Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Weigel launches new TV stationSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other broadcast stations and digital networks, just switched on the future of t...
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Feder: Van Dyke trial to air on CLTVSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - Cable news channel CLTV will broadcast live coverage of the trial of Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in...
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Widescreen: 'Minecraft' convention in Schaumburg, Disney princesses back in theatersSep 07, 2018 6:00 am - Before "Fortnite" took over seemingly every television, tablet and smartphone in America, the phenomenon that spawned books, merch and its own genre of YouTube videos wa...
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Feder: Chicago radio ratings crowded at the topSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - A three-way tie for first place in afternoon drive pretty well sums up how tightly compacted the Chicago radio scene has become. Nielsen Audio figures released Tuesday s...
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Constable: Celebrating 80th year, traveling circus goes animal-freeSep 04, 2018 5:24 am - When the Kelly Miller Circus announced it wasn't folding its tent and would instead do a full circuit this summer without elephants, zebras, camels, monkeys or other ani...
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Widescreen: 'Clear and Present Danger' is the best appetizer for Amazon's 'Jack Ryan'Aug 31, 2018 6:00 am - Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's popular CIA analyst who has starred in 21 novels and five movies, comes to the small screen Friday, Aug. 31, in Amazon Prime's aptly named "Tom C...
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Feder: L.A. Times owner reportedly looking to acquire troncAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Patrick Soon-Shiong, the biotech billionaire who paid $500 million to buy the Los Angeles Times from Chicago-based tronc, may have his sights on acquiring the rest of th...
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Feder: Dann Gire hands off leadership of film criticsAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire is stepping down after 22 years as president of the Chicago Film Critics Association, the organization he co-founded and continues to ...
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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...