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Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...Tags: University of Chicago, Arts and Culture, Bill Murray, Bernie (movie), George Wendt
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'Man of Steel' more solemn than super, reviews say
These days it seems like every superhero under the sun has been given a modern makeover for the big screen -- Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor -- so it only makes sense that the grandaddy of them all is finally up for an overhaul in "Man of Steel."...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Brandon Routh, Christopher Nolan, Watchmen (movie), Man of Steel (movie)
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Walt Arfons dies at 96; brother Art nabbed his land speed record
When Walt Arfons first strapped a jet engine onto a hot rod, experts thought the car would melt, explode or spin wildly out of control. They were wrong. Working in his family's old feed mill and hardware store on Pickle Road in Akron, Ohio, Arfons...
Tags: Green Monster, Drag Racing, Salt, Pickles, Car Engine Repair
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'This Is the End' rains hellfire and hilarity, reviewers say
A quick glance at recent movie openings might give you the impression that Hollywood has something against humanity, which has been brought to the brink of annihilation in such films as "Oblivion," "After Earth," "Rapture-Palooza" and now "This Is the...
Tags: Brad Pitt, This Is the End (movie), The Boston Globe, James Franco, Craig Robinson
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'The Internship' is affable but outdated, critics say
What would happen if the two dudes from "Wedding Crashers" were eight years older, got fired and hatched the harebrained idea to intern at Google in hopes of landing lucrative jobs in the tech sector? Whether or not anyone was actually wondering, that'...
Tags: Movies, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Shawn Levy, The Internship (movie), Weddings
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'After Earth' a sci-fi bust for Will and Jaden Smith, reviews say
In the new sci-fi movie "After Earth," the real-life father-son duo of Will and Jaden Smith play the fictional father-son duo of Cypher and Kitai Raige, two space-faring humans whose ship crashes on a perilous, long-abandoned Earth about 1,000 years in...
Tags: Jaden Smith, Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Will Smith, The Boston Globe, The Karate Kid (movie, 2010)
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Ex-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt wary of Koch brothers owning L.A. Times
A former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said rules limiting common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market should be gutted -- even if it clears the way for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to control more news...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Media Industry, The Wall Street Journal, Charles Koch, Television Industry
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'Vampire Diaries'' Candice Accola engaged to the Fray's Joe King
"The Vampire Diaries" actress Candice Accola is engaged to the Fray's Joe King. Accola, who plays high-strung vampire Caroline Forbes in the hit CW series, shared her happy news on Instagram Wednesday. "Cheers from the future Mr.&Mrs. Joseph Aaron...
Tags: Travel, Celebrities, Trips and Vacations, The Vampire Diaries (tv program)
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The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley dies at 85; outspoken Catholic priest
A self-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on my gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a conventional definition of his vocation. Denied a parish, the Roman Catholic priest created his own pulpits...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Arts and Culture, Research, Oak Park, Roman Catholicism
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Phil Jackson live with Tribune's K.C. Johnson
Watch Phil Jackson talk to Chicago Tribune reporter K.C. Johnson about his new book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success;" his future plans to possibly enter management, and he takes the opportunity to walk down memory Lane. ALSO: Phil Jackson throws...
Tags: Phil Jackson, Dwight Howard
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Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend
Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure who inspired later generations of filmmakers and special-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, James Cameron, New Products, Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Richie Havens dies at 72; singer became Woodstock's opening act
Richie Havens, the veteran folk singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock and 1960s pop music, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J. He was 72. His...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Amtrak, Concerts
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