Entertainment
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Book review: ‘Almost Surely Dead’ is a smart supernatural thriller for a stormy nightFeb 06, 2024 9:42 am - In her third novel, “Almost Surely Dead,” Amina Akhtar departs from trends and fashion to sink deep into a missing-person mystery with humorous cynicism and an increasingly creepy edge.
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Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish help Grammys reach its largest audience since 2020Feb 06, 2024 7:40 am - An average of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to see performances by Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish and watch Taylor Swift make history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the largest audience for the telecast in four years.
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Wheaton churches to present a celebration of the African American spiritualFeb 06, 2024 12:21 am - The Festival Choir and Orchestra of Gary United Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Church presents “There’s a Stirrin’ in the Water,” a celebration of the African Am...
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Arlington Heights Japanese restaurant expanding to handle increased Mitsuwa package businessFeb 05, 2024 8:51 pm - A Japanese restaurant on the south end of Arlington Heights plans to grow its operations for the preparation and packaging of rice bowls, sushi rolls and other food that’...
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The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995Feb 05, 2024 4:57 pm - A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before she was born made their own history: The Grateful Dead have broken the record ...
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Best Bets: Dance Chicago celebrates romance while Second City skewers itFeb 05, 2024 3:57 pm - The Second City skewers romance, the Chicago Auto Show zooms into McCormick Place, the Raue Center pays tribute to Barry Manilow and the Joffrey Ballet returns.
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WT Productions invites you to solve ‘Cupid Must Die!’Feb 05, 2024 12:49 pm - WT Productions is providing something creatively different to help celebrate this upcoming Valentine’s Day: the interactive dinner theater murder mystery “Cupid Must Die...
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Taylor Swift tickets offered as part of Marklund fundraising auctionFeb 05, 2024 12:30 pm - Two 23rd-row tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert in New Orleans will be part of an auction package presented at Marklund’s 28th annual Top Hat Ball Saturday, Feb. 10....
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Book review: George Pelecanos’ ‘Owning Up’ has elegant prose and well-drawn charactersFeb 05, 2024 10:37 am - Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years ("The Wire," “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to p...
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Grammys are Taylor Swift’s world on a night when women like Cyrus, Mitchell and Chapman also shineFeb 05, 2024 9:44 am - It's Taylor Swift's world, and she just allows us to live in it. After weeks where she attracted endless attention for her football star boyfriend and a mystifying right-...