Entertainment
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‘Cabrini’ tells the unknown story behind the well-known name
Mar 07, 2024 3:26 pm - “Cabrini,” an illuminating if workmanlike portrait of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, tells the story of the woman behind the name that has graced hundreds of shrines, hospitals, parks and schools around the world.
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Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?Mar 07, 2024 2:31 pm - A chat with an old friend brings memories of the bygone era when a grand ballroom graced every neighborhood and folks “lived to dance.”
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And the Oscar goes to ... a movie most people have seenMar 07, 2024 1:36 pm - The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.
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John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’Mar 07, 2024 12:59 pm - Peter Farrelly’s “Ricky Stanicky” feels like one of those lesser 2000 comedies that wanted so badly to be “There’s Something About Mary.” One of the problems is that it is filmed with all the artfulness of a yogurt commercial.
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Oscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s (1 hour earlier) show
Mar 07, 2024 12:22 pm - With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday (airing one hour earlier at 6 p.m.), the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together.
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‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch
Mar 07, 2024 5:45 am - “Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason for us to be nervous. DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.
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Learn about the ‘Fly Girls of World War II’ at Elmhurst museumMar 06, 2024 10:56 pm - During World War II, more than 1,100 women, led by Jackie Cochran, the “Speed Queen”, served their country by flying every military aircraft in the American armed forces...
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Rockin’ by summer? New player plans indoor pickleball court at former Toys R Us in Vernon HillsMar 06, 2024 7:44 pm - Pickleball use for the building was approved last September but didn’t advance After a lull in the action, a new player has emerged with plans to convert the former...
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All shook up: New Shake Shack in Bloomingdale will have drive-through lanes, Korean-inspired fried chicken sandwichMar 06, 2024 4:54 pm - The mere mention of Shake Shack coming to Bloomingdale has fans on social media making dinner plans and preparing for a “crazy busy” opening day this Friday.
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After a decade in limbo, Zac Efron and John Cena’s buddy comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’ hits streaming
Mar 06, 2024 3:50 pm - Director Peter Farrelly, who made “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago, is banking on that same thirst for vulgarity and depraved humor for “Ricky Stanicky,” his latest buddy comedy starring Zac Efron and John Cena that hits Prime Video on Thursday.