Entertainment
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Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover, from bios and books to a status tote
Nov 27, 2024 6:55 pm - Stumped on what to buy for your cinephile friend this year? The Associated Press has gathered up some of the best items out there to keep any movie lover stylish and informed.
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‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion
Nov 27, 2024 6:37 pm - Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news,” Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” is the focus of William Elliott Hazelgrove’s “Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America.”
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10 options from Santa’s big bag of Christmas TV programming
Nov 27, 2024 5:50 pm - Hollywood cranks out holiday programming as fast as toys are made in Santa’s workshop with broadcast networks, cable channels and streaming services offering seasonal specials.
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Netflix show revisits killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey: What happened?
Nov 27, 2024 5:04 pm - Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her parents’ home the day after Christmas in 1996. The tragic details — a tiny beauty pageant contestant bl...
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Learn about sustainable solutions at ‘Saving Walden’s World’ screeningNov 27, 2024 4:00 pm - The Prairie Circle Unitarian Universalist Congregation will host a screening of the documentary “Saving Walden’s World” on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Prairie Crossing’s Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake.
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Ron Onesti: ‘Hey Hey’ with a cool MonkeeNov 27, 2024 3:56 pm - “Hey Hey, We’re the Monkees” was a familiar tune that drew us all to our black-and-white television sets with the “bunny-ear” antenna and crumpled aluminum foil at the ends on Monday nights in 1966 when the show first aired.
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Get ready for Holly Jolly Holiday in WaucondaNov 27, 2024 2:57 pm - Holly Jolly Holiday, formerly Holiday Walk on Main, will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Wauconda Park District community center, 600 N. Main St., Wa...
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Santa’s parade route set in LibertyvilleNov 27, 2024 2:57 pm - The route has been set in Libertyville for the annual Santa Parade through town, beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the northwest corner of the village.
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F1 great Ayrton Senna’s high-octane life the focus of new Netflix series about racing champion
Nov 27, 2024 12:52 pm - Thirty years after his death in a high-speed crash viewed by millions around the world, Formula One champion Ayrton Senna’s high-octane life is also about to play out in the six-episode Netflix series “Senna” debuting Friday, Nov. 29.
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NBC honors John Madden on Thanksgiving by taking the original Madden Cruiser on one last trip
Nov 27, 2024 12:08 pm - On Thursday, NBC will continue to honor John Madden’s legacy when it opens its broadcast before the nightcap between the Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers. The two-minute open features the original Madden Cruiser traveling from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, to Lambeau Field.