Television
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Joyless sex in 'Tell Me You Love Me' a turnoffOct 31, 2021 8:11 pm - Trying to stay out in front of the competition -- on premium cable and on broadcast TV -- HBO gets more daring and bold (and, not coincidentally, more revealing) than ev...
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Less is more with Hawk and DJOct 31, 2021 8:11 pm - A funny thing happened on my way to doing an intent analysis of White Sox TV announcers Ken "Hawk" Harrelson and Darrin Jackson this week: a 1-2-3 inning. And not just a...
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Survivor storiesOct 31, 2021 7:58 pm - The Bush administration has all but banned news media from showing coffins and body bags coming back from Iraq, but there's nothing it can do to silence the walking woun...
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Triple amputee seeking dreams in HollywoodOct 31, 2021 7:53 pm - Bryan Anderson would love to show people what it's like for a wounded soldier to get back to normal life -- but he can't. As he puts it, "I wouldn't call this a normal l...
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'Runway' mentor gets his own makeover show
Oct 31, 2021 7:56 pm - NEW YORK -- People love to love Tim Gunn. The elegant mentor of Bravo's "Project Runway" has built a following as a reality TV anti-Trump: Instead of bullying the show's...
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Comedian's standup gets cut after he uses racial slur
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Clinton, Oprah, cashOct 31, 2021 7:26 pm - Oprah Winfrey usually is associated with "The Color Purple." But Wheaton's Kendall Ciesemier may always link the television star to the color green -- as in money. The u...
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TV stars to shine in Naperville paradeOct 31, 2021 7:19 pm - Without an election coming up to stock Monday's Last Fling parade with campaigning politicians, organizers of Naperville's Labor Day festival turned to Hollywood. One of...
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Big Ten Network not such a big man on cable campusOct 31, 2021 7:19 pm - As the proud graduate of a Midwestern land-grant institution, I know this is going to strike many as blasphemy, but I couldn't care less if the Big Ten Network runs on C...
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Lovin' summerOct 31, 2021 7:14 pm - For decades now, summer has been the time for cable networks to shine and the broadcast networks to retreat to the shadows to rest up for fall. For a while, the major br...