Entertainment Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Jim Thompson got to write the sad legacy of Otto KernerAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN JIM THOMPSON DIED last weekend, he left behind loving family, friends and at least one asterisk. That asterisk would belong to the legacy of Otto Kerner, like Thomp...
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Feder: Anchorman Stefan Holt coming back home to NBC 5Aug 19, 2020 1:00 am - After four years at WNBC in New York, Stefan Holt is moving back home to Chicago and returning to WMAQ-Channel 5 as a Monday-through-Friday main news anchor, the NBC-own...
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Feder: White Sox appear headed to ESPN 1000Aug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Look for Chicago White Sox baseball to move to a new radio home next season. No one will comment and nothing is official yet, but all signs are pointing to a deal with ...
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Feder: Dean Reynolds joins 'News Nation' as national political correspondentAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - With two weeks to go before the launch of its three-hour nightly newscast from Chicago, WGN America has tapped network news veteran Dean Reynolds as national political c...
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Feder: ABC 7 to hire 'passionate storyteller' to cover race and culture beatAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - In the latest sign of the times, Chicago's top-rated broadcast news operation soon will hire a reporter to cover race and culture as a full-time beat, Robert Feder write...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Wes Unseld Jr. the curse breaker for the Bulls?Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - "THE CURSE OF THE BREAKUP" is the expanding NBA legend that the Bulls will never win another championship as long as the name "Reinsdorf" is affiliated with the franchis...
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With Tivoli closed, Downers Grove film society curates curiosities onlineAug 13, 2020 6:00 am - Established in 1989, the After Hours Film Society normally presents independent, foreign and art films at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. That has...
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Feder: Four full-time jobs cut in layoffs at ABC 7Aug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Four full-time employees and at least one part-timer were terminated Wednesday in cutbacks at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, according to insiders at Chicago's top-rated stati...
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Jim O'Donnell: AM-1000 trying to look back up with lineup changesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - WAS IT FRANZ KAFKA or Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger who wrote: "I've been down so very damned long that it looks like up to me?" The Doors earned royalty rights from th...
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Feder: Me-TV scoops up promotional deal with Pebbles cerealsAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - It's another masterstroke of marketing for Me-TV, the Chicago-based network for classic television. As as tie-in to its daily broadcasts of “The Flintstones,” Me-TV has...