By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
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BETHPAGE, N.Y. — In a soundstage on a particularly desolate patch of Long Island, Allison Williams is dangling in the dark from a 25-foot harness. The “Girls”...
By Neal Justin
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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You could forgive Mary Crosby if she never wanted to hear “White Christmas” again. The most popular single in recording history was the signature...
By Mary Mcnamara
Los Angeles Times
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Here are a few things that did not exist in American television 10 years ago:
Binge-watching; recapping; scripted series on networks devoted to old movies,...
By Robert Lloyd
Los Angeles Times
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One of the qualities of life that makes it delightful is that, except in stuff like chemical reactions and laws of motion, it proves itself again and again beyond...
By Tom Meersman
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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FREEPORT, Minn. — The calves at Rohe Dairy don’t bawl when they’re hungry.
They live together in small groups in a tall, well-ventilated barn...
By Rick Bentley
The Fresno Bee
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LOS ANGELES — Katherine Heigl won over TV audiences with her work in “Roswell” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” But a string of failed feature film romantic comedies...
By Steven Zeitchik
Los Angeles Times
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In 2003, Mark Wahlberg walked into the Santa Monica offices of HBO with an idea for a series. He’d already had acclaimed turns in admired movies — “Boogie...
By Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times
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DON’T MISS: “How to Get Away With Murder” — Fall’s most tantalizing new drama finally gets to the heart of its central mystery by showing us who killed...
By Rob Owen
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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It’s surprising it took this long, but Saturday’s 8 p.m. premiere of Hallmark Channel’s “Northpole” marks the first true collaboration between the...
By Yvonne Villarreal
Los Angeles Times
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It was just after 11:30 a.m. when Aaron Sorkin rose from the hulking leather club chair in his office to light a cigarette and announce his retirement from...
By Neal Justin
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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Since “Friends” ended its wildly successful run a decade ago, the six castmates have taken various tracks, with pit stops in traditional sitcoms,...
By Dahleen Glanton
Chicago Tribune
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CHICAGO — At the end of the night, Nik Wallenda’s real-life death-defying walk across a tightrope in Chicago couldn’t loosen the grip of the gory, make-believe...
