show. Why not make it six? Teams of two - spouses, siblings, parent-and-child, be...
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Aurora native casts all those TV, movie 'background actors'Jul 21, 2015 5:30 am - Ever look at a huge crowd scene in a movie or on a TV show and wonder, how did the filmmakers get all these people together and have them act just like a crowd of regula...
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How Gary Sinise became a star and why he helps the troopsJul 14, 2015 6:00 am - Editor's note: The story has been updated to reflect that Gary Sinise's "Forrest Gump" character was a double amputee. The suburban legend goes like this: Gary Sini...
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Aretha Franklin sings praises of state police, IDOTJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - Aretha Franklin's luxury tour bus broke down on I-290 early Monday, and The Queen of Soul is thanking the Illinois State Police troopers and Illinois Department of Trans...
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'2 Broke Girls' actor learned accent in suburbsJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - The Ukrainian accent he uses to play a sex-crazed cook on the CBS comedy "2 Broke Girls" is something Jonathan Kite first learned in the suburbs. Growing up in Skokie, K...
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Super letdown: Chicago's 'Marvel Experience' canceledJul 05, 2015 11:00 pm - The new, indoor high-tech traveling theme park The Marvel Experience will cut short its summer tour instead of heading to Chicago this weekend. The tour, which was supp...
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Record rain slows some construction projectsJul 01, 2015 1:00 am - The wettest June in Illinois history has created obstacles for some road and home construction projects across the suburbs. Some road projects, including the Peterson Ro...