Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Second-generation journalist Maddy Wierus comes home to CBS NewsMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - Along with the Ponce, Holt, Volkman and Jiggetts dynasties it's time to add a new name to the list of Chicago's multigenerational media families. Maddy Wierus, who grew ...
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Classic movies, live music: Des Plaines Theatre hosts silent film seriesMay 25, 2022 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Theatre, 1476 Miner St., Des Plaines, will become a virtual time machine on the third Wednesday of every month beginning in June. Patrons on those nights...
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Feder: Laura Washington moves to Chicago TribuneMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - Laura Washington, one of Chicago's most prominent and respected political commentators, is leaving the Sun-Times after more than 20 years to write for the Chicago Tribun...
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Visceral visuals, soaring soundtrack, flashy edits save flighty 'Maverick'May 24, 2022 12:30 pm - “Top Gun: Maverick” - ★ ★ ½ A testosterone tribute to arrested adolescence, the impending blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” presents a fantasy world of flashy video game t...
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Feder: Editor Karen Hawkins leaving Chicago ReaderMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Now that the transition of the Chicago Reader to nonprofit ownership has been finalized under the Reader Institute for Community Journalism, there's a change in editoria...
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Feder: Chicago radio ratings show V103 on top againMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - WVAZ 102.7-FM increased its audience share in April and marked its 72nd ratings victory since the iHeartMedia R&B station signed on in 1988, Robert Feder reports. Nielse...
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Ever-resonant 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a plea for healingMay 20, 2022 4:15 pm - “To Kill a Mockingbird” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “We have to heal this wound or we'll never stop bleeding.” Atticus Finch, the standard-bearer of decency and tolerance Harper Lee int...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre revives darkly comic, puppet-centered 'Hand to God'May 20, 2022 6:00 am - Fourth time's a charm Disappointed by love and life, a pair of adult siblings - twice divorced and once widowed Maria and relationship-averse Anthony - find themselves b...
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Widescreen tidbits: Carlin's best on HBO Max, PlayStation's new game library, a bold new 'Trek'May 18, 2022 11:00 pm - PlayStation 5 library Sony this week announced "a selection of content" that will be available for download by PlayStation Plus subscribers who upgrade to one of the new...
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Des Plaines actress is right where she belongs - starring in Shattered Globe's 'Rasheeda Speaking'May 18, 2022 11:00 pm - Barbara Roeder Harris was born to theater. She made her debut playing the king in a production of "Cinderella" she and her siblings staged in the family basement. "I wa...