Entertainment
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‘Snow White’ is no poisoned apple, but it doesn’t whistle
Mar 20, 2025 5:30 am - Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest Disney live-action remake of them all? Not this inert live-action retread of “Snow White.” Good intentions flutter through this version, but the updating adds up to a mishmash of a fable.
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Little Caesars in Glendale Heights to give away free pizza for a year to first 100 guests SaturdayMar 19, 2025 5:01 pm - Little Caesars is celebrating the official grand opening of its new Glendale Heights location on Saturday with free pizza for a year for the first 100 guests in line.
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A former studio engineer is charged with stealing unreleased Eminem music and selling it online
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Committed to her craft: West Dundee actress at home on city, suburban stagesMar 19, 2025 3:13 pm - Andrea Uppling is one dedicated actor. For proof, there’s the lengthy commute from her West Dundee home to Chicago’s Windy City Playhouse, where she stars in Invictus Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.”
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‘A very big ‘wow’ moment’: Billy Bricks celebrates 20 years of wood-fired, brick-oven pizza in the suburbsMar 19, 2025 2:08 pm - Most people come home from a vacation with souvenirs. The founder and namesake of Billy Bricks, Bill Wilson, came home from a trip 20 years ago with a taste for wood-fired pizza. When he couldn’t find any brick-oven pizzerias in the Chicago area, he decided to open his own.
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‘I can’t wait’: Des Plaines City Council approves incentives, development deal for new downtown restaurantMar 19, 2025 1:16 pm - The Des Plaines City Council this week enthusiastically approved a multimillion-dollar economic incentive and development agreement that will bring a new restaurant to the downtown district.
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Naperville family trio to perform Music with a Mission concertMar 19, 2025 12:19 pm - Christopher, Valerie, and Hannah Lorimer will perform a variety of music at a Music with a Mission concert on March 23 to benefit the Musicians Fund.
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Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired
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Crystal Lake church choirs embark on 53rd annual spring tourMar 19, 2025 12:36 am - Crystal Lake and Woodstock high schoolers prepare for 53rd annual week-long choir tour performing across Midwest.
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Crystal Lake church to host annual spring concertMar 19, 2025 12:26 am - First Congregational Church’s adult Vestry Choir and Jubilate Bell Choir will present their annual spring concert on Sunday, April 27.