Entertainment Columns
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Feder: David Kaplan to host new weeknight show on NBC Sports ChicagoMar 28, 2022 1:00 am - David Kaplan, a preeminent voice of sports in Chicago, is about to host a new Monday-through-Friday sports talk show on NBC Sports Chicago. Starting April 4 "Unfiltered ...
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Metropolis chooses 30-year theater veteran as new artistic directorMar 28, 2022 1:00 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre announced Monday that Rob Gretta, a 30-year theater veteran, will serve as the Arlington Heights venue's next artistic director. G...
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'It feels surreal': Elgin native thrilled to play lead in national tour of 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' in ChicagoMar 27, 2022 7:30 am - Broadway veteran Courtney Reed so loves “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” she would encourage people to see it even if she wasn't starring in the pandemic-delayed national tou...
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Feder: MeTV expands 'Svengoolie' franchise with fishy friend 'Sventoonie'Mar 25, 2022 1:00 am - "Svengoolie," the monstrously popular horror movie series starring Chicago treasure Rich Koz, is about to get some company in the form of a talking fish puppet dressed l...
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Pitt's hilarious ex-Navy SEAL can't save Bullock's anemic action comedy 'Lost City'Mar 24, 2022 1:00 pm - “The Lost City” - ★ ★ In the squelched action comedy “The Lost City,” Channing Tatum has fun as an inept, panicky wannabe hero, scurrying about and revealing more than w...
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Widescreen: 'Death on the Nile' floats home already, and 'The Batman' isn't far behindMar 24, 2022 6:00 am - Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox — now 20th Century Studios — hasn't been kind to the films left over from the previous regime. Example: Ridley Scott's excellent...
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Constable: '13 years just gone,' says Glenview man deleted from FacebookMar 24, 2022 5:30 am - When his 94-year-old mother died in April 2020 and pandemic restrictions limited her funeral to eight people, Facebook is the place where Jon Rachiele of Glenview mourne...
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Feder: Strike at WTTW puts politicians on the spotMar 24, 2022 1:00 am - As the first strike in WTTW-Channel 11's history enters its second week, politicians are being urged to honor the picket lines - both real and virtual. In an email to p...
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Paramount inaugurates Copley series with a scorching revival of the ever-timely 'Sweat'Mar 23, 2022 11:00 pm - “Sweat” - ★ ★ ★ ★ If director Andrea J. Dymond's scorching revival of “Sweat” that inaugurated Paramount Theatre's Bold Series at the newly remodeled Copley Theatre is a...
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Tour-de-force performance: TV's Sean Hayes is superb as pianist/raconteur Oscar Levant in Goodman's 'Good Night, Oscar'Mar 23, 2022 2:00 pm - “Good Night, Oscar” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Hours before its official opening Monday, Goodman Theatre extended its premiere of “Good Night, Oscar,” Doug Wright's play about pianist, c...