Entertainment
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Feder: Irika Sargent 'excited to be back' as CBS 2 anchor todayFeb 01, 2021 12:00 am - It's back to work today for new mom Irika Sargent, who returns to CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 as Monday-through-Friday news anchor alongside Brad Edwards, Robert Feder writ...
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National book awards have local connectionsJan 31, 2021 10:00 pm - Vernon Area Public Library children's librarian Sarah Okner was among the small group of literacy professionals across the United States to serve on the 2021 Caldecott M...
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Foundation names 2021 Young Arts winnersJan 31, 2021 10:00 pm - The National YoungArts Foundation recently announced its 2021 YoungArts Winners. YoungArts' winners are the nation's most accomplished young artists in the visual, liter...
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Danish crime show 'The Investigation' on HBO turns lurid procedural trend on its head
Jan 31, 2021 6:32 am - NEW YORK - The 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall had all the gruesome elements of a modern true-crime classic. Writer and director Tobias Lindholm initially dis...
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Netflix leads GLAAD Media Awards for LGBTQ representation
Jan 31, 2021 6:22 am - NEW YORK - Netflix is once again the top contender at the GLAAD Media Awards with 26 nominations, snapping up film nods for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "The Prom," co...
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Bechdel Fest goes virtual to showcase underrepresented theater artistsJan 30, 2021 6:30 am - The theater artists participating in Broken Nose Theatre's 2021 Bechdel Fest are a committed group. To comply with COVID-19 pandemic-mandated shutdowns, they initially a...
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Wendy Williams subject of juicy new biopic and a documentary
Jan 30, 2021 6:25 am - NEW YORK - From breakups to pregnancies to lawsuits, Wendy Williams has made a career out of deep dives into celebrity gossip. It helped her to gain a following in radio...
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Spotlight: Local favorites appear in Northlight's livestreamed readingJan 29, 2021 5:00 am - Bechdel Fest 8 Broken Nose Theatre presents Bechdel Fest 8: Realign, a festival of short plays featuring femme, female-identifying, nonbinary, transgender and queer acto...
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Ron Onesti: Music warms cold winter nightsJan 29, 2021 5:00 am - How many times have we sat on our couches looking outside into our snow-peaked yards and stayed home from work as Chi-town-area temps hit 60-below zero with the wind chi...
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Jim O'Donnell: Frisk, Whisler helped Travelers blaze lost local CBA trailJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - IN HIS 50 YEARS SHEPHERDING the sports department of The Daily Herald, Bob Frisk assigned himself to be the primary reporter on a pro sports beat only once. That rarity ...