Entertainment
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Melissa Etheridge celebrates release of ‘Rise’ during Brookfield Zoo Chicago concert SundayJun 05, 2026 11:16 am - “I do love taking my show to people,” says multiple Grammy Award-winner Melissa Etheridge, who’s headlining Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s “Roaring Nights” concert series Sunday, June 7, in support of her recently released album “Rise.”
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ song is a return to country: What to know about ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’
Jun 05, 2026 9:22 am - Taylor Swift’s new song for the Disney and Pixar’s forthcoming “Toy Story 5” film is here. On Friday, Swift released “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a bit of a return to country music.
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Choose ‘Trainspotting’: Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle reflect on the life-changing film
Jun 05, 2026 8:53 am - Ewan McGregor, for a fleeting moment after “Trainspotting” came out, felt like a rock star. Both he and director Danny Boyle are a little wistful about the time, and what they made, on the eve of its 30th anniversary re-release. Starting Friday, a 4K digital restoration will be in theaters nationwide.
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Metal artist’s ‘Fiddler in the Field’ stands out in St. Charles sculpture parkJun 05, 2026 5:02 am - The sculpture “Fiddler in the Field” stands out as columnist Dave Heun’s favorite so far this year at the Sculpture in the Park gallery in St. Charles’ Mount St. Mary Park.
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Cream of Wheaton opens summer fest seasonJun 04, 2026 7:30 pm - The opening of the Cream of Wheaton means summer is here. The festival continues through the weekend with a bunch of bands in Memorial Park.
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Upcoming Stillman Nature Center events include bird walk, campfire, pond studyJun 04, 2026 3:05 pm - Stillman Nature Center in South Barrington will offer several events this summer, including a bird walk, a campfire, a look at turtles and snakes and a pond study.
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Niall Horan throws a ‘Dinner Party’ for those in love
Jun 04, 2026 2:57 pm - He met her at a “Dinner Party.” It’s not enough to call it a concept album, but former One Direction boy bander and Irish singer Niall Horan’s fourth studio album, “Dinner Party,” grounds itself in love songs about his longtime partner, who he met at the get-together.
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‘Scary Movie 6’ brings back the Wayans and the Core Four for a rapid-fire horror spoof
Jun 04, 2026 10:00 am - The knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface unwisely tries to stab Teyana Taylor in the opening scene of “Scary Movie,” and it goes rather poorly. The dagger the psycho plunges into the actor’s abdomen bounces off, horribly bent. “I’m Teyana Taylor,” she announces. “My abs have abs.”
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Sweet! National Donut Day deals on FridayJun 04, 2026 9:28 am - Friday is National Donut Day and there plenty of deals and freebies at shops across the suburbs. Plus. you could win doughnuts for a year, and maybe even for life, at Stan’s Donuts.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for May 2026Jun 04, 2026 8:24 am - The top finishers in May’s amateur photo contest showcase nature’s beauty.