Entertainment
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50 minority- and women-owned businesses at Fox Valley Mall recognized ahead of Aurora’s MLK weekend celebrationJan 17, 2025 12:33 pm - With the addition of a handful of new businesses at Fox Valley Mall, the shopping center has reached a significant milestone in expanding diversity in entrepreneurship and creating jobs, according to city officials.
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Book Review: Robert Crais spins the tale of a hard-boiled private eye who uncovers a conspiracy
Jan 17, 2025 12:12 pm - Traci Beller was 13 when her father went out on some service calls and never returned home. Ten years later, she turns to Elvis Cole, the self-declared world’s greatest detective, to help find him in Robert Crais’ “The Big Empty.”
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Cook like a grandmother with ‘The League of Kitchens Cookbook’
Jan 17, 2025 8:16 am - Lisa Kyung Gross was so convinced that everyone should learn dishes from an elder that she founded The League of Kitchens in 2014, a network of culinary workshops hosted by immigrant home cooks. Last fall the League released a cookbook featuring 75 family recipes.
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Cameron Diaz is ‘Back in Action’ with Jamie Foxx as glam spies turned dorky parents
Jan 17, 2025 8:03 am - But, we do Wordle!! That’s how former secret agent Matt (Jamie Foxx) explains that he and wife Emily (Cameron Diaz) are now living a boring life. But Matt’s explanation obviously doesn’t work, because within a moment he and Emily are, yes, “Back in Action.”
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Sting, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at FireAid Benefit Concert
Jan 17, 2025 7:06 am - Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at FireAid, a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief.
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Ron Onesti: Their gifts just keep on givingJan 17, 2025 5:00 am - Oh, how the years are flying by! And how the legends and icons in music are retiring or leaving us at an incredible pace! I have been putting on shows for about 40 years now. When I started, Charlie Chaplin was still alive, and Heart was an opening band! Since then, many superstars have come and gone, so the ones that are still kickin’ are even more treasured!
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Lombard Historical Society hosts ‘Feel Good February’ eventsJan 16, 2025 11:27 pm - The Lombard Historical Society has planned fun February events like a Victorian tea party, yoga classes, and a make-your-own candle workshop with drinks and snacks.
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Shabu-Yo brings Japanese Hot Pot to Schaumburg, Naperville, and Vernon HillsJan 16, 2025 8:40 pm - Global dining leader Skylark Holdings launches Shabu-Yo outlets in Chicago area, offering premium wagyu beef & 20+ veggies for customizable hot pot creations.
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From ‘The Brutalist’ to ‘Wicked,’ where to watch this year’s top awards movies
Jan 16, 2025 4:09 pm - The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming. Are they streaming? For free? In theaters?
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What happens if TikTok is banned? Your guide to a possible shut down.
Jan 16, 2025 2:09 pm - TikTok users, you’re going to be in limbo for now. TikTok, which is on the precipice of a nationwide ban in the United States as soon as Sunday, could avert a shutdown. I...