Entertainment
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Book Review: ‘Lollapalooza’ is an entertaining history of festival’s role in alternative rock rise
Mar 24, 2025 5:22 pm - The least enjoyable part of “Lollapalooza: The Unscripted Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival” for readers might be seeing the $27.50 ticket price for the inaugu...
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Spotlight: Edge of the Wood Theatre opens with Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’Mar 24, 2025 3:22 pm - An actress becomes “Hamlet” in Edge of the Wood’s “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a woman answers a stranger’s cellphone in MadKap Productions’ “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” and a grandmother and granddaughter jump into action in Filament Theatre’s “Hannah and Halmoni Save the World.”
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French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults on film set
Mar 24, 2025 3:16 pm - French actor Gérard Depardieu went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set, in a case seen as a potential watershed for the #MeToo movement in France.
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Your ‘Stallone’ is served: New eateries land at O’Hare amid spring getaway seasonMar 24, 2025 1:30 pm - What’s on the menu at O’Hare? New pizzerias and celebrity sandwiches.
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Schaumburg’s Prairie Center for the Arts expansion to coincide with village hall constructionMar 24, 2025 12:41 pm - Schaumburg officials are moving up an expansion of the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts’ lobby that had been planned for the 2028-29 budget year to capture some cost efficiencies with the imminent construction of a new village hall next door.
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St. Charles changes First Street Plaza layout, adds 1,200 square feet of dining space
Mar 24, 2025 12:32 pm - Spring in St. Charles means patio season is fast approaching and outdoor dining at the First Street Plaza will look a little different this year.
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Conan O’Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center
Mar 24, 2025 8:16 am - On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note when he accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy.
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What to stream: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King,’ Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and Atomfall
Mar 24, 2025 5:30 am - Coming to streaming this week: Timothée Chalamet becomes Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” and Seth Rogen stars in a new Hollywood satire called “The Studio” for Apple TV+.
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GiGi’s Playhouse namesake to spread acceptance as character in popular children’s book seriesMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based GiGi’s Playhouse has been spreading awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome for more than 20 years, but is about to embark on a new way of doing so with young readers through the popular Harry Moon book series.
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Los Angeles prosecutors say no charges against movie producer David Guillod
Mar 23, 2025 2:39 pm - LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County district attorney said Friday that his office will not file sexual assault charges against movie producer David Guillod, more than fo...