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Boy band One Direction: World tour next year May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Hit boy band One Direction has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014. Plans call for the youthful chart-toppers to play major stadiums in Latin America, Britain and Ireland during the first leg of the mega-tour that begins in April. U.S. dates are expected to be announced later.
USA network will debut first-ever sitcoms May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
The USA television network is looking for laughs, and will premiere its first original situation comedies next winter. "Sirens" focuses on three emergency medical technicians from Chicago who are good at their jobs but with personal lives that leave something to be desired. Denis Leary, who starred in FX's "Rescue Me," wrote and produced the series, but is not on-screen.
CW to air iHeartRadio Music Festival May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
The CW network is bringing a popular radio music series to television and is going heavy on escapist fare in its new programming for next season. As part of a three-year deal, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will air exclusively on the network and stream on CWTV.com following the broadcasts, the CW said Thursday. Other iHeartRadio events, including a Jingle Ball holiday concert, are coming to CW as part of the agreement with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.
ACLU: Time for ‘Modern Family’ gay couple to wed May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a wedding episode for Mitchell and Cameron, fathers of an adopted child and one of three couples at the heart of the show. The ACLU says it is appealing to the fictional family to draw more attention to the real issue as it awaits Supreme Court decisions on two important marriage equality cases.
Expect cliffhanger from ‘Big Bang Theory’ finale May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Listening to actor Simon Helberg talk about "The Big Bang Theory," you'd think his show was actually a nerdy nighttime soap. The actor, who plays aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom, dropped a few hints about what to expect from Thursday night's season finale. "This time, the adventure is for Leonard," Helberg revealed, referring to the experimental physicist played by Johnny Galecki. "Howard finds Stephen Hawking's crew is sending out an expedition to the North Sea, and he gets Leonard a job, going on a boat for four months."
‘Idol’ finale a dead heat May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Randy Jackson isn't sure which budding diva will take the crown on "American Idol." The veteran judge of the Fox talent competition declared Wednesday's final performance round at the Nokia Theatre a dead heat after finalists Kree Harrison and Candice Glover each performed three songs. "Dude, this is so close," beamed Jackson, who announced last week that he's leaving the panel after his 12th season. "Everybody go vote!"
'The Office' shutting down after 8 years May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. We're talking, of course, about the BBC-produced, British version of "The Office," starring a previously unknown scamp named Ricky Gervais, who also served as its co-creator, -writer and -director.
Chicago's Michael Shannon a cool standout in 'Iceman' May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
In Ariel Vromen's fact-based crime drama "The Iceman," Chicago's Michael Shannon takes his straightforward role as a mob hitman and transforms it into a powerful, carefully balanced high wire act. Shannon portrays Richard Kuklinski as a modern-day Frankenstein's monster without the stitches, an unpredictably violent creature who operates on basic instinct to survive and protect his family.
Fox Valley Festival Chorus to perform at Carnegie Hall on Memorial DayMay 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Members of the Fox Valley Festival Chorus will be performing at Carnegie Hall on Memorial Day 2013. One year ago Naperville resident and IMSA Instrumental Music Director, Mary Beth McCarthy, the director of the Chorus, received a formal invitation to perform John Rutter’s Requiem under the direction of Rutter himself. Even McCarthy will have the opportunity to step aside from her traditional role of conducting the Chorus and sing as a member of the Chorus.
Over the River and Through the Woods' returns for encore performancesMay 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Back by popular demand, Gallery Theater has added additional dates for the performance of "Over the River and Through the Woods." Playing to sold-out audiences in May, and hearing from disappointed people who missed the original run, organizers have decided to bring it back for encore performances on two dates in June. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2013 and 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, 2013.
Fox Valley Rep invites Fox Valley youth to participate in "Got Talent?" contestMay 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Submission Deadline for contest June 7, 2013
Vampire Weekend turns down tempo on 3rd CDMay 15, 2013 12:00 AM
After releasing two bouncy albums of reggae-flavored pop laced with African rhythms, Vampire Weekend turns down the tempo and ups the indie-rock vibe on its third effort. "Modern Vampires of the City," which the band characterizes as the culmination of a trilogy, puts singer-songwriters Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij's guitars and harmonies front and center.
CBS adds Robin Williams comedy to fall lineup May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
CBS on Wednesday revealed a few nips and tucks it is planning next season for what is already network television's most successful schedule, including adding a comedy with Robin Williams playing an unorthodox advertising executive with Sarah Michelle Gellar as his daughter. It will move "Person of Interest" to Tuesdays, pairing it with "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" to have television's three most-watched dramas on the same night and the same network.
Jolie: From girl with tattoos to girl with a cause May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos. Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turnaround from hedonist to humanitarian, party girl to inspirational poster girl.
‘Gatsby’ opens Cannes Film Festival May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
The Cannes Film Festival got under way with a blockbuster day of Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby." The French Riviera extravaganza began on a rainy Wednesday, where the prestigious festival was to open with the 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
Weekend picks: Explore Adler's new 'Cosmic Wonder'May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Cosmic wonder isn't something you left back in the 1970s — it's a new show opening Friday at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Anime Central 2013, the Midwest's largest convention for fans of Japanese animation and manga, returns for a weekend-long bash at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Comedian Louie Anderson returns to the Improv in Schaumburg for a special engagement this weekend.
Teen Talent Show auditions happening in June May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
The Aurora Public Library's Fifth Annual Teen Talent Show and Competition is looking for performers. Three audition dates have been set and the final competition is on Aug. 10.
Prospect Hts. magician scores first place at international competition May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Bill Cook, a Prospect Heights magician previously profiled as a Daily Herald Suburban Standout, earlier this month won first place in the International Battle of Magicians. Cook, 24, won the competition in Canton, Ohio, with an uptempo act that revolves around him making CDs and iPods appear and disappear.
Villain and visuals aside, ‘Star Trek’ sequel sets predictable course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
"Star Trek Into Darkness" is like fan-boy fiction on a $185 million budget. It's reverential, it's faithful, it's steeped in "Trek" mythology. It's also an excessively derivative what-if rehash. In short, the new chiefs of Starfleet aren't coming up with much to call their own.
George Strait still cruisin’ in the studioMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
George Strait is amid a two-year tour before retiring from the road, but new album "Love Is Everything" proves he still has plenty of great new country music in him. As usual, he proves he can stay contemporary, nicely handling the modern romantic ballad "I Believe," with its orchestrations and organ accents, and the tricky melody of "Give It All We Got Tonight," his current hit.