Entertainment Columns
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Looking for laughs? Try Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud and Chicago's Goodman TheatreJul 30, 2021 6:00 am - Summer laughs Laugh Out Loud Theater invites patrons to chill out with "Hot Laugh Summer," a weekly sketch and improv showcase featuring members of the theater's main s...
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Movie reviews for 'Joe Six-Pack': New podcast serves as oral history of 'Siskel & Ebert'Jul 29, 2021 6:00 am - "Chicago is unbelievably proud of itself. Anyone from Chicago will tell you the best things come from Chicago." So says Erik Rydholm on this week's episode of "Gene & Ro...
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If you're a Frank Sinatra fan, Metropolis' 'My Way' is the summer show for youJul 29, 2021 6:00 am - “My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra” - ★ ★ ★ On a recent steamy, midsummer Saturday, the evening performance of Metropolis Performance Arts Centre's Frank Sinatr...
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Jim O'Donnell: Simone Biles scores a victory for the enduring glory of independent thoughtJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - ROBERT FROST CALLED IT "The Road Not Taken." The Beatles sang, "Think For Yourself." The fierce French nationalist Charles de Gaulle referred to it as the unique sort of...
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Feder: WIND moves Sean Hannity off new afternoon lineupJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - Sean Hannity will be relegated to late nights when WIND 560-AM launches a new weekday afternoon lineup on the Salem Media conservative news/talk station, Robert Feder wr...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio adds digital managing editorJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - As part of a "multiplatform transformation" of its news brands nationwide, Audacy is putting more eggs in the digital news basket of WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM. Lauren H...
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Jim O'Donnell: WaPo's Sally Jenkins working OT to spotlight treachery of the OlympicsJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPORTS COLUMNISTS SELDOM win Pulitzer Prizes. And a female sports columnist? Ain't never been done. But the inspired Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post could be in the...
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From the ranks: Steppenwolf names new co-artistic directorsJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble members Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis have been named the company's new co-artistic directors, replacing Anna D. Shapiro who steps down nex...
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Faster than Space Mountain: 'Behind the Attraction' packed with quips, detailsJul 21, 2021 6:00 am - With rapid-fire jokes and factoids, "Behind the Attraction," a 10-part documentary series streaming now on Disney+, plays like a loose sequel to "The Imagineering Story....
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Suburban Olympians: When and where to see their debuts in TokyoJul 21, 2021 5:30 am - Here's where you can find our local Olympians and when they'll make their TV debuts in Tokyo: Women's soccer Casey Krueger, Naperville TV debut: Wednesday, July 21,...