Entertainment
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Kendrick Lamar enters BET Awards with a leading 10 nominations for the ceremony’s 25th anniversary
May 08, 2025 8:40 am - Kendrick Lamar extends his dominant musical reign, entering next month’s BET Awards as the leading nominee with 10.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for April 2025May 08, 2025 7:57 am - The Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest winners for April capture the beauty of the natural world, from the Arizona desert, all the way to a remote South Atlantic island.
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Smokey Robinson’s lawyer says rape allegations against him are ‘vile’ and ‘false’
May 08, 2025 6:54 am - Smokey Robinson’s lawyer said allegations of rape and sexual assault against him in a lawsuit from four former housekeepers are “vile" and “false.”
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‘Words of War’ commemorates the courage of a Russian journalist
May 08, 2025 5:15 am - There’s no dazzling CGI in “Words of War.” There’s just one woman: Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who sought to uncover the truths of the Second Chechen War and paid the ultimate price for it.
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Wheaton Warrenville South puts on the fiercely funny ‘Mean Girls’May 07, 2025 9:53 pm - Wheaton Warrenville South High School’s Performing Arts Department is closing out the performing arts season with “Mean Girls: High School Version.”
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Concerts May 9-15: Sturgill Simpson, Rauw Alejandro, Ministry and moreMay 07, 2025 8:57 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Sturgill Simpson, Rauw Alejandro, xikers 2025 World Tour, Clay Walker, Saint Motel, Ministry and more.
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Nothing succeeds like 1980s excess in Metropolis’ ‘Rock of Ages’ revivalMay 07, 2025 6:01 pm - Over-the-top in the best possible way, “Rock of Ages,” the jukebox musical send-up of 1980s glam metal and the people who loved it, gets a high-energy revival courtesy of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.
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Ron Onesti: Take memory lane down to the old neighborhoodMay 07, 2025 5:08 pm - If you are from Chicago, you can’t talk about that without declaring which neighborhood (or Parish) you are from. Each neighborhood had to have certain elements that qualified it to be deemed a “neighborhood.”
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Lovie Simone leads new series that adapts Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ for TV
May 07, 2025 1:39 pm - While cutting together scenes for the new Netflix series “Forever,” creator Mara Brock Akil recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No. Akil was watching someone very right: the show’s female lead, Lovie Simone.
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Things to do May 9-15: Craig Shoemaker, Mother’s Day events, Dave Barry and moreMay 07, 2025 12:48 pm - Mark your calendar for comedian Craig Shoemaker, the International Gem and Jewelry Show, Mother’s Day events, Jim Jeffries’ comedy show, Dave Barry at the American Writers Museum and more happening this week.