Television
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Dangers continue to mount in Season 2 of Netflix's 'Ozark'Aug 27, 2018 6:00 am - Del may be gone, but the Navarro cartel certainly isn't going away, as Marty and Wendy Byrde find out very early on in Season 2 of Netflix's “Ozark.” As the new round of...
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Some important lessons from the success of Netflix's 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'Aug 27, 2018 6:00 am - As you may have heard, Netflix is having quite a summer of romantic comedies. Chief content officer Ted Sarandos recently boasted that Joey King's “The Kissing Booth” wa...
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Dance crew with suburban ties performing on 'America's Got Talent' TuesdayAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - A hip-hop dance crew with suburban ties is one step closer to winning “America's Got Talent.” The Future Kingz, some of whose members hail from Hoffman Estates and Glen...
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Inside Patricia Clarkson's brutal 'Sharp Objects' performance: 'It's dark and nasty and twisted and beautiful'Aug 26, 2018 11:00 pm - Editors note: This story contains spoilers for the "Sharp Objects" finale. • • • In Wind Gap, poison is poured down the throats of unsuspecting children. Baby teeth...
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Analysis: Netflix forever changed traditional television. Now, it's becoming traditional television.
Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - Netflix forever changed the way we watch television, but recent announcements suggest the company might slowly be normalizing. One of the service's primary appeals is th...
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Costumes, caricatures and bookmarks: Comic Con in Rosemont a 'creative stage' for pop culture funAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - There is a "creative stage" at Wizard World Comic Con in Rosemont, but it's a misnomer. Really the entire four-day-long convention of artists, actors, gamers, writers, e...
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Filmmaker Steve James tackles thorny issue of race in suburban schoolAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - When you see a Steve James documentary, you often come away with a sense of that ethereally elusive entity called understanding. That happened with his critically acclai...
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'Perfect Bid' is a perfectly entertaining documentary about 'The Price is Right'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - In 2008, a contestant on CBS' “The Price is Right” blurted out a very strange, very precise bid for his grand-prize Showcase haul that included a trailer: $23,743. In th...
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'Teen Mom 2' cast member pleads guilty to running meth lab
Aug 23, 2018 7:00 am - MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) - A man who once appeared in the MTV reality show "Teen Mom 2" has pleaded guilty to running a meth lab in Pennsylvania. The Allegheny County Dist...
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Comedy legend Carl Reiner turns Emmy shot into punchline
Aug 22, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ask 12-time Emmy Award winner Carl Reiner how it feels to be nominated again, and he fires back a wisecrack. "I'm impressed with myself," says the dro...