Celebrities
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Album review: Coldplay do a 180-degree turn from arena pop-rockNov 23, 2019 6:28 am - Coldplay, "Everyday Life" (Parlophone/Atlantic) At the end of a year that saw musicians like Niall Horan and Ed Sheeran gingerly dip their toes into other languages, Col...
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Weekend picks: Polar Express rolls into South Elgin; Mother Truckin' Booze Fest at Sears CentreNov 23, 2019 6:26 am - Holiday train The beloved Christmas children's book by Chris Van Allsburg is the inspiration for The Polar Express, a train that travels to the "North Pole" to meet...
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Tom Hanks didn't want to be Mr. Rogers. Then he met Marielle HellerNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Tom Hanks has never played a superhero. But when the actor recently donned a very simple cardigan sweater, and the slacks to go with it, he felt like one. "I ...
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From 'Knives Out' to Bond, Ana de Armas is on the riseNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ana de Armas is fumbling with a packet of sugar and talking about her breakneck schedule on a recent afternoon in Los Angeles when her already enormous alm...
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In Musgraves' Christmas special, her grandma steals the show
Nov 20, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves knows who the real star is in her family - her grandmother. That's why the singer put the woman she calls Nana in her upcom...
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Best bets: Illumination returns to Morton Arboretum, Botanic Garden debuts LightscapeNov 20, 2019 5:46 am - Luminous outdoors See the great outdoors colorfully decorated in two interactive light and sound displays this season: Illumination: Tree Lights returns for another run ...
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Book review: New biography dishes about Carrie Fisher's tumultuous, bittersweet lifeNov 19, 2019 5:00 am - "Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge" by Sheila Weller; Sarah Crichton/FSG; 402 pages Carrie Fisher had at least one thing in common with Princess Leia, th...
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Book review: Is this the end for Juan Cabrillo and his team?Nov 17, 2019 6:28 am - "Final Option" by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison; Putnam; 400 pages Readers of this ongoing "Oregon Files" series will recognize the standard opening of...
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Best bets: Patty Smyth and Scandal play the Arcada; CSO performs at Wheaton CollegeNov 17, 2019 6:00 am - Nikki Haley in Naperville Anderson's Bookshop presents a speech by former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as she promotes her book “With All D...
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Kanye West talks about serving God during visit with Osteen