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Should Hollywood city manager lose job over DUI?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThere's a reason some longtime Hollywood residents call the place "Holly-weird." Strange things keep happening in the Broward seaside city that seems snakebit. The latest: New city manager Doug Hewett was arrested for DUI on Easter Sunday. And now Mayor.....Tags: North Miami, Twitter, Inc., Easter, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Holiday parties: Mind your drinking
The holidays have always been an ideal time to get intoxicated and do embarrassing things that cause irreparable harm to important relationships. It's a little-known fact that after the three wise men delivered their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh...
Tags: Holidays, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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When our heroes are revealed to be flawed ...
In the movie "Flight," for which Denzel Washington scored an Oscar nomination, a brilliant pilot successfully lands a catastrophically damaged plane, saving scores of lives, even though this captain was high as he sat behind the throttle. To some degree,...
Tags: OWN (tv network), Lance Armstrong, Flight (movie), Transportation Accidents, Movies
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Don't Stop Believin': YouTube to stage, with a Journey score ★★ 1/2
What happened to Arnel Pineda will only increase the fearsome number of YouTube videos showcasing the efforts of aspiring rock vocalists worldwide. Five years ago, searching for a new lead vocalist, members of the band Journey spent untold hours...
Tags: David Lee Roth, Music, Journey (music group), Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (movie), Bruce Lee
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Concert review: Passion Pit at UIC Pavilion
Michael Angelakos is pretty business-like as arena-pop singers go, dispensing with the small talk. Instead, he’d rather pour his energies into leading massive, musical group-therapy sessions -- at times, that’s exactly what Passion Pit’s...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Entertainment, Passion Pit (music group)
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Retirement bounty leads to chore deficit
Dear Amy: I am retired and live with my girlfriend, who still works full time. Financially, we're good, but problems arise when she gets home from work. She seems to have this expectation that I should do all of the household chores: cleaning, shopping,...
Tags: Heroin
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In harmony with Justin Bieber on reckless paparazzi behavior
Words I never thought I'd say: Justin Bieber has a point. The pop star this week called on lawmakers to crack down on thuggish paparazzi behavior after a photographer was killed in a traffic accident while stalking Bieber's Ferrari in West Los Angeles....
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Photography, Arts, Arts and Culture, Celebrities
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Political opposite wants nonvoter to step up
Dear Amy: I am a conservative Republican and like to think I'm open-minded. I have friends across the political spectrum. One of these friends is (politically) the opposite of me. I'm fine with that, but this friend seems to enjoy attacking my politics...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Depression, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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'Flight' review: Stuck in first gear
** (out of four) Boy, motion-capture technology has come a long way. In “Flight,” that really looks like Denzel Washington. Just kidding. For the first time since 2000’s “Cast Away,” Chicago-native director Robert...
Tags: Heroin, Kelly Reilly, Robert Zemeckis, Movies, Addiction
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'Smashed' review: Doesn't (and shouldn't) go down smooth
*** (out of four) Before heading into the first grade class she teaches, Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) takes a sip from the flask in her car. Then another. Eh, the kids’ll never notice. Actually, they do, because she vomits in the middle of a...
Tags: Octavia Spencer, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie)
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Video/Q&A: 'Smashed' star Mary Elizabeth Winstead
To bond as married alcoholics for the Sundance hit “Smashed,” co-stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, appropriately, went out and got drunk. “I don’t know what I really learned about myself from that particular night...
Tags: Breaking Bad (tv program), Nick Offerman, Octavia Spencer, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie), Tommy Wiseau
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Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism
It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.
She'd been an alcoholic for 23 years — "and I was proud of it." She'd toured and made records, but she knew the ride she was on — her father had...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Janis Joplin, Havre de Grace, Human Interest, Mary Bono
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