Entertainment
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World’s steepest dive coaster planned for Six Flags Great AmericaAug 15, 2024 9:03 am - Six Flags Great America in Gurnee announced plans Thursday to debut a new a dive coaster next year featuring the world’s steepest drop and the most inversions.
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Racing pacing, wince-inducing finale diminish flourishes of cinematic greatness in ‘Alien: Romulus’Aug 15, 2024 8:42 am - An undisciplined, maddening, exhilarating grab-bag of goop, greatness and grateness, Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus” should have qualified as the second-best sequel in the nine-feature “Alien” franchise, film critic Dann Gire says.
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Ron Onesti: M&Ms USED to be my favorite candy!Aug 15, 2024 7:00 am - It’s been a whirlwind!!! We have had soooo many shows recently, even more than normal! And coming up in October we have one stretch of 15 shows in 11 straight days! Live music is back … and people are loving it!
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Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies
Aug 15, 2024 6:55 am - Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, has died. She was 94.
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‘Jackpot!’ has a winning star in Awkwafina but never pays off
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Riot Fest returning to Douglass Park, scrapping plans for Bridgeview location
Aug 14, 2024 5:01 pm - Just two months after news broke that Riot Fest was moving out of Douglass Park and heading to southwest suburban SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for its 2024 edition, fe...
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There’s more to Tinashe’s new album, ‘Quantum Baby,’ than being ‘Nasty’
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Wall Street lawyer-turned-comedian gives audience members ‘Permission to Speak’ during Schaumburg showAug 14, 2024 4:11 pm - “It’s a crowd-work show with a twist,” says comedian Paul Mecurio of his one-man, interactive show that he’s bringing to the Al Larson Center for the Performing Arts in Schaumburg on Friday, Aug. 23.
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Afrofest celebrates African culture and heritageAug 14, 2024 3:29 pm - Afrofest, a celebration of African culture and heritage, will be held from 12 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at Greenbelt Cultural Center, 1215 N. Green Bay Road, North Chic...
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‘This was his baby’: Sorrento’s celebrates 50 years of staying the course(s)Aug 14, 2024 2:49 pm - Nestled near a cornfield in far western Maple Park, Sorrento’s Restaurant has offered its customers pretty much the same experience for 50 years. And that’s just the way they like it.