Entertainment
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Food Truck Round Up coming to Des Plaines on May 21Apr 29, 2024 11:48 am - A fleet of mobile kitchens will return to Des Plaines on May 21 for the first Food Truck Round Up of the season. The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m. at Forest Elementary ...
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ hits No. 1, with songs claiming the top 14 spots
Apr 29, 2024 9:24 am - Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The 31-track album has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying Swift with Jay-Z for second-most No. 1 albums at 14.
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Let the good times roll: J-Livi & the Party bring the funk to Hey NonnyApr 29, 2024 8:12 am - Get ready to groove because Arlington Heights' own Jeff Livorsi, the driving force behind J-Livi & the Party, is set to electrify Hey Nonny on Wednesday, May 1, as they c...
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Book review: ‘Nothing But the Bones’ is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace
Apr 29, 2024 7:05 am - Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it. We first meet him as a boy reading a superhero c...
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‘Theatrical limbo’: Wheaton Grand Theater continues to sit idleApr 29, 2024 5:30 am - Smack dab in the middle of downtown Wheaton, surrounded by the bustling businesses of Hale Street, sits an empty old theater with a red-and-black marquee. The Wheaton Gr...
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What to stream this week: Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted,’ Dua Lipa, ‘Hacks’ and ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
Apr 29, 2024 5:30 am - The return of “Hacks” and a new Jerry Seinfeld movie are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Zendaya tennis movie ‘Challengers’ scores at weekend box office
Apr 28, 2024 12:05 pm - The sexy tennis drama “Challengers” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Once dominant at CBS News before a bitter departure, Dan Rather makes his first return in 18 years
Apr 28, 2024 11:34 am - Dan Rather returned to the CBS News airwaves for the first time since his bitter exit 18 years ago, appearing in a reflective interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” days before the debut of a Netflix documentary on the 92-year-old newsman's life.
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Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award
Apr 28, 2024 9:00 am - Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the presentation of the AFI Life Achievement Award agreed: “Nicole Kidman. She makes movies better.”
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The Biz Week That Was: Bears shifting focus, new eateries, Lurie’s suburban outpatient center among highlightsApr 28, 2024 5:16 am - ‘A different philosophy’: Bears’ original goal to own stadium shifts with latest public-private plans New Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren’s stated desir...