Entertainment
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Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?Aug 20, 2021 6:00 am - I recently lost a close friend. His name was Nick, or as I called him, "Uncle Nick." He was 92. I met Nick quite a few years back at the first big restaurant I owned, th...
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Navigating a past-obsessed, underwater world in 'Reminiscence'
Aug 20, 2021 6:00 am - “Reminiscence” - ★ ★ ½ Just as surely as climate change is scarring the land and warming the seas, it is also flooding our movies. The planet's imperiled future has been...
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Feder: 'A true news lion with heart' raises hopes at CBS 2Aug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Now that Jennifer Lyons has been named president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2, look for the CBS-owned station to green-light plans to launch a 4 p.m. Monday-thr...
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Jim O'Donnell: The day Dick Duchossois said 'no' to Whitney HoustonAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - MUCH IS BEING MADE about the extraordinarily sad, doomed and downright mean spirits emanating from Arlington Park these days. Arlington's 2021 live season will go down i...
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Marie Osmond, David Archuleta cancel Ravinia concertAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Marie Osmond and David Archuleta have canceled their upcoming concert at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was cited as a reason for c...
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Sean Penn, with daughter Dylan, directs again in 'Flag Day'
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Downers Grove Choral Society gets COVID-19 Response Fund Grant from DuPage FoundationAug 19, 2021 11:00 pm - The Downers Grove Choral Society is one of 24 DuPage County nonprofit organizations with a program specific to the arts to receive a grant through DuPage Foundation's mo...
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Apple Fest Returns to Historic Long Grove September 24-26Aug 19, 2021 11:00 pm - One of the largest Midwestern tributes to apple season will take place in historic downtown Long Grove once again when the 30th annual Apple Fest returns September 24th ...
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If only the action thriller 'The Protégé' had been intentionally played for laughsAug 19, 2021 6:00 pm - “The Protégé” — ★ ★ ½ Dear Martin Campbell: The new thriller you directed, “The Protégé,” sure delivers on the action. The lithe model-turned-movi...
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Widescreen: 'Field of Dreams' TV series will be a hit, but 'Bull Durham' could be a home runAug 19, 2021 6:00 am - Major League Baseball's "Field of Dreams" game - you know, the one played in that Iowa corn field in which my beloved White Sox beat the Yankees thanks to a spectacular ...