Entertainment Columns
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Billie, Denzel, Eddie among the big stars coming to your TV this winterJan 01, 2021 5:00 am - The winter of coronavirus won't be short on star power when it comes to new home releases. These dates are subject to change, of course, but here are five big ones to ci...
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Jim O'Donnell: What to expect from Sports world in 2021Dec 31, 2020 12:00 am - SO THIS IS New Year's. And who would believe? The sports figures still scurry around inside the giant TV screens, the stadiums empty. Final scores are posted and bets a...
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Feder: 'Sanitized smooch' for Janet & Mark on ABC 7's countdownDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - It wouldn't be New Year's Eve in Chicago without Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco. Back for their 20th year together, the duo will host "Countdown Chicago 2021" live at 1...
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Feder: Chicago media rose to meet the challenges of 2020Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - On a sunny Sunday afternoon in late February hundreds of print, broadcast and digital journalists sat shoulder to shoulder in a downtown hotel ballroom where they ponder...
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Jim O'Donnell: Classy Jack Rosenberg prevented mayhem on the Wrigley Field catwalkDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - ON A SUMMER EVENING at The Sports Page in north Arlington Heights, Jack Brickhouse once looked over a double J & B at a bearded "Celebrity Trivia Night" host and said: "...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - News anchor Joel Daly and journalist and author Jeannie Morris were among the Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2020. Go to robertfeder.com. for the complete l...
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Feder: WGN Sports legend Jack Rosenberg dies at age 94Dec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Jack Rosenberg, whose name was synonymous with WGN Sports in Chicago for more than 40 years and was credited with inventing much of what became standard in sports broadc...
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Feder: Christmas music lifts Lite FM to No. 1 in Chicago radio ratingsDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Nonstop holiday music once again catapulted iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM to the top spot in the latest Chicago radio ratings, Robert Feder writes. Lite FM...
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In 2020, the best entertainment was like eating grilled cheese and tomato soupDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Tasked with producing an end-of-year list of some kind, I keep coming back to one word that best sums up my screentime in 2020: comfort. Comfort is hard to come by in a ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Masked Sports Santa can only hope for no reindeer positivesDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - FROM WAY UP NORTH where the air gets cold, Masked Sports and Media Santa is set to roll. He's made a list, tossed it out twice and will be winging it Christmas Eve when ...