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"We'll share stories and get personal in our own lives."

C.J.: Married former TV co-anchors are starting a parenting podcast for WCCO-AM

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Updated September 9, 2019 — 7:39pm

John Feinstein sportswriter
“Football’s never safe. It’s not a safe game.”

C.J.: Veteran sports writer John Feinstein says football is never safe

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Updated August 19, 2019 — 3:32pm

C.J.: Fancy Ray McCloney promotes marriage, though not his own

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Updated August 16, 2019 — 4:00pm

"I'm going to have a good time, that's for sure," said actor Jerry O'Connell about his new talk show.

C.J.: Jerry O'Connell gets support from Wendy Williams for talk show

"Jerry O' " show began a three-week test run Monday on Fox.

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Updated August 12, 2019 — 11:47am

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C.J.: 34 years of Gittelson Jewelers customer service, including a 3 a.m. Prince appointment

For the past eight years, Gene and his son Michael Gittelson have been sharing the 297-square-foot space with Molly Braun, the general manager, who sometimes witnesses familial squabbling.

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Updated August 9, 2019 — 3:35pm

"I was very frustrated and tired and I said to myself: 'Every day we're on the brink of another disaster. Win or loss, we are on the brink of somethin

C.J.: Sid was there when 'Season on the Brink' popped into writer's head

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Updated August 6, 2019 — 9:39am

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C.J.: There'd be fewer graduation ceremonies if Turi Ryder ran the world

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Updated August 2, 2019 — 5:16pm

C.J.: Fox 9 anchor Alix Kendall couldn't get Warren Beatty to do a satellite interview dance

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Updated July 22, 2019 — 12:21pm

C.J.: Fox 9 anchor Alix Kendall is about to celebrate her 20th anniversary

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Updated July 19, 2019 — 10:02pm

Lizz Winstead Comedian
“We have men setting the standards for what women are.”

C.J.: Sexist songs are getting the Lizz Winstead treatment

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Updated July 12, 2019 — 4:22pm

C.J.: Music stars can learn more about themselves by acquiescing to media interviews

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Updated July 8, 2019 — 12:18pm

C.J.: Imagine, if you will, a picture with John Travolta as the 'Purple Rain' kid

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Updated July 5, 2019 — 5:32pm

C.J.: Former KARE 11 sports anchor Tom Ryther's memoir bloodies a few well-known faces

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Updated July 2, 2019 — 7:18am

C.J.: Former KARE 11 sports anchor Tom Ryther takes a few shots in his memoir

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Updated July 1, 2019 — 11:43pm

C.J.: Former radio show talker Turi Ryder is scheduled to return for "She Said What?" book event

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Updated June 24, 2019 — 5:38pm

hala Bahmet costume designer
“You can’t have enough crisp white shirts.”

C.J.: St. Kate's commencentment speaker sought speech advice from 'This Is Us' Emmy winner

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Updated June 21, 2019 — 7:11pm

"I love all of the things that make life exciting," says RuPaul.

C.J.: For RuPaul, love and kindness top everything else

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Updated June 17, 2019 — 3:58pm

KSTP-TV anchor Lindsey Brown says she could have waited to find out the sex of their baby, but her husband couldn't. (It's a boy.)

C.J.: KSTP's Lindsey Brown wants viewers' tips on baby care

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Updated June 14, 2019 — 3:43pm

C.J.: RuPaul's new talk show launches a trial run

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Updated June 10, 2019 — 2:16pm

Storytelling is "as much a conversation as it is a performance," playwright Kevin Kling says.

C.J.: Kevin Kling finds belly laughs and a home at Interact Center

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Updated June 7, 2019 — 5:31pm

Jeff Arundel singer-songwriter
“No matter how angry I look on the cover, that song [‘Now We Go’] is positive and upbeat and feel-good.”

C.J.: Despite his appearance, Minnesotan Jeff Arundel is happy with his new album

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Updated June 3, 2019 — 11:34am

C.J.: Award-winning journalist Ray Suarez on the relationship between faith and politics

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Updated May 30, 2019 — 4:24pm

Laverne McCartney Knighton, Khary Campbell, Tola Oyewole and Mona Wright attended the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on Jan. 15, 2018, in

C.J.: College scholarship fundraiser determined to widen her search

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Updated May 28, 2019 — 7:23am

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C.J.: At least these Triple S Dance Competition daughters didn't dress their dads in drag

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Updated May 24, 2019 — 6:31pm

C.J. : Sportswriter John Feinstein must go see the athletes to the dismay of his youngest child

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Updated May 20, 2019 — 12:52pm

Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Director, Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, May 29, 2012. credit: Michael R. Barnes, Smithsonia

C.J.: Founding director of Smithsonian's NMAAHC strikes out on Willie Mays' glove

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Updated May 14, 2019 — 10:45am

C.J. : Founder of D.C.'s most popular Smithsonian museum is set to visit Minneapolis

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Updated May 10, 2019 — 4:11pm

C.J.: Former KSTP-AM talker Turi Ryder wishes she had become more kindhearted but naaah

She ruffled feathers while she was here, but she had her share of fans, including her boss.

