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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US. Here's what we know

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is eyeing Hollywood for his next round of tariffs, threatening to levy all films produced outside the U.S. at a steep rate of 100%. Ove...

Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” which premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts

NEW YORK — Percival Everett's novel “James,” his radical reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved title character, has won...

“Poker Face,” left, “Forever” and “Safe House” start streaming this week.

What to stream: ‘Poker Face,’ Blake Shelton, the spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ and Vince Vaughn

The popular whodunit series “Poker Face” starring Natasha Lyonne is returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh’s sleek and lean spy thriller “Black Bag” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Kamila Santiago, whose cancer recovery journey inspired “Kamila’s Story,” a new choral/orchestral composition by Benjamin Martin, reacts to hearing the Lake Forest College chorus and orchestra perform the piece for the first time last week at the Gorton Center.

A joyful noise: Young suburban cancer survivor’s story inspires new music

Two years ago, Kamila Santiago got terrifying news: The Lake in the Hills girl, then 10, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a malignant bone tumor on her left leg. Last year, the now 12-year-old wrote about her experience in cooperation with Sing Me a Story.

The Cherry Tree Inn was decorated on April 25 while “Exes of Christmas Past” was filmed at the inn in Woodstock.

‘Groundhog Day’ inn gets another role, this time in upcoming Christmas movie shot in Woodstock

Although the Easter Bunny just visited McHenry County, the Cherry Tree Inn in Woodstock recently was decorated for Christmas. The Cherry Tree Inn played host to filming for another holiday movie during the week of April 21.

It’s going to be hard to stop a group of MCU rejects — Red Guardian (David Harbour), left, Ava Starr (Hannah John-Kamen), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) — in “Thunderbolts*.”

‘Thunderbolts*’ kicks off summer movie season with $76 million at the box office

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts*” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut that fell shy of Marvel’s more spectacular launches.

A restaurant called Kow is to open in a space that was last occupied by Panera Bread at 1518 Market St. at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines.

New Korean restaurant coming to downtown Des Plaines

A Korean barbecue restaurant should open this spring in downtown Des Plaines’ Metropolitan Square.