Entertainment Columns
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Feder: CBS 2's Jim Williams to host long-delayed Silver Circle AwardsMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - Veteran news anchor Jim Williams will host a virtual ceremony to honor the latest recipients of the Chicago television industry's Silver Circle Awards. The most recent c...
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Jim O'Donnell: Piersall would guffaw over La Russa's new status as a baseball classicistMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - SOMEWHERE, JIMMY PIERSALL is laughing. He's busting a gut over the idea Tony La Russa has suddenly emerged as lord keeper of all that is august and sacred about Major Le...
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Feder: Is Doomsday looming for Chicago Tribune?May 20, 2021 1:00 am - Barring a last-minute miracle, Friday could signal the beginning of the end of the Chicago Tribune as we know it. That's when the board of directors of Chicago-based Tr...
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Widescreen: Where to stream Charles Grodin's greatest rolesMay 19, 2021 11:00 pm - Charles Grodin died Tuesday at 86, and the world collectively went, "Oh! I remember him! He was funny. Where had he been?" Grodin was one of the most visible comedic...
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Sound check: Drive-up for Local H, The Mummies in SchaumburgMay 19, 2021 6:00 am - Drive-in for fun Duff Entertainment recently announced its early summer Live from the Lot lineup, featuring drive-in shows at Wintrust Field, the home of the Schaumburg ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Pending retirement of Marv Albert is like recalling the peach basketsMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - TRYING TO IMAGINE AN NBA without Marv Albert is like trying to imagine an NBA without basketballs. But that's the way it will be next month when the 79-year-old sportsca...
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Feder: Midday star Greg Brown bowing out after five decades in radioMay 19, 2021 1:00 am - Fifty-one years after he first hit the air at WSTK in northwest suburban Woodstock, Greg Brown is calling it a career. Chicago radio won't be the same without him, Rober...
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Feder: V103 on top of Chicago radio ratings againMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia R&B powerhouse, widened its lead as Chicago's most popular radio station in the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Robert Feder writes. Ratings...
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Jim O'Donnell: Vegas-wise Brent Musburger isn't bullish on the 2021 BearsMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - A WHOLE LOT OF OVER/UNDERS AGO, a green Northwestern grad was honing his chops as a beat writer covering the 1963 NFL champion Bears for The Chicago American. Brent Musb...
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Sound check: Jukebox the Ghost revisits 'Everything'May 12, 2021 6:00 am - Jukebox redux East Coast-based Jukebox the Ghost took to the internet last month for the first of a two-part streaming series exploring the band's earlier albums. On Thu...