Entertainment
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Schaumburg Summer Theatre to present Disney’s ‘High School Musical’Jun 30, 2026 1:43 pm - Schaumburg Summer Theatre marks its 36th season with Disney’s “High School Musical,” playing Aug 1-9 at the Al Larson Cultural Center in Schaumburg.
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Bello again: Pierre Coffin, voice of the Minions, finally understands his yellow henchmanJun 30, 2026 1:29 pm - Filmmaker Pierre Coffin is the creator and chief practitioner of Minionese, but it’s a dialect — like most things Minions — that’s taken time to hone. “The hardest thing,” Coffin says, “is just to find the melody.”
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‘Minions & Monsters’ is a very yellow love letter to Hollywood
Jun 30, 2026 1:20 pm - “Minions and Monsters” — the third chapter in the ongoing standalone adventures of the “Despicable Me” pint-sized enablers — is about the sheer greatness of moviemaking, and it’s a navel-gazing misfire.
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Blake Lively wants $8 million in legal fees from Justin Baldoni after ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute
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Concerts July 3-9: Lauren Alaina, Louis Tomlinson, Bob Dylan, Windy City Smokeout and moreJun 30, 2026 12:26 pm - Upcoming concerts include Lauren Alaina at Aurora’s RiverEdge Park, Louis Tomlinson at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Bob Dylan at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Windy City Smokeout at Chicago’s United Center and more.
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Community comes together for Geneva’s Swedish Days ParadeJun 30, 2026 12:08 pm - The 2026 Swedish Days parade in Geneva featured 82 acts and lasted over an hour, marking the longest parade lineup since the COVID-19 pandemic, showcasing the community's unity through collaboration between local businesses and organizations.
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Theater spotlight: National tour of ‘Suffs’ stops at Chicago’s CIBC TheatreJun 30, 2026 12:05 pm - The national tour of the Tony Award-winning “Suffs” stops in Chicago for a brief run, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre revives “The Wizard of Oz,” and Theatre Y presents the Chicago premiere of the multimedia theater piece “The School of Memory.”
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Lakeside Festival returns to Crystal Lake with rides, food, musicJun 30, 2026 10:01 am - Crystal Lake’s annual Lakeside Festival will return to the grounds of the Dole this week with carnival rides, 14 bands on two outdoor stages, food, a beer garden, fireworks, games and more.
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Cody Johnson’s country music is only getting bigger. On ‘Banks of the Trinity,’ he’ll take you home.
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Director Carl Rinsch is sentenced to prison in $11M fraud case over unfinished Netflix show