Entertainment Columns
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Feder: A new Score House opens for fun and gamesMar 03, 2020 12:00 am - The Score House is back. In a reprise of last year's radio reality show in the desert, Entercom sports/talk WSCR 670-AM is renting another sprawling fun house to acc...
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Feder: Chicago News Guild ratifies new three-year contract with Sun-TimesMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - The union representing editorial employees at the Chicago Sun-Times has approved a three-year contract extension that includes substantial raises and efforts to improve ...
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O'Donnell: Romo avoids free agency with mega deal from CBSFeb 29, 2020 12:00 am - WHEN YOU'RE HOT, you're Tony Romo. The golden young NFL analyst will officially become the highest-paid TV sideman in league history when he signs a new multiyear deal w...
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Widescreen: Oscar holdouts no more; 'Braveheart' celebrates 25 yearsFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - We now have release dates for the two remaining home-video holdouts from this year's Best Picture Oscar field of nine. One-time front-runner "1917," the one-shot World W...
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Feder: Before he became 'Mayor Pete,' Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative internFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - For six weeks during the summer of 2002, a 20-year-old college student named Peter Buttigieg toiled in the background as an intern at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned stati...
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Feder: Lee Phillip Bell, 'First Lady of Chicago TV,' recalled as 'gracious and kind'Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - Lee Phillip Bell, the Chicago talk show pioneer who co-created two long-running CBS soap operas, is being remembered as the "First Lady of Chicago Television," Robert Fe...
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Feder: 'Oprah Winfrey Show' to be recycled as weekly podcastFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - Oprah Winfrey is opening the vault to 25 years of "legendary interviews, a-ha moments, ugly cries and unforgettable surprises," according to an announcement this week by...
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Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper's band performed recently at Arlington Heights' Hey NonnyFeb 25, 2020 5:00 am - Chicago Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper left last week for spring training in Arizona, but not before he and his band, The 45, performed a gig at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heig...
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Feder: Barry Cronin takes over weekly golf show on The ScoreFeb 25, 2020 12:00 am - Barry Cronin, the former Sun-Times sportswriter who's now editor of Chicago District Golfer magazine, has been named co-host of "Scorecard," the weekly golf show on Ente...
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Feder: Unforced errors tarnish Marquee Sports Network launchFeb 24, 2020 12:00 am - The Chicago Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group had more than a year to get their act together to launch Marquee Sports Network. Even so, Saturday's long-awaited debut tu...