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Shiny new cars sit on the main concourse of McCormick Place where thousands will gather for the Chicago 2010 Auto Show. From Chrysler to Lexus and even the newer brand of Fisker, there is plenty to see and plenty more to experience.For those who like tech...
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Canteca de Macao, the self-proclaimed mestizo flamenco band from Madrid, will make their United States debut with a concert in Chicago on Friday as part of the 2010 Flamenco Festival, presented by the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.“The idea with the fe...
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“Love is a serious mental disease” ~ PlatoConsidering that the above quote resonates, nay, drips with utter truth, we must stand wary of sinvergüenzas who bring, in unmarked Tupperware containers, their particularly foul “mental diseases” to the ...
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Back in the days of the theatrical double bill, a film like “From Paris with Love” would have fit comfortably well alongside a major A-list title. It is the kind of wordless, witless, mind-numbing entertainment that served as the appetizer to the main...
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Here it is, finally, what we football fans have been waiting for: the seventh day of February when the first-time-ever-to-the-Bowl New Orleans Saints go up against the one-time-Super-Bowl-Champs, the Indianapolis Colts. Talk about fresh meat. But in the e...
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“I only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials.” It’s the excuse that you hear over and over from friends and families as they share delicious fatty snacks, pizza and hot dogs before, during and after the game. But you may find that sometimes, eve...
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In need to avenge the violent murder of a brother, sister, lover, wife, best friend or significant other? Then Mel Gibson is your man, for vengeance is his middle name. He’s been in the revenge business since 1979 when he exploded on the big screen as M...
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Watching a film, television movie or mini-series based on a literary work without having ever read the book is as valid as having read the book first and watching the film or TV movie later. In fact, most people do the former rather than the latter. Of co...
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Melanie Maldonado, a doctoral student at Northwestern University, found herself digging up her ancestral lines to fulfill her great-grandmother’s dying wish of finding her long lost brother. She interviewed family members, like aunts and uncles, to ask ...
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Alas, poor Terry Gilliam. Even though his work is admired by critics and film lovers alike, mention some of the titles of his most celebrated works to anyone and their eyes will glaze over. In fact, mention his latest film, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Pa...
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Ever since his performance as the very proper, very stiff upper-lip, and very proud Mr. Darcy in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” Colin Firth has been cinema’s go-to man for British middle-aged, middle-class men who behav...
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“Be Italian,” sings Fergie in one of the scarce memorable moments of “Nine,” based in the 1982 musical by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston which was based on Federico Fellini’s masterpiece “8½.” It’s a plea that falls on deaf ears. “Nine...
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“His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer. In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller. His eyes were sharp and piercing…and his thin, h...
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Miriam Martinez describes the year she waited to welcome her first foster child – a sweet, shy Puerto Rican girl – to her home in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago as the “longest year of her life.”
Four years ago, the then-28-year-old teacher...
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Pedro Almodóvar’s earlier features were uneven, in some cases unnecessarily over the top (“Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down,” “Kika”). Some showed glimpses of the filmmaker to come: “Law of Desire,” “Dark Habits” and the film that catapulted him ...
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Robert Zemeckis eat your heart out. You undoubtedly pioneered the use of motion capture technology to create such visual wonders as “The Polar Express” and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol.” But, with the exception of Scrooge, you have not been able ...
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Unable to provide a definition for pornography, a former Supreme Court justice once said,“I know it when I see it." The same can be said of sinverguenza behavior. It shuns definition. And since the holiday road in particular is paved with these abyss-...
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As I write this I am recovering from a radical and, God-willing, life-saving cancer surgery. I’ve made it through with the support of a loving wife, family and friends. But as I lay in my hospital bed I realized there was a relative I missed, mi bisabue...
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The blistering cold weather did not stop hundreds of Daddy Yankee fans from forming a line outside of Martini Club in Chicago on Dec. 3. His “Grito Mundial” single, which is creating a huge buzz, was shooting through the speakers as spectators got a c...
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Passion, love, royalty and 2D animation are the qualities of all Walt Disney princesses. The latest, Princess Tiana voiced by Anika Noni Rose, is no exception. Disney has brought together the directors and writers of such Disney princess classics as “Al...
