Entertainment Stories from March 12, 2024 (Change date)
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Things to do March 15-21: The Ides of March, St. Patrick’s Day, Warrant and moreMar 12, 2024 4:26 pm - Mark your calendars for performances by The Ides of March, Warrant, and Boy Band Night, plus check out St. Patrick’s Day events, The Chicago Sports Spectacular in Rosemont and more happening this week.
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Anthony Hopkins’ tricks to acting are really quite simpleMar 12, 2024 3:18 pm - Now that he’s been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much “easier” now. “As you get older, you have a little more knowledge of life,” he says.
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Chicago Big Band set to play iconic video game hits at Hey NonnyMar 12, 2024 2:48 pm - On Wednesday, March 20, Arlington Heights music venue and bistro Hey Nonny is hosting The Blueshift Big Band, a 17-piece jazz orchestra lead by Joel Baer and Chris Parso.
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‘The Lionheart’: Dan Wheldon documentary covers grief, loss, love and familial legacyMar 12, 2024 1:51 pm - HBO’s “The Lionheart” is an emotional documentary that leans on archival footage to follow the late Dan Wheldon’s race-car-driving career while interlaying his wife Susie's struggles as a single mother trying to navigate the careers of her sons in a high-risk sport.
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Beyoncé’s new album will be called ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’Mar 12, 2024 1:36 pm - Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, she dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming album has a name: “Act II: Cowboy Carter.”
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Enrique Mazzola extends contract as music director of Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31Mar 12, 2024 1:22 pm - Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31, the company said Tuesday as it announced a 2024-25 season that opens with him conducting Verdi’s “Rigoletto” on Sept. 24.
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Johnny Cash tribute band coming to Moonlight Theatre March 15Mar 12, 2024 1:19 pm - American Cash, a tribute to the “Man in Black” Johnny Cash, will perform at Moonlight Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15. This band pays homage to the late singer wit...
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Book Review: Debut novel ‘Headshot’ gives us head shots of the psyches of teenage girl boxersMar 12, 2024 7:08 am - Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, ...
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Japanese animation studio founder Miyazaki isn’t ready to retire just yet, after latest Oscar winMar 12, 2024 7:04 am - Ghibli, the Japanese studio that just won its second Oscar for feature animation for “The Boy and The Heron," hasn't said yet what it plans next. But founder Hayao Miyazaki, who at 83 was the oldest director ever nominated in that category, won’t rule out making another film, even if his next project is a short instead of a full-length feature.
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Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbusterMar 12, 2024 6:44 am - “Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night's 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That's the biggest number drawn by the telecast in four years.
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