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And the 2012 Silver medal for prophecy goes to ...
One year ago, I didn't predict that a book about predictions, "The Signal and the Noise," would be one of the top-selling nonfiction titles of 2012 or that its author, former Chicagoan Nate Silver, would become a cultural icon whose name is synonymous...
Tags: Drew Peterson, Chicago Public Schools, Strikes, Barack Obama, NATO Summit
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Ben Affleck's comeback is complete with 'Argo'
Liz Smith"WHEN YOU'RE younger and have the early success I had -- it sounds like the worst Hallmark cliche -- but I didn't have anyone to share it with. But when you have a family and children, you kind of see yourself reflected in them. I want to make the kind of...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Pneumonia, Cynthia McFadden, Dog (animal), Robin Roberts
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Recalling the great, great PR woman, Lois Smith
Liz Smith"Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult," said Canadian feminist Charlotte Whitton back in the '70s. We don't want to dwell on tragedy -- every day there are losses everywhere. But...Tags: The Rolling Stones (music group), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Mandy Patinkin, Pia Zadora
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Stars come out for AFA, and a good time was had by all
Liz Smith"Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens," wrote Montaigne back in the 1600s. I am sitting here with a cup of coffee writing for my still-alive syndicated newspapers and for the Internet and I am...Tags: Music, Vanessa Redgrave, Cynthia McFadden, Hillary Clinton, Entertainment
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Remarkable Woman: Colleen Coughlin
As a kid growing up on the Southwest Side, Colleen Wagner Coughlin had a thing for animals. Gerbils and other small, furry critters populated the family home. "I always loved animals as pets, but it was how they reproduced — I didn't even know the...
Tags: New York Yankees, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Infertility, Joe Girardi, Twins
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Stars come out to play for the Abingdon
Liz Smith"I'm as pure as the driven slush!" said Tallulah Bankhead Finally, an evening where we didn't even need Tallulah. I THOUGHT I WAS the world-class expert on fund-raising evenings, but last week I received a big surprise when I trekked west, almost to the...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Graydon Carter, Maria Callas, Tory Burch, Tallulah Bankhead
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Whoopi Goldberg brings her strong views to Baltimore
Even if Caryn Elaine Johnson had never changed her name to Whoopi Goldberg, chances are she would have made a splash. Talent will out. The 56-year-old Goldberg, who will offer a sampling of that talent at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric on...
Tags: Star Trek (movie, 2009), Judaism, Entertainment, The View (tv program), Same-Sex Marriage
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Celebrating N.Y.'s Abingdon Theater -- 20 years of innovative artistry
Liz Smith"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theater will make you good!" said actor/director Terrence Mann. MANY READERS know about the Broadway theater even if from afar. If you ask a sampling who is starring on the Great White Way,...Tags: Music, Terrence Mann, Tom Cruise, Entertainment, Homeland (tv program)
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Barbra Streisand Comes Home With Brooklyn Concert; Security Measures Spark Controversy
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceBarbra Streisand said the last time she performed alone in Brooklyn it was on a stoop on Pulaski Street when she was 8. Thursday night was a little different. In front of a sold-out crowd at the Barclays Center, Streisand stood in the middle of her "B"-...Tags: Woody Allen, Sting, Michael Bloomberg, Barbra Streisand, Mitt Romney
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Rosie O'Donnell thinks Honey Boo Boo is the next Shirley Temple
From Inside the BoxComedian Rosie O'Donnell says she loves TLC's reality show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" so much that she wants to buy the family a house.... -
Ryan Lochte: swimmer, sex symbol, "Aquaman"?
Liz Smith"I CLEARLY see that Paul Ryan has a whole lotta 'rage' in him: a rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he's not...Tags: Paul Ryan, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Tom Cruise, Action (genre), Barack Obama
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'Rachael Ray,' 'Berkus' come to OWN: Talkshows will air back-to-back on weekday mornings
VarietyOWN has acquired the cable rights to talkshows "Rachael Ray" and "The Nate Berkus Show." Beginning Monday, two episodes of each show will air back-to-back weekdays with "Rachael Ray" at 9 a.m. and "Nate Berkus" at 11 a.m. The Discovery-owned cabler will...Tags: CBS Corp., Talk Shows (genre), Nate Berkus, Rachael Ray, OWN (tv network)
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