Entertainment Columns
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Songs of heartbreak lead to movie for Arlington Heights womanFeb 13, 2018 4:00 am - Like many happy Valentine's Day tales of love, this one starts with a soul-crushing heartbreak. "It was a very difficult time," remembers Arlington Heights native Alyssa...
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Feder: Sun-Times hires wife of CEO as executive producerFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - Jennifer Schulze, a former Chicago television news director and producer, has been hired to develop new video content for the Sun-Times, Robert Feder writes. Schulze is ...
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Feder: WGN hires news anchor Joe Donlon to succeed Mark SuppelsaFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - Joe Donlon, a leading news anchor in Portland, Oregon, for 21 years, has been hired for the top anchor job at "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9, Robert Feder writes. Th...
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Feder: WGN finds Suppelsa's replacement in PortlandFeb 12, 2018 12:00 am - A longtime news anchor from Portland, Oregon, is close to signing on for the top job at "Chicago's Very Own" WGN-Channel 9, sources tell Robert Feder. The post has been ...
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Escape winter at Elgin's Bumblebee Play CafeFeb 11, 2018 10:00 pm - A new spot to take your children when you're getting a little stir crazy in this weather is now open along the Randall Road corridor. Bumblebee Play Café opened last mon...
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Feder: Chicago Reader editor forced out (after returning from honeymoon)Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Jake Malooley has been forced out as editor of the Chicago Reader as new executive editor Mark Konkol moves to put his imprint on the alternative weekly. Malooley learne...
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Feder: Sun-Times cuts columnist Bill ZweckerFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Bill Zwecker, one of Chicago's premier celebrity columnists and entertainment reporters for decades, is the latest marquee personality to be forced out at the Sun-Times,...
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Feder: WGN Radio revises weekend sports rosterFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - While WGN AM 720 continues to negotiate for Chicago White Sox radio rights, the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station is adjusting its weekend sports lineup, Robert Fed...
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Feder: L.A. Times sale would cut Chicago ties after 18 yearsFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - If the reported $500 million deal goes through to sell the Los Angeles Times to biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, it would mark the end of the paper's rocky relat...
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Feder: DNAinfo alums to launch Block Club Chicago news siteFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - Three editors from the former DNAinfo Chicago are reuniting to start up a new neighborhood news website to be funded by reader subscriptions, Robert Feder writes. Block ...