Entertainment
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Century-old ‘Phantom of the Opera’ to be shown with live organ Oct. 24Oct 16, 2025 3:00 pm - On Oct. 24, First Congregational Church of Elgin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lon Chaney’s 1925 silent film "The Phantom of the Opera" with a special screening accompanied on the pipe organ.
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Palatine High School graduates bring cinematic vision to Chicago film festivalOct 16, 2025 2:10 pm - Two Palatine High School graduates are living their cinematic dream with the screening of their short film at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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Alex Murdaugh family’s shocking murders and deep-rooted secrets revealed in new Hulu limited series
Oct 16, 2025 1:52 pm - When the wife and son of prominent South Carolina attorney, Alex Murdaugh, were shot and killed in 2021, the news instantly captivated the public’s attention. Soon, the story went from tragic and shocking to bizarre as the police investigation closed in on Murdaugh himself as the perpetrator. Hulu has dramatized the case in a new limited series, now streaming, called “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.”
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Rose Byrne goes deep and dark as an overburdened mom in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’
Oct 16, 2025 11:20 am - One senses that Linda, the overburdened mom embodied by a brave and committed Rose Byrne in Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” would freely expand on the question of how moms juggle it all — if anyone cared. But Linda is nobody’s priority.
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Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes ‘dirty work’ of civil rights movement in new documentary
Oct 16, 2025 11:03 am - Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. Now 93, Young narrates “Andrew Young: The Dirty Work,” a documentary that premieres at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, on MSNBC.
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Donnie Wahlberg steps into the bitter New York-Boston divide with new series ‘Boston Blue’
Oct 16, 2025 10:43 am - Donnie Wahlberg is finally getting his dream of shooting a TV series in his beloved hometown of Boston. There’s just one catch: He’s playing a New Yorker. He’s transplanting his Danny Reagan character from the Big Apple-based procedural “Blue Bloods” to the new CBS spinoff “Boston Blue,” debuting Friday.
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Aziz Ansari’s film-directing debut, ‘Good Fortune,’ is a barrel of hollow laughs
Oct 16, 2025 9:24 am - Written by and starring comedian Aziz Ansari, “Good Fortune” is also his debut as a film director. The fantasy comedy cleverly diagnoses some of society’s greatest faults. All the world is a farce, Ansari seems to say, while suggesting that it can still be saved. But his big-screen creation doesn’t feel the need to offer solutions.
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Michelle Obama to promote new book ‘The Look’ with podcast series
Oct 16, 2025 8:12 am - Former first lady Michelle Obama will be promoting her upcoming book on fashion, “The Look,” through a special, six-part companion series to the podcast “IMO” that she hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson.
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‘After the Hunt’ is less hot-button farce than tragedy
Oct 16, 2025 5:00 am - Set among a well-educated, self-involved class at Yale University, Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield, is a twisting narrative of alleged sexual assault, cancel culture, privilege in academia and Gen Z victimization.
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See Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ at The Venue for HalloweenOct 16, 2025 12:10 am - The Venue in Aurora will host a free screening of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "The Birds" on Oct. 25 in celebration of Halloween.