Entertainment
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies at his trial about abuse and 'freak offs'
May 13, 2025 4:09 pm - NEW YORK — Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testified on Tuesday that the music mogul abused and sexually exploited her for years, as s...
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Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life
May 13, 2025 3:16 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages.
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Concerts May 16-22: Beyoncé, Coco Jones, 7th heaven, Little Feat and moreMay 13, 2025 3:00 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Beyoncé, Coco Jones, Mary Fahl, Little Feat, 7th heaven and more.
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Kim Kardashian testifies about being bound and held at gunpoint during Paris robbery
May 13, 2025 2:43 pm - PARIS — Defiant in diamonds, Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life. The reality s...
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Best Bets: Morton’s ‘Vivid Creatures’ and Santa’s Village open this weekendMay 13, 2025 1:54 pm - There’s a lot to choose from this weekend: Lisle’s Morton Arboretum welcomes “Vivid Creatures,” Santa’s Village opens for the season in East Dundee, Parkway Bank Park hosts the annual Spring Fun Fest and more.
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New Gia Mia restaurant coming to Yorktown mall in LombardMay 13, 2025 12:53 pm - Gia Mia will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a new restaurant at Yorktown.
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Maren Morris’ ‘Dreamsicle’ album invites healing as she embraces her new life
May 13, 2025 8:33 am - When country star Maren Morris would voice support for the LBGTQ community, she thought she was doing it as an ally. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she was also speaking up for herself, too. She explores those themes on her new album, “Dreamsicle.”
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Spotlight: The Conspirators reimagine Macbeth as a police officer in ‘Chicago Cop Macbeth’May 13, 2025 8:31 am - The Conspirators reimagine Shakespeare’s Macbeth as a Chicago police officer in “Chicago Cop Macbeth,” Aurora’s Paramount hosts an in-progress reading of the new bilingual musical “Mija,” and Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre premieres “Honeypot.”
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Kardashian testifies that she feared rape and murder during 2016 heist
May 13, 2025 7:47 am - Kim Kardashian testified Tuesday that she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris, describing the ordeal in stark, emotional terms.
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French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault and given 18-month suspended sentence
May 13, 2025 6:57 am - On Tuesday, French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on the set of a movie in which he starred in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.