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Adam Conover's 'G Word' is funny crash course in government
May 28, 2022 6:00 AM - Adam Conover is certain that laughing and thinking at the same time is both possible and downright synergistic. He tested the approach in "Adam Ruins Everything." And now he's back with "The G Word" -- that's "G" for government -- a six-episode Netflix series now streaming that's aptly described as a comedy-documentary hybrid.
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'Obi-Wan Kenobi': A guide to the new 'Star Wars' series
May 27, 2022 10:25 AM - The Jedi master "Obi-Wan Kenobi" gets his own moment in the suns with a new six-part Disney+ series starring Ewan McGregor that premieres Friday, May 27.
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Classic movies, live music: Des Plaines Theatre hosts silent film series
May 26, 2022 8:35 AM - The Des Plaines Theatre will become a virtual time machine on the third Wednesday of every month beginning in June with its new Silent Film Classics series. Plus, how you can watch many Charlie Chaplin classics at home.
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A fun summer mystery with the 'Bob's Burgers' crew
May 26, 2022 6:00 AM - Fans of "Bob's Burgers" will find a lot to savor in the long-awaited big-screen adaptation of the Fox comedy about the oddball Belcher family. "The Bob's Burgers Movie" feels very much like the quirky show -- just on a supersized scale, which is all it needed to be.
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Visceral visuals, soaring soundtrack, flashy edits save 'Top Gun: Maverick'
May 27, 2022 10:27 AM - A testosterone tribute to arrested adolescence, "Top Gun: Maverick" presents a fantasy world of flashy video game thrills and the return of Tom Cruise as Maverick.
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New to streaming this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
May 24, 2022 6:00 AM - The five-part series "Prehistoric Planet" debuted Monday on Apple TV+, "Diamond Star Halos," Def Leppard's 12th studio album, gets released this week, and "The Responder," a series on Britbox starring Martin Freeman, debuts Tuesday.
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Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson departing from 'SNL'
May 23, 2022 9:32 AM - Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson are among those departing from "Saturday Night Live," leaving the sketch institution without arguably its two most famous names after Saturday's 47th season finale. Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney are also leaving the cast.
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Ellen DeGeneres signs off from daytime TVMay 22, 2022 7:30 AM - Ellen DeGeneres has had a good daytime run, but she's ready to end it. After 19 seasons of helping to fill the "feel-good" space in the talk-show genre with "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," the comedian wraps it up with the last original episode of her syndicated program on Thursday, May 26.
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'This Is Us' to end with a 'meditative day,' creator reveals
May 21, 2022 7:00 AM - Jack and Rebecca. Randall, Kate and Kevin. Six seasons and a combined 23 actors playing the Pearson mom, dad and children over four jumbled decades of love, war and a fatefully malfunctioning slow cooker. It all comes down to one last good cry as NBC's "This Is Us" airs its final episode at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 24.
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Alex Garland confronts the horrors of past, present in 'Men'
May 20, 2022 11:53 AM - For "Men" to work, or at least not be boring, filmmaker Alex Garland he knew he'd have to take big, weird swings. And Jessie Buckley's discussion during her audition was strange and unusual and perfect, he thought.
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