Entertainment
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Video game actors’ union calls for strike against ‘League of Legends’Sep 24, 2024 4:14 pm - Hollywood’s actors union called a strike against the popular multiplayer online game “League of Legends” on Tuesday, arguing the company that produces the game attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring nonunion actors to work on a union title.
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John Leguizamo reaches back in time to reclaim Latin American history for a PBS documentary seriesSep 24, 2024 12:51 pm - If you think Latin American history starts with Christopher Columbus, John Leguizamo would like to have a word. He delves into the overlooked contributions of Latino people in the new PBS three-part series, “VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos,” debuting Saturday, Sept. 28, on WTTW.
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Suki Waterhouse pens a ‘Memoir of a Sparklemuffin’ on her wide-ranging sophomore album
Sep 24, 2024 11:10 am - Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin spider during a late-night scroll. The spider became a foil and a mascot for Waterhouse's sophomore album, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” released recently. She’s headlining Chicago’s Salt Shed on Dec. 18.
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Scooter’s Coffee, storage facility and more coming to Deer ParkSep 24, 2024 11:00 am - A Scooter’s Coffee shop, restaurants and a self-storage facility are coming to Deer Park.
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October Days return to historic Long GroveSep 24, 2024 8:32 am - Historic Downtown Long Grove is embracing autumn with a month full of seasonal activities this October.
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BatFest to fill downtown Batavia with family fun Oct. 26Sep 23, 2024 10:57 pm - Batavia Mainstreet is bringing back its annual Halloween-themed family event, BatFest, on Saturday, Oct. 26.
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount revives ‘An Act of God’ comedySep 23, 2024 5:51 pm - The Almighty pays a return visit to earth to amend his commandments in “An Act of God” beginning previews Oct. 2 at Aurora’s Copley Theatre.
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Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson’s ‘overnight success’ is more than a decade in the makingSep 23, 2024 4:58 pm - Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit “The Perfect Couple,” have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
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Book Review: Crystal King combines food, myths and surrealism with ‘In the Garden of Monsters’
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Best Bets: Jack O’Lantern World, ‘AGT’ vets Malevo, The Capitol Fools and moreSep 23, 2024 3:33 pm - The Halloween extravaganza Jack O’Lantern World opens in Lake Zurich, plus the McAninch Arts Center welcomes Argentinean dance ensemble and “America’s Got Talent” veterans Malevo and political satirists The Capitol Fools.