Entertainment
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'Fatal Attraction' strikes anew as Paramount+ seriesApr 30, 2023 6:00 am - As a hit 1987 movie, “Fatal Attraction” started a national conversation on the possible price of infidelity. The story may do that again in a Paramount+ series version t...
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Judy Blume, on top of the world (and her Key West bookstore)
Apr 29, 2023 6:00 am - KEY WEST, Fla. - At Books & Books, the nonprofit store Judy Blume and her husband have run for the past seven years, you will find her own work in various sections: from...
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Ron Onesti: I love rock 'n' roll and the ColosseumApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - As I am writing this, I am on the Mediterranean coast at a conference about food products made in Italy. Yes, there is more to life than my meatballs! My tour began in M...
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Improvise! That's how 'Are You There God?' director elicited natural performances from film's young actorsApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - For almost half a century, novelist Judy Blume had a single word for filmmakers interested in creating a movie from her iconic 1970 book "Are You There God? It's Me, Mar...
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Spotlight: 'Abbott Elementary' star Lisa Ann Walter headlines Batavia's Comedy VaultApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - Sitcom star Actress/comedian Lisa Ann Walter, co-creator and star of several sitcoms and unscripted series, who currently plays Melissa Schemmenti on ABC's "Abbott Elem...
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Buffalo Creek Brewing to host inaugural Maifest May 12-13Apr 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Buffalo Creek Brewing will welcome the month of May with spring's answer to Oktoberfest. From noon to 11 p.m. Friday, May 12, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 13, t...
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Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestras finishes 47th season with 'Impact' concert May 14Apr 27, 2023 11:00 pm - The Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestras will finish out their 47th concert season on Sunday, May 14, with “Impact,” the final of four concerts in the “Design” series that ex...
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Actors needed May 15-16 for 'Schoolhouse Rock Live' auditionsApr 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Actors aged 13 and older are invited to audition for the College of Lake County (CLC) Theatre Department's production of "Schoolhouse Rock Live." Auditions are at 6:30 p...
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Sisterly devotion meets a multitude of movie references in boldly deranged, multi-pop-cultural 'Polite Society'Apr 27, 2023 6:00 am - “Polite Society” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It seems like such a tiny thing, a simple bump in the road, yet it demonstrates the dedication to detail that writer/director Nida Manzoor br...
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Rachel McAdams blossoms in Blume's controversial story of pre-adolescent angst, struggleApr 27, 2023 6:00 am - “Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.” - ★ ★ ★ ½ One scene in this movie caused me to shed a tear or two, and it happened when Rachel McAdams, playing Barbara Simon, t...