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Updated May 6, 2019 — 4:51pm

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C.J.: Create your own look at Sewing and Fitting Mentor

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Updated May 3, 2019 — 5:07pm

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C.J.: The Pinners are returning for a second expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center

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Updated April 29, 2019 — 1:22pm

Marty Mathis, owner of Marty Mathis Direct, a haberdashery in the skyway of Northstar Center.

C.J. : Millennials very much suit men's clothing store owner Marty Mathis

Downtown skyway store owner has seen trends come and go.

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Updated April 26, 2019 — 5:18pm

C.J.: Prince protégée Ashley Támar Davis performed with pre-Destiny Beyoncé

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Updated April 22, 2019 — 5:15pm

Winona physical therapists Brad Heineck and Bob Schrupp.
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C.J.: Meet the Minnesota physical therapists who have become YouTube superstars

Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck currently have more than 1 million YouTube subscribers and "are adding about 1,300 a day.

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Updated April 19, 2019 — 3:18pm

Steve and Jean Danko display a piece of art by the late Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. They are local agents for the Seuss art, which has

C.J.: After 32 years, owners of Jean Stephen Galleries are picturing retirement

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Updated April 12, 2019 — 4:23pm

Dave Gangler, actor and chief technology officer

C.J.: Platform shoes and gaudy gold are de rigueur for Boogie Dairyland

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Updated April 8, 2019 — 3:19pm

Allyson B. Fanger arrives at the 20th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, in Beverly Hills, C

C.J.: Pot smoking on 'Grace and Frankie' may be smoke and mirrors but the wardrobe isn't

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Updated March 26, 2019 — 6:47pm

"I'm no stranger to working here, and I certainly love it here," Emilio Estevez said.

C.J.: Emilio Estevez admits his pitch for a homelessness movie didn't push Hollywood's blockbuster button

He was at Minneapolis' Central Library for a screening Sunday of "The Public," a movie he wrote and directed about the homeless taking over a Cincinnati library.

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Updated March 22, 2019 — 6:54pm

C.J.: Don't even try to stay still during Aretha Franklin tribute concert

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Updated March 18, 2019 — 12:51pm

GLEN STUBBE • gstubbe@startribune.com -- Minneapolis, Minn. -- Wednesday June 18, 2008 -- ] Judge James Rosenbaum spoke Wedesday to over 100 summer

C.J.: Smart-alecks take note – don't ever try to one-up a judge

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Updated March 15, 2019 — 4:45pm

Paralympic gold-medalist swimmer, Mallory Weggemann. ] (SPECIAL TO THE STAR TRIBUNE/BRE McGEE) **Mallory Weggemann

C.J.: Paralympic swimming gold medalist dives into challenges

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Updated March 11, 2019 — 4:23pm

BRIAN PETERSON ¥ brianp@startribune.com MINNEAPOLIS, MN 8/5/2010 ] US District Judge James Rosenbaum is walking away from a lifetime appointment on t

C.J.: Former Judge Rosenbaum is still having 'lawyer fun' although he's no RBG in the gym

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Updated March 11, 2019 — 1:47pm

C.J.: Can we talk? 'The Dialogue Guy' is coming to Minnesota

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Updated March 4, 2019 — 4:15pm

C.J.: Successful advertising campaigns are about the buzz, not the budget, says local author

Chris Birt has written a book about generating brand awareness without much advertising.

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Updated March 1, 2019 — 4:59pm

C.J.: Wearing shorts in winter, even this one, is the only way for UPS veteran

Recent subzero temps did give Floyd Coley pause.

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Updated February 26, 2019 — 7:00pm

C.J.: Jewish soldiers take revenge on Nazis in Minnesota author's new novel

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Updated February 25, 2019 — 1:16pm

For many who move to the Twin Cities for jobs, cold winters are not the draw -- it's good schools, health care and outdoor recreation.

C.J.: Sex survey puts Minneapolis on the map

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Updated February 19, 2019 — 9:31am

New Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson checked out the Hennepin County Jail with his director of communications Jeremy Zoss. ] New Hennepin Coun

C.J.: Newly elected Hennepin County Sheriff Hutch might be too beautiful for a goatee

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Updated February 18, 2019 — 2:28pm

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C.J.: MCN6 has Valentine's Day plans for viewers; by the way, do you have any game show ideas?

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Updated February 12, 2019 — 6:32am

Raise Up, a sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, on the grounds of the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., April 20, 2018. De

C.J.: People of all races are moved to tears at two sacred new Alabama memorials

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Updated February 8, 2019 — 6:16pm

C.J.: Founder of Alabama's lynching memorial remains hopeful U.S. will do better

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Updated February 1, 2019 — 7:04pm

Toni McCloney, Fancy Ray's mom: "He always did things to get your attention because he's smart."

