Entertainment Columns
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Feder: ABC 7's Cheryl Scott forecasts Great Lakes in perilNov 23, 2020 12:00 am - ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 is teaming with National Geographic to produce a five-part series on the fight to save the Great Lakes, Robert Feder writes. ABC 7 meteorologist...
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Jim O'Donnell: As Chicago Bears fade to flail, the style of Jim Finks seems so far awayNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - BEARS FANS HAVE reason enough to be infuriated. The team's offensive incompetence against Minnesota Monday night was foul enough to call for a gubernatorial order of bye...
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Feder: New deal for Lou Manfredini expands WGN Radio showNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Lou Manfredini, the handyman extraordinaire known as "Mr. Fix It," will add a fourth hour to his Saturday morning home improvement show on WGN 720-AM under a four-year c...
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Feder: Bruce St. James to replace Mancow as morning host on WLSNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Bruce St. James, who's been a radio talk show host in Phoenix for 10 years, has been tapped to replace Erich Mancow Muller as morning personality at WLS 890-AM, Robert F...
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Feder: Sasha-Ann Simons named host of midday talk show 'Reset' on WBEZNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM has gone out of Chicago to fill the vacancy for a new host on its locally produced midday talk show, Robert Feder writes. Sas...
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Feder: The show must go on for ABC 7's Magnificent Mile Lights FestNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - There won't be the traditional procession down Michigan Avenue this year, but that's not stopping ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 from producing its annual Magnificent Mile Ligh...
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Widescreen: A virtual holiday dinner is Miles Morales' most exciting adventureNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Sony's video game sequel "Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales" begins with a tutorial level for the ages. You take control of the title hero as he teams up with original ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Theo's next puzzle not all that puzzlingNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - SO THE THEO EPSTEIN OF NOW arrives for a job interview. And the H.R. director asks: "What exactly do you do?" Epstein replies: "I solve puzzles." He doesn't paint houses...
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Feder: Mancow leaving WLS morning showNov 17, 2020 12:00 am - Saying he was tired of doing "radio without joy" during a pandemic, Erich Mancow Muller is leaving WLS 890-AM after two years as morning host. His last day on the Cumulu...
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Feder: TV reporter from Crystal Lake dies in motorcycle crashNov 16, 2020 12:00 am - Jennifer Lenzini, a 26-year-old TV news reporter who grew up in northwest suburban Crystal Lake, was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday in North Port, Florida. Le...