Entertainment
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Send off 2023 with a New Year’s Eve dinner in the suburbsDec 28, 2023 12:06 pm - Time to finish 2023 strong with a night out at one of the myriad suburban restaurants and bars offering good food, good drinks and a good time on New Year’s Eve. Ab...
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The Golden Globes: How to watch, who’s hosting and other key things to knowDec 28, 2023 11:52 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globe Awards are back on the first Sunday in January with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback e...
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Chocolate milk in mac and cheese? Vernon Hills dance teacher fits right in on ‘Worst Cooks in America’Dec 28, 2023 11:45 am - What qualifies Cathy Jacobson of Vernon Hills to be on Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America”? Well, her application to be on the show recounted the time she substituted...
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Top 10 movies of 2023 a mixed bag of genresDec 28, 2023 9:29 am - To no one’s surprise, 2023 will go down as the year of “Barbenheimer,” the cleverly cute portmanteau that mashes together “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” the titles of two p...
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Yorktown Center to get Dave & Buster’s, new restaurantsDec 28, 2023 7:02 am - A Dave & Buster’s entertainment complex is slated to open at Yorktown Center in the coming year, along with a string of new restaurants in and around the Lombard mall. Na...
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Winter theater forecast: 10 shows to make theater lovers leave their cozy confinesDec 27, 2023 4:33 pm - Even the most ardent theater fans may be reluctant to leave the cozy confines of their home this winter. These 10 shows (including several premieres) opening at suburban...
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Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' diesDec 27, 2023 12:26 pm - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Sun-kyun, a popular South Korean actor best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was found dead in a car in Seoul on W...
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Grammy nominee Gracie Abrams makes music that unites strangers — and has Taylor Swift callingDec 27, 2023 11:49 am - NEW YORK — The year 2023 was good to Gracie Abrams. She released her debut album. She opened for Taylor Swift. She sold out a U.S. tour, and took that tour to Europe. She...
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Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
Dec 27, 2023 11:25 am - Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has di...
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Sound check: I Fight Dragons, The Giving Moon and NYE at The PiazzaDec 27, 2023 10:21 am - The Giving Moon West Suburban genre-twisting alt-rock trio The Giving Moon ‒ Sean Seales, Adam Suto and Nathan Melville ‒ headlines a two-set show at Martyrs’ this w...