Entertainment
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Networks, streaming services look to sci-fi, fantasy for fall TV season
Sep 05, 2021 7:32 am - Fickleness is paying off for the young. Because Generation Z and a slice of millennials are more likely to drop and add streaming services in pursuit of tempting new sho...
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'Billions' banks new episodes as Showtime drama returns after long breakSep 05, 2021 7:30 am - "Billions" has had a long Season 5 break, but it's ready to pick up where it left off. As with so many other shows, the pandemic shut down production on the Showtime dra...
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Jam & Lewis are back for the first time with 'Volume One'
Sep 04, 2021 7:30 am - NEW YORK - If anyone questions being too old to try something new, look no further than iconic music producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. "As you get older in life, we r...
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Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' jabs, flips Asian American film cliches
Sep 03, 2021 9:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Like a lot of Asian actors, Simu Liu has played the nameless guy who can do martial arts but inevitably loses out to a more skilled white guy. It was one o...
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Spotlight: Ready for the Fringe? Elgin's arts celebration returns for its 8th yearSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - Elgin on the fringe The Elgin Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of music, theater, dance, film and the visual arts, returns this weekend for its eighth year with in...
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Netflix film 'Worth' weighs personal, financial losses of 9/11
Sep 03, 2021 6:00 am - “Worth” — ★ ★ ★ “What is life worth?” asks Washington lawyer Kenneth J. Feinberg (Michael Keaton) in the opening scenes of the based-on-a-true-story drama “Worth,” ...
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Ron Onesti: Some much need Chicago Pride!Sep 03, 2021 6:00 am - I attended the inaugural induction ceremony of the Illinois Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum last night. It was like the final round of a heavyweight championship! ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Daily Herald's memorable Ray Hallett with a final 'Botton Line' on Arlington ParkSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - ONCE IN A FADING TURF MOON, there's no point in getting in the way of the words of an insightful man. That's the view this Labor Day weekend as Ray Hallett draws back so...
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Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces, "Strategic Saturdays," A Gaming Experience with Classic WargamesSep 02, 2021 11:00 pm - The Pritzker Military Museum Library has created a new program designed for historical wargame enthusiasts, Strategic Saturdays. The free, in-person program requires re...
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Paramount Theatre resumes live performances with exuberant 'Kinky Boots' revivalSep 02, 2021 8:00 am - “Kinky Boots” - ★ ★ ★ Paramount Theatre's “Kinky Boots” cast could have sung the phone book on a bare stage and the audience response to their performance likely would h...