Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Mariotti wants to rumble, Ozzie Guillen and NBCSCH deferAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - OTHER THAN THEO EPSTEIN'S subtle digs at Joe Maddon, the Chicago division of the heavily asterisked 2020 MLB season has been relatively rhubarb-free. Luis Robert and the...
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Widescreen: Home release of 'Mulan' is a necessary gamble for DisneyAug 07, 2020 9:10 am - In 2015, this column asked if you would pay $100 to watch "Avengers: Age of Ultron" at home the same weekend it opened in theaters. That question was inspired by a Satur...
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Feder: Will next Chicago Tribune newsroom be virtual?Aug 07, 2020 1:00 am - Could a virtual newsroom be in the offing for the Chicago Tribune? Speculation turned serious Thursday with news that Tribune Publishing was negotiating to break its le...
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Feder: WGN Radio checking out Landecker as new evening starAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - When Radio Hall of Famer John Records Landecker fills in next week for morning host Bob Sirott on WGN 720-AM, there may be a lot riding on it for both Landecker and the ...
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Feder: Legendary Sun-Times reporter Fran Spielman takes tough break in strideAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - It takes more than a nasty fall and a fractured pelvis to slow down Chicago's hardest-working City Hall reporter, Robert Feder writes. Fran Spielman, the Chicago Journal...
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O'Donnell: Please hold all tickets on a Churchill Downs racino in WaukeganAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN “BUNKER BILL” CARSTANJEN dropped a bomb on Arlington Park last week, the assumption in many state and national horse racing circles was automatic: Carstanjen's Chur...
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Feder: WGN Radio boss bans CNN, Fox News and SvengoolieAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - With Nexstar Media Group's “News Nation” prime-time newscast set to debut September 1 on WGN America, anchors and correspondents from competing networks may no longer be...
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Feder: 'Chicago Tonight' adds weekend shows to amplify Black, Latino voicesAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - One of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak year for Chicago media has been watching Brandis Friedman's star continue to rise on "Chicago Tonight," the flagship ne...
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Feder: Pat Cassidy keeps Newsradio on top of the Chicago radio morning ratingsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Pat Cassidy, who's been a warm and welcome fixture of morning drive radio in Chicago for more than 45 years, is now No. 1 all by himself. In the first full ratings perio...
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O'Donnell: State of Illinois should review all Churchill Downs Inc. licensingJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - "BUNKER BILL" CARSTANJEN peeked out of his Kentucky cavern this week long enough to officially pronounce Arlington Park a "DNR" - "do not resuscitate." At least not by B...