Lifestyle
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Review: Idolatry surrenders to humanity in new Lee biography
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œRobert E. Lee: A Life'ť by Allen C. Guelzo (Knopf) Controversy over the equestrian memorial to Robert E. Lee on stately Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, was once...
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Review: Anthony Doerr dreams big with 'Cloud Cuckoo Land'
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œCloud Cuckoo Land,'ť by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) How do you follow up a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction? If you're novelist Anthony Doerr ('œAll the Light We Ca...
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Gucci launches Vault vintage site during Milan Fashion Week
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Fashion houses trying to figure out how to reach new eyeballs after the long ordeal of the pandemic have centered around a singular idea: collaborations. M...
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Review: Book richly illustrates pandemic's impact on lives
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - 'œVoices from the Pandemic" by Eli Saslow (Doubleday) More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, there's already been a bumper crop of books about COVID-19 that ...
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'SNL' returning with all but one incumbent cast member
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After an off-season of some mystery involving several favorite performers, 'œSaturday Night Live'ť said it was returning for its 47th year this weekend w...
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'View' hosts say they had false positive COVID tests
Sep 27, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The two co-hosts of 'œThe View'ť whose COVID-19 tests derailed a planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris last week said Monday that their res...
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Q&A: Nick Cannon on talk show, overcoming backlash last year
Sep 27, 2021 6:00 am - When Nick Cannon faced heavy criticism for his anti-Semitic remarks last year, he initially thought about stepping away from his lucrative TV host and producer career fo...
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Book review: 'True Raiders' a fun read about true treasure hunt
Sep 27, 2021 6:00 am - "True Raiders" by Brad Ricca (St. Martin's Press) For fans of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," there's something just as exciting as seeing Indiana Jones swash...
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More than two dozen theater artists to watch in Chicago, suburbs this seasonSep 27, 2021 6:00 am - Theaters shuttered during the pandemic are raising their curtains once again throughout the suburbs and Chicago this fall. And making that happen are talented actors, w...
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What Illinois' green energy law means for electric car buyersSep 27, 2021 5:30 am - There's a lot to unpack in Illinois' new 956-page clean energy program, including $4,000 rebates for electric vehicles, subsidies for charging stations and ... some ambi...