LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Community” might be losing a Chevy Chase, but it’s gaining a Jason Alexander.Former “Seinfeld” star Alexander, who played neurotic bumbler George Costanza on the series, will guest-star on the beleaguered NBC comedy, and while the actor is tight-lipped on the details, he promises that the episode will be a doozy.“Filming a crazy episode of ‘Community’ this week,” the actor...
Antismoking Outlays Drop Despite Tobacco Revenue
Label: HealthFaced with tight budgets, states have spent less on tobacco prevention over the past two years than in any period since the national tobacco settlement in 1998, despite record high revenues from the settlement and tobacco taxes, according to a report to be released on Thursday. Paul J. Richards/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesState antismoking spending is the lowest since the 1998...
Clock running out for owners of prime parcels near McCormick Place
Label: Business The development team behind a long-stalled plan to build hotels and restaurants just north of McCormick Place suffered a serious...
Dec
05
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dead
Label: World Dave Brubeck, a jazz musician who attained pop-star acclaim with recordings such as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital, in Norwalk, Conn., said his longtime manager-producer-conductor Russell Gloyd.Brubeck was one day short of his 92nd birthday. He died of heart failure, en route to "a regular treatment...
And the most overpaid actor award goes to: Eddie Murphy
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (Reuters) – Eddie Murphy was once among Hollywood’s top box office draws, but he now has the dubious honor of being crowned its most overpaid actor, according to Forbes magazine.In its annual list, determined by the misalignment between star salaries and their films’ box office take, Murphy, once a one-man gold mine with 1980s hits such as “Trading Places” and “Beverly Hills Cop”, displaced...
Well: For Athletes, Risks From Ibuprofen Use
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.Many active people use the painkiller ibuprofen on an almost daily basis. In surveys, up to 70 percent of distance runners and other endurance athletes report that they down the pills before every workout or competition, viewing the drug as a preemptive strike against muscle soreness.But a valuable new study joins growing evidence that ibuprofen and...
South Loop residents oppose DePaul arena
Label: Business The prospect of a DePaul University men's basketball arena being constructed on land just north of McCormick Place is drawing...
Dec
04
Off-duty cop among 11 shot in Chicago overnight
Label: WorldA Cook County correctional officer was shot and wounded on his way home from work. (WGN TV video) At least 11 people were shot...
Swiss spy agency warns U.S., Britain about huge data leak
Label: TechnologyZURICH (Reuters) – Secret information on counter-terrorism shared by foreign governments may have been compromised by a massive data theft by a senior IT technician for the NDB, Switzerland‘s intelligence service, European national security sources said.Intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain are among those who were warned by Swiss authorities that their data could have been put in...
Howard Stern signs on for more “America’s Got Talent”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shock jock Howard Stern will return as a judge for his second season on NBC‘s summer talent show “America’s Got Talent,” the broadcaster said on Monday, although the high-priced radio host appears to have done little to improve the show’s ratings.NBC hoped Stern, 58, known for this sexually explicit radio interviews, would attract bigger audiences, but the finale in September...
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