Entertainment Stories from December 8, 2025 (Change date)
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Neer Beer brings suburbs’ first non-alcoholic bottle shop to WheatonDec 08, 2025 5:59 pm - Neer Beer, a non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened last week in downtown Wheaton. Owner Jason Krapausky said most of the NA options he sells would do well in blind taste tests with their alcoholic counterparts “except for the not getting drunk part.”
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ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspensionDec 08, 2025 4:16 pm - ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension. Kimmel’s previous, multiyear contract had been set to expire next May, so the extension will keep him on the air until at least May 2027.
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Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass concert at Hawthorn Woods village barnDec 08, 2025 3:35 pm - The Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass, featuring principal brass players and special guest artists, will perform music of the season at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the villa...
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Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the ‘Peanuts’ gang and moreDec 08, 2025 2:28 pm - It’s time for some new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered with some of the best new holiday releases for the 2025 season.
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Best bets: Elgin Symphony brings ‘Holiday Spectacular’ to Raue Center, HemmensDec 08, 2025 1:28 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra performs its “Holiday Spectacular” at Crystal Lake’s Raue Center and Elgin’s Hemmens, Naperville comedian Chris Ryan returns for a show at North Central, and the Ruth Page dancers perform their namesake’s “Nutcracker” in the city and suburbs.
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Senior Suburban Orchestra celebrates Johann Strauss II at holiday concertDec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - The Senior Suburban Orchestra's "Family and Friends Holiday Concert" on December 13 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth with selections from his works.
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Her family spied for Germany in WWII. She tried to learn the truth.Dec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - In 1994, a suburban wife, mother and journalist named Christine Kuehn received a mysterious letter in the mail from a filmmaker. Its message? A suggestion that her grandparents were Nazi spies who facilitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Eric Dane’s emotional memoir, including his life with ALS, to be published in AprilDec 08, 2025 12:05 pm - A memoir by Eric Dane, the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” actor who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, will be published next year.
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Golden Globe snubs and surprises: ‘Wicked,’ Julia Roberts, Sydney Sweeney and moreDec 08, 2025 11:20 am - Perhaps the “Wicked” team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday. “Wicked: For Good” wasn’t nominated for best picture or best director, one of several surprising exclusions.
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Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by NetflixDec 08, 2025 9:38 am - Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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