Entertainment
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Statham’s ‘A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office
Mar 30, 2025 2:55 pm - In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” took No. 1 at the box office, besting the rapidly declining “Snow White,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare,’ dies at 90
Mar 30, 2025 9:19 am - Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90.
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The Biz Week That Was: Pickleball saves big boxes, anxiety over auto tariffs, and townhouses at Bell WorksMar 29, 2025 1:50 pm - How pickleball is revitalizing vacant big-box spaces across suburbs The rise of e-commerce has reshaped the retail landscape, leaving big vacancies in dozens of shop...
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Can the ‘feel-good’ movie exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ proves maybe it can
Mar 28, 2025 1:26 pm - By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how it speaks to now. But that’s not so easy when your movie is about a handful of people off the coast of Wales brought together by old songs. Yet one of the many charms of “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is that it has no intentions of timeliness.
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TikTok loves this self-taught cellist from Grayslake who plays by earMar 28, 2025 1:25 pm - Drew Wiegman never took a formal music lesson, doesn’t read sheet music, and plays the cello entirely by ear. That hasn’t stopped more than three-quarters of a million people from following his soulful performances on TikTok — drawn to his message of positivity over perfection.
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The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in two decades
Mar 28, 2025 9:23 am - The Sex Pistols will embark on their first tour of North America since 2003 when they perform Sept. 16 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas. Pre-sale opens April 2 and 3. Tickets go on sale April 4 at 10 a.m. local time.
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Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War
Mar 28, 2025 9:06 am - “Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs.
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Ron Onesti: Our variety of music began at homeMar 28, 2025 4:30 am - As a music fan, I count my blessings every day that I was born WHEN I was born. The year was 1962. If I brought up an issue from 1990, it would not seem that long ago. But to think that the same number of years before I was born was during “The Roaring Twenties” just blows my mind!
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La Hacienda Calavera to replace former Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant in Schaumburg by EasterMar 27, 2025 4:49 pm - La Hacienda Calavera, the second location of a 3-year-old Cicero restaurant, will open by Easter on the former site of Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant in Schaumburg.
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Bestselling Buffalo Grove author turned pandemic suburban life into murder mystery novelMar 27, 2025 4:37 pm - Known for his James Bond novels and chilling thrillers, Raymond Benson shares what inspired him to write his most recent novel during the COVID-19 pandemic, a murder mystery called “The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way.”