Entertainment
-
Feder: Christmas music lifts Lite FM to No. 1 in Chicago radio ratingsDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Nonstop holiday music once again catapulted iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM to the top spot in the latest Chicago radio ratings, Robert Feder writes. Lite FM...
-
Winter Reading With Mount Prospect Public LibraryDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Public Library invites all ages to warm up with reading this winter from January 1-February 28. Participants may utilize Beanstack, an online platform...
-
Local Production Company Films The Road Dance in Outer Hebrides of ScotlandDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Despite a global pandemic, Lake Forest-based producers Jim Kreutzer and Maryilene Blondell of Sheridan Road Productions have embarked on their latest feature film projec...
-
From his home, Attenborough shows viewers 'A Perfect Planet'
Dec 27, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON - Sir David Attenborough is a globetrotter, discovering far-flung lands and exotic species for TV audiences since the 1950s. The pandemic may have kept him at hom...
-
Schaumburg Library offers online 'Tech Bytes' classesDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - Middle school students will learn to solve problems with the coding language Python during the Schaumburg Township District Library's "Tech Bytes" programs taught by adv...
-
NBC's Lester Holt adds empathetic commentaries to news anchor role
Dec 26, 2020 6:29 am - NEW YORK - During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough. The "NBC Nightly News" anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now wi...
-
Local theater proves resilient, resourceful in year defined by pandemic, civil unrestDec 25, 2020 5:00 am - During a year defined by a global pandemic and civil unrest, Chicago-area theater was marked by anxiety, resilience and the recognition that when it comes to equity and ...
-
In 'Bridgerton,' Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix - and the traditional period drama
Dec 25, 2020 5:00 am - No one can lay a special claim of ownership on the TV period drama. It is not sacred space or a part of a historical preservation act. It's make-believe, and therefore c...
-
In 2020, the best entertainment was like eating grilled cheese and tomato soupDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Tasked with producing an end-of-year list of some kind, I keep coming back to one word that best sums up my screentime in 2020: comfort. Comfort is hard to come by in a ...
-
Ron Onesti: A little George Bailey in all of usDec 23, 2020 10:00 pm - "Wizard Of Oz," "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Gone With The Wind," "The Godfather," the exclusive list goes on with timeless classic films that have touched the hearts ...