C.J.: Fancy Ray McCloney was not first 'Fancy' in family according to mom

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Updated January 18, 2019 — 3:12pm

Comedian and doting grandpa Jeff Gerbino.

C.J.: Comedian Jeff Gerbino not amused by Louis C.K.'s behavior

"I don't know how he can walk out to an audience with women in it."

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Updated January 14, 2019 — 12:41pm

WCCO Radio host Cory Hepola, with wife Camille Williams: "Being able to work with Camille, absolute highlight of my life."

C.J.: Former TV anchor Cory Hepola already feels at home on the radio

"It was a great first day," said the Minnesota native, who succeeded John Hines in the 9 a.m. slot.

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Updated January 11, 2019 — 4:23pm

C.J.: Jill Mikelson is showcasing Janis Joplin's raw, gritty emotionalism at First Avenue

"I think this show, for me, is probably the thing I wanted the most; to share Janis and to share myself."

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Updated January 7, 2019 — 11:11am

Adrienne Foreman Jones, George Foreman's first wife: "George and I have had our wars, but we truly are friends."

C.J.: George Foreman's first wife was very happy with her heavyweight despite Ali's jabs

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Updated January 4, 2019 — 4:20pm

Musician/teacher Mark Arneson: "I actually think Fancy is from the future."

C.J.: Why is musician Mark Arneson encouraging Fancy Ray to rap outside his shower?

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Updated December 21, 2018 — 3:03pm

Leslie Lissaint actor/dancer/poet: "People will see this and they will feel that they need to reveal something."

C.J.: 'This Is How We Heal' grew out of a Minnesota-born actor/dancer doing the 'heart work'

NYC-based actor/dancer/poet Leslie Lissaint is bringing her one-woman show about her difficult Minneapolis childhood home.

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Updated December 19, 2018 — 4:02pm

Lizz Winstead: "Taking down the powerful is when comedy is at its best."

C.J.: 'Daily Show' co-creator Lizz Winstead is finally doing comedy her way

Minnesota native isn't joking about her political passions.

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Updated December 17, 2018 — 12:20pm

Sheletta Brundidge, left, and Lindy Vincent are the hosts of the TwoHauteMamas.com podcast.

C.J.: WCCO radio spices up its podcast lineup with TwoHauteMamas.com

The chemistry between Sheletta Brundidge and Lindy Vincent is as undeniable as their banter.

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Updated December 7, 2018 — 10:20pm

"I'm not Bible-thumping or anything like that, but I tell you I am looking at humans differently," Joe Minjares said.

C.J.: There's nothing off limits for comedian Joe Minjares since his lung transplant

Minjares is starting to feel normal more than a year after his lung transplant.

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Updated December 5, 2018 — 9:55pm

C.J.: Comedian Kristin Andersen-Anderson is ready to laugh about her major health scare

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Updated November 30, 2018 — 6:29pm

“I see the magic in everything,” poet James Marshall Goff said. “I’m Irish Catholic with Native American beliefs.”

C.J.: Chronicling his times on Earth through poetry and hikes

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Updated November 21, 2018 — 8:08pm

“Carpet has come a long way. ... It’s easier to clean,” flooring expert Patrick Schneider said.

C.J.: After 10 years of tinkering: Voila! It's Spot Bomb

A special potion leads to a look into the sometimes mysterious world of carpet manufacturing and stain removal.

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Updated November 16, 2018 — 10:02pm

C.J.: Author Peter Dorsen has cleaned up his life and is focused helping men 60 and older

"Men Over 60: Don't Quit Now!" is in the final editing stage. It follows his "Dr. D's Handbook for Men Over 40," published in 1999.

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Updated November 14, 2018 — 10:23pm

C.J.: The president of Gayle King's fan club has been located, and her name is not Oprah

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Updated November 9, 2018 — 7:03pm

EXCLUSIVE - Lou Eyrich, winner of the award for outstanding limited series for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story", at the Gov

C.J.: FX's 'Versace' costume designer has won the right to be 'Big Lou'

For Lou Eyrich, the transition from Ragstock manager to the costume world was the result of "being in the right place at the right time."

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Updated November 6, 2018 — 10:36pm

Clinton Collins Jr. spoke critically of Black Lives Matters' tactics in the ongoing 4th Precinct protests during a Minneapolis City Council public saf

C.J.: Attorney Clinton Collins wants to thank family of his young organ donor

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Updated November 2, 2018 — 10:35pm

C.J.: Never heard of bandy? There's even a U.S. Hall of Fame

On Monday, the governing body that oversees bandy, a team sport played on ice, inducted two players into its Hall of Fame — Minneapolis native Chris Preiss and Swedish-American Jasper Felder.

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Updated November 1, 2018 — 8:04am