Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Would LeBron lead an iconic 'George Floyd Statement'?Jun 10, 2020 1:00 am - IN A PANDEMIC-FREE WORLD, the 2020 NBA Finals would have started last Thursday. Now, there are vague guarantees they might be over by Halloween, with Mickey, Minnie and ...
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Feder: WGN Radio cancels Rick Pearson's 'Sunday Spin' for music showJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - With a presidential election less than five months away, WGN 720-AM is about to drop its weekly political talk show to add another nostalgic music program to its lineup,...
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Feder: Middlebrooks exits with WBBM Newsradio on topJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Audience shares declined from their sky-high levels in April for Chicago's news and news/talk radio stations, but WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM continued to lead the market ...
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O'Donnell: Decision day appears to be June 18 for Arlington ParkJun 08, 2020 1:00 am - THE CHARADE HAS DEVOLVED into numbingly repetitive bad theater. Bill Carstanjen and Churchill Downs Inc. have no contract with the Illinois Thoroughbred Horseman's Assoc...
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Feder: Nexstar boss decries 'endless adrenaline shots of conflict'Jun 08, 2020 1:00 am - The head of the nation's largest owner of television stations - including Chicago's WGN-Channel 9 - is challenging his company's local newsrooms to "personalize, humaniz...
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Widescreen: 'Goonies' celebrates 35 years with a treasure chest full of goodiesJun 05, 2020 9:00 am - Any movie's milestone anniversary gives the marketing department a good reason to hype an old catalog title, and Sunday will be the 35th trip around the sun for a movie ...
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Feder: Daily Herald to launch weeklies in Northbrook, GlenviewJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - At a time when news organizations everywhere are dealing with drastic cutbacks, the Daily Herald Media Group is about to introduce two new weekly publications, Robert Fe...
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Feder: Steve Cushing celebrates 40 years of 'Blues Before Sunrise'Jun 04, 2020 1:00 am - It's been 40 years since Steve Cushing launched "Blues Before Sunrise," the five-hour weekly public-radio showcase for vintage blues, R&B and gospel recordings spanning ...
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O'Donnell: Cavalry arriving at Arlington? Emergency Racing Board meeting FridayJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - ARE THOSE SKELETONS rattling at Northwest Highway and Wilke a renewed possibility of some sort of live thoroughbred racing at Arlington Park this summer? Or is it merely...
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Feder: TV news crews become targets on the streetJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - The hazards of journalism became all too real this week for TV news crews in Chicago, Robert Feder writes. Ken Bedford, a photographer for ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, was ...