Entertainment Columns
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'Perfect Bid' is a perfectly entertaining documentary about 'The Price is Right'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - In 2008, a contestant on CBS' “The Price is Right” blurted out a very strange, very precise bid for his grand-prize Showcase haul that included a trailer: $23,743. In th...
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Feder: Sun-Times newsroom staff approves one-year contractAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - Editorial employees of the Chicago Sun-Times approved a new one-year contract this week that provides increased health insurance benefits but no raises in salaries, Robe...
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Constable: Glenbard South 'band geek' ends up on big Chicago, New York stagesAug 23, 2018 5:22 am - Voted "Best Marcher" for three straight years as a trumpet player with the Glenbard South High School marching band, college-bound James Monroe Števko had a pretty good ...
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Feder: Carly Henderson joins 'The Jam' as third co-hostAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - Carly Henderson, a Los Angeles entertainment journalist, TV host and video producer, has been named co-host of "The Jam," the morning news, talk and entertainment show o...
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Feder: 'Great response' for Lisa Allen's new podcast from The MixAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Lisa Allen, the popular midday personality on Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM, is the latest to join the podcast parade, Robert Feder writes. Since Ju...
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Feder: Mike North 'humbled and excited' about plans for biopicAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - A movie on the life of Mike North? That's the word from the former Chicago radio sports talk personality whose "outrageous and unconventional road to the top of the Chic...
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Feder: 'JBTV' host Jerry Bryant battling cancerAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Friends and fans are pulling for Jerry Bryant, founder and producer of "JBTV," the longest running music television show in the country. Bryant, 66, is being treated for...
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Wizard World CEO strives to make Rosemont convention 'a perfect fan experience'Aug 19, 2018 7:00 am - “It's a golden age for content,” says Wizard World CEO John Maatta, calling the era of endless channels and streaming services “the best time ever to be a consumer of te...
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Feder: Bill Kurtis gets personal with Chicago magazineAug 17, 2018 1:00 am - Bill Kurtis, one of Chicago's most public media personalities for more than 50 years, reveals his private side in the September issue of Chicago magazine, Robert Feder w...
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Special touches make new 1910 Spirits and Crafts bar stand out in GenevaAug 15, 2018 11:00 pm - It takes a special type of vision, business savvy and maybe a little art background to consider how a small apartment and adjoining storage area above your restaurant co...