Entertainment
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Puppy Paws & Storytime Day at Hawthorn mall features adoptions and pet expert Steve DaleFeb 06, 2026 2:27 pm - Nationally syndicated pet expert Steve Dale will lead a fun dog-safety presentation as part of Puppy Paws & Storytime Day from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on the upper level of Hawthorn mall next to Macy’s, Route 60 and Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills.
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Bold and brassy: Exuberant ‘On Your Feet!’ stars born to portray Gloria and Emilio EstefanFeb 06, 2026 12:28 pm - Drury Lane Theatre’s entertaining regional premiere of “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan” stars show veterans Gaby Albo and Samuel Garnica, who seem born to play the superstar couple.
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The new season of ‘Cross’ is about corrupt billionaires. Aldis Hodge sees some parallels.
Feb 06, 2026 12:04 pm - Corrupt billionaires get their comeuppance in the new season of “Cross,” with Aldis Hodge returning as the detective and forensic psychologist working complex homicides in Washington, D.C.
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Reliving the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, and discovering an Illinois connectionFeb 06, 2026 11:48 am - Did you know: The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Learn about local connections to the Battle of Gettysburg and much more on a tour of Gettysburg National Military Park.
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Actor Timothy Busfield indicted on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child
Feb 06, 2026 11:42 am - “West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday.
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Ireland’s Paddy Homan and The Noble Call and local Irish dancers are coming to Huntley March 1Feb 06, 2026 11:24 am - A free St. Patrick's Day-themed concert featuring Paddy Homan and The Noble Call with the Rebecca McCarthy McDance Company will take place on March 1 at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley.
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Keke Palmer is a fish out of water in horror-comedy series based on cult movie ‘The ’Burbs’
Feb 06, 2026 10:56 am - The suburbs are anything but bland in the new Peacock series “The ’Burbs,” where strange things are going on. Like how jokes mix with the dread.
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How Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones and Charlie Puth are preparing for the Super Bowl pregame stage
Feb 06, 2026 7:29 am - Brandi Carlile isn’t hedging. When the multi-Grammy winner steps onto the field at Super Bowl to sing “America the Beautiful,” Carlile said she’ll perform fully live — with no prerecorded safety net, embracing the same risk she believes audiences take every day simply by showing up.
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Michael Keaton to be honored as Man of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding theater group
Feb 06, 2026 7:17 am - Actor Michael Keaton is set to be honored Friday as the 2026 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
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How Super Bowl halftime moments became flashpoints
Feb 05, 2026 3:52 pm - For a show that lasts roughly 13 minutes, the Super Bowl halftime performance has fueled decades of conversation. The halftime show magnifies everything — fashion choices, choreography, symbolism — and invites interpretation on a scale few artists ever experience.