Entertainment Columns
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Sound check: Ivy Ford, Toronzo Cannon kick off Blues and Brews FridayJun 09, 2022 6:00 am - Blues and Brews For three nights, The Venue showcases some of what makes Chicago blues so hot with its annual outdoor Blues and Brews festival. Ivy Ford kicks off F...
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Feder: Layoffs at iHeartMedia drive out ace traffic reporter Bart ShoreJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - For 25 years he's been the most familiar and authoritative voice of traffic on Chicago radio. But after delivering his last report Wednesday morning on iHeartMedia hip-h...
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Spotlight: Chicago premiere of 'Life After' debuts at GoodmanJun 08, 2022 11:00 pm - All-star revival An ensemble made up of Chicago theater all-stars and an all-female creative team partner for Drury Lane Theatre's revival of "Steel Magnolias," Robert ...
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Your mission (from God): See 'Blues Brothers' on Pickwick's big screenJun 08, 2022 11:00 pm - If you've only seen “The Blues Brothers” on TV, DVD, VHS or (gulp) Betamax, you'll have two chances next week to finally see it on the big screen in one of the suburbs' ...
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Thrill-a-minute 'Jurassic World: Dominion' also believes in the basic goodness of the common personJun 08, 2022 2:00 pm - “Jurassic World: Dominion” - ★ ★ ★ This thrill-a-minute, PG-13-rated, summer popcorn action/horror picture had me at “Wait ... you made a promise to a dinosaur?” Profes...
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Feder: Three stations bidding for Bears radio rightsJun 08, 2022 1:00 am - Three Chicago stations are vying for the radio rights to Chicago Bears football broadcasts, according to multiple sources. Audacy all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, ra...
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Feder: Rock radio legend Bob Stroud signing off as midday host on The DriveJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - In all of Chicago radio you won't find a more talented, knowledgeable, genial or universally admired personality than Bob Stroud. But soon you won't find him hosting mid...
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Feder: Steve Cochran joins WLS 890 AM as morning hostJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Ten years ago this fall, the legendary Don Wade stepped down as morning star at WLS 890-AM as he battled the brain cancer that eventually would take his life. With him a...
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Feder: Marty Lennartz moving to mornings on 93 XRTJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Marty Lennartz, a lifelong Chicagoan whose four decades at WXRT 93.1-FM began as producer of Terri Hemmert's morning show, is about to become morning host himself at the...
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Feder: New Latino Media Network buys Chicago's WRTO in $60 million deal with UnivisionJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - The Spanish-language radio home of Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox and Fire broadcasts has been sold to the newly formed Latino Media Network as part o...