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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Stephen Sanchez released his debut concept album, “Angel Face,” on Friday, Sept. 22. He’s touring to Chicago’s Riviera Theatre on Friday, Oct. 20.

Stephen Sanchez conjures early rock 'n' roll on debut album 'Angel Face,' tour at Chicago's Riv

For his debut record, "Angel Face," released Friday, Stephen Sanchez travels back in time with songs that you can imagine listening to in a Ford Thunderbird or watching a performance of on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Fans will be able to experience it in person when he plays Chicago's Riviera Theatre on Friday, Oct. 20.
Pickets carry signs outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, Calif., on July 17.

Here's when your favorite show may return as writers strike is on the verge of ending

A tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry's dual walkouts may soon be over. But when will your favorite shows return?
“The Flying Dutchman” opens the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2023-24 season after an absence of more than two decades. Director David Alden’s staging of Wagner’s ghost story continues through Saturday, Oct. 7.

Chicago's upcoming opera season is one worth singing about

Chicago opera fans have a lot to be excited about this season. There are plenty of starry singers and conductors making their debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, while all of the works in Chicago Opera Theater's 50th anniversary season are receiving professional Windy City premieres.
Prof. Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) lends his expertise to difficult cases in “The Irrational” premiering Monday.

NBC's 'The Irrational' takes an unexpected approach to investigating crime

Some investigators just have the knack when it comes to seeing the missing piece in confounding investigations. In "The Irrational," a brand-new crime procedural premiering at 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, on NBC, Prof. Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) is pulled from the world of academia to lend his highly sought-after expertise to virtually unsolvable cases.
Demonstrators walk with signs during a rally Sept. 21 outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles.
Screenwriters wait to learn terms of deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike
Screenwriters waited Monday to learn what their five-month strike won and prepared for a possible return to work after their union reached an agreement with studio executives that could help end the walkouts that brought Hollywood to a standstill.
“Falling or Flying” by Jorja Smith, left, and “Autumn Variations” by Ed Sheeran drop this week on streaming platforms.
Streaming this week: Ed Sheeran, 'The Voice,' 'The Golden Bachelor' and more Wes Anderson
An Ed Sheeran album, a spinoff of "The Bachelor" starring a 72-year-old widower and Wes Anderson's movie "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" starring Benedict Cumberbatch are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Two demonstrators pick up signs outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios have resumed and will continue Thursday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt.
Tentative deal reached to end the Hollywood writers strike, but no deal for actors yet
Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors. The Writers Guild of America announced the deal in a statement.
Sylvester Stallone in a scene from “The Expend4bles.”
'Expend4bles' flops at box office
Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save "Expend4bles" from a debut box office flop. The fourth installment suffered the franchise's worst opening weekend while "The Nun 2" took home the top spot for a third straight week.
Actor Treat Williams attends the world premiere of “Second Act” in 2018 in New York.
Driver pleads not guilty in Vermont crash that killed actor Treat Williams
A Vermont driver on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams.
Taylor Swift, right, watches from a suite alongside Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce, inside Arrowhead Stadium during the first half of an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.
Taylor Swift turns out to see Kelce's Chiefs play the Bears
Swift has always been reluctant to discuss her personal life in public, but rumors have been flying about the pop superstar and the football player.
Usher performs at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala in 2022 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11.
John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever,” a movie that brought disco into Ron Onesti’s rock ‘n’ roll world.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: That's right, I had 'Saturday Night Fever'
Yeah, I'd say I was a young rock 'n' roller. But allow me to start at the beginning.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Elise, left, and Anna Martino play with Collision at the Mount Prospect Moose Lodge during the 56 Music Fix in August.
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Guitarist Ryan McQueen stepped up to the mic as Kings By Day played Rookies RocHaus in West Dundee.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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The Schaumburg High School marching band performs during the Septemberfest parade on Monday.
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Lead singer Pino Farina played Durty Nellie's in Palatine Friday, Aug. 11.
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Reilly Downes & the Acid Cowboys played a Sunday Country Brunch show at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn Sunday, July 30.
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