Entertainment Columns
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MLK remembrance dinner, concert returns to Schaumburg Nov. 13Oct 25, 2021 5:30 am - The Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations' 52nd Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner and Concert will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Renaissance Hot...
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Feder: WLS midday host Dan Bongino threatens to quit over Cumulus Media vaccine mandateOct 25, 2021 1:00 am - Cumulus Media, owner of news/talk WLS 890-AM and more than 400 other radio stations nationwide, is on a collision course with some of its biggest personalities over the ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brady vs. Fields, OK — but there's also a young Buccaneer to watchOct 22, 2021 1:00 am - YEAH, YEAH, YEAH — Tom Brady over there, Justin Fields over here. But for NFL deep diggers, the most fascinating player on the field might not be playing QB when the Bea...
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Gothic horror tale 'Frankenstein' inspires provocative premiere of 'The Jigsaw Bride' at First FolioOct 21, 2021 7:45 am - “The Jigsaw Bride” - ★ ★ ★ ½ For “The Jigsaw Bride,” Joseph Zettelmaier's new play premiering at First Folio Theatre, the playwright once again turned to Mary Shelley fo...
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Feder: Trenier Ward joins ABC 7Oct 21, 2021 1:00 am - Trenier Ward, a multimedia journalist who grew up in Chicago and graduated from Northern Illinois University, is coming home to join ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 as a per die...
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Widescreen: Hulu's 'Only Murders' finale plays a perfect coda for a satisfying seasonOct 20, 2021 11:00 pm - "Doo da-doo, do-do-doo, do do doo." If I can stop humming the infectious theme song long enough, I can tell you that this week's finale of "Only Murders in the Building,...
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Denis Villeneuve directs a highly visual, empathy-challenged, almost too-faithful adaptation of Frank Herbert's 'Dune'Oct 20, 2021 6:00 am - “Dune” - ★ ★ ½ Hey, at least this spectacular, fervidly anticipated adaptation of Frank Herbert's densely packed 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune” fares better than Dav...
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Sound check: The Mild West at Lincoln Hall; Dave Gomez benefit showOct 20, 2021 6:00 am - The mildest Juice Chicago indie-pop rockers The Mild West have been following Boston's jazzy rock band Juice around on tour to Cincinnati and Detroit. But this week...
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Feder: New book from Daily Herald's Grammar Moses commands readers to watch their wordsOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - Every Sunday Jim Baumann, the mild-mannered managing editor of the Daily Herald, slips into his waggish alter ego as Grammar Moses to remind readers why they need to spe...
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Jim O'Donnell: From bad pitchout to pitch-perfect — Brian Wilson and Al Jardine set for WaukeganOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - WHEN THINGS GET TOO CROWDED around Chicago's Sports Mass, go long. Like in search of verifying a tale about the Beach Boys, endless summers and prep football. So today, ...