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Book review: Ron and Clint Howard reveal Hollywood success story

By Rob Merrill
Oct 16, 2021 7:30 AM - "What was it like growing up on TV?" That's the question, along with the death of their father in 2017, that prompted Ron Howard and his brother, Clint, to co-write a memoir of their childhood called "The Boys." It's wholesome, earnest and contains just enough tidbits about Mayberry and "Happy Days" to satisfy ardent fans.
Richard Marx tickets on sale Friday for pre-Valentine's Day shows

By Brian Shamie
Oct 14, 2021 3:24 PM - Platinum-selling ballad-rock royalty Richard Marx announced a pair of pre-Valentine's Day shows going on sale Friday.
Medieval and #MeToo clash in 'The Last Duel'

By Jake Coyle
Oct 14, 2021 6:00 AM - On its mud-and-blood surface, "The Last Duel" seems like a familiar slog. But the movie, written by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Nicole Holofcener, is not the tale of manly valor that it first appears. It's more like a medieval tale deconstructed, piece by piece, until its heavily armored male characters and the genre's mythologized nobility are unmasked.
Best Bets: Olympic gymnasts bring 'Gold Over America Tour' to Rosemont's Allstate Arena

By Scott C. Morgan
Oct 14, 2021 11:17 AM - Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Jade Carey and more show off their skills in the "Gold Over America Tour" at Rosemont's Allstate Arena, the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company sets up shop in the new "The Office Experience" in Chicago, and "Mike Super: Magic & Illusion" wows at the McAninch Arts Center.
St. Charles canine wins 'World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest'

By Scott C. Morgan
Oct 14, 2021 9:55 AM - A St. Charles dog named Heaven has won People magazine's "World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest." Jackie Rakers fostered and then adopted Heaven from Starfish Animal Rescue in Batavia, and now she's donating the prize, a year's supply of Pedigree dog food, to the shelther that initially rescued Heaven.
Festivals Oct. 15-21: Wizard World Chicago, Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns & more

By Luke Zurawski
Oct 14, 2021 12:34 PM - Making weekend plans? There are lots of options as Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns lights up the Chicago Botanic Garden, All Hallows Eve haunts Naper Settlement, and fall fests across the suburbs offer family-friendly fun.
Shatner heads to the final frontier ahead of Wizard World Chicago appearance

By TED ANTHONY
Oct 12, 2021 9:30 PM - "Risk is our business," James T. Kirk once said. "That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her." More than a half-century later, William Shatner, who breathed life into the fabled Enterprise captain is, at age 90, headed to space Wednesday before his Sunday, Oct. 17, appearance at Wizard World Chicago in Rosemont.
Tickets on sale Friday for Reba McEntire's 2022 Rosemont show

By Brian Shamie
Oct 11, 2021 1:07 PM - Country superstar Reba McEntire brings her tour and storied catalog of favorites to Rosemont's Allstate Arena in March 2022. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Daniel Craig's final Bond takes $56 million at domestic box office

By LINDSEY BAHR
Oct 11, 2021 7:33 AM - After over 18 months of pandemic delays, "No Time to Die" opened on target. The final James Bond film of the Daniel Craig era grossed $56 million from 4,407 North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday, to easily take the first-place spot.
Steven Van Zandt explores his fascinating and unlikely life in memoir

By Mark Kennedy
Oct 11, 2021 6:00 AM - About halfway through Steven Van Zandt's new memoir, "Unrequited Infatuations," comes the point of no return. That moment was in 1983, during the recording of Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album "Born in the USA." Van Zandt, the bandanna-wearing guitarist for Springsteen's E Street Band, had a fight with The Boss. And then he walked away. He looks back on that temporary break -- Springsteen and Van Zandt would eventually reconcile -- as a key turning point.

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