Entertainment
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Making spirits bright: Holiday light shows illuminate the suburbsNov 22, 2024 9:32 am - Holiday light shows across the suburbs are driving away the darkness. Now’s the perfect time to explore a variety of dazzling displays — outdoors on illuminated walking paths or from the warmth of your car.
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Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters
Nov 22, 2024 9:24 am - “Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn’t stopped people from trying to make “Glicked” — or even “Babyratu” — happen.
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Learn how to make figgy pudding with Lombard Historical Society Nov. 21Nov 22, 2024 7:15 am - The Lombard Historical Society presents “How to Make Figgy Pudding!” Get into the holiday spirit and learn how to make this classic dessert.
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Here’s Jason: Kelce will host late-night show on ESPN beginning final week of NFL season
Nov 22, 2024 7:01 am - Jason Kelce announced during an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night that he will host “They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce” on ESPN early next year.
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Ron Onesti: Backups who moved to the frontNov 22, 2024 2:35 am - Oh my God, the music legends we are losing! It’s an obvious statement, one that we are all shaking our heads about, especially as of late. The other obviously scary thing is that it’s really only going to get worse. As our music heroes from the ’60s and ’70s are now well into their own 60s and 70s, the circle of life will continue to take them from us physically, but their music will endure eternally.
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Ron Onesti: Memories of Andy Hardy and Boys TownNov 22, 2024 2:16 am - A bunch of years back, I hosted Mickey Rooney at The Arcada, as he celebrated his 89th birthday. It was a completely magical experience, one that I could never forget.
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New Korean corn dog eatery to open in Aurora, first in IllinoisNov 21, 2024 10:19 pm - Aurora is set to open its first Korean Corn Dog spot with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22.
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Simone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC’s ‘The Voice’
Nov 21, 2024 4:17 pm - Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer’s Paris Games into a new challenge: The superstar tandem will team up on NBC’s “The Voice.”
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Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
Nov 21, 2024 10:12 am - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying to Chicago police, saying he should not have been charged a second time after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
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US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
Nov 21, 2024 7:21 am - U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court foun...