Entertainment
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Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass concert at Hawthorn Woods village barnDec 08, 2025 3:35 pm - The Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass, featuring principal brass players and special guest artists, will perform music of the season at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the villa...
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Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the ‘Peanuts’ gang and more
Dec 08, 2025 2:28 pm - It’s time for some new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered with some of the best new holiday releases for the 2025 season.
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Best bets: Elgin Symphony brings ‘Holiday Spectacular’ to Raue Center, HemmensDec 08, 2025 1:28 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra performs its “Holiday Spectacular” at Crystal Lake’s Raue Center and Elgin’s Hemmens, Naperville comedian Chris Ryan returns for a show at North Central, and the Ruth Page dancers perform their namesake’s “Nutcracker” in the city and suburbs.
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Senior Suburban Orchestra celebrates Johann Strauss II at holiday concertDec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - The Senior Suburban Orchestra's "Family and Friends Holiday Concert" on December 13 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth with selections from his works.
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Her family spied for Germany in WWII. She tried to learn the truth.
Dec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - In 1994, a suburban wife, mother and journalist named Christine Kuehn received a mysterious letter in the mail from a filmmaker. Its message? A suggestion that her grandparents were Nazi spies who facilitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Eric Dane’s emotional memoir, including his life with ALS, to be published in April
Dec 08, 2025 12:05 pm - A memoir by Eric Dane, the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” actor who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, will be published next year.
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Golden Globe snubs and surprises: ‘Wicked,’ Julia Roberts, Sydney Sweeney and more
Dec 08, 2025 11:20 am - Perhaps the “Wicked” team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday. “Wicked: For Good” wasn’t nominated for best picture or best director, one of several surprising exclusions.
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Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix
Dec 08, 2025 9:38 am - Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations
Dec 08, 2025 9:37 am - Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid its deal to be acquired by Netflix.
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What to stream: Brad Pitt, ‘Spinal Tap II,’ Percy Jackson and lots and lots of Taylor Swift
Dec 08, 2025 5:15 am - A six-episode behind-the-scenes Disney+ docuseries about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour and Rian Johnson’s third “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.