Entertainment
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Belgian actor Émilie Dequenne dies at 43 of rare cancer, report says
Mar 17, 2025 4:06 pm - Émilie Dequenne, the Belgian actor who won a top Cannes Film Festival prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” has died, a news report says. She was 43. Her family and a...
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James Taylor songs, Tracy Letts’ story will fuel upcoming stage musical ‘Fire & Rain’
Mar 17, 2025 3:50 pm - The next musical icon to turn their songs into a stage musical will be James Taylor. Taylor’s songs will fuel “Fire & Rain,” a musical announced Monday, in development with a story by playwright and actor Tracy Letts.
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Free admission to Dunn Museum with food donationsMar 17, 2025 2:41 pm - Visitors to Lake County’s Bess Bower Dunn Museum, 1899 W. Winchester Road in Libertyville, will be admitted at no charge from later this month, with the donation of at least one nonperishable food or toiletry item.
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Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too
Mar 17, 2025 2:10 pm - So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption.” Even if it’s a 200-page nonfiction thesis on tuberculosis arguing why it should be Public Enemy No. 1 and on its way to eradication.
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Snow can’t stop the Shamrock spirit in AuroraMar 17, 2025 11:41 am - Not even a swirl of blistery snow could freeze the Irish spirit in Aurora on Sunday, March 16.
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Things to do March 21-27: Jay Pharoah, Lake County RV Outlet Show, DuPage Comic Con and moreMar 17, 2025 9:16 am - Mark your calendar for Jay Pharoah, the Lake County RV Outlet Show, Center Stage at Ruth Page, the DuPage Comic Con, the Lyric Opera’s production of “La Boheme,” comedian Tom Green and more happening this week.
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Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026
Mar 17, 2025 7:46 am - Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday.
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What to stream: ‘Wicked’ at home, Selena Gomez in love and Ellen Pompeo out of scrubs
Mar 17, 2025 5:30 am - “Wicked” landing on Peacock for home sing-alongs and Ellen Pompeo starring in her first big role since stepping back from ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” are some of this week’s new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office
Mar 16, 2025 1:34 pm - Five new movies opened wide in theaters this weekend including a starry spy picture from Steven Soderbergh, an A24 thriller, a Looney Tunes movie and a high concept action-comedy with “The Boys” star Jack Quaid. But it’s likely going be the lowest-grossing weekend of the year to date.
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Polish leader offers actor Jesse Eisenberg military training to ‘land the new James Bond role’
Mar 16, 2025 9:40 am - Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U.S. actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.”