Entertainment
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Feder: Sportscaster Chet Coppock dies after car accidentApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Chet Coppock, the legendary Chicago sportscaster who was a flamboyant showman on television and radio for decades, has died of injuries in a car accident in Savannah, Ge...
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Feder: Chet Coppock: In his own wordsApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Truth be told, no one loved talking about Chet Coppock more than Coppock himself. In interviews with me over the years, the unabashed showman revealed himself with remar...
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O'Donnell: Question will always linger - Did Chet Coppock love Chet Coppock?Apr 18, 2019 1:00 am - For Chet Coppock, it was easy being CHET COPPOCK! It was much more complex being Chet Coppock. He was born to live in the limelight. He died so far away from it. News of...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU to become CW Network affiliateApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - One of Chicago's last locally-owned independent television stations is going network, Robert Feder writes. In a surprising move, Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting announ...
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May 4: Jack Wright's Tribute to Neil Diamond at CLC's James Lumber CenterApr 17, 2019 11:00 pm - In the final show of the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts' 2018/2019 Professional Series, JACK WRIGHT's Songs and Stories of NEIL DIAMOND: A Contemporary...
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Theater spotlight: 'August Rush' makes Paramount premiereApr 17, 2019 6:00 am - Paramount premiere Paramount Theatre premieres "August Rush: The Musical," adapted from the 2007 film about an 11-year-old musical prodigy who's determined to find his b...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsApr 17, 2019 6:00 am - Eggs will roll Arlington International Racecourse boast a cache of 30,000 eggs for this Saturday's Easter Egg Hunt. There are also other pre-hunt activities like "Breakf...
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As TCM guest programmer, Glen Ellyn man to introduce 'The Quiet Man,' and its place in family loreApr 17, 2019 5:12 am - The Sullivan family legend begins where all good Irish tales do: on a St. Patrick's Day. The year was 1983, and Terry Sullivan had planned a night watching "The Quiet Ma...
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Metropolis embraces musicals, farce for upcoming seasonApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - A classic musical, a classic farce and a popular jukebox show are among the main stage productions Arlington Heights' Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has set for its 2...
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Feder: Kartemquin Films wins two Peabody AwardsApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based nonprofit collective behind such acclaimed documentaries as "Hoop Dreams" (1994) and "The Interrupters" (2011), was named winner of t...