Entertainment
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'Dear Evan Hansen' opens 2nd to 'Shang-Chi' at the box office
Sep 26, 2021 11:00 pm - "Dear Evan Hansen" may have been a hit on Broadway, but the filmed adaptation of the Tony-winning show is off to a slow start at the box office in its first weekend in t...
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Broadway hopes to razzle-dazzle past pandemic at Sunday's Tony Awards
Sep 26, 2021 7:00 am - Broadway is in need of a boost these days, so it has smartly called on one of its most beloved, award-winning stage veterans for help - Audra McDonald. McDonald has been...
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City, suburban theaters return with fewer shows but plenty of applause-worthy optionsSep 26, 2021 7:00 am - While a crush of openings typically accompany autumn's arrival, that is not the case this year as the Chicago-area theater community continues to suffer the residual eff...
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Ron Onesti: Baseball memoriesSep 24, 2021 6:00 am - I thought I would share an amazing experience I had with one of the greatest athletes in history, Joe DiMaggio. As the Major League Baseball playoffs are upon us, I am f...
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How Ben Arguelles and a team of volunteers put on live music DZ Fest every summerSep 24, 2021 6:00 am - How do you build a music festival in your family's backyard? First, don't tell your parents. For the last 10 years, Southwest Suburban Hickory Hills musician, producer...
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Gyllenhaal, Fuqua on the van that made 'The Guilty' possible
Sep 24, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Jake Gyllenhaal was driving when a COVID-19 supervisor called and told him to pull the car over. This was in November 2020, when U.S. cases were skyrocketing ...
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Apple TV+'s ambitious 'Foundation,' based on Asimov's work, thinks big - galaxy big
Sep 24, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Most TV dramas try to tell stories over a few years with maybe half a dozen central characters. The new series "Foundation" is a bit more ambitious - try 400 ...
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Feder: Zoraida Sambolin to sign off as NBC 5 morning news anchorSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - Days after Zoraida Sambolin returned as morning news anchor to WMAQ-Channel 5 after a four-month leave of absence, she's calling it quits, Robert Feder writes. Sources s...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Justin Fields prepared for Bears fans to keep falling in and out of love with him?Sep 24, 2021 1:00 am - IT'S A PRETTY SAFE BET Justin Fields has never heard of Pure Prairie League. That means Chicago's Latest Sports Savior isn't familiar with the band's enduring standard "...
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West Chicago 2021 Art Banner winner announcedSep 24, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago-area artist Linda Schmitt has won the People's Choice Award for West Chicago's annual Art Banner Exhibit, which had the theme of "Take Flight" for 2021. Accordin...