Entertainment Columns
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See the late master magician Ricky Jay's collaborations with Chicago's David MametNov 30, 2018 5:00 am - Ricky Jay looked like a guy who played scam artists in David Mamet movies — and he did. The magician-turned-actor who died last week was something of a scam artist himse...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio tops in Chicago radio ratingsNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - Chicago Bears broadcasts and the run-up to the midterm election helped boost all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM to first place in the latest Chicago radio ratings. In se...
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Feder: Hubbard Radio cuts overnight hosts at WTMX, WSHE in year-end layoffsNov 28, 2018 12:00 am - Eleven positions were eliminated Tuesday in year-end budget cuts at Hubbard Radio Chicago, sources said, including the overnight personalities on hot adult-contemporary ...
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Constable: The trick of turning philosophy, physics and art into magicNov 24, 2018 12:00 am - As Wheaton native Jeanette Andrews gives her takes on Plato, theater, French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex," quantum physics, her installations at ...
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Five things I'm thankful for this year in entertainmentNov 22, 2018 5:00 am - Here are five things in the entertainment realm that I'm particularly thankful for in 2018: Rachel McAdams' performance in "Game Night." There's a lot to love about thi...
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Feder: CBS 2 shakes up late-news leadershipNov 21, 2018 12:00 am - When you're last in the ratings and still declining, someone has to take the fall for it, Robert Feder writes. That looks like the case at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2, wher...
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Feder: Let's give thanks for Chicago media Turkeys of the YearNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - With a deep bow to the late, great Roy Leonard, whose Turkey of the Year Awards were a Thanksgiving Day tradition on WGN 720-AM for decades, here's to this year's Chicag...
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Feder: Johnny B. makes a run for it at Radio Hall of FameNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - An afternoon snowstorm in New York Thursday delayed the start of the 30th annual National Radio Hall of Fame ceremonies — including the induction of Chicago legend Jonat...
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Feder: Michael Arndt resigns as editor of Crain's Chicago BusinessNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Michael Arndt resigned Thursday as editor of Crain's Chicago Business following a change in leadership at the weekly publication and website, Robert Feder writes. Get th...
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Feder: Emanuel wouldn't be first Chicago mayor to turn TV punditNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appearance on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday stirred up speculation that he's shopping around for a new job in television new...