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Widescreen: Film composer's work to be performed in Downers Grove; a McFly mystery solved?Apr 27, 2023 6:00 am - Film composer Jermaine Stegall, who spoke with the Daily Herald in March 2021 about writing his wall-to-wall score for Eddie Murphy's “Coming 2 America,” will be in the ...
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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...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Hunter Biden whistleblowerApr 27, 2023 1:00 am - The Justice Department has been investigating President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden for a long time. The probe began in 2018, before the elder Biden even decided to run...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm:Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - The sun was warm but the wind was chill/You know how it is with an April day. - Robert Frost April's fresh light falls on us all, bringing bracing breezes that make the...
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Paramount's terrific 'School of Rock' benefits from 21 young dynamosApr 26, 2023 4:45 pm - “School of Rock” - ★ ★ ★ ½ To prepare the young actors for Paramount Theatre's “School of Rock,” director Trent Stork added three extra weeks of rehearsal and introduced...
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Got a craving for something sweet? Try no-sugar-added brownie brittleApr 26, 2023 6:00 am - Sugar and wheat are my trigger foods, especially in combination (as in frosted cupcakes). A trigger that sends me into eating more and more. Not good. That means that al...
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Sound check: OK Cool's new release; the Road to HomegrownApr 26, 2023 6:00 am - The Road to Homegrown Local Nation presents a chance for one of four local acts to join the lineup at this summer's 11th annual Homegrown Arts and Music Festival at a ba...
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O'Donnell: Northwestern's Skoronski will skip live draft night. Will the Bears dare to skip him?Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - IF THEY MEASURED HUMILITY in all of the 2023 NFL draft sciences, Peter Skoronski of Northwestern would be way above the chart. In that respect, he's just carrying on...
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Hub Arkush: Bears likely to find multiple appealing options with No. 9 pickApr 26, 2023 1:00 am - Day 1 of the 2023 NFL Draft is finally here. As of this writing, the Bears are still picking ninth, so it's time to identify the three most likely scenarios on how thing...