Entertainment Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: NBC's Collinsworth says it's time for nothing but 'slow' for the Bears and Justin FieldsOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - NBC HAS EVERY REASON to hype Sunday night's main event between Tampa Bay and New England. It doesn't take any midnight ride by Paul Revere to signal the national conscio...
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Feder: Univision Chicago gets news chiefOct 01, 2021 1:00 am - Univision Communications has tapped the news director of its station in Sacramento, California, to lead the news operation of WGBO-Channel 66, Chicago's top-rated Spanis...
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Widescreen: One treat for fraidy cats, one treat for horror hounds as Spooky Season beginsSep 30, 2021 6:00 am - Hear ye, hear ye! Being that it is October the First, his royal highness Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, declares that Spooky Season has officially begun. Time for T...
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Spotlight: Metropolis goes 'Blonde,' 'Rent' returns, Steppenwolf goes virtualSep 30, 2021 6:00 am - 'Blonde' ambition A revival of the musical "Legally Blonde" marks Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's resumption of indoor performances. The stage adaptation of the hit ...
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Feder: Chicago Public Media to acquire Sun-Times under merger plan with WBEZSep 30, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago Sun-Times would become a subsidiary of Chicago Public Media, nonprofit parent company of WBEZ 91.5-FM, under an "historic partnership" being pursued by the t...
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Healing power of music: Family, female empowerment at the heart of Goodman's 'American Mariachi'Sep 29, 2021 4:00 pm - “American Mariachi” - ★ ★ ★ “American Mariachi” begins auspiciously. The pandemic-delayed collaboration between Goodman Theatre and the Dallas Theater Center starts wit...
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Sound check: Martin Garrix, Excision head Autumn Equinox electronic festSep 29, 2021 6:00 am - Spring into Autumn Equinox Once the lit fuse launching Chicago into summer festival season, this year's Spring Awakening is closing off the season with a bang. Opt...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears and Churchill Inc. make Louisiana Purchase look like child's playSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - AT THE END OF THE DAY, all Thomas Jefferson had to show for his guile was The Louisiana Purchase. The thunderclap over Arlington Park Wednesday produced a different shoc...
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Feder: Sun-Times, WBEZ officials confirm talks to 'become a combined entity'Sep 29, 2021 1:00 am - Top executives of the Chicago Sun-Times and the parent company of public radio station WBEZ 91.5-FM confirmed a report here Wednesday that talks are underway on a partne...
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Constable: After lost year, AfterImage Film Festival returns to big screen in St. CharlesSep 28, 2021 5:25 am - A couple of years ago, some dedicated film buffs in the Fox Valley hatched the ambitious idea of the AfterImage Film Festival, an annual event featuring critically accla...