Entertainment Columns
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Widescreen: Warner Bros. invites all its characters, not just kid-friendly ones, to 'Space Jam'Apr 08, 2021 6:00 am - Corporate synergy may have officially gone too far last weekend when the first trailer for "Space Jam: A New Legacy" premiered online. It's the summer sequel to the 1996...
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Feder: Ryan Chiaverini moonlights as lawyer in Lifetime movieApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - Ryan Chiaverini spent Tuesday in front of the cameras, but it wasn't as co-host of "Windy City Live." Instead he was playing a small role as a lawyer for the upcoming Li...
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Sound check: Alanis Morissette, Tom Morello and more join livestream fundraiserApr 06, 2021 6:00 am - Whitney online Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich take to the internet with songs from their band Whitney's 2020 release “Candid,” a loving tribute to some of their fav...
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Feder: Media Burn wins grant to launch Guerrilla Television NetworkApr 05, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago's Media Burn Independent Video Archive has received a $459,150 grant from the Council on Library Resources to collaborate with the University of Chicago on digit...
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Sound check: Todd Kessler's showcase returns to Hey NonnyApr 02, 2021 6:00 am - Songwriters return Deerfield singer-songwriter Todd Kessler resumes his regular Songwriters In the Round presentations at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights next week w...
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Feder: Moody Bible Institute sells AM radio flagship WMBI after 95 yearsApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - WMBI 1110-AM, radio flagship of Chicago's Moody Bible Institute since 1926 and the oldest noncommercial Christian radio station in the country, has been sold, according ...
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Widescreen: King Kong vs. Doc Severinsen (Let them fight!)Apr 01, 2021 11:00 am - He has a cool mustache, cool threads and he plays cool music. And I probably shouldn't have been watching him on television when I was still in elementary school. Doc Se...
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Feder: One year later, Darrin Jackson tips his cap to Ed FarmerApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - For Darrin Jackson it's more than Opening Day as he starts his 22nd season as color analyst for Chicago White Sox baseball broadcasts. Today also marks the one-year anni...
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Feder: Radio giant Entercom changes name to 'Audacy'Mar 31, 2021 1:00 am - The parent company of seven Chicago radio stations - including top-rated all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM - officially changed its name Tuesday from Entercom to "Audac...
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Constable: A bruised bridge? Suburban businesses find inspiration in unlikely spotsMar 30, 2021 1:00 am - Inspiration can arrive softly as if it were snow from above. Or it can show up with a bang as if it were delivered by an out-of-control truck. At least that's how we end...