Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Hosea Sanders 'excited to return' to ABC 7Aug 02, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime WLS-Channel 7 news anchor Hosea Sanders, who's been out since February for treatment of prostate cancer, returned to the ABC-owned station Wednesday, Robert Fed...
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Feder: Bartlett native to host MTV's 'Total Request Live'Aug 01, 2017 1:00 am - A Chicago radio disc jockey who grew up in northwest suburban Bartlett is on his way to national stardom. Erik Zachary, evening personality on iHeartMedia Top 40 WKSC FM...
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Feder: WCIU launches new morning showJul 31, 2017 1:00 am - Promising "a fresh new approach to morning news," Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26 kicked off "The Jam" at 6 a.m. Monday. The two-hour weekday morning show, hosted by...
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Professional dancer builds local studios to help others danceJul 30, 2017 1:00 am - Jesse DeSoto of Hawthorn Woods left behind "Dancing With the Stars" and a life in Hollywood and instead built local studios to help others dance. Jesse and his brother, ...
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Feder: "Chickenman" (He's everywhere! He's everywhere!) makes a comeback - by podcastJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Fifty years after Chicago radio listeners were introduced to "the most fantastic crime-fighter the world has ever known," a new generation is about to meet the legendary...
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Feder: Newsman Walter Jacobson talks turning 80, cancer and his memoirsJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago newsman Walter Jacobson, who turns 80 on Friday, talks about his upcoming birthday, his battles with cancer and the rerelease of his memoirs in paperba...
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Sound check: Incubus, Jimmy Eat World play Tinley ParkJul 25, 2017 6:00 am - Pardon me Incubus' third album, “Make Yourself,” pushed the hardworking California band into the spotlight, with a solid blend of introspective nu metal-edged altern...
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Feder: Hip-hop artist Che "Rhymefest" Smith creating music for new weekday morning show premiering on WCIU TVJul 25, 2017 1:00 am - Famed Chicago hip-hop artist and songwriter Che "Rhymefest" Smith has been commissioned to create original music for "The Jam," the new weekday morning show soon to prem...
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Widescreen: Rediscovering creepy cult classics 'Suspiria,' 'Phantom of the Paradise'Jul 21, 2017 6:00 am - A young American woman arrives in Germany to attend an exclusive dance school. She is greeted by a surly cabdriver and a relentless downpour. They come to the blood-red ...
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Feder: 'Nutcracker' documentary coming to WTTW; Glen Ellyn native will report for WGN TVJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Production is underway on "The Nutcracker Behind the Scenes," a one-hour documentary on The Joffrey Ballet's new version of the holiday classic, to air later this year o...