Entertainment
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Book Review: ‘Ascent to Power’ studies how Harry Truman overcame lack of preparation in transition
May 28, 2024 6:22 am - Once a senator who complained that the 32nd president treated him like “an office boy,” Harry Truman left the White House in 1953 as one of the most accomplished presidents. Those events are the focus of David L. Roll's “Ascent to Power.”
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The Beach Boys, going into the sunset, look back on years of harmony and heartache in documentaryMay 27, 2024 11:32 am - Both the Beach Boys and “The Beach Boys” — the new documentary that dropped Friday on Disney+ — are all about blending a range of voices.
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Former ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor killed in downtown Los Angeles shootingMay 27, 2024 8:13 am - Former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was shot and killed when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car in Los Angeles, his family said Sunday.
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What to stream this week: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Benedict CumberbatchMay 27, 2024 5:30 am - Willie Nelson’s 152nd album and Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Memorial Day parades, services, fundraisers in the suburbsMay 26, 2024 11:18 pm - Memorial Day parades, services and observances throughout the suburbs will pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted at Morton Arboretum
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Remembering D-Day: Cantigny exhibit shows how Allies fought for ‘Nothing But Victory’May 26, 2024 3:15 pm - “Nothing But Victory,” a new outdoor exhibit installed on the Cantigny campus for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, depicts how Allied troops encountered one obstacle after another.
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‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day box office in decades
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Hi Infidelity singer Dave Mikulskis rolls with the changes to fight Parkinson’sMay 26, 2024 9:26 am - Dave Mikulskis and Sammy Hagar both will tell you there’s only one way to rock. Since Mikulskis’ 2018 diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease, the high-tenor vocalist of the popular cover band Hi Infidelity continues to lash into 1980s classics with the vigor and range he has always had.
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Artist behind 2023’s Warhol-inspired portraits paints mural at Hanover Park Sports ComplexMay 26, 2024 8:40 am - Physical upgrades to the Hanover Park Sports Complex now are accompanied by an aesthetic one in the form of Glen Ellyn artist Geoffrey Bevington’s mural, “The Joy of Play,” on the previously stark south side of the field house.