Entertainment Columns
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O'Donnell: Too hard not to be lookin' back at 2019, peekin' ahead to 2020Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - WAY BACK WHEN BOB SEGER was still singing hungry, he noted: "Too many people lookin' back." Nonetheless, at the end of a calendar year, that's what media does. So, purel...
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Feder: On New Year's Eve, Steve Darnall will party like it's 1958Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Steve Darnall, host of "Those Were the Days," will ring in 2020 retro-style with his third annual "New Year's Eve Big Band Dance Party" on College of Du Page's jazz stat...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2019Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Marshall “Wizzo” Brodein magician and sportscaster Chet Coppock were among the Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2019 Go to robertfeder.com. for the complete l...
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O'Donnell: A wail of two cities - Trubisky's Cleveland bears much resemblance to Trubisky's ChicagoDec 25, 2019 12:00 am - MENTOR, Ohio - The temptation was too great. By holiday timing and family ties, a visit to a city where its NFL team: • Has grossly underperformed in 2019; • Was directe...
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Feder: Promotion to WGN Radio boss 'surpasses any dream' for Mary Sandberg BoyleDec 23, 2019 12:00 am - Overshadowed by news of the morning-drive shakeup Friday at Nexstar Media WGN 720-AM was the appointment of the first female general manager in the 95-year history of th...
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Disgusting and decadent, 'Hannibal' is Widescreen's favorite TV show of the decadeDec 21, 2019 6:00 am - A lot of writers this month have tried or are going to try to name the best TV show of the past decade. None, it's safe to say, have seen all of the thousands of shows f...
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O'Donnell: Hey high schools! An enduring honor for Bob Frisk is long overdueDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - FOR 50 YEARS - dat's right Jack, 50 years - Bob Frisk was as relentlessly prominent an advocate of the young athlete as any journalist at any newspaper in America. He re...
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Feder: Steve Cochran out, Bob Sirott in as WGN Radio morning hostDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - In a major shakeup involving two of Chicago's best-known radio personalities, Steve Cochran is out and Bob Sirott is in as morning host at WGN 720-AM, the Nexstar Media ...
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Feder: As CLTV fades to black, former staffers share fond memoriesDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - The announcement this week that Nexstar Media Group was closing down the 24-hour local cable news channel CLTV at the end of the month elicited an outpouring of fond and...
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O'Donnell: End of Arlington Park could be accelerated due to contract stalemate with horsemenDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - THE END COULD BE COMING on much faster for Arlington Park than many people think. While Bill Carstanjen - the CEO of Churchill Downs Inc. - has publicly stated the local...