Entertainment
-
UW-Madison Varsity Badger Band performs Feb. 16 at Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. CharlesJan 02, 2024 2:58 pm - One of America’s premier collegiate ensembles, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Varsity Badger Band will be making a visit to the Norris Cultural Arts Center to perfor...
-
‘All of Us Strangers’ a wonderful mix of ghosts, longing and loveJan 02, 2024 1:00 pm - Andrew Scott plays a writer trying to write something about his dead parents in Andrew Haigh’s transcendent drama “All of Us Strangers.” His parents’ death is not recent ...
-
Jeffrey Wright, shape-shifter supreme, sees some of himself in ‘American Fiction’Jan 02, 2024 12:33 pm - NEW YORK — Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters. He’s played Colin Powell, a Dominican drug kingpin, Batman's Commissio...
-
Marsha Warfield, bailiff Roz Russell on ‘Night Court,’ returns to the show that has a ‘big heart’Jan 02, 2024 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Fans of the rebooted hit NBC sitcom “Night Court” might have been forgiven for tuning in all season long and asking “Where's Roz?” Roz Russell — played by come...
-
Grocer, restaurants joining The District at Veridian as it starts construction in SchaumburgJan 02, 2024 6:00 am - A grocer and multiple restaurant tenants are early signers to The District at Veridian, the residential and commercial area starting construction this year at the east en...
-
‘Wonka’ ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic bestDec 31, 2023 3:56 pm - NEW YORK — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticke...
-
Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexual assault in lawsuit
Dec 31, 2023 8:42 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul has accused former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality...
-
British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for 'The Full Monty' and 'Michael Clayton', dies at 75
-
Winterfest at Volo Bog State Natural AreaDec 30, 2023 11:11 am - The annual WinterFest at Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside offers a blend of indoor and outdoor activities from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 14. Live music, photo contest awar...
-
Finding new dimensions, sisterhood, and healing in ‘The Color Purple’Dec 30, 2023 7:06 am - It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t had the best time doing “The Color Purple” on Broadway. The pr...