Entertainment
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Book Review: Richard Price returns with another portrait of urban America in ‘Lazarus Man’
Nov 11, 2024 2:13 pm - Is there a better writer of urban American stories than Richard Price? Fans can now add “Lazarus Man” to his long resume with its realistic portrait of New Yorkers making their way through another tragedy.
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Grab your Metra holiday train tickets — they’ll sell faster than flying reindeerNov 11, 2024 11:21 am - Tickets for Metra’s popular holiday trains go on sale at noon Monday on six lines.
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Book Review: Actor Tim Matheson’s memoir takes readers into Hollywood trenchesNov 11, 2024 11:20 am - Tim Matheson transports readers to the sets of quite a few of his Hollywood gigs in the enjoyable and illuminating memoir, “My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”
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Book Review: ‘Those Opulent Days’ is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina
Nov 11, 2024 9:53 am - It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and exploited by French colonizers. It’s also unusual that such a novel would be a whodunit murder mystery. “Those Opulent Days,” the debut novel of Jacquie Pham, is both — and a grim coming-of-age story as well.
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What to stream: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, ‘Bad Sisters’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Nov 11, 2024 5:30 am - Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring in “Deadpool and Wolverine” and James Patterson’s psychologist detective Alex Cross finally having his own thriller show are some of the shows, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Heretic’ and Hugh Grant debut with $11 million, but ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops box office again
Nov 10, 2024 1:26 pm - “Venom: The Last Dance” has been no blockbuster in North American theaters. But in a lethargic fall moviegoing season, even a so-so performing superhero sequel can rule the box office for three straight weeks.
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Palatine festival celebrates Norwegian heritageNov 09, 2024 2:04 pm - A demonstration of traditional Norwegian dance helped kick off the Sons of Norway Skjold Lodge’s 32nd annual Norwegian Heritage Festival Saturday at All Saints Lutheran C...
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Art market this weekend in MundeleinNov 09, 2024 9:29 am - Artists and crafters will have their work for sale this weekend at the Lure of the Local Art Market in Mundelein.
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Four writers to be featured at Water Street Writers event Nov. 17Nov 08, 2024 3:39 pm - On Sunday, Nov. 17, come hang out with Water Street Writers for a night of literature and community. It will feature the talents of Hallie Koontz, Chris Sarcletti, David Semonchik, and Joanne Zienty.
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Whitney Houston is some singer on live ‘The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)’Nov 08, 2024 3:39 pm - Whitney Houston was some singer, and that’s reaffirmed by “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban).”