Entertainment Columns
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio, Lite FM tie for first-place in Chicago radio ratingsDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the Audacy all-news combo, and WLIT 93.9-FM, the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station, tied for first place in the latest Chicago radio rati...
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Widescreen: Four Oscar contenders you can watch at home right nowDec 01, 2021 10:00 pm - The consensus front-runner for Best Picture at March's Academy Awards - according to online awards authority goldderby.com - is streaming on Netflix right now, and it's ...
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Sound check: Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, AJR hit Allstate Arena with Jingle BallDec 01, 2021 5:00 am - Jingle Ball pop West Coast rapper Doja Cat headlines 103.5 KISS FM's Jingle Ball with a lineup featuring Lil Nas X, Black Eyed Peas, Saweetie, AJR, Tate McRae, Bazz...
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Feder: Julie Mann resigns as managing editor of WBBM NewsradioDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - Julie Mann, the first-rate broadcast journalist who has led the newsroom of WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM as managing editor for more than a decade, is leaving after 25 year...
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Feder: WTTW's Geoffrey Baer lifts viewers 'Beyond Chicago From the Air'Dec 01, 2021 12:00 am - When Geoffrey Baer was promoted to vice president of original content production for television at WTTW-Channel 11 in 2019, fans may have wondered whether the veteran pr...
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Jim O'Donnell: Double guaranteed - someone will coach The Fighting Irish next seasonDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - MAYBE THE BIG FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE - the cosmic force that calls all of the shots on and around gridirons everywhere - has a sense of humor. If it does, Matt Nagy will ...
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Defying gravity ... again: 'Wicked' will return to ChicagoNov 30, 2021 5:00 am - “Wicked,” the blockbuster musical whose initial Chicago run grossed more than $200 million, breaking box office records, will return to Chicago next fall, Broadway in Ch...
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Feder: WGN in talks on Dan Roan's retirementNov 30, 2021 12:00 am - On second thought, let's not plan that retirement party for Dan Roan quite yet. In a late July interview for the folks back home in Keokuk, Iowa, the veteran sports anc...
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Feder: ABC 7 wins late-news ratings in NovemberNov 29, 2021 12:00 am - No need to parse the Nielsen numbers this time. Unlike the three-way tie that deadlocked the May sweep, November delivered a clear victory in late-news ratings for ABC-o...
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Citadel's 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' has appeal, especially for young audience membersNov 26, 2021 9:45 am - “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown” - ★ ★ ½ Watching Citadel Theatre's production of “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” made me wonder who was having more fun: the actor...