Entertainment
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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome first child via adoption
Aug 21, 2025 1:28 pm - Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter, the first child for the married couple, this summer, they announced Thursday.
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Missed ‘Shin Godzilla’ in 2016? A 4K restoration is screening in suburban theaters now.
Aug 21, 2025 1:15 pm - What’s a summer without a Godzilla movie? Luckily, this isn’t the year to find out because the giant, city-stomping reptile is back in “Shin Godzilla” — a welcome rerelease in suburban theaters of a film that you may have missed on its first run almost a decade ago.
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New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall
Aug 21, 2025 12:17 pm - Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print.
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Richardson Adventure Farm travels ‘Back to 1985’ with this fall’s corn mazeAug 21, 2025 11:48 am - If you know what 88 mph in a flux capacitor-equipped DeLorean brings, you are going to love this year’s Richardson “World’s Largest” Corn Maze.
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Win a free burrito per month for a year at grand reopening of Wheaton QDOBA FridayAug 21, 2025 11:45 am - QDOBA Mexican Eats will celebrate their newly remodeled restaurant in Wheaton Friday by giving away free burritos for a year to the first 100 guests in line. Starting at 11 a.m., the first 100 guests in line will be awarded a punch card good for one free burrito per month for a year.
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‘It’s time to grow’: Black Lung Brewing coming home to Grayslake with new taproomAug 21, 2025 11:14 am - A Grayslake resident whose craft beer brewing hobby became a passion and grew to a business with two locations is coming home with a larger, upgraded taproom.
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Michelle Yeoh brings Chinese blockbuster ‘Ne Zha 2’ to life in English dub
Aug 21, 2025 8:35 am - When Michelle Yeoh first saw “Ne Zha 2” in Hong Kong, she walked away dreaming about a dubbed version. Now she’s voicing Ne Zha’s mother, Lady Yin, in the English-language version being released in theaters Friday, Aug. 22.
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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ brings 1920s chaos on a Galápagos island to life
Aug 20, 2025 5:15 pm - Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” The phrase is referencing events from nearly a century ago. Based on a true story, “Eden” retraces what happened when a group of Europeans attempted to start anew on the remote island of Floreana.
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‘School for Lies’ well-revived: David Ives’ satire gets first-rate production courtesy of Janus TheatreAug 20, 2025 5:04 pm - Elgin’s Janus Theatre deftly revives David Ives’ delightfully caustic “The School for Lies,” inspired by Moliere’s 17th-century satire “The Misanthrope.”
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Eurovision, the world’s largest live music event, will take place in Vienna next year
Aug 20, 2025 3:15 pm - The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in Vienna. Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which will organize the worlds largest live music event, announced the location Wednesday morning.