Entertainment Stories from August 15, 2025 (Change date)
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Classic Albums Live brings Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ to the HemmensAug 15, 2025 4:51 pm - On Oct. 4, Classic Albums Live will perform Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours" album in its entirety, followed by a second set of the band's greatest hits, at Elgin's Hemmens Cultural Center.
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St. Charles Singers explore new works alongside familiar favorites in 41st seasonAug 15, 2025 3:35 pm - St. Charles Singers launches its 2025-26 season with little-known pieces, international Christmas tunes, and sacred songs for its first-ever Italian concert tour.
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A lyrical ode to the real cowgirls of the new West in ‘East of Wall’Aug 15, 2025 2:56 pm - Filmmaker Kate Beecroft points her lens toward the real cowgirls of the Badlands in the lyrical new film “East of Wall.” The film blends fact and fiction to tell a story about the working women of South Dakota, skilled riders and trainers with ranching and rodeo in their blood who also can’t seem to catch a break.
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Book Review: A private eye investigates whether her husband sent an innocent man to prisonAug 15, 2025 10:57 am - “Gone in the Night” is Joanna Schaffhausen’s fifth novel featuring Annalisa, and fans of the series already know that the protagonist’s family life is complicated.
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USA Network is bringing back scripted TV. First up? John Grisham’s ‘The Rainmaker.’Aug 15, 2025 9:25 am - Since 2021, the USA Network had stacked its lineup with reality shows and sports, entirely forgoing original, scripted programming. But on Friday, the network returns to scripted TV with the legal thriller “The Rainmaker.”
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Bob Odenkirk isn’t an action newbie anymoreAug 15, 2025 8:59 am - At 62, Naperville native Bob Odenkirk is not only a comic icon, he’s also a six-time Emmy-nominated actor, a Tony-nominated Broadway star and, most surprisingly, an action star, as he demonstrates in the recently released film “Nobody 2.”
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The Savannah Bananas have a South Side sellout. Here’s how to watch their stopover in ChicagoAug 15, 2025 7:56 am - Another weekend in which the Savannah Bananas liberate a house of losing baseball. Rate Field, home of the flailing Chicago White Sox, hasn’t hosted sustained fun in quite some time. Enter Friday and Saturday batches of Banana Ball in front of sellout crowds.
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‘The Traitors’ is opening its doors to everyday people. Here’s how you can join the TV competition.Aug 15, 2025 6:49 am - The U.S. version of “The Traitors” has brought a group of public figures to a castle in the Scottish Highlands for a game of deceit, with hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs. NBC is now casting for a civilian version of the Peacock series.
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