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And here they are: The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers

By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE
Dec 26, 2025 8:27 am - The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr’s and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of 2025.
Martha Stewart joins Snoop Dogg as minority owner of Swansea soccer club

Dec 25, 2025 12:55 pm - Martha Stewart has joined pal Snoop Dogg as a minority owner of Welsh soccer team Swansea.
‘Eatertainment’: Algonquin Pickle Haus rebrands restaurant, aims to be where people go to eat, not just play

By Michelle Meyer
Dec 25, 2025 9:28 am - With hopes to become an established “eatertainment” business in Algonquin, Pickle Haus is rebranding its restaurant to let customers know the food can stand on its own.
New Algonquin Scooter’s Coffee to hold grand opening celebration Jan. 2.

Daily Herald report
Dec 25, 2025 8:48 am - The recently opened Scooter’s Coffee in Algonquin will hold a grand opening celebration Jan. 2, with the first 100 customers winning free drinks for a week through the Scooter’s Coffee mobile app.
Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic in ‘Is This Thing On?’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Dec 24, 2025 5:30 am - It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. Bradley Cooper clearly believes this, and repeatedly goes for the smaller-scale choice in “Is This Thing On?,” his third feature as director — a deeply felt film about one teetering marriage, and a work whose power sneaks up on you slowly.
The Neil Diamond-inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ hits all the wrong notes

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 24, 2025 5:15 am - Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but misguided “Song Sung Blue,” a baffling adaptation of a very moving 2008 documentary.
An electric Timothée Chalamet is the consummate striver in propulsive ‘Marty Supreme’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Dec 24, 2025 5:00 am - “Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie’s nerve-busting, adrenaline jolt of a movie, stars a never-better Timothée Chalamet in a delicious synergy of actor, role and whatever fairy dust makes a performance feel both preordained and magically fresh.
Lawmaker sues to stop Trump from adding name to Kennedy Center

By Leo Sands and Kelsey Able
Dec 23, 2025 6:28 pm - A Democratic congresswoman sued the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees Monday to stop it from adding the president’s name to the institution, arguing that only Congress has the power to do so.
Birds-eye view: Best drone photos of 2025 by Daily Herald staff photographers

By Paul Valade
Dec 23, 2025 2:44 pm - Daily Herald photographers share their favorite drone photos from 2025. A few of our best include Palatine fireworks, flag displays, northern lights and a fall harvest.
Snake prattle: ‘Anaconda’ flawed but meta fun reboot of snaky 1997 cult comedy

By Dann Gire
Dec 23, 2025 11:06 am - Why do studio killjoys sadistically ruin our entertainment experience by revealing a film’s key surprises and plot twists in commercials? Tom Gormican’s meta-comic “Anaconda” contains two key shockeroonie surprises, both revealed in the trailers.

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