Entertainment
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‘Dandelion’ strums a slow, sweet tale of indie music dreams
Jul 12, 2024 10:03 am - One wants to give the benefit of the doubt to “Dandelion,” a sweet, slight, impressionistic character study of a struggling musician with a luminous KiKi Layne at its center.
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West Chicago Mexican Independence Day festival canceledJul 12, 2024 9:57 am - Organizers of West Chicago’s annual Mexican Independence Day celebration have canceled this year’s festival. The September event traditionally features a parade, mariach...
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Eva Longoria on mastering Castilian Spanish, working with Carmen Maura on ‘Land of Women’
Jul 12, 2024 9:52 am - Eva Longoria is not one to shy away from a challenge. Charting her return to television, Longoria decided it was time to do something new: tackle a dual English-Spanish role, which is why she wanted to star in the Apple TV+ series “Land of Women.”
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Finding whimsy and history in public art in the Tri-CitiesJul 12, 2024 12:15 am - The Tri-Cities is blessed to have what amounts to a “Sculpture While We Walk” aspect of our lives nearly anytime we stroll around our downtowns, parks, libraries or government buildings.
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Redbox shuts down after its parent company files for bankruptcy
Jul 11, 2024 3:15 pm - Redbox and its tens of thousands of nostalgia-laden movie-rental kiosks are shutting down, officially ending a vestige of the physical-media era. The streaming and video ...
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‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ takes on Louis C.K. but not the toughest questions
Jul 11, 2024 2:47 pm - “Sorry/Not Sorry” opens with a voice: “I love you, be a good dog, please.” We will later learn the voice belong to artist and comedian Abby Schachner, one of five women who, in 2017, publicly accused comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
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AI presents pluses, minuses in new Apple TV+ mystery series ‘Sunny’
Jul 11, 2024 12:52 pm - As an actor and a writer, Rashida Jones has spent a lot of time thinking about artificial intelligence. The use of AI was a major issue at the bargaining table during last year’s Hollywood strikes. AI is also front and center in her new series “Sunny" for Apple TV+.
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Mount Prospect Historical Society to host September bus tour to Pabst Beer sites in MilwaukeeJul 11, 2024 12:48 pm - Both history lovers and beer afficionados will find something to love during the day-long Mount Prospect Historical Society bus trip to Milwaukee on Saturday, Sept. 14.
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Ribfest will rock Lake in the Hills
Jul 11, 2024 9:10 am - Fans of ribs and music will flock to Lake in the Hills this weekend at the Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest at Sunset Park.
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Scarlett Johansson lends star power to earthbound ‘Fly Me to the Moon’
Jul 11, 2024 5:30 am - “Fly Me to the Moon” is better than it looks. This is not a slam against the marketing campaign for the space race rom-com about a straight-laced NASA man (Channing Tatum) and the Madison Avenue marketing savant (Scarlett Johansson) brought in to sell the mission to the moon. It’s more about the state of theatrical moviegoing.