Chicago taxpayers will spend $9 million to compensate a Spanish-speaking man who spent 17 years in prison after he was beaten and coerced as a teen into signing a confession …
Chicago taxpayers on the hook for $9M wrongful conviction settlement Read MoreSome parts of the Chicago area felt a bit of rumbling Wednesday afternoon as the United States Geological Survey reported a 2.9-magnitude earthquake off the Lake Michigan shore by Kenilworth. …
Chicago area jostled by 2.9 magnitude earthquake Read MoreTheater Raven Theatre’s hit production of Dave Malloy’s “Octet” makes its downtown debut at the Goodman Theatre. The original cast, under the direction of Keira Fromm, shines in the a …
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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Elsa Keslassy explains the battle that is brewing in France between Netflix and other streamers over the country’s programming quotas and its …
LISTEN: Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules Read MoreUniversity of Chicago Press Workers Guild members voted overwhelmingly to unionize, making it the latest in a wave of Chicago cultural institutions to organize. UCP Workers Guild announced on Wednesday …
UChicago Press workers vote to unionize Read MoreDr. Garth Walker, an executive at Rush Health and an emergency department physician who grew up on the South Side, has been appointed Chicago’s next public health commissioner. “I see …
Doctor tapped as new public health chief sees job as ‘culmination of my life’s work’ Read MoreSen. Dick Durbin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday at the 2026 NATO Summit in Turkey on a trip centered on rebuilding America’s longstanding relationship with allies amid …
Durbin travels to Turkey to help rebuild NATO alliance amid Trump’s unpredictable relationship with allies Read More
The Oregon attorney general’s office has asked a judge to grant a 60-day delay on the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as it continues to investigate whether the deal …
Oregon A.G. Seeks Delay of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Suggests DOJ Approval Was ‘Corrupt’ Read More
Darren Walker has only been on the job as president and CEO of Anonymous Content for five months so the noise that he heard at the company’s New York City …
Anonymous Content’s Darren Walker on Company’s 10 Emmy Nominations and Nominee Sally Field’s ‘Motherly’ Dating Advice Read More
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards arrived Wednesday morning, spreading the wealth across 117 categories and 610 nominations. But beneath the impressive numbers was a clear story: HBO …
Emmy Noms Analysis: Diversity in Acting Nominees