Entertainment
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Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehoodJan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to St...
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Golden Globes are back on TV Tuesday, but are reform efforts enough?
Jan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Without a TV show, starry red carpet, host, press or even a livestream, the Golden Globe Awards were in chaos last year after scandal broke over lack of diver...
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Spielberg, 'Top Gun' feted by National Board of Review
Jan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to "Top Gun: Maverick." Martin McDonagh's "The Banshees of Inisherin" took hom...
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Top TV '22: The Slap, congressional docudrama and royal loss
Jan 08, 2023 6:00 am - In a year marked by unexpected winners and losers, television was keeping tabs. A Hollywood star tarnished his image and that of the Oscars. A battered country stood up ...
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José Andrés and his daughters eat their way through SpainJan 08, 2023 5:00 am - NEW YORK - On his new TV show, celebrated chef José Andrés goes into a restaurant kitchen in Spain and confronts a massive moray eel. Only one of them is leaving that ki...
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Dueling Pianos to perform Feb. 11 at Huntley churchJan 07, 2023 10:00 pm - Enjoy the exhilaration of experiencing a Dueling Pianos musical performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, 10805 Main St. in...
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AP's Top Songs of 2022: 'Bad Habit,' 'Unholy,' 'Cuff It'
Jan 07, 2023 6:00 am - Ten of the best songs of the year, as selected by Associated Press entertainment journalists. STEVE LACY, "BAD HABIT" It took nearly three months, but Steve Lacy's ...
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Golfers brave chilly weather for chili and fun on frozen greensJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - Golfers braved cold weather and frozen greens Saturday during the annual Chili Open at the Golf Center in Des Plaines. Frozen water hazards gave some errant shots a seco...
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Spotlight: BoHo Theatre revives Jonathan Larsen tuner; 'Chicago' returns to its namesake cityJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - 'Tick, Tick ... Boom!' An aspiring composer worries that time is running out for him to write the great American musical in "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" the semi-autobiographi...
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'Corsage' gives a modern edge to Austria's Empress Elisabeth
Jan 06, 2023 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Things had gotten a little real on the set of " Corsage," but nobody expected the star, Vicky Krieps, to jump out the window that day. The scene involved a...