Entertainment
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'The King's Man' can't find the right tone
Dec 21, 2021 3:30 pm - “The King's Man” - ★ ★ There are distinct pleasures to be had in watching Ralph Fiennes play the lead in an action franchise at this stage in his career. For as fun as ...
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Best Bets: Harlem Globetrotters bring basketball tricks back to Rosemont's Allstate ArenaDec 21, 2021 5:00 am - Trickster fun Marvel at all the basketball tricks in store when the Original Harlem Globetrotters return to play two games at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, ...
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How a writer created his own take on 'A Christmas Story' set in his 1980s Batavia childhoodDec 21, 2021 4:30 am - Kevin Jakubowski, originally from Batavia, wanted to make a movie about growing up in the suburbs in the 1980s, with a parallel to the holiday classic "A Christmas Story...
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COVID-19 exposure forces Goodman to suspend in-person 'Christmas Carol' performancesDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Following a report of a COVID-19 exposure within the production company of "A Christmas Carol," Goodman Theatre has suspended in-person performances through Friday, the ...
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Broadway Playhouse farce is fast, furious and oh so funnyDec 20, 2021 12:00 pm - “The Play That Goes Wrong” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Everything is right with Broadway Playhouse's production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” From the actors' spot-on timing and delicio...
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New to streaming this week: 'Don't Look Up,' new 'Matrix' and 'Sing 2'
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Fellow suburban breweries help tornado-damaged Skeleton Key on long road to reopeningDec 20, 2021 4:30 am - After Skeleton Key Brewery and Taproom in Woodridge took a direct hit from the June 20 tornado, support poured in from what outsiders would see as an unlikely group: the...
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Mount Prospect Sisters Selected to Top Ten in Worldwide Sony Talent LeagueDec 19, 2021 10:00 pm - Elizabeth and Gracie Dix, who grew up in Mount Prospect and are now residents of Los Angeles, have been selected as one of the Top Ten teams in the Sony Talent League. S...
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Spidey nets 3rd best opening of all time with $253 million
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Feder: Davies, Giangreco will reunite for New Year's Eve - on Channel 5Dec 19, 2021 12:00 am - Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco, who rang in the New Year together for two decades on WLS-Channel 7 before they were ousted from the ABC-owned station, will turn up for ...