Entertainment Columns
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Spotlight: Laugh it up this weekend at Zanies RosemontDec 29, 2022 5:00 am - NYE at Zanies Stand-up comedian and sketch comedy veteran Steph Tolev (Comedy Central's "The Ringers" and the web series "Steph & Deb") headlines Zanies Rosemont ov...
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Widescreen: Five unsung heroes from 2022's biggest hitsDec 28, 2022 10:00 pm - Widescreen's year-end wrapup of big- and small-screen entertainment often looks past the names on the marquee. Here are five people who deserve more credit for 2022's gr...
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Theater year in review: Marriott, Goodman, Metropolis add new leadership while Copley Theatre debuts in AuroraDec 28, 2022 10:00 pm - The only constant is change. That's certainly true of Chicago-area theater, which continues to grapple with the lingering effects of the COVID-19-related shutdown along ...
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Good News Sunday: Love of their late father inspires Latina sisters to launch their own wine labelDec 25, 2022 6:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: For Elia and Laura Rodriguez, wine equa...
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First Folio's adaptation of 'Little Women' an endearing testament to sisterhood, artistic spiritDec 22, 2022 10:00 am - “Little Women” - ★ ★ ★/h3> “Little Women,” which commences around Christmas, is not a yuletide tale per se, but it is a gift that keeps on giving. Louisa May Alcott's se...
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Damien Chazelle directs a frustrating, glorious, messy epic in 'Babylon'Dec 22, 2022 5:00 am - "Babylon" - ½ Early in the exhaustingly ambitious epic "Babylon" - Damien Chazelle's furious, curious satirical assault/love letter combo to Hollywood - an elephan...
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Musical celebrations to help you rock into the new yearDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - What's a New Year's Eve party without music? The suburbs and Chicago are packed with some major shows to help fans ring in 2023. Here's some of what we found: Time...
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You don't need to watch 'Wednesday' to see that Ortega is a superstarDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Can you like a TV show based solely on the memes? That's the situation I find myself in with "Wednesday," Netflix's wildly popular riff on "The Addams Family." I watched...
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Sound check: Mud Morganfield release show, holidays with Mark RoseDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Mud Morganfield 'Portrait' party Aiming to forge his own path separate from his acclaimed father, Muddy Waters, bluesman Mud Morganfield shows off his talents with last ...
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Perfectly pitched 'Puss' has boots for walking away with your heartDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” - ★ ★ ★ ½ I don't know how a Hollywood executive decided to make the engagingly clever, kinetically comical “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish...