Entertainment Stories from February 12, 2026 (Change date)
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Industry veteran named new president and CEO of Portillo’sFeb 12, 2026 2:06 pm - Chicago-based Portillo’s has appointed restaurant industry veteran Brett Patterson as president and chief executive officer, effective Feb. 23, the company announced Thursday.
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‘The Outsiders’ musical tour muscles its way to ChicagoFeb 12, 2026 1:47 pm - Director Danya Taymor’s stagecraft is truly the major star of “The Outsiders.” This hit four-time 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s beloved 1967 coming-of-age novel is now making an emotional and aggressively confident Chicago touring debut at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
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5 new works of historical fiction feature painful secretsFeb 12, 2026 11:44 am - Be they sniper, pirate, orphan, anthropologist, labor unionist or craftswoman, the characters in this selection of new historical fiction strive to conceal painful secrets as readers journey from the frigid Finnish forests to the sweltering Caribbean, Jim Crow America and war-torn Paris.
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Amid Nigerian unrest, two sons experience deeply affecting day with dad in ‘My Father’s Shadow’Feb 12, 2026 9:51 am - Two young boys spend a day with their oft absent father in Lagos amid political turbulence in “My Father’s Shadow,” an affecting debut feature from Akinola Davies Jr. It’s a gem, a deeply felt memory piece and a vibrant portrait of Nigeria in 1993.
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A man from the future fights an AI apocalypse in ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’Feb 12, 2026 5:15 am - In Gore Verbinski’s absurdist AI sci-fi satire “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” a strange unnamed man (Sam Rockwell) steps into a Los Angeles diner and declares that he’s from the future. “All of this is going to go horribly wrong,” he says.
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An undernourishing feast: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a bold but shallow take on Brontë’s classicFeb 12, 2026 5:15 am - It’s hardly a surprise that filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who possesses a particular interest in shocking and riling her audience, was drawn to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights.” This version is being sold as a great love story, but, you know, with a wink.
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‘Crime 101’ is a middle-of-the-road LA heist movie, with ‘Heat’ around the cornerFeb 12, 2026 5:00 am - Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth looks good in a suit. And we’re all suckers for savvy criminals with good escape routes.
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Stephen Curry’s animated basketball movie ‘GOAT’ is a disappointing air ballFeb 12, 2026 5:00 am - You’d expect an animated basketball movie with four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry in the producer’s chair to be an easy lay-up. So why is “GOAT” such a brick?
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