Entertainment Stories from October 30, 2025 (Change date)
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5 historical novels that deliver a perfect escape from the presentOct 30, 2025 3:13 pm - With this selection of historical novels, you can journey to various times and places: the royal courts of Henry VIII in England and Augustus the Strong in Central Europe, 17th-century Denmark, early-20th-century New York, the Roaring Twenties.
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You can thank Elvis for Elvira, Cassandra Peterson saysOct 30, 2025 3:02 pm - Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. And now she’s released a cookbook featuring spooky recipes, creepy craft ideas and photos of herself dressed as Elvira.
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A ‘Call of Duty’ movie is in the works with Peter Berg and Taylor SheridanOct 30, 2025 2:48 pm - “Call of Duty,” one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday.
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Pinstripes location in South Barrington closesOct 30, 2025 1:42 pm - Pinstripes in South Barrington has closed its doors after 18 years.
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How ‘Love is Blind’ is reshaping global views on love, from Japan to BrazilOct 30, 2025 12:49 pm - The just-wrapped Denver season of “Love Is Blind” may be the first time the show explored the Mountain West, but the Netflix reality dating show franchise is already a well-seasoned globe-trotter.
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Be inspired and bewitched by culinary creations on ‘Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking’Oct 30, 2025 12:38 pm - In the early hours of the morning, while everyone is asleep, something magical is being cooked up on the set of “Harry Potter.” The Food Network show “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking,” back for a second season Sunday, filmed overnight this summer on the same Warner Bros. set of the eight movies.
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Nightmare on Williams Street: Suburbanite raises goosebumps on his home turfOct 30, 2025 11:22 am - “We just love Halloween.” That’s what James Schiffer says of his family’s commitment to assembling a monster display of spooky magic in the front yard of their Downers Grove home.
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ is a meticulous ode to the French New WaveOct 30, 2025 10:54 am - Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” is principally about Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) and the making of his landmark feature debut, “Breathless.” But it is also a wider portrait of a moveable filmmaking feast, of an entire generation of French filmmakers.
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Minimalist thriller ‘Hallow Road’ lets your imagination run wildOct 30, 2025 5:00 am - “Hallow Road” is the kind of minimalistic thriller that knows that sometimes all you need to do is establish the right mood and your audience’s imagination will take it from there. It is all ambiguity and escalation, and relief is not in the cards.
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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ is a darkly moving and funny look at revengeOct 30, 2025 5:00 am - The mundane act of a car breaking down one night on a road in Iran sets in motion one of the most moving movies of the year in “It Was Just an Accident.” It’s dark and yet wickedly funny, existential and very, very human as it explores the ripple effects from state violence and asks if forgiveness can ever be offered.
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