Entertainment
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Feder: Dan McNeil apologizes for 'harsh' tweet - and goes fishingSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - One week after his career crashed and burned over what his bosses called a "degrading and humiliating" tweet, Dan McNeil apologized to the ESPN reporter whose attire he ...
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Ken Jennings on his new 'Jeopardy!' producer gig, Alex Trebek and filming the show in a pandemic
Sep 21, 2020 6:00 am - Back in January, longtime “Jeopardy!” executive producer Harry Friedman did something he never had in two decades of running the show: He called a contestant on the phon...
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Feder: WGN Radio boss Mary Sandberg Boyle gets VP stripesSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - Mary Sandberg Boyle, the first female general manager in the 96-year history of WGN 720-AM, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Nexstar Media ...
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Drive-Thru Trunk-and-Treat Oct. 24 offers sensory friendly and allergy free treatsSep 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Chapelstreet Church Masterpiece Ministry, Chapelstreet Church and MyRecess Therapy will host a "Drive-Thru Trunk-and-Treat - Sensory Friendly and Allergy Free" from 3 to...
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Buffalo Creek Brewing hosts scaled-back Oktoberfest weekend Oct. 2-4Sep 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Lake County's destination brewery, Buffalo Creek Brewing, is scaling back its annual Oktoberfest event amid Coronavirus concerns this year in favor of a subtler Oktoberf...
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NCTV's 'Game On!' goes virtual Oct. 22Sep 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Naperville Community Television will host its first virtual episode of "Game On!" on Thursday, Oct. 22. Join Danielle Tufano from 95.9 The River as she hosts two teams ...
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Emmys 2020: 14 things to know, from Zendaya's historic win to a record-breaking 'Creek' sweep
Sep 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Yes, the Emmy Awards aired Sunday night as scheduled, and yes, it was very strange. Here are some of the things to know from the three-hour telecast, which took place co...
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Jimmy Kimmel can surely have fun with a virtual Emmys show, but will TV ever feel like a shared experience again?
Sep 20, 2020 7:31 am - Producers of Sunday night's Emmy Awards telecast at 7 p.m. on ABC are doing everything they can to roll with the 2020-ness of it all, instead of working against it. Jimm...
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Everything's coming up Roses at the EmmysSep 20, 2020 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Schitt's Creek," the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family named the Roses, made history at Sunday's Emmy Awards with a comedy awards swee...
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Sarah Paulson explores the backstory of 'Ratched' in Netflix suspense seriesSep 19, 2020 7:26 am - Anyone who saw the 1975 feature film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" undoubtedly remembers Louise Fletcher's Oscar-winning turn as domineering asylum Nurse Ratched. No...