Entertainment Columns
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Feder: WGN's Violeta Podrumedic joining Eric Ferguson's showJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - Violeta Podrumedic, afternoon traffic reporter on Tribune Broadcasting news/talk WGN 720-AM, is changing lanes, Robert Feder writes. Starting next month, she'll join Eri...
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Feder: 'A new Mancow' settles in as WLS morning hostJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - Declaring himself "a new Mancow," Erich Mancow Muller says he's had nothing but a positive experience on and off the air in the two weeks since he took over as morning h...
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Feder: Steve Warmbir named Sun-Times managing editorJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Veteran Chicago journalist Steve Warmbir has been named managing editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, Robert Feder writes. His promotion topped a management reorganization ...
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Feder: Five media groups launch election websiteJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Five independent Chicago media organizations have joined forces to launch a free, nonpartisan website designed to prepare voters for the upcoming Chicago municipal elect...
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Widescreen: Three comeback stories to inspire sad Bears fansJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - Even though we all saw it happen for real last Sunday, Cody Parkey's blocked, double-doinked field goal in the closing moments of the Bears-Eagles NFC Wild Card playoff ...
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Feder: WTTW to air 'Disco King of Skokie' tonightJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - "The Disco King of Skokie" - the title of a documentary premiering tonight on WTTW-Channel 11 - is no exaggeration, Robert Feder writes. Starting in the late 1970s, no ...
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Eight great dates to put on your 2019 entertainment calendarJan 02, 2019 11:30 am - Mark your calendars: Here are eight great dates on the 2019 entertainment horizon. Video games Jan. 25 - “Resident Evil 2,” a next-gen remake. One of the defining games ...
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Feder: Tribune recovering from computer virus attackDec 31, 2018 12:00 am - While distribution was pretty much back to normal for Sunday newspapers across all Tribune Publishing properties, a cyberattack continued to disrupt production at the Ch...
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Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' among 2018's great pop culture momentsDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - No rankings, no categories: We've reached the end of another supercalifraglisticexpialodocious year in pop culture, and these are the films, shows and videos that stood ...
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Feder: WCPT cuts afternoon host Ben JoravskyDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - Ben Joravsky, the longtime Chicago Reader political writer who's been moonlighting as a talk radio host, is out as afternoon personality on WCPT 820-AM, Robert Feder wri...