Entertainment
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Catherine Deneuve gives a master class in acting in 'The Truth'Jul 03, 2020 11:00 am - Family may be the great subject of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, but he doesn't draw straightforward portraits. In Kore-eda's hands, family is more malleable. He...
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Pop-up drive-in theaters are a fix for social-distanced moviegoingJul 03, 2020 11:00 am - McHenry Outdoor Theater owner Scott Dehn couldn't believe his eyes when he opened for the season on May 8. The last-remaining Chicago-area drive-in movie theater reopene...
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Zombies, beware: Naperville's Birthdayy Partyy invades giant Minecraft music festivalJul 03, 2020 6:00 am - In our current world of livestreaming musical performances, to really stand out you have to think outside of the box. Or outside of the blocks. The organizers behind th...
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Ron Onesti: Memories of Andy Hardy and Boys TownJul 03, 2020 6:00 am - My typically insane days usually end with some hot tea, maybe some pistachio nuts or chips, and a dose of late night television. For me, there is nothing more relaxing t...
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'The Outpost' makes for both riveting war film and cautionary tale
Jul 03, 2020 6:00 am - On Oct. 3, 2009, a group of soldiers stationed at an isolated base in the Hindu Kush endured what would become one of the bloodiest confrontations in the U.S. war in Afg...
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Theatre: 'Magic Parlour' goes virtual; Red Orchid, Porchlight team up for audio dramaJul 03, 2020 6:00 am - Virtual magic parlour Magician Dennis Watkins adapts his long-running show "The Magic Parlour" from the lounge to the small screen. Watkins' virtual "The Magic Parlour a...
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O'Donnell: Fourth-and-folly — Who's going to watch all of these summer games?Jul 03, 2020 1:00 am - WHERE WOULD AMERICA BE without summer's whiff of spectacle? Fireworks. Pennant races. NFL training camps. Where would American TV be without the profitable lure of fresh...
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Theater official resigns over complaints of unsafe conditions, insensitivityJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - Lisle native David Zak stepped down as executive director of Pride Films and Plays, a position he has held since the company's founding in 2010. He was replaced by artis...
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Feder: NBC Chicago launched record-setting run for Hugh DownsJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - The great Hugh Downs, whose more than five decades in television earned him a Guinness-certified record for most hours on network TV, started it all in Chicago, Robert F...
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Teatro Leyden tackles radio drama in new mediumJul 02, 2020 11:00 pm - District 212's award-winning bilingual theater program Teatro Leyden is doing all it can to keep theater art alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the group ...