Entertainment
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Netflix’s ‘Joy’ is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up — and science
Nov 21, 2024 5:30 am - Toward the end of Netflix’s “Joy,” the muffled cry of a newborn baby prompts a man and woman in a hospital to embrace out of pure bliss. This charming and winning movie charts the decade-long true story of how the world’s first IVF baby was born in England in 1978.
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Santa’s Holly Jolly Sleigh Tour returns for 5th yearNov 20, 2024 11:40 pm - Santa’s Christmas Charities, a nonprofit organization, has announced the return of the Santa’s Holly Jolly Sleigh Tour for 12 nights, starting Nov. 30 and continuing to Dec. 11.
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Warrenville introduces the first-ever Merry Market at Holly DaysNov 20, 2024 10:29 pm - Warrenville’s Holly Days celebration on Friday, Dec. 6, is adding a new feature: the Merry Market, a festive shopping experience showcasing some of Warrenville’s best small businesses and artisans.
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Buffalo Theatre’s ‘The Wickhams’ an entertaining alternative for holiday theatergoersNov 20, 2024 6:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s charming revival of “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is a pleasant alternative to typical holiday theatricals.
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Lame dialogue wounds spectacularly violent epic sequel ‘Gladiator II’Nov 20, 2024 5:43 pm - In director Ridley Scott’s spectacularly violent, 200 AD Roman epic “Gladiator II,” limbs get lopped and heads get chopped, but the majority of casualties die from being talked to death.
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Spies like us: Lashana Lynch is on the hunt for Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
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Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer’s funeralNov 20, 2024 4:05 pm - The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne.
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Best Bets: Rosemont lights up and ‘The Nutcracker’ dances into GrayslakeNov 20, 2024 3:55 pm - Rosemont lights up its community Christmas tree on Saturday, and the Ruth Page Center for the Arts tours its production of “The Nutcracker” to Grayslake’s James Lumber’s Center for the Performing Arts.
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Naperville’s Huaxing Arts Group and Crystal Lake Strikers to perform in 90th annual Chicago Thanksgiving ParadeNov 20, 2024 2:13 pm - Naperville’s very own Huaxing Arts Group and the Crystal Lake Strikers are among the local performers participating in Chicago’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 28.
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Spotlight: Metropolis ushers in holiday season with ‘A Christmas Carol’Nov 20, 2024 12:37 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre stages “A Christmas Carol” while Griffin Theatre premieres a new musical version of “The House Without a Christmas Tree” and TUTA Theatre revives Thornton Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner.”