Entertainment Columns
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Nine innings, nine great baseball movies to streamJul 23, 2020 6:00 am - At last, baseball is back. It's only 60 games — let's hope our viral nemesis doesn't make the season even shorter — but we'll take as many innings of Yoan Moncada, Eloy ...
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Feder: Mary Mitchell returns to Sun-Times as full-time columnistJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - One year after Mary Mitchell semiretired, the Chicago Journalism Hall of Famer is returning to the Sun-Times as a full-time columnist, Robert Feder writes. Starting in ...
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'Radioactive' radiates cliches in trite, disappointing Marie Curie biopicJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - "Radioactive" -- ★ ★ In Marjane Satrapi's bland and befuddling biopic “Radioactive,” brilliant scientist Marie Curie and her brilliant scientist husband Pierre Cur...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago teams with Austin Weekly on free West Side newsletterJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The underserved communities of Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side are the focus of a free twice-weekly newsletter to be launched jointly tod...
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Feder: Newsweb hands back WAIT's license to FCCJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - For the second time in five years, Chicago-based Newsweb Corp. has shut down a suburban radio station and given its license back to the FCC, Robert Feder writes. WAIT 8...
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Feder: WVON to add 'enhanced news' with Black Information NetworkJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Details are still being finalized, but look for Midway Broadcasting news/talk WVON 1690-AM to supplement its lineup with news reports from BIN: Black Information Network...
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Widescreen: Six viewings later, 'Eurovision' is still a balm for the soulJul 15, 2020 11:00 pm - We are all looking for comfort in these times, and I have found it - again and again - in "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga," a movie I have watched at le...
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O'Donnell: All about restarts, retreads and Erin Andrews - a midsummer buffetJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - OF RESTARTS, RETREADS AND ERIN ANDREWS, a midsummer buffet of thought that might even draw Charlie Weis away from the Turkey Alfredo: MLB restart - Lost in a scheduled e...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio cuts 'valued members' George Ofman, Kris HabermehlJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Even the No. 1 radio station in town isn't exempt from cutbacks sweeping the media industry, Robert Feder writes. WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the top-rated and top-billin...
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Feder: Me-TV FM license owner isn't losing sleep over FCC deadlineJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Don't worry, Me-TV FM fans. Your favorite soft-rock oldies station won't be going away, Robert Feder writes. At least that's the word from Venture Technologies Group, wh...