Entertainment
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Hey, ‘Mickey’ you’re not so fine: Ambitious sci-fi comedy disappoints with restrained laughs, muddled metaphorsMar 05, 2025 10:52 am - After watching Bong Joon Ho’s slightly too-lengthy and bombastically zany sci-fi black comedy “Mickey 17,” this question came to me. Could Robert Pattinson be simultaneously nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing two different versions of the same character in a single movie?
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Harper director wants new generation to resonate with ‘Guys and Dolls’Mar 05, 2025 10:13 am - Harper College aims to make a new generation of audiences fall in love with the story and characters from a classic musical with its upcoming production of “Guys and Dolls.”
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A cultural journey: With Stumara, husband-and-wife team brings Georgian cuisine to WheelingMar 05, 2025 10:06 am - Stumara, which recently won a 2025 Jean Banchet Award for Best Heritage Restaurant, brings Georgian food, wine and culture to a strip mall in Wheeling.
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5 years since COVID: Here’s how the restaurant industry has changed for businesses, consumersMar 05, 2025 9:41 am - Consumers have seen a lot of changes in the restaurant industry since COVID hit five years ago.
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Spotlight: Charming tuner ‘Spelling Bee’ concludes Paramount’s current Bold SeriesMar 05, 2025 9:13 am - Paramount’s Copley Theatre concludes its 2024-2025 Bold Series with a revival of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” and Theo Ubique stages Andrew Lloyd Webber’s one-act solo show “Tell Me On a Sunday.”
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Gene Hackman’s dog was misidentified as other mysteries swirl around actor’s death
Mar 05, 2025 6:49 am - Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist.
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Author to recount thrilling tales of female spies in WWII France at March 8 programMar 04, 2025 10:05 pm - Learn about the lives of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade and Nancy Wake, codename "The White Mouse," who outwitted the Gestapo while leading the French Resistance at the next Glen Ellyn Historical Society program.
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iHeartMedia says legal dispute with Drake was settled because it ‘did nothing wrong’
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Steve Carell tells students affected by wildfires that prom tickets are paid for
Mar 04, 2025 4:08 pm - Steve Carell showed up on a screen at six high school assemblies in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday and told the students that their prom tickets were paid for.
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Dining out: Lenten lunch options, a restaurant rolls back prices to 1987 and moreMar 04, 2025 3:28 pm - On the suburban dining scene: Special offerings for Lenten lunches, Clara’s in Woodridge is rolling back its prices to 1987 on Thursday, March 13, and a Lake Zurich brewery was named one of the “20 Breweries to Watch in 2025.”