Entertainment
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Five Oscar nominees you can watch at home nowFeb 27, 2017 4:00 am - Five of the nine nominees for best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards are already available for home viewing on Blu-ray, DVD and digital HD platforms such as iTunes, vud...
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Now playing: Your quickie weekly movie guideFeb 27, 2017 4:00 am - Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexual situations, references), V (violence). Rat...
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Randolph Society to unveil honoree plaquesFeb 26, 2017 10:00 pm - After several weeks of reveals, the five members of the inaugural 2017 class of the Randolph Society will be honored at a reception on Tuesday at the Randolph County Cou...
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Oops La La! Best Picture Oscar almost goes to wrong movieFeb 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Whoa! What happened at the Oscars Sunday night? Things got a little nutty at the 89th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theater when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway presented t...
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'Titanic,' 'Apollo 13' actor Bill Paxton has diedFeb 25, 2017 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A family representative says prolific and charismatic actor Bill Paxton, who played an astronaut in "Apollo 13" and a treasure hunter in "Titanic," ...
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Du Quoin library hosts entertaining history of Civilian Conservation CorpsFeb 25, 2017 10:00 pm - The Du Quoin Public Library is planning a program about the Civilian Conservation Corps for early April. The program, to be presented by Michigan-based author Bill Jamer...
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Stock characters, dumb dialogue tear down ' Great Wall'Feb 23, 2017 4:00 am - Seldom in motion picture history has such stylish, visual bombast been forced to service such dumbed-down, subtly racist storytelling. We find out early in Chinese direc...
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Youth Club Charity Ball set for March 11; tickets on saleFeb 22, 2017 10:00 pm - Reservations are being taken now for the 29th annual Du Quoin Youth Club Charity Ball and Auction, to be held Saturday, March 11. This year's event, which carries the th...
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California author with Harrisburg roots speaks at Harrisburg libraryFeb 22, 2017 10:00 pm - HARRISBURG – For the featured author at Harrisburg District Library's Brown Bags and Books program, writing has been a lifelong interest. Melinda Clemmons Blac...
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