Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Joe Walsh 'bummed' to lose another radio showJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - You may have missed it if you blinked, but another radio show has come and gone for Joe Walsh, Robert Feder writes. The former northwest suburban Republican congressman...
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington Park already sold? Please hold all ticketsJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - MAYBE IT'S ALL ABOUT the residual energy and giddiness of a three-day holiday weekend. And maybe it's not. In any case, multiple sources - at least one with a high degr...
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Feder: Univision Chicago has winning story with historic ratings sweepJun 01, 2021 1:00 am - Friday's post on the latest ratings for Chicago's five English-language newscasts at 9 and 10 p.m. Monday through Friday focused on an unusual three-way tie for supr...
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Feder: As viewers vanish, Chicago's late-news ratings race ends in photo finishMay 28, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago's late-news viewership declined dramatically in May, resulting in a three-way tie for first place in a key audience measurement, according to Nielsen figures rel...
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Widescreen: Winslet's 'Mare of Easttown' joins the pantheon of great detective showsMay 27, 2021 11:00 pm - Like most of the world, I first swooned for Kate Winslet in 1997 when she was dancing in steerage with Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2021, she sat down at a Pennsylvania dive ba...
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Feder: WGN Radio's Bob Sirott to share his 'Summer Record Collection'May 27, 2021 1:00 am - Before he became a Chicago TV news anchor and radio talk show host, Bob Sirott made a name for himself here as a great Top 40 DJ, Robert Feder writes. This weekend he's...
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Sound check: Rosemont's Rockin' concert series returnsMay 26, 2021 6:00 am - Rosemont's 'Rockin' in the Park' Rosemont announced the lineup for its free summer concert series, hosted in Parkway Bank Park (5501 Park Place) starting this weekend. T...
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Jim O'Donnell: Next owner of the Bears — Pat Ryan, Jeff Bezos or Neil Bluhm?May 26, 2021 1:00 am - THE QUESTIONER WAS SHARP and creative. “Which do you think will happen first?” he asked. “The Bears will be sold or the main grandstand building at Arlington Park will b...
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Feder: ABC 7's 'Windy City Live' cruises to 10th anniversaryMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - Wrapping up the May ratings sweep, Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini will host a special edition of "Windy City Live" Wednesday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their t...
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Feder: Brandon Pope to lead Chicago's Black journalists associationMay 24, 2021 1:00 am - Brandon Pope, a reporter for Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, has been elected president of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. He s...