Entertainment Columns
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ABC 7 signs sports anchor Mark Giangreco to three-year renewalOct 01, 2019 1:00 am - Now in his 25th year at WLS-Channel 7, Mark Giangreco will continue as lead sports anchor at the top-rated ABC-owned station under a three-year renewal signed Tuesday. T...
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Feder: Nexstar silences Bill Kurtis as voice of WGN RadioSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - The dulcet voice of legendary Chicago anchorman Bill Kurtis won't be heard on WGN 720-AM anymore. New owner Nexstar Media Group has dropped Kurtis after three years as t...
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Widescreen: Criterion Collection unleashes a monstrous 'Godzilla' boxed setSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - This summer's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" introduced a new generation of moviegoers to some of the great lizard's other kaiju pals - such as Mothra, Rodan and King ...
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Feder: On eve of cancellation, 'Worldview' host wins Studs Terkel AwardSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - Just days before ending his 25-year run as host of “Worldview” on Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM, Jerome McDonnell has been named recipient of a 2019 Studs Terkel Com...
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O'Donnell: Euro playcations of Bears and Blackhawks signs of even more globe-trotting to comeSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - THE PASSWORD IS: "Globalization." And for the Bears and the Blackhawks, it will be a week unprecedented involving multiple major Chicago pro teams. Both will be playing ...
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O'Donnell: WGN-TV staff says farewell to Cubs games at Wrigley with class and styleSep 25, 2019 1:00 am - GRACE. Tone. Dignity. Staff at WGN-TV had it all last Saturday as the station bid adieu to Cubs games at Wrigley Field after a 72-season association. A link that once se...
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Feder: On Day One, Nexstar ousts WGN Radio station managerSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - It didn't take long for the new owner of WGN 720-AM to start shaking things up. Less than 24 hours after acquiring the former Tribune Broadcasting news/talk flagship, Ne...
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O'Donnell: Theo Epstein, Joe Maddon, Arlington Park … going, going … going?Sep 20, 2019 1:00 am - SHAKESPEARE'S SOOTHSAYER warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March. Could he have also foretold Chicago sports detectives about the leaves of autumn? Three majors are...
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Feder: WGN Radio under new managementSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - With the $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media by Nexstar Media Group finalized Thursday, there's a new man in charge of news/talk WGN 720-AM. Sean Compton, who had ...
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Catching up with Arcada Theatre's Ron OnestiSep 18, 2019 11:00 pm - t hasn't been difficult to keep tabs on what Ron Onesti has done to convert the Arcada Theatre into a national entertainment icon, while also setting the stage for expan...