Entertainment
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Book Review: Terrorists gather in C.J. Box’s new Joe Pickett novel, ‘Battle Mountain’
Mar 07, 2025 3:04 pm - Wyoming Gov. Spencer Rulon has a problem. His son-in-law hired a guide, disappeared into the southern Wyoming wilderness to hunt elk, and hasn’t been heard from since. Rulon turns to game warden Joe Pickett for help in “Battle Mountain,” the 25th novel in C.J. Box’s crime fiction series featuring Pickett.
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D’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died at 64
Mar 07, 2025 2:43 pm - D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic songs “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your Head on My) Pillow," has died. He was 64.
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Abdullah Saeed’s ‘Deli Boys’ on Hulu brings laughter and chaos to small screen
Mar 07, 2025 1:03 pm - The 10-episode Hulu original comedy “Deli Boys,” which premiered Thursday, follows two Pakistani American brothers, Raj and Mir, who lose their comfortable lifestyles after their convenience store mogul father dies unexpectedly from a golfing accident.
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U-46 TalentFest competition will showcase top performers from district high schoolsMar 07, 2025 10:19 am - Elgin Area School District U-46's talented high schoolers will showcase their skills at the 14th annual TalentFest on March 19 at the Hemmens in Elgin.
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Authorities: Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week earlier in Santa Fe
Mar 07, 2025 6:59 am - Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.
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It was a lucky day for St. Charles when Ron Onesti strolled into townMar 07, 2025 5:30 am - Tri-Cities’ “Greatest Showman” Ron Onesti, owner of the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, has been inducted into the virtual Rock Godz Hall of Fame.
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Ron Onesti: A Badfinger, but a great guyMar 07, 2025 3:49 am - We lost Joey Molland this week to pneumonia and complications of diabetes at the age of 77. Another wonderful person gone too soon, Joey was best known as the guitarist in the Welsh pop-rock band, “Badfinger.” We not only lost a true pioneer and talent, but also one of the warmest, soft-spoken and sweetest people I have ever been blessed to know.
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Lisle’s French market gets room to growMar 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Lisle trustees say “oui” to French market move downtown and new food truck markets.
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The most anticipated movies of spring 2025
Mar 06, 2025 4:58 pm - Good and evil, love and hate — these are perennial themes of cinema. But this spring, the dualities seem sharper, at times with literal on-screen twinning. Robert De Niro (“The Alto Knights”) and Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) are each playing double roles.
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Lady Gaga strikes a chord: The superstar singer rekindles passion for music with new album ‘Mayhem’
Mar 06, 2025 2:50 pm - LOS ANGELES — When Lady Gaga walked into a New York City bar she frequented five years ago, the memories hit hard: Back then, she wrote songs there, feeling lost and disc...