Entertainment
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‘The Plague’ dives into a sink-or-swim water polo camp
Jan 01, 2026 5:15 am - The undercurrents of adolescent cruelty churn queasily in Charlie Polinger’s stylish first feature, “The Plague,” about pre-teen boys in a water polo camp who make a smart but awkward camper the easy outcast of the group.
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Roselle applies amusement tax to streaming servicesDec 31, 2025 3:41 pm - Roselle officials have increased the village’s amusement tax rate from 3% to 5% and agreed to apply it to streaming services as part of a "maintenance" budget for the new fiscal year.
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Daytime star Susan Lucci appearing in Naperville Feb. 9Dec 31, 2025 12:01 pm - The queen of daytime television will be in Naperville in February to promote her new memoir, “La Lucci.” Anderson’s Bookshop will host a Q&A with the Emmy-award winning actress best known for her role as Erica Kane on “All My Children.”
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The worst movies of 2025
Dec 31, 2025 11:58 am - In this season of best-of lists, maybe there’s a measure of schadenfreude, if not solace, to be found in other people’s failures. I’m talking about the trash heap of movies so bad that they couldn’t muster more than a star and half from The Washington Post’s critics.
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English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child
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Restaurants must adapt to boomers’ needs and preferencesDec 31, 2025 10:11 am - Restaurants are always changing. New concepts come and go, trends shift, prices climb, portions grow — and then shrink again. But for those of us who are baby boomers, these aren’t the changes we’re thinking about.
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Timothée Chalamet wants to be great. ‘Marty Supreme’ might get him there.
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Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor from ‘The Wire,’ ‘Veep’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71Dec 31, 2025 6:35 am - Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor who made frequent memorable appearances on the HBO series “The Wire” and “Veep” and in five films with director Spike Lee, died Tuesday. He was 71.
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Video gambling coming to the Polar Dome at Santa’s VillageDec 30, 2025 5:44 pm - Video gaming is coming to the Polar Dome at Santa’s Village in East Dundee.
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Winter theater forecast: New and new-to-Chicago plays heat up suburban, city stagesDec 30, 2025 4:05 pm - Chicago-area theater heats up this winter with world and regional premieres, revivals of classic plays and the return of the blockbuster tuner “Hamilton.”