Entertainment
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Riz Ahmed rises to the occasion in ‘Relay’
Aug 22, 2025 9:29 am - Until it goes kerblooey in the last 15 minutes, “Relay” is the very model of a modern genre thriller: Taut, tight, squeezing the maximum of suspense and character detail from the minimum of gestures.
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Foxy Knoxy no more: Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox team up to reclaim Knox’s narrative
Aug 22, 2025 8:29 am - Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. So, when Lewinsky read that Amanda Knox wanted to adapt her memoir for the screen, she felt she was in a unique position to help.
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The star of the show is Stephen Sondheim in Oil Lamp’s ‘Side By Side By Sondheim’ revivalAug 21, 2025 5:37 pm - Oil Lamp Theater’s intimate revival of “Side by Side by Sondheim” confirms the star of this musical revue is Stephen Sondheim himself.
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Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’
Aug 21, 2025 4:10 pm - Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage,” released Thursday on Netflix.
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St. Charles library hosts William Hazelgrove for book talk on massive Gilded Age scamAug 21, 2025 3:48 pm - On Wednesday, Sept. 10, author William Hazelgrove will discuss his book "Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick" at the St. Charles Public Library.
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Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon, dies at 51
Aug 21, 2025 1:34 pm - Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.
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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome first child via adoption
Aug 21, 2025 1:28 pm - Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter, the first child for the married couple, this summer, they announced Thursday.
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Missed ‘Shin Godzilla’ in 2016? A 4K restoration is screening in suburban theaters now.
Aug 21, 2025 1:15 pm - What’s a summer without a Godzilla movie? Luckily, this isn’t the year to find out because the giant, city-stomping reptile is back in “Shin Godzilla” — a welcome rerelease in suburban theaters of a film that you may have missed on its first run almost a decade ago.
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New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall
Aug 21, 2025 12:17 pm - Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print.
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Richardson Adventure Farm travels ‘Back to 1985’ with this fall’s corn mazeAug 21, 2025 11:48 am - If you know what 88 mph in a flux capacitor-equipped DeLorean brings, you are going to love this year’s Richardson “World’s Largest” Corn Maze.