Entertainment Stories from May 16, 2025 (Change date)
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Long Grove Chocolate Fest celebrates 25th yearMay 16, 2025 5:33 pm - Chocolate-covered strawberries, bananas and cheesecake are just some of the delicacies available during the 25th annual Chocolate Fest starting Friday in downtown Long Grove.
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Cannes promotional stunts, once a feature of the festival, go missingMay 16, 2025 1:25 pm - You can get nostalgic about almost anything at the Cannes Film Festival, even Jerry Seinfeld on a zip line in a bumblebee costume.
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Goodman’s provocative ‘Antiquities’ leaves a lasting impressionMay 16, 2025 12:20 pm - Jordan Harrison’s artfully constructed, century-spanning, sci fi tale about A.I. supplanting humans premieres at the Goodman Theatre under directors David Cromer and Caitlin Sullivan.
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Fogo de Chão opening in Orland Park MondayMay 16, 2025 12:01 pm - Fogo de Chão, the popular Brazilian steakhouse, will open its sixth Chicago-area restaurant in Orland Park on Monday.
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Bahama Breeze in Schaumburg among 15 locations abruptly closed nationwideMay 16, 2025 10:42 am - The Bahama Breeze Island Grille restaurant in Schaumburg is among 15 nationwide that were closed this week by Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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Kids author Mo Willems and The Pigeon stare down the future in a new bookMay 16, 2025 10:41 am - Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most to him is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books. His latest book, “Will the Pigeon Graduate?,” addresses Pigeon’s fear of failure.
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‘Deaf President Now!’ amplifies the birth of a rights movementMay 16, 2025 9:39 am - The events depicted in “Deaf President Now!” — a documentary revisiting the 1988 protest by students at Gallaudet University that led to the selection of the school’s first deaf president in its 124-year history — may seem like an incremental advancement for representation in the deaf community. But it was so much more.
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The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ is a surrealist vanity projectMay 16, 2025 9:19 am - In “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” the tedium of an incoherent first act paints charismatic performer The Weeknd — one of the last few decades’ most popular — as an unempathetic protagonist in a nonlinear and nonsensical world.
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Singer Chris Brown’s tour in question as UK judge orders him into custody on assault chargeMay 16, 2025 8:39 am - Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown’s upcoming tour was thrown into question Friday as a British judge ordered him held in custody while facing allegations that he beat a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
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