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Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girl

By Dann Gire and Jamie Sotonoff
Oct 17, 2024 4:15 pm - Editor’s note: Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor died Thursday at age 93. This story was originally published on March 19, 2013. “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it's hard to...
It’s the end of the world, and Guy Maddin feels fine in ‘Rumours’

By Ty Burr
Oct 17, 2024 3:59 pm - “Rumours” is an unexpected development in the career of Canadian filmmaking maverick Guy Maddin: It almost looks like a normal movie. Don’t be fooled. Maddin delivers a disarmingly gonzo absurdist comedy about Western world leaders lost in the woods, figuratively and literally.
Jane Fonda to receive lifetime achievement award from actors’ guild

By LINDSEY BAHR
Oct 17, 2024 3:38 pm - Actor and humanitarian Jane Fonda is adding the SAG life achievement award to her many accolades. The 86-year-old will be given the prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in February, the guild said Thursday.
Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93

By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BOB THOMAS
Oct 17, 2024 1:52 pm - Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.
Lambs Farm celebrates Halloween Oct. 26

Daily Herald report
Oct 17, 2024 1:18 pm - Lambs Farm is celebrating Halloween with its spooktacular Trick or Treat on the Farm event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
Haunted trail Saturday in Lake Villa

Daily Herald report
Oct 17, 2024 1:17 pm - The Lindenhurst Park District is hosting the Haunted Trail & Bonfire from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Forest View Park, 513 Forest View Dr., Lake Villa. Wagon rides...
Wood-fired pizza, hand-made pasta coming soon to downtown Aurora

By Rick West
Oct 17, 2024 10:01 am - Giardino Trattoria and Pizzeria will open this fall in the historic Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora.
Right time, right place: Goodman’s ‘Primary Trust’ a moving tribute to the power of kindness

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 17, 2024 8:07 am - Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Primary Trust” is a beautifully acted, gracefully directed reminder of the profound impact of kindness on a wounded soul.
Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 shocks fans around the world

By ISABEL DEBRE and KAITLYN HUAMANI
Oct 17, 2024 7:53 am - Shockwaves spread around the world Thursday at the death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of British boy band One Direction and had to deal with intense global fame while still in his teens.
Anxiety of the female experience at heart of Anna Kendrick’s chilling ‘Woman of the Hour’

By JAKE COYLE
Oct 17, 2024 5:45 am - In Anna Kendrick’s “Woman of the Hour,” a chilling, based-on-a-true-story drama about when a 1970s serial killer appeared on an episode of “The Dating Game,” one of the most telling images isn’t a grisly murder scene. It’s that of a dejected man’s face.

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