Entertainment
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Feder: Broadcasters statewide band together to raise cash for food banksMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - Television and radio stations throughout Illinois are teaming up to relieve shortages at food banks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Robert Feder writes. Startin...
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O'Donnell: Pro basketball from China possible as a TV fill-in for the NBA?Mar 25, 2020 1:00 am - JEREMY LIN ONCE inspired an NBA fervor called "Linsanity." Now, could he and his colleagues in the Chinese Basketball Association serve as enough of a TV draw to help ge...
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Feder: CBS 2 tests emergency newscast from the streetMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - While all news media are practicing social distancing and adapting to working outside the office, WBBM-Channel 2 went a step further Tuesday. The CBS-owned station origi...
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Constable: Magicians try new tricks as gigs disappearMar 24, 2020 5:30 am - Just say the magic words, “COVID-19,” and poof — the livelihood of local magicians vanishes. “Everything is gone,” says Pete Kovacevich, 62, a full-time magician from Bu...
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Feder: Chicago TV news startups still up in the airMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus pandemic threatens to delay the launch of two ambitious new Chicago-based television news operations in the coming months, Robert Feder writes. CBS-owned...
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Move over Weird Al, it's 'The Epic Hand Washing Parody'Mar 24, 2020 1:00 am - Musician Peter Hollens created this video to be a fun, positive reminder to families about what we can all do right now in our own homes to fight the COVID-19 virus. ...
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Amid Coronavirus Uncertainties, Schaumburg Artist's Music Video Inspires HopeMar 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Nashville, TN. - Schaumburg native Brina Kay released her debut music video for her single "Rome" on Friday, March 20th. The video, filmed and directed by Josh Lockhart ...
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Happy Twirlers Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Square Dancing in Des PlainesMar 23, 2020 11:00 pm - The Happy Twirlers Dance Club was founded by Charles and Lee Weiler on April 26, 1969. Square Dance is an American Folk Dance which brings people together for friendship...
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Daring sleuth Miss Fisher is back in new Acorn TV movieMar 23, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The intrepid and daring Phryne Fisher, last seen in an internationally popular TV mystery series, is getting the welcome back she deserves in "Miss Fisher ...
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Feder: Starting tonight, WGN Radio to simulcast Channel 9 news at 10 p.m.Mar 23, 2020 1:00 am - Now we know how WGN 720-AM is going to fill one of the hours previously occupied by evening host Justin Kaufmann, who left last week after his contract was not renewed, ...