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New Memoir Unpacks The Life And Tragic Death Of 'The Hot One'

4:00am July 30, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Carolyn Murnick and Ashley Ellerin were childhood best friends — but as sometimes happens, they grew older and drifted apart. Then, in 2001, Ellerin was brutally murdered in her Hollywood Hills home.

Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson embrace the comedy of the Trump family in Funny or Die's Jared & Ivanka.

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Trump Can Be Comedy Gold, But Not All Comedians Are Mining

6:20pm July 29, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

Comedians at the Just for Laughs comedy festival are mixed on the value of mocking President Trump.

Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Offers A Look At Up-And-Coming Talent

6:09pm July 29, 2017

by Andrew Limbong

The international comedy festival draws new and established stand-ups, improvisers, sketch actors, comedy writers. Some people are just looking for a good laugh, but some want to hire the comedians.

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'Game Of Thrones' Producers Venture Down More Controversial Path With 'Confederate'

6:09pm July 29, 2017

Confederate is meant to tackle issues of race and the legacy of slavery. NPR's Noel King speaks to writer Ben Winters, whose 2016 science fiction book Underground Airlines covered similar terrain.

Ryan Dempster of the Chicago Cubs pitches against the Chicago White Sox on May 19, 2012 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Baseball Pitcher Ryan Dempster On Belly Itchers

10:34am July 29, 2017

Dempster played for the Cubs for nine seasons before he left to win a World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2013. He joins us at our show in Chicago's Millennium Park.

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Questions For Jody Houser, Writer Of High-Flying 'Faith'

10:00am July 29, 2017

by Petra Mayer

Faith "Zephyr" Herbert is one of Valiant Comics breakout stars. The plus-sized superheroine fights crime in the streets of Los Angeles — and now, she's up against an AI trying to damage time itself.

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'Curse Words' Proves You Can Never Have Too Much Mystical Fire

7:00am July 29, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

Charles Soule and Ryan Browne's neon-drenched comic is giddily over-the-top, featuring a buffed-up wizard named Wizord, his talking koala sidekick and many, many glowing blasts of mystical fire.

Arts

Wisdom Of The Crowd

2:29pm July 28, 2017

We put guest musician Julian Velard up to the test in this game, where he has to decide who is closer to the truth: the audience at the Bell House, or puzzle guru Cecil Baldwin!

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Broadway? No Way!

2:29pm July 28, 2017

If you're eagerly awaiting the musical adaptation of Apocalypse Now...why? In this game, guest musician Julian Velard belts Broadway songs rewritten about movies that would make terrible musicals.

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'Detroit' Dramatizes A Deadly '67 Motel Encounter Between Police And Civilians

2:23pm July 28, 2017

by David Edelstein

Kathryn Bigelow recreates a true, largely forgotten incident of brutality in her latest film. Critic David Edelstein says Detroit triggers a sense of powerlessness that is visceral.

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