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Broadway, TV star Mandy Patinkin headlines McAninch Arts Center this fall
Aug 23, 2023 12:00 PM - Broadway, TV and film star Mandy Patinkin headlines the McAninch Arts Center in Oct. 12 and 14.
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Best Bets: Comedian Jay Pharoah, rocker Rick Springfield, LatiNxt at Navy Pier and moreAug 23, 2023 9:52 AM - "SNL" alum Jay Pharoah tapes a comedy special in Chicago, Bounce the City inflatable tour sets up at Woodfield Mall, Rick Springfield's "I Want My 80s Tour" heads to RiverEdge Park, Chicago Jazz Fest kicks off and more.
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Q&A: Kelsea Ballerini on her vulnerable divorce EP and people throwing things at concerts
Aug 17, 2023 6:00 AM - Back in February, Kelsea Ballerini quietly released an EP of strikingly intimate and vulnerable songs about her recent divorce from Australian musician Morgan Evans. After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from fans, the pop country singer-songwriter recently re-released "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat."
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Best Bets: Chicago Air and Water Show, 56 Music Fix, Chance the Rapper, Guns N' RosesAug 17, 2023 9:19 AM - Makes the most of the last days of summer at the 64th annual Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend, the 56 Music Fix in Mount Prospect, Chance the Rapper at the United Center, Sunday in the Park with Lyric and Guns N' Roses at Wrigley.
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Fan Expo notebook: Lloyd's love of bulldozers, 'Tulsa King' star's Dr. Seuss scouting mission
Aug 16, 2023 2:06 PM - The celebrity guests at last weekend's Fan Expo Chicago convention in Rosemont couldn't talk about the films and shows that made them famous because of the ongoing actors' union strike, but they did give attendees some peeks into their personal lives.
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Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt makes her Hollywood debut in Netflix's 'Heart of Stone'
Aug 13, 2023 6:00 AM - Alia Bhatt had been weighing her Hollywood options for a few years. A popular star of Hindi films for over a decade with nearly 79 million Instagram followers, she'd been interested in making an English-language film, but nothing had been working out. "Your first film chooses you," Bhatt said in an interview with The Associated Press in June. Now she's starring in "Heart of Stone" on Netflix.
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Hip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way
Aug 13, 2023 6:00 AM - Hip-hop was born in the break -- that moment when a song's vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the hands of the DJs, that break moment became more: a composition in itself. The MCs got in on it, speaking their own clever rhymes. So did the dancers, b-boys and b-girls. Hip-hop spread around the country and the world. At each step: change, adaptation.
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Rocking reflections: Paramount+ revisits Elvis Presley's 1968 comeback specialAug 13, 2023 6:00 AM - Elvis Presley's legendary 1968 television special was a turning point not only for him but for many of the people involved in it. The result quickly became a legendary piece of television, and Paramount+ looks back at it in the new offering "Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback," which starts streaming Tuesday, Aug. 15.
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Best bets: Beatles fest, LL Cool J's F.O.R.C.E., Garlic Fest, Sam Smith and moreAug 10, 2023 10:01 AM - WXRT radio personality Terri Hemmert hosts The Fest for Beatles Fans in Rosemont, LL Cool J headlines The F.O.R.C.E. at the United Center, The Great DuBois brings a circus spectacle to the Woodstock Opera House, Ted Nugent stops at the Arcada on his final tour and more.
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'It just keeps rolling along': Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson start U.S. tour Aug. 18 at RaviniaAug 9, 2023 10:36 AM - Jethro Tull and venerable frontman Ian Anderson play the Ravinia Festival on Aug. 18 to start the U.S. leg of their "Seven Decades" tour.
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