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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, Kevin McHale, Arianna Huffington, Family, Animation (genre)
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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, Roosevelt University, Authors, Culture, Stephen Hawking
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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: Academy Awards, Movies, Dick Cheney, Music, George Clooney
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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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Academy Awards, Hugh Jackman, YouTube, Google Inc.
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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: Media Industry, Lotteries, Television, Computer Hardware, Julianne Hough
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When jokes go too far
Oscar hosts are supposed to be irreverent and edgy, otherwise they are instantly accused of boring us silly. So Seth MacFarlane must have been surprised by the rolling backlash from his performance at last week's Academy Awards. In a gathering storm...
Tags: Susan Boyle, Media Industry, Britain's Got Talent (tv program), Onions, Superman (fictional character)
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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: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Bowie, Megan Mullally, Movies, Music
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Onion 'edgy': Tasteless and sickening
Leonard PittsThe 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: Milton Berle, Onions, Culture, Movies, Lenny Bruce
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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: Roger Deakins, Argo (movie), The Iron Lady (movie), Les Miserables (movie), Judaism
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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: Juliette Lewis, Jennifer Garner, Martin Landau, Naomie Harris, Conan O'Brien
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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: Media Industry, Family Guy (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Michael Phillips, Les Miserables (movie)
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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: Billy Crystal, Civil Rights, Entertainment Events, Life of Pi (movie), Emma Stone
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