Entertainment
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Celebrating creativity: Meet the 2026 District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest winnersApr 06, 2026 11:29 am - We proudly present the winners of the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. Their winning submissions will publish over the next week.
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Third place winners, 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing ContestApr 06, 2026 11:20 am - Here are the third-place winners in the 2026 Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. The first-place winners published on March 20; second-place winners published on March 25.
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Last Fling announces musical lineup set to rock Naperville’s Labor Day weekendApr 06, 2026 11:02 am - Organizers for Last Fling have announced the bands that will keep Naperville’s end-of-summer block party rocking Labor Day weekend.
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Schaumburg sponsors annual festival of student filmmakers’ work Friday and SaturdayApr 06, 2026 10:50 am - The work of student filmmakers from near and very, very far will be showcased Friday and Saturday at Schaumburg’s 19th annual Screen Test Student Fest at the newly rechristened Al Larson Cultural Center.
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AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism
Apr 06, 2026 9:17 am - The Associated Press, one of the world's oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s.
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Want to read more? Here’s how to revive your love of books
Apr 06, 2026 8:10 am - People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again.
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Savannah Guthrie back at ‘Today’ anchor desk for the first time since her mother’s disappearance
Apr 06, 2026 6:51 am - Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC’s “Today” show anchor desk on Monday, marking a return for the first time in more than two months since her mother’s disappearance. “Here we go, ready or not," Guthrie said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news.”
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What to stream: Sydney Sweeney, ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ Jonah Hill, ‘Hacks’ and Ella Langley
Apr 06, 2026 6:00 am - Sydney Sweeney starring as real-life boxing legend Christy Martin in the movie “Christy” and “Hacks” launching its fifth and final season on HBO are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement
Apr 05, 2026 5:12 pm - LOS ANGELES — The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative agreement after roughly three weeks of negotiation. The Writers Guild ...
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It’s a hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
Apr 05, 2026 4:48 pm - Mixed reviews didn’t dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie. It earned $130.9 million over the weekend and a massive $190.1 million in its first five days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.