Entertainment
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In a sea of documentaries and podcasts, 'Frontline' is still a standout
Dec 15, 2020 10:00 pm - So much time is spent fighting the good fight against misinformation and propaganda that we forget just how much reliable, well-reported information is also out there, w...
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St. Viator High School puts annual Winter Arts Festival onlineDec 15, 2020 10:00 pm - In an effort to showcase students' work while remaining safe, Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights will present the annual Winter Arts Festival digitally. Fine ...
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New to streaming: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' and CBS' 'A Home for the Holidays'
Dec 15, 2020 5:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • "Ma R...
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Best Bets: 'Hip Hop Nutcracker' dances online this yearDec 15, 2020 5:00 am - Choreographed cheer Take in a different spin on the classic Tchaikovsky Christmas ballet with "The Hip Hop Nutcracker." The prerecorded performance is streamed on behalf...
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Feder: Chicago Reporter names Glenn Reedus interim editorDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Glenn Reedus, a longtime Chicago journalist and former editor at the Chicago Defender and Chicago Crusader, has been named interim editor and publisher of the Chicago Re...
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Feder: Celebrated Chicago journalist Jeannie Morris diesDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - Jeannie Morris, a celebrated journalist, bestselling author, globe-trotting adventurer, and award-winning producer and reporter, blazed a trail for women as Chicago's fi...
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Feder: New guy' Bruce St. James launches morning show at WLS 890 AM todayDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - For Bruce St. James it's only about a block's walk from his Streeterville apartment to the studios of Cumulus Media news/talk WLS 890-AM at NBC Tower. But when he takes ...
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Taraji P. Henson wants Black people to talk about mental health. Her new show does just that.
Dec 13, 2020 10:00 pm - Taraji P. Henson is here to deliver something that can seem in short supply these days: peace of mind. That's the name of a new Facebook Watch show the Golden Globe-winn...
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Schaumburg Library to Feature The Long Shadow in Discussion with Documentary DirectorDec 13, 2020 10:00 pm - "The Long Shadow," a documentary, will be the subject of an online conversation and Q&A with Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey from 7-8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24...
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New movies to stream this week: 'Wild Mountain Thyme,' 'The Stand In' and more
Dec 13, 2020 6:15 am - If you can believe Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan as plain Irish farm folk - living on side-by-side parcels of land and both too shy and/or tetched to realize that they (a...