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HiT Review: ‘Free State of Jones,’ ‘Fundamentals/Caring’
“Free State of Jones” finds McConaughey bringing a little known American hero to life. We can accept Hollywood sanding off…
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How ‘The Phenom’ Avoids Baseball Cliches
There’s little action on the diamond, no motivational locker room speech and no slow-motion slide into home. Nor does the…
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‘Jones’ Cites God in Historic Freedom Fight
Take “Free State of Jones,” one of several new movies opening this weekend. On the surface, “Jones” is a fact-based drama…
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Revealed: Stone Phillips’ Essential ‘Daily Show’ Ties
The show’s name, chosen by network executives at Comedy Central, was intended to be a place-holder until they could come up…
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Why Kevin Nealon Can’t Ignore Donald Trump
Consider Nealon’s seven-season run on Showtime’s “Weeds,” a part in virtually every Adam Sandler comedy and his ubiquitous TV ads for…
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Comic Mocks Late Night Satirists’ Faux Outrage
As one of the first correspondents on “The Daily Show,” performing that role throughout the Craig Kilborn years, he helped…
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7 Questions the Press Must Ask Amy Schumer
The star of “Inside Amy Schumer” and last summer’s “Trainwreck” made sure of that. Since rising to “It Comic” status,…
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Subversive ‘Sound of Music’ Finds Joy in Faith
The college student earned the chance to play Maria in the national touring production of “The Sound of Music.” College clearly…
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‘Breaking a Monster’ Reveals Kiddie Fame Horrors
A YouTube video of the band playing in the streets of New York was picked up by most major music…
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6 Reasons for TV’s Glorious Golden Age
How about a painting created in the last 40 years? Much harder,isn’t it? For me, it’d be Andrew Wyeth’s “The Carry,”…
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