Entertainment
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Two ideas compete for the soul of this trippy film
Sep 12, 2024 9:55 am - They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor — her 39-year-old self.
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In ‘The Critic,’ Ian McKellen’s theater critic takes his job very seriously
Sep 12, 2024 9:11 am - Without getting into any sort of philosophical, or even factual, debate about the nature of the kind of person drawn to criticism, it is safe to say that Ian McKellen’s drama critic of “The Critic” takes all the worst stereotypes to hysterical heights.
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Hanover Township Fall Food Truck Festival set for Sept. 19Sep 12, 2024 9:02 am - Hanover Township will host its annual Fall Food Truck Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Township’s William Tiknis Campus, 250 S. Route 59, Bartlett.
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Q&A: Lily Collins is ‘Emily in Paris,’ Rome and Barcelona
Sep 12, 2024 6:08 am - First Paris, now Rome and next Barcelona — Lily Collins is taking on two more European cities in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris.”
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Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter win at MTV Video Music Awards, Chappell Roan gets medievalSep 11, 2024 9:54 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Few artists are having a bigger year than Sabrina Carpenter, who won the MTV Video Music Award for song of the year for “Espresso.” “This is really specia...
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Lake Park Film Appreciation Society series opens with ‘King Kong’ classic Sept. 18Sep 11, 2024 7:28 pm - Returning for the third consecutive year and growing in the number of films offered, Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society will kick off the 2024-25 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Laugh and learn: Timing’s right for BTE’s revival of political satire ‘The Outsider’Sep 11, 2024 6:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s brisk revival of “The Outsider,” Paul Slade Smith’s 2015 satire on politics, comes at just the right time.
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Live music, plein air art painting, and kids’ fun offered at Riverwalk Fine Art FairSep 11, 2024 5:11 pm - More than 100 top artists from around the country will have booths at the award-winning outdoor Riverwalk Fine Art Fair on Sept. 21-22 along Jackson Avenue and the Riverwalk in downtown Naperville
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James McAvoy gives Jack Nicholson a run for bad dad in domestic thriller ‘Speak No Evil’Sep 11, 2024 2:40 pm - The most chilling element to be found in James Watkins’ ultra-slow-fuse, bleakly comic thriller “Speak No Evil” hits with a force more brutal than a hammer claw. A victimized family asks the logical question: “Why are you doing this?”
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Ann and Ben Brashares celebrate their new book for young people, ‘Westfallen,’ at Arlington Heights Memorial LibrarySep 11, 2024 2:31 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., Ann Brashares, The New York Times-bestselling author of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series, teams up with her brother Ben Brashares to discuss their new middle grade thriller, “Westfallen.