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Life Out Here: Past the inability to apologize
Bret KoffordHaving the ability to sincerely apologize is a wonderful trait. Because I’m chatty and a joker, I do and say things I shouldn’t on a regular basis, so I have to apologize often. If I don’t feel any regret, I won’t waste my...Tags: New York, Literature, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Tea Party Movement
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"The Ask" by Sam Lipsyte
Special to Tribune Newspapers"The Ask" By Sam Lipsyte Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 296 pages,$25 It would be an inspired feat of academic guerilla terrorism to sabotage every American College Freshman Summer Reading Program by supplanting the usual earnest offerings with Sam Lipsyte's...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wesleyan University, Social Issues
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Theater listings: Comedy shows in Chicago
'Bad Touch' and'The Deep End': A double bill of improv. In "Bad Touch," Annoyance ensemble members Rich Sohn and Rebecca Sohn and featured guests explore unsavory topics; "The Deep End" features a rotating cast of Annoyance veterans, teachers and...Tags: Kate Flannery, Woodfield Mall, African Americans, Radio, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Why HBO is making a Julia Louis-Dreyfus pilot here
Z on TVIn January, we reported that a pilot would be filming in Baltimore for a potential HBO political satire starring "Seinfeld" alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Read it here.The pilot is for a projected series tentatively titled "VEEP" about a former senator (Louis-... -
HBO's 'Veep' gets off to promising start in Baltimore
Z on TV“Veep,” the big-name, much-buzzed-about HBO pilot starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, wrapped filming Saturday after six days in and around Baltimore. The producers, who include Louis-Dreyfus, cultural critic Frank Rich and writer-director Armando... -
Theater review: 'The Book of Mormon' at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Culture MonsterThough "The Book of Mormon," which opened Thursday at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, is boisterously outrageous, it relies on humor that is nostalgic, harking back to classic routines refurbished with more daring expletives.... -
About (Late) Last Night: Watch James Franco geek out with Stephen Colbert
Show TrackerThe Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Renaissance Nemesis - Frank Jameso www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive For the last week, James Franco has dutifully been making the late-night... -
From the Stacks -- 'City of Angels'
The Daily MirrorRupert Hughes’ “City of Angels,” 1941. How much of a book must one read before deciding that it’s going to be a dog? Does an author deserve a running start of the first chapter? Can one truly tell that a...... -
About (Late) Last Night: 3 ways to poke fun at Mitt Romney
Show TrackerWhen Mitt Romney announces his candidacy for presidency in 2012, late-night comedians had the jokes ready to go.... -
Tracing the showbiz roots of James O'Keefe's NPR sting
The Big PictureThe news media haven’t figured out what label to pin on James O’Keefe, the wily troublemaker whose hidden-camera sting could be the smoking gun that leads to a cutoff of further federal funding from NPR. The press has resorted to...... -
HBO picks up "VEEP" - Maryland back in TV biz
Z on TVHBO will announce on Monday that it has decided to pick up "VEEP," the political satire pilot filmed in Maryland and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The decision by TV's top cable channel will put the state back in the film and TV production business at a... -
Apple rejects iPhone game Smuggle Truck depicting immigrant smuggling
L.A. Times Tech BlogApple has rejected "Smuggle Truck", an iPhone and iPad game that pits players as the driver of a truck packed with immigrants crossing a desert border and underground tunnels. In the game, immigrants can be hurled out of the truck bed and die as the...
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