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New 'Law & Order' lineup packs more power in its 'chu-chung'
Tribune television criticTo call "Law & Order" (9 p.m. Wednesday, WMAQ-Ch. 5) must-see viewing isn't a backhanded compliment. Sure, the writers strike means that there aren't that many scripted programs around in early 2008. And "L&O," which was held back for NBC's midseason,...Tags: Literature, Sam Waterston, NBC, Justice System, Television
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'Kidnapped' Star Takes 'L&O' Case
Zap2It.comJeremy Sisto, who starred in NBC's short-lived "Kidnapped" last season, is staying with the network -- and likely gaining a little more job security. Sisto will join the cast of the long-running "Law & Order" next season, according to news reports. He'...Tags: Elections, Kidnapping, Political Candidates, NBC, Movies
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Usher has that ol' razzle-dazzle
Newsday Staff WriterThe name on everybody's lips is suddenly... Usher? Instead of a razzle-dazzling Roxie Hart or Velma Kelly, murdering tootsies of Cook County jail, the lure at the long-running revolving-door revival of "Chicago" this month is that new guy wearing the tux...Tags: Ann Reinking, Theater, Bob Fosse, Richard Gere, Roxie Hart
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It's Still 'Fantastick'
This fall marks the return of three extremely long-running musicals: "A Chorus Line," "Les Miserables" and "The Fantasticks." Though slight changes will be made, the staging and design of each musical will remain the same. After all, if the show is the...Tags: Theater, Broadway, Music, Music Theater, Tom Jones
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Newsday critic Linda Winer's picks
STAFF WRITERRidiculous, you say. Surprising, we agree. But after a year of bummer jukebox musicals, which leeched off the songbooks of Elvis, the Beach Boys and John Lennon, "Jersey Boys" turns out to be one of the most entertaining musicals of the fall season....Tags: Literature, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billy Joel, Cy Coleman, John Doyle
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SAG honors Jamie Foxx, Hilary Swank
Times Staff WriterJamie Foxx was named best lead male movie actor for his portrayal of the late R&B legend Ray Charles in "Ray," and Hilary Swank won best female lead actor for playing a scrappy boxer in "Million Dollar Baby" on Saturday night at the 11th annual Screen...Tags: Literature, Katharine Hepburn, Awards and Prizes, Renee Zellweger, Jennifer Garner
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'Broadway: The Golden Age'
Times Staff WriterBy the time Rick McKay made it to New York in the '80s with dreams of becoming a singer, he discovered that the Broadway he had learned about in movies and TV while growing up in Indiana no longer existed. Imports, shows with prerecorded music and...Tags: Martin Landau, Maureen Stapleton, Tennessee Williams, Shirley MacLaine, Fay Wray
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Movie review: 'Broadway: The Golden Age, By the Legends Who Were There'
TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER3 stars (out of 4) Those of us who love Broadway have been killing it off for almost a century, at least as far back as George Kaufman's famed epitaph for "the fabulous invalid." But few have doomed or glorified the Great White Way with as convincing...Tags: Uta Hagen, Tennessee Williams, Julie Harris, Ben Gazzara, Marlon Brando
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CBS, NBC prepare to expand their franchises
AP Television WriterNEW YORK - Network executives spend much of their time this month in darkened rooms, watching pilots for new shows and guessing which can become hits. Some of the guesswork is gone at CBS and NBC, where additional spinoffs of "CSI: Crime Scene...Tags: Literature, Sexual Assault, Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Florida
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NBC plans to add five new series for fall
AP Television WriterAfter losing two of its signature comedies, NBC will add five new series in the fall, casting Heather Locklear as an airport chief and bringing a crime drama back to the 50th state. Locklear stars with Blair Underwood in "LAX," while "Hawaii" recalls the...Tags: Literature, National Institutes of Health, Sly Stallone, Sylvester Stallone, Marketing
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Movie review: 'Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of 4) I'll admit it if you will. "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" is a pelvis-gyrating, ponytail-releasing, shirt-unbuttoning good time. It's not innovative, but after watching this movie, I left the theater inspired - swinging my hips and...Tags: Patrick Swayze, Dance, Fulgencio Batista, Jennifer Grey, Fidel Castro
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'The Reckoning'
Times Staff WriterIn the medieval thriller "The Reckoning," the young English actor Paul Bettany plays a priest on the lam. Caught with his vestments around his ankles, Bettany's Nicholas has fled his old parish life for the secular road, the law in hot pursuit. Not long...Tags: West Hollywood, Fiction, Paul Bettany, Vincent Cassel, Organized Crime
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