Entertainment Columns
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Feder: WGN Radio boss Mary Sandberg Boyle gets VP stripesSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - Mary Sandberg Boyle, the first female general manager in the 96-year history of WGN 720-AM, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Nexstar Media ...
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Widescreen: The Emmy win I want won't be on Sunday's telecastSep 18, 2020 6:00 am - Television fans will almost certainly find something to like about this year's Emmys, airing at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, on ABC, with expanded categories and a diverse s...
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O'Donnell: Sox-Cubs finale in Texas would be 'Snubway Series'Sep 18, 2020 1:00 am - PRESUMPTIVENESS IN 2020 would simply seem to be part of The Expanding American Charade. But, with both the White Sox and Cubs knockin' on heaven's door, thoughts of an a...
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Feder: Sports anchor Jim Rose signs three-year renewal with ABC 7Sep 17, 2020 1:00 am - Jim Rose, who's been a key player on WLS-Channel 7's sports team since 1982, signed on Wednesday for three more years with the top-rated ABC-owned station, Robert Feder ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan McNeil just 'did his business' and got firedSep 16, 2020 1:00 am - IF THE 16-YEAR-OLD SHEEPDOG - glassy-eyed, halting of gait, incontinent - suddenly shuffles into the living room and "does his business," does the family fire faithful o...
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Feder: Will Leila Rahimi become the new face of The Score?Sep 16, 2020 1:00 am - In the wake of Dan McNeil's sudden firing Tuesday for posting what his bosses called a "degrading and humiliating" tweet about a female ESPN reporter, Danny Parkins is e...
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Feder: The Score fires Dan McNeil for 'degrading' tweet about ESPN reporterSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - There won't be another second chance for Danny Mac this time, Robert Feder writes. Dan McNeil, the mercurial and often controversial sports talk show host, was fired tod...
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Feder: Kiss FM's Angi Taylor to host mornings on new 'Rock 95 Five'Sep 14, 2020 1:00 am - Angi Taylor, who's been a mainstay of mornings on Top 40 WKSC 103.5-FM since 2008, is about to move up to solo morning host at iHeartMedia Chicago's new rock station, Ro...
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Countdown to the Emmys: 6 essential episodes of Johnny, Moira, David and AlexisSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - Despite its ever-growing popularity and the presence of two bona fide comedy legends, “Schitt's Creek” was unseen by this writer until his wife decided to take the Netfl...
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Masked man Bill Kurtis 'goes wild' in promoting cover-upSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - When Bill Kurtis talks, people listen. Now the legendary Chicago anchorman wants to have a word with you about wearing a mask, Robert Feder writes. Strictly on a lark, K...