Entertainment Columns
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Feder: iHeartMedia lays off three Chicago disc jockeysJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - Three evening personalities in Chicago were among an unspecified number of full-time employees laid off Tuesday in a massive restructuring of iHeartMedia stations nation...
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Feder: WDCB news director Brian O'Keefe to retireJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - After three decades with College of DuPage's public radio WDCB 90.9-FM, Brian O'Keefe is stepping down as news director at the west suburban Glen Ellyn-based jazz statio...
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Will #OscarsSoWhite trend again? Murphy, other stars of color deserve nominations MondayJan 10, 2020 5:00 am - The nominations for the 2020 British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTAs, were greeted with incredulity Tuesday when moviegoers noticed something about the 2...
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O'Donnell: For canniest contrarians, flawed LSU-Clemson betting line is a golden opportunityJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - ONE OF THE GRAND DREAMS of a sports speculator is a flawed betting line. The line for the CFP championship game Monday night - LSU minus-6 over Clemson - is flawed. Taun...
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Feder: Ring Lardner Awards to honor Dan Roan, Toni Ginnetti and Cooper RollowJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - Dan Roan, longtime sports anchor at Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9, has been named broadcast recipient of the 2020 Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, R...
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Feder: WGN to expand newscasts on Saturdays and SundaysJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - With the expansion of news on Saturdays and Sundays, WGN-Channel 9 will increase its output to a record 72½ hours of news each week, the Nexstar Media Group station anno...
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O'Donnell: 'Jeopardy!' James Holzhauer overcomes everything but Ken Jennings as Night One of ABC's 'Super Series' soarsJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - THE "BIG GAME" PRODUCTION VALUES were about as imaginative as a poinsettia inside a toll booth. And Naperville's wonder-buzz James Holzhauer had all the luck of a tour c...
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Feder: Ron Magers to receive DePaul's Distinguished Journalist AwardJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Ron Magers, who retired in 2016 after a distinguished career as one of Chicago's all-time greatest news anchors, will be back in the spotlight to take a bow this spring,...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio promotes Jennifer Keiper, Andy DahnJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - We'll soon be hearing more of Jennifer Keiper and Andy Dahn on WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the Entercom all-news combo, Robert Feder writes. Keiper, who began her latest...
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Feder: Steve Cortes joins WIND as afternoon host todayJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Steve Cortes, who's been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump as a CNN political commentator and a member of Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council, is signing on...