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...coming months will see a Tony Bennett feature documentary, executive-produced by Clint Eastwood, and a prime-time NBC special directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago). Bennett, who in conversation sounds like he's smiling even on the rare occasions when he's not, has nothing but exclamation points for Eastwood ("A class fella!") and Marshall ("Best director I've ever worked with!"). Initially, though, he had no interest in making the album that is at the center of his booming birthday industry, Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic, due out Sept. 26. "I was apprehensive," says Bennett. "I lean toward jazz...
DIED. Jack Warden, 85, prizefighter turned tough guy of stage and screen who appeared in nearly 100 films over five decades, including 12 Angry Men, All the President's Men and The Verdict, and won an Emmy for playing Chicago Bears coach George Halas in the TV movie Brian's Song; in New York City. An Army paratrooper in World War II, Warden fell in love with drama after a fellow soldier gave him a play to read. He moved to New York City after the war to take acting lessons and pursue a career that eventually...
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...Over the years, the city has had to switch seats and take the side of the police, disputing that the city of Chicago should hand out a nickel over such claims. But Chicago has paid, and dearly - attorneys' fees and settlements have totaled in the millions - after concerns were brought by politicians and civil and human rights groups, including Amnesty International. Egan and his chief deputy, Boyle, were appointed in April 2002 by the county?s chief criminal judge specifically to investigate Burge after much community outcry that stemmed from repeated media reports on the alleged crimes...
...that the report has been released, some bigger names may also take cover. Chicago?s Mayor, Richard M. Daley, was the county?s top prosecutor when some of the allegations were being made against Burge. The current top prosecutor, Richard Devine, was a top Daley aide and, while in private practice, defended Burge in at least one lawsuit. Devine had disputed the need for a special prosecutor. Neither has responded directly when asked why Burge was never prosecuted. Boyle said that Daley cooperated with the special prosecutors' investigation. Boyle also said that they believe Daley's explanation that...