Entertainment
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Northwest Concert Band to perform ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’Oct 24, 2025 12:56 pm - The Northwest Concert Band's fall concert will feature Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" on Nov. 1 at Community Church of Rolling Meadows. It also will include pieces by John Williams, Henry Mancini, and James Taylor.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s latest plot twist? Teaming with Nicholas Sparks on a novel and upcoming film
Oct 24, 2025 7:32 am - Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan found an interesting opportunity to collaborate on a new supernatural romance novel called “Remain” with Nicholas Sparks. Yes, that Nicholas Sparks — king of romantic dramas.
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Vernon Hills Park District hosts Fall Fit FestOct 23, 2025 2:19 pm - The Vernon Hills Park District is hosting Fall Fit Fest, a Halloween-themed health fair from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Lakeview Fitness Center, 700 Lakeview Parkway.
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Following meteoric success — and some criticism — ‘Nobody Wants This’ evolves in Season 2
Oct 23, 2025 1:47 pm - When the first season of Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” premiered last year, the series exploded in popularity in ways its creator and stars could never have imagined. “I think we just kind of won the lottery with how ready people were for this kind of story,” said star and executive producer Kristen Bell ahead of Season 2’s release on Thursday.
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Taylor Swift, LL Cool J, Kenny Loggins and David Byrne are among Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees
Oct 23, 2025 9:40 am - Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are among the impressive list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class, an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, folk and rock innovators.
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Broadway musicians reach labor deal, averting a strike
Oct 23, 2025 6:48 am - The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers on Thursday, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals.
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Some tragedy, some romance, and a regretful helping of corn in ‘Regretting You’
Oct 23, 2025 6:15 am - Colleen Hoover’s “Regretting You,” a tragicomic intergenerational romance adapted by Susan McMartin, has its share of grief. But the strange way the tears give way to smiles, quips and then full-on rom-com corniness feels a little awkward — and then just weird and annoying.
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Guillermo del Toro builds a handsome, grand ‘Frankenstein’ that is all his own
Oct 23, 2025 6:00 am - Guillermo del Toro has been telling monster stories for as long as he’s been making films. His version of “Frankenstein” is a story about stories, about fathers and sons, innocents and monsters, and the madness of creation.
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‘Bugonia’ is a darkly comic gut punch
Oct 23, 2025 5:30 am - The twisted filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos has by now trained us to expect darkly comic visions of contemporary life, both savage and mundane. His latest, “Bugonia,” starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, is thrillingly, if tragically, tied to our reality. It might even be his best film.
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Josh O’Connor plays an artless thief in the artful ‘Mastermind’
Oct 23, 2025 5:15 am - Not far into Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” a very different kind of art heist film starring Josh O’Connor, the title’s irony becomes painfully clear. This onetime art student, now a family man and unemployed carpenter, is the furthest thing from a mastermind.