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Appears on "MNF" puts on hat.
By David Puner
December 12, 2006
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Outspoken foodies Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman sound off about New Jersey's plan to ban the duck delicacy -- and how the food police are ruining America.
October 5, 2006
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Chicago-based doula program makes a difference long after delivery.
By Lynn Harris
August 15, 2006
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At a Chicago restaurant, the hamachi is raw ... and the serving platter is alive!
By Lynn Harris
November 9, 2005
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Canadian football goes announcerless on TV and viewers don't mind at all. Could this be the golden, silent future? Nah, but we can dream.
August 24, 2005
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The man who brought journalism into the modern age enjoys another revival. But why is some of his best writing buried, while his worst writing is celebrated?
By Allen Barra
September 23, 2004
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Movie people act all serious while Marines die, the Academy actually provides some surprises (Adrien Brody, anyone?) and Michael Moore pees on the furniture. And Nicole, honey, write a speech, OK?
By Cintra Wilson
March 24, 2003
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The overly hyped Miramax musical isn't worth the sequins that gave their lives for it. Here are five song-and-dance films that are the real deal.
By Karen Croft
February 20, 2003
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At long last, an American movie musical gets it right. Will the "Chicago" breakthrough bring a return to the glory days, or just a new onslaught of inflated Broadway schmaltz?
By Charles Taylor
February 18, 2003
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Facing a possible indictment for corruption, the veteran political deal-maker shut down death row in Illinois. Is he trying to save lives -- or his own legacy?
By Patrick Arden
January 16, 2003
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Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones kick the movie musical revival with a brash and nasty tale about just what celebrity will get you.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 27, 2002
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Don't believe the naysayers: This was a great year in film, from the sexy-sweet "Secretary" to the nasty musical "Chicago."
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 23, 2002
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A year of erotic masterpieces and exhilarating amorality proves good movies still get made, even if they don't always get seen.
By Charles Taylor
December 23, 2002
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The 739 people killed by Chicago's 1995 heat wave were the victims of a mayor who believed in running his city like a business.
By Charles Taylor
August 20, 2002
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Gramma had great taste -- in hot pants and chocolate mints.
By Andrea Cooper
August 15, 2000
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Aleksandar Hemon, author of "The Question of Bruno," talks about his favorite spies and the need for messiness in American fiction.
By Laura Miller
April 27, 2000
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Hookers in Chicago are being offered money to listen to the gospel.
By Jack Boulware
April 20, 2000
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Gina Gershon wants to pull your chain. Plus: Billy Bob Thornton's strange compulsions; Chicago alderman's way is not Hugh Hefner's; and Monica Lewinsky and Jenny Craig, still an item?
By Amy Reiter
April 12, 2000
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Louis Farrakhan makes a bid to unify Islam in America -- and to be its No. 1 evangelist.
By Ted Kleine
February 28, 2000
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Dave Eggers talks, with some reluctance, about the staggering work of being a genius parent.
By Amy Benfer
February 22, 2000
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The wooing of a kosher vegetarian.
By Toby Sonneman
February 8, 2000
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Six of 10 Roman Catholic clerics who answered a Kansas City Star survey say they've known at least one colleague who's died of the disease.
By Hank Hyena
February 2, 2000
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Managers of the flesh compete for pimp of the year at Chicago's annual Players Ball.
By Denise Dowling
January 29, 2000
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Good rock clubs die every month, but Chicago's finest was better than any of them.
By Neal Pollack
January 19, 2000
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Gumshoes and old men edition.
By Greil Marcus
October 18, 1999
Senator Obama makes an announcement
I want my foie gras!
Labor support for young mothers
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Not quite enough A.J. Liebling
The 75th Oscars: Hollywood dons its war paint
"Chicago," schmicago!
All singing! All dancing! All tough and cynical!
The redemption of Gov. Ryan
"Chicago"
Style with meaning, and vice versa
Sweet 16
Acceptable losses
Doing the Frango
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