Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Broadcast museum celebrates rock radioJun 17, 2022 1:00 am - Legendary DJs John Records Landecker and Tommy Edwards will reminisce about the golden age of rock radio when they headline a fundraiser for Chicago's Museum of Broadcas...
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Comic romance a 'Real Smooth' parable for the power of kindnessJun 16, 2022 6:00 am - “Cha Cha Real Smooth” - ★ ★ ★ Parts of Cooper Raiff's comically amiable “Cha Cha Real Smooth” sound like a grad student's first attempt at writing stage play juvenilia ...
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Sound check: New Kids on the Block dance their way into RosemontJun 16, 2022 6:00 am - Party with the New Kids If you still remember the lyrics to “Hangin' Tough” or sing “(You've Got It) The Right Stuff” on your ride to work, you'd best make your way to t...
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Playing 'Alice': Suburban actresses master circus arts to play title role in Lookingglass Theatre classicJun 15, 2022 11:00 pm - When Glen Ellyn native Molly Hernández was in college, she told her mom she was running off to join the circus. For the actress who turned professional at 9 and co-star...
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Feder: Can Steve Cochran save WLS AM 890?Jun 15, 2022 1:00 am - When Steve Cochran opens the mic on WLS 890-AM at the crack of dawn today, he'll become the fifth morning host in 10 years at the Cumulus Media news/talk station. And he...
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Feder: Bob Stroud, Kevin Matthews on 2022 Radio Hall of Fame ballotJun 14, 2022 1:00 am - Chicago radio veterans Bob Stroud and Kevin Matthews are among 24 nominees for induction to the Radio Hall of Fame, the Chicago-based shrine to radio's greatest performe...
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Feder: White Sox, Cubs networks squander credibility with suspicious editingJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - Twice in recent weeks Chicago's regional sports networks have shown they cannot be trusted. In both cases editorial standards were compromised in ways that shortchanged ...
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Feder: On eve of retirement, Bob Stroud leads The Drive to No. 1Jun 13, 2022 1:00 am - Talk about going out on top. In the run-up to his announced retirement from WDRV 97.1-FM, legendary midday personality Bob Stroud led the Hubbard Radio classic rock stat...
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Feder: Rick Hall to host afternoons at SHE 100.3Jun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Rick Hall, manager of digital audio and on-air host at Chicago-based Moody Radio, has been hired as afternoon personality and music director at WSHE 100.3-FM, the Hubbar...
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New roller skating-inspired tuner 'Skates' needs finessingJun 09, 2022 11:30 am - “Skates” - ★ ½ One thing going for “Skates,” the new, nostalgia-fueled, pandemic-delayed tuner that opened Sunday at Chicago's historic Studebaker Theater, is that it pr...