Entertainment
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Top 10 movies: Film critic Dann Gire offers his favorites from 2021Jan 02, 2022 6:33 am - In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted critics just as much as it has film production and movie theaters. In my case, I have tried to avoid all theatrical press scr...
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Mandy Moore braces for farewell to 'This Is Us'
Jan 02, 2022 6:30 am - If Mandy Moore is bracing for emotional whiplash, it's understandable. She and her musician-husband, Taylor Goldsmith, welcomed their first child in February, an event s...
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NBC steps on its comedy pedal with 'American Auto'Jan 02, 2022 6:30 am - Whatever you're driving these days, there's now a comedy series about the industry that made it. After a December preview, NBC's "American Auto" pulls into its regular t...
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Trickster Center in Schaumburg receives grant for video seriesJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - The Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg has received $50,000 as part of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation's "Broadening Narratives" grant to create a seri...
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Natasha Rothwell is ready to be the lead of her own rom-com
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Backstage with The Arcada Theatre's Ron Onesti: Oh, THAT's Hugh JackmanDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - This lockdown has REALLY allowed me to catch up on some of my favorite movies. A favorite I share with my daughter is the 2017 film about show biz visionary P.T. Barnum ...
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Little roles, big impact: Supporting players who made a difference on screen in 2021Dec 30, 2021 5:00 am - On the silver screen and the black mirror, 2021 was a year of bravura performances from big-name actors. A slithering, scary Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Power of the Do...
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In-person performances, breakthrough COVID cases, high-profile departures mark 2021 in local theaterDec 30, 2021 5:00 am - After more than a year without in-person performances, Chicago-area theaters began to rebound - gradually and cautiously - from the COVID-19 pandemic. And in several not...
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Jim O'Donnell: From the Bears and Arlington Park to Erin Andrews, 2021 will hopefully lead to 2022Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - THREE RELEVANT ROCK 'N ROLL QUOTES to fill in for the late Dick Clark as yet another surreal New Year's continues its creep toward midnight: • "The future's uncertain an...
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New Year's 2021: Restaurant and bar bashes are backDec 29, 2021 10:00 pm - Wow. How is it the end of 2021 already? The year flew by, and yet at times felt like a never-ending timeloop. However it felt for you, now is the time to say goodbye to ...