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'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane was born and raised in Kent, CT.
'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane was born and raised in Kent, CT.
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Your Fox Fall Line-up
The TV ZoneMoves to fall... Here it is, gang..."So You Think You Can Dance?" Big winner here... Other headlines? Not many. This looks like a pretty stable schedule, as evidenced by fact that three new hours are back. "Dollhouse" seemed doomed......Tags: Wanda Sykes, Dance, Pushing Daisies (tv program), Entourage (tv program), Celebrity Parents
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Onion 'edgy': Tasteless and sickening
The tweet went as follows: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a (expletive), right?" The missing word is a bit of verbal sewage sometimes used to disparage women. Begins with "c," rhymes with "hunt." Its...
Tags: Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Movies, Entertainment
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The Oscars telecast's rocky road
Last night's Oscars were like an emotional roller-coaster at a terrible amusement park--beginning wth Seth MacFarlane's as-bad-as-feared monologue, the show rarely rose above painful and hit few peaks. Allow us to relive some of the night's best and worst...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Celebrities, Theater, Music Theater, Jennifer Hudson
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What to expect from Seth MacFarlane's debut outing as Oscar host
A year after Billy Crystal helmed the Oscars for approximately the 40 millionth time, hosting duties fall to “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, who’s directed a grand total of one movie and had a minor role alongside Dwayne Johnson...
Tags: Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Dwayne Johnson, Billy Crystal, James Franco, Amour (movie)
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Oscars and American history: True, or true enough?
A modest proposal: Movies exploring some aspect of American history, such as “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” should leave off the “based on a true story” or “inspired by true events”...
Tags: The Hurt Locker (movie), Kevin Costner, Fiction, Movies, Literature
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Taking science to the masses
Neil Shubin has the wide, happy eyes of a Muppet and the casual, ingratiating prattle of a car salesman. His thick, graying hair lends gravitas. He has written a new book, and on a bitter afternoon in Hyde Park he is explaining to me how he writes....
Tags: Jerry Zucker, Museum of Natural History, University of Chicago, Literature, Beyonce
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Oscars: Seth MacFarlane is an Academy guy
When Seth MacFarlane takes the stage Sunday as host of the 85thAcademy Awards, chances are a large portion of the viewing audience will look at their TV screens and wonder: Who is this guy? He might just be the least famous Oscar host ever , with a resume...
Tags: Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Family Guy (tv program), Golden Globe Awards, Music
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Partying with Oscar
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Chris Tucker and Jon Voight are grooving side by side to Rick James' "Give It To Me, Baby," you know the surreal dream that is the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party is playing out again. For many of the nominees and...
Tags: Martin Landau, Juliette Lewis, Leslie Mann, Catherine O'Hara, Music Theater
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An indie brings Nick Offerman back to the Chicago area
Whenever I find myself in a bleak mood, a quick glance at the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness usually does the trick. A near-perfect melding of minds between the "Parks and Recreation" writing staff and actor Nick Offerman, this visual guide on how to...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Nat Faxon, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Fiction, Animation (Movie Genre)
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Q&A: Illinois native 'Parks and Recreation' star Nick Offerman on 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'
On NBC’s fantastic “Parks and Recreation,” Nick Offerman has turned Ron Swanson into such a spectacular, hilarious symbol of contained emotion and old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes masculinity that it feels necessary to establish that...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Movies, Chicago Cubs, Fleet Foxes (music group), Entertainment
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Life Out Here: That's just not funny?
As native Spanish speakers, some of my students have problems saying “third” because the “th” sounds isn’t used in Spanish (unless you’re from Barthelona, Valenthia or elthewhere in Thpain). Some of my students use a...
Tags: Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Awards and Prizes, Dick Cheney, Movies, Academy Awards
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Schmich: There's no way to screen out the screens
I woke up the other morning wondering how I spent my time in the days before the Internet. In the early quiet, I lay there trying to remember. What exactly did I do first thing in the morning before all those screens cried for my attention? What did I...
Tags: Auto Trends, Social Media, Google Inc., Physical Fitness and Exercise, Academy Awards
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