Jamie Sotonoff
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Celebrity fans like Newhart, Mantegna, Cusack share Cubs memoriesOct 06, 2015 5:00 am - John Cusack is posting Cubs photos on Instagram. Joe Mantegna is hosting a big Cubs playoffs party. Former WWE wrestler CM Punk is selling custom designed Cubs T-shirts....
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Tough stories bring problems out of shadowsOct 04, 2015 6:12 am - Sometimes, it's a story you stumble across that changes your life. We received a lovely letter from a suburban high school teacher who put a 2012 Daily Herald article ab...
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Hersey alum among Chicago singers chosen on “The Voice”Oct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Before she auditioned in front of the celebrity judges on NBC's "The Voice," Mount Prospect native Hanna Ashbrook remembers looking at the ground and focusing on her bre...
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Acting quest leads Elk Grove Village native to 'Spamalot'Sep 29, 2015 5:31 am - Joe Bianco was wearing high heels, a dress and makeup when he got the call telling him he'd been cast as King Arthur in the musical "Spamalot" at the Metropolis Performi...
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Seeing the pope 'something special' for suburban CatholicsSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - They stood for hours in a crowd of more than 20,000 people on the U.S. Capitol's west lawn just to watch Thursday's live Jumbotron broadcast of Pope Francis' speech to C...
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Metropolis director hired Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell before they were famousSep 22, 2015 5:30 am - Years ago, Joe Keefe produced a Las Vegas comedy show called “The No Budget Circus” and hired two not-yet-famous Second City comedians to co-star in it, Stephen Colbert ...
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For 'Glee' creator Ian Brennan, it all goes back to third grade in Mount ProspectSep 15, 2015 5:30 am - To understand the scarred creative psyche of "Glee" creator Ian Brennan, we must flash back to his third grade at Mount Prospect's Fairview Elementary School. His teache...
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Suburban duo's positive WTTW kids show inspired by eating disorder tragedySep 07, 2015 11:00 pm - “How do you feel?” Dr. Cool says into the microphone to a gym full of dancing students at Rupley Elementary School in Elk Grove Village. In unison, they yell back the r...
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Fox Lake feels 'a little less safe, but mostly sad' after cop killedSep 05, 2015 1:00 am - 'A little less safe, but mostly sad' after slaying of 'G.I. Joe'
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High-tech 4DX theater to open in GurneeSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - The Chicago area's first 4DX theater - which will incorporate special effects including scents and motion - will open in Gurnee this fall, officials from Marcus Theatres...