Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Block Club Chicago launches free coronavirus hotlineOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - A free coronavirus information hotline is being launched today by Block Club Chicago, the nonprofit digital news site, Robert Feder writes. The hotline - (312) 248-4876...
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Feder: Bill Leff to host morning cartoon show on MeTVOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Bill Leff, the affable Chicago radio personality, stand-up comedian and improv actor, will host a national one-hour weekday morning cartoon show on MeTV, the Chicago-bas...
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Widescreen: David Byrne, Spike Lee join forces on HBOOct 16, 2020 6:00 am - Two polarizing artists come together this weekend when "David Byrne's American Utopia," a filmed performance of the Talking Heads frontman's Broadway show directed by Sp...
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Constable: Prizes add to palette of artist, disability advocateOct 15, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com There are many ways to describe 39-year-old Reveca Torres of Prospect Heights, an artist whose work and life are taking inte...
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O'Donnell: Aikman knew that yellow pixies - not the Bears - beat Tampa BayOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - TROY AIKMAN WAS working very hard to hold his tongue last Thursday night. And he almost succeeded. The Hall of Famer is far too facile an NFL broadcaster to go overboard...
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Feder: With Cubs in hibernation, Marquee turns to 'Bear Essentials'Oct 14, 2020 1:00 am - What does a baseball network show when there's no baseball? In the case of Marquee Sports Network, the answer is football. Starting tonight, the new Chicago Cubs cable ...
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Feder: Whitney Reynolds brings 'voice of hope' to PBS stations nationwideOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Ten years after Whitney Reynolds began hosting and producing a weekly inspirational talk show from Chicago, her dream of going national just came true, Robert Feder writ...
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Feder: Ready or not, Lite FM starts talking up ChristmasOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - Halloween is still almost three weeks away, but they're already thinking about Christmas at iHeartMedia adult contemporary WLIT 93.9-FM, Robert Feder writes. Listeners a...
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Feder: ProPublica Illinois to double reporting staff, expand coverageOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - ProPublica Illinois, which launched in 2017 as the first local outpost of the award-winning investigative news organization, announced plans for a major expansion Thursd...
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Feder: Stefan Holt rejoins NBC 5 'like he had never left'Oct 08, 2020 1:00 am - In a week of happy homecomings for Chicago television news anchors, Stefan Holt made his comeback to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 after four years away, Robert Feder writes....