Entertainment
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‘Slingshot’ sets its mind games in outer space
Aug 29, 2024 1:08 pm - “Slingshot” belongs to a genre that could be called “man in a can” movies. If you’ve ever wanted to watch Casey Affleck lose his marbles over the course of an hour and 45 minutes, here’s your chance.
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‘Let’s do something fun’: Olive oil store in downtown Libertyville celebrates 15 years of educating customersAug 29, 2024 12:46 pm - Education is at the root of Oh, Olive! a family-run olive oil store celebrating 15 years in downtown Libertyville.
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Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett bring series ‘Disclaimer’ to Venice Film Festival
Aug 29, 2024 7:39 am - Alfonso Cuarón is the first to admit that he does not know how to make a television series. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has technically now made a series, the seven-part AppleTV+ show “Disclaimer,” four episodes of which premiered Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
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Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers’ reunion
Aug 29, 2024 6:54 am - Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets.
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The new ‘Reagan’ biopic is not a great communicator
Aug 29, 2024 5:30 am - For a movie about the Great Communicator, “Reagan” communicates surprisingly little. Dennis Quaid is an acceptable simulacrum, but Ronald “Dutch” Reagan had a folksy surface charisma that was a huge part of his appeal, and that proves impossible to replicate.
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History walk set for Oct. 11 at Winfield’s St. John CemeteryAug 29, 2024 12:04 am - Join the Winfield Historical Society and volunteer cemetery walk interpreters who will tell the story of people who lived during the historic early years of the village.
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‘ER’ creator Michael Crichton’s estate sues Warner Bros. over upcoming hospital drama ‘The Pitt’Aug 28, 2024 3:10 pm - The estate of Michael Crichton, who wrote the screenplay for what became the pilot episode of “ER,” has sued Warner Bros. Television over a dispute about an upcoming medical drama it says is a rebranded version of an unauthorized reboot.
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New event for Des Plaines Ikes — a Fish Boil Sept. 28Aug 28, 2024 2:24 pm - There is exciting news coming from the Des Plaines Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America.
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Main Stage entertainment at Septemberfest includes Plain White T’s, Phillip Phillips, 7th heavenAug 28, 2024 11:46 am - Schaumburg’s Septemberfest returns this weekend, with Phillip Phillips, Plain White T’s, and 7th heaven scheduled to perform as headliners of the popular three-day festival that will be taking place Aug. 31 to Sept. 2.
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Award-winning Harper College students discover the therapeutic power of artAug 28, 2024 11:30 am - Harper College students Lain Dennis and Jefferson Sobczak grew up in different parts of the U.S., have different educational paths and employ their artistic talents in wildly different ways.