Entertainment Columns
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Feder: Crain's adds 'Juice' to politics coverageOct 14, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago's next mayoral election may be 16 months away, but Crain's Chicago Business is about to expand its coverage of politics and government in a big way. Monday will...
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Jim O'Donnell: It's a bird, it's a pain - it's 'Bunker' Bill Carstanjen at Arlington Trackside!Oct 13, 2021 1:00 am - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a good Bill Carstanjen sighting at Arlington Trackside to draw the encrusted regulars away from their daily handicapping mortis. That 99-1 shot came...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting spends $100 million on 2 stations in New YorkOct 13, 2021 1:00 am - In a series of transactions totaling nearly $100 million, Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting has acquired two stations serving the New York market as affiliates for the c...
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Sound check: Toronzo Cannon celebrates Hey Nonny anniversary showOct 12, 2021 11:00 pm - Happy birthday, Hey Nonny In October 2018, the crew at Hey Nonny first opened the downtown Arlington Heights bistro/venue's doors with a slate of preview shows and event...
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Feder: Diane Dungey to retire after 40 years at Daily HeraldOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - Diane Dungey, senior deputy managing editor of the Daily Herald and the highest-ranking woman in the newsroom, is calling it a career after 40 years. Editor John Lampine...
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Feder: Alexis McAdams joins Fox NewsOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - Alexis McAdams, who's been a per diem reporter at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 since 2018, today is expected to be named a New York-based correspondent for Fox News Channel. ...
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R-rated Paranormal Cirque isn't for families, or the faint of heartOct 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Paranormal Cirque is neither for families nor for the faint of heart. In fact, the Halloween-themed, European-style circus running Oct. 14-24 under a sprawling tent in ...
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Feder: Museum of Broadcast Communications to open 'A Century of Radio' exhibitOct 11, 2021 1:00 am - The Smith-Corona typewriter Larry Lujack used to write his famed "Animal Stories" bits on WLS Radio and Edgar Bergen's original ventriloquist dummies - Charlie McCarthy,...
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Spotlight: First Folio premieres 'Frankenstein'-inspired dramaOct 08, 2021 6:00 am - The Creature's bride Young Justine (Heather Chrisler) awakens in a ruined castle in the Swiss Alps without a clue as to how she got there except for the scars on her bod...
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Sound check: New Violet Crime, Footlight District songs tackle personal growthOct 08, 2021 6:00 am - Big-picture issues such as politics and the pandemic can sometimes make people overlook smaller problems close to home. Two new singles hitting the Chicago scene this we...