Entertainment Stories from August 1, 2025 (Change date)
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Delightful weather, food and music at Taste of RoselleAug 01, 2025 8:20 pm - The 43rd annual Taste of Roselle kicked off Friday evening with pleasant weather greeting festivalgoers.
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‘And Just Like That …’ to end after third seasonAug 01, 2025 4:16 pm - And just like that, a universe of fun, friendship and fashion is coming to an end. Michael Patrick King, showrunner of the “Sex and the City” sequel “And Just Like That ...,” announced on Instagram that the series will end after the third season concludes.
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Bartlett firefighters’ Smoke & Irons Music Fest for charity returns Aug. 7-9Aug 01, 2025 3:52 pm - Bartlett firefighters’ annual Smoke & Irons Music Fest to raise money for local assistance of those in need returns with the introduction of a kickoff party on a third day this Thursday.
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Matt Rogers talks bringing zeitgeisty Las Culturistas Awards to TV for the 1st timeAug 01, 2025 2:28 pm - The last Teen Choice Awards aired in 2019. MTV canceled its MTV Movie & TV Awards show after 2023. Enter the Las Culturistas Culture Awards, now in its fifth year — and coming to television for the first time at 8 p.m. Tuesday on Bravo.
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Des Plaines council to commemorate theater’s centennialAug 01, 2025 1:56 pm - The Des Plaines City Council will honor the Des Plaines Theatre with a proclamation marking its centennial Monday night.
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Now playing in movie theaters: 73 minutes of cat videos, for a good causeAug 01, 2025 11:16 am - The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline — silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic — that’s playing at the Wayfarer Theaters in Highland Park.
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Geneva creator of Finn the Frog to sign copies of new children’s book SaturdayAug 01, 2025 9:55 am - Young readers of Kane County can meet a local author, get their books signed and possibly hear a live reading this Saturday in the Geneva Commons.
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Return to Club Med: All-inclusive pioneer evolves in its 75th yearAug 01, 2025 9:38 am - Eager to rediscover Club Med, my husbad and I flew to Turks and Caicos last spring for a few days at the adults-only Club Med Turkoise. Would it be the old Club Med I remembered from decades ago? Or had it changed?
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Des Plaines Theatre turns 100 as ‘important connection’ between city’s past and presentAug 01, 2025 9:33 am - The Des Plaines Theatre will mark its centennial Aug. 9 with a parade, 25-cent movie tickets, musical performances and more.
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Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film, out Friday, starring Sofia Carson.
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