Entertainment Columns
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Feder: NBC 5's Siafa Lewis breaks out of sports boxDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - Yes, that was Siafa Lewis co-anchoring the weekend morning news Saturday with Michelle Relerford (and meteorologist Alicia Roman) on WMAQ-Channel 5. It was a first for t...
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Feder: Retiring 'Fly Jock' Tom Joyner comes home to ChicagoDec 05, 2019 12:00 am - On the eve of his retirement, Radio Hall of Famer Tom Joyner is taking a victory lap in Chicago, Robert Feder writes. He'll be the guest of honor Saturday at "The World...
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Feder: Lee Bey rejoins Sun-Times as editorial writerDec 04, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago journalist and author Lee Bey, who gained a wide following as architecture critic of the Sun-Times, is returning to the paper as a part-time editorial writer, Ro...
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Feder: Roeper and Conn host 'Best Movies of the Decade' podcastDec 02, 2019 12:00 am - Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper has teamed up with WGN 720-AM radio personality Roe Conn on their first podcast series, Robert Feder writes. "The Best Movies of th...
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Hope you like 'Elf'! You can't escape Christmas on your televisionNov 29, 2019 5:00 am - Thanksgiving is behind us, so you know what that means. To quote The Tim Tracker (who in turn was quoting that song from Phineas and Ferb), “Christmas is starting now!” ...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio, 94.7 WLS and V103 tie for first placeNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - For the first time ever there's a three-way tie for Chicago's most popular radio station, according to the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Robert Feder writes. Ratings rele...
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Feder: 'Horrible mistake' prompts John Tesh to return Radio Hall of Fame awardNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - Earlier this month syndicated radio host John Tesh was among nine broadcasters inducted in the 2019 class of the Radio Hall of Fame. A few days later he packed up his aw...
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Dear Oscar voters: Don't let the buzz die down on 'Rocketman'Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - It's almost movie awards season, which means it's almost time for a very famous person to be honored for playing another very famous person. This season's surest bet arr...
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O'Donnell: Renewed Olczyk set to float above Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeNov 22, 2019 12:00 am - ON THURSDAY, EDDIE OLCZYK WILL BE riding on an NBC float in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He might as well be floating. It will mark the first time that "Ed...
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Feder: Reporter Jesse Kirsch moving up fast at ABC 7Nov 22, 2019 12:00 am - Jesse Kirsch, who was hired straight out of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism as WLS-Channel 7's first digital reporter in 2017, has been promoted to...