When Don and Barbara Rickles met Bob and Ginnie Newhart, they became friends...
Rick Kogan | Chicago Tribune (TNS) CHICAGO — Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Bob Newhart: “Somebody called me up and they said, ‘Look, Don Rickles is looking for a best friend … and none of us wanna do...
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20 years on, a transformed New Zealand looks back at ‘Lord of the Rings’
Kevin Baxter | Los Angeles Times (TNS) WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand was primarily known abroad for its sheep, its wine and its rugby team on the September day in 1998 that filmmaker Peter...
View Article‘Candy Cane Lane’ review: My Christmas wish is for Eddie Murphy to find a...
Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune Eddie Murphy is 62 and looks about 39. Whatever he’s doing, it’s working — but the same can’t be said for his most recent projects. “Candy Cane Lane” is one of a...
View ArticleTop affordable destinations for travel this holiday season
Laurie Baratti | (TNS) TravelPulse With the holiday season upon us, U.S. travelers may be be wondering about the best domestic destinations where they can enjoy a seasonal getaway without breaking the...
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What some caregivers have learned caring for ill loved ones
“It’s not the most comfortable moment that I’m having, but there are these radical lessons.” That’s how performer/writer Chris Wells describes the experience of moving with his husband from New York...
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Holiday Cookie Contest 2023: Get the winning recipes
Chicago Tribune staff After almost four decades, Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest bakers continue to submit delicious, yet sometimes surprisingly simple recipes that readers turn to year after year. The...
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Tab lovers hope to convince Coca-Cola to revive the once popular diet soda
Rodney Ho | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) Coca-Cola discontinued its once groundbreaking Tab diet soda three years ago and a hardy group of fans are actively trying to get the company to bring...
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10 die-hard Christmas and holiday movies full of action, horror and comedy
Christmas movies often focus on laughter – think “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” – and love – just look at all those Hallmark holiday rom-coms. But this list isn’t that. This is where the...
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Holiday books 2023: 50 books that make great gifts from hip hop histories to...
Christopher Borrelli | Chicago Tribune (TNS) Stephen Nissenbaum, in his terrific 1997 history of the holiday season, “The Battle for Christmas,” goes briefly in search of the very first advertisement...
View ArticleAirline works to make solo women feel safer amid swirl of reported groping...
Lark Ellen Gould | TravelPulse (TNS) These incidents are not unusual; in fact, they happen all too often. The headlines read like this: “Sleeping woman wakes up to passenger groping her on flight to...
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12 things to help you find community and combat loneliness
By Andrea Richards The global pandemic intensified what was already classified as an epidemic of loneliness in America. A 2021 study commissioned by Cigna concluded that more than half of adults in the...
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Recipes: Olive oil is the star at Hanukkah, but everything doesn’t have to be...
The eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins on Thursday evening, Dec. 7. The miracle of Hanukkah is said to have involved oil, probably olive oil. The story goes that pure oil was needed for...
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Our critic’s picks: Best mystery fiction books of 2023
Compiling the annual favorite mysteries of the year is a labor of love, and a true labor that begins with the first novel of the year. Annually, it becomes harder to narrow down the list from the 120...
View ArticleSara Bareilles takes leap with ‘Waitress: The Musical’
As “Waitress: The Musical” opens nationwide Thursday, Sara Bareilles will not only be celebrating a concluding chapter with the Tony-nominated musical as its composer, lyricist and star. She’ll also be...
View ArticleA primer on Love Has Won, the Colorado cult featured in HBO’s new docu-series
“What’s a cult? People not believing what’s mainstream, which is God is a man and you find him in a church that wants money?” That’s a quote from a member of an organization called Love Has Won in a...
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What you can do with your kids on the Las Vegas Strip
McKenna Ross | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas may be jokingly called Disneyland for adults, but there are plenty of spots along the Strip that can attract and entertain anyone...
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Holiday Baking 2023: 3 new cookbooks to inspire the perfect cookie platter
Looking for ways to boost your cookie-baking skills this holiday season? We paged through three hot new baking cookbooks to help and the results — Scandinavian honey cookies with chocolate, gingerbread...
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Holiday recipe: The ultimate gingerbread cut-out cookies
“What is a holiday cookie plate without some decorated gingerbread cookies?” writes Dan Langan, introducing his recipe for gingerbread cut-out cookies in his new cookbook, “Bake Your Heart Out:...
View ArticleHoliday recipe: Coconut Almond Slice-and-Bake Butter Cookies
This holiday season, shake up your cookie tray with this coconut-almond butter cookie recipe from Nancy Silverton. She’s a James Beard Award-winning chef and baker behind Campanile, La Brea Bakery,...
View Article12 Christmas and holiday romance novels to warm your winter or give as gifts
As the temperature drops and the nights grow longer, the idea of a date night with a good romance novel sounds like an ideal plan. So grab a glass of wine or cup of hot cocoa and curl up in front of...
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