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Barry Manilow to have surgery for early-stage lung cancer, postpones January concerts

Dec 22, 2025 12:09 pm - Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the singer announced Monday.
Best Bets: Marriott, Raue Center, Navy Pier will be rockin’ New Year’s Eve

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 22, 2025 10:55 am - What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Marriott hosts a rockin’ party with the cast of “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” American English headlines the Raue Center’s celebration and The New Philharmonic performs a pops concert at the McAninch Arts Center, while Navy Pier hosts a couple of dance parties.
Spotlight: Post-holiday humor courtesy of Naperville comedian

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 22, 2025 10:53 am - Finance expert turned stand-up comedian Vik Pandya returns to the suburbs this weekend to headline The Comedy Vault in Batavia.
What to stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Ne Zha II’ and Kate Winslet

Dec 22, 2025 8:31 am - Jennifer Lawrence playing a new mother whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in “Die My Love” and three more “Stranger Things” episodes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Cool when it’s recognized’: Rom-com filmmakers return to Libertyville

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 21, 2025 8:45 pm - The team that created the romantic-comedy “The Exes of Christmas Past” have returned to Libertyville for its latest feature, “Christmas at the Zoo.”
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ launches with $88M domestically, $345M worldwide

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 21, 2025 4:41 pm - “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records.
Alex Warren’s year has been anything but ‘Ordinary.’ Now, the Grammys are calling.

By MARIA SHERMAN
Dec 19, 2025 1:19 pm - It jolted the winter, came alive in the spring, dominated the summer and went three-times platinum in the fall. Alex Warren’s bombastic ballad “Ordinary” is a defining song of 2025. The song has fast-tracked the 25-year-old singer/songwriter into mainstream musical fame, coming to a head in November when he earned his first Grammy nomination.
Please don’t call fangirls silly. They have more power than you think.

By Sibbie O'Sullivan
Dec 19, 2025 12:24 pm - Superfans, in particular fangirls, are nothing new. Think of the photographs of young women screaming and fainting at the sight of the Beatles or Elvis. In her exuberant historical romp, “Swoon,” Bea Martinez-Gatell goes back even further, to the overheated admirers of the attractively unavailable Lord Byron.
Last-minute shopping? Visit Lake County’s largest vendor fair

Daily Herald report
Dec 18, 2025 3:57 pm - Santa’s Winter Wonderland Market, Lake County’s largest holiday vendor fair, will be held from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at The Ten Hotel, 6161 W. Grand Ave., Gurnee.
Wheeling library seeking next maker-in-residence

By Russell Lissau
Dec 18, 2025 2:53 pm - Suburban painters, crafters and other artists who want to show off their skills can apply for the 2026 maker-in-residence program at Wheeling’s Indian Trails Public Library.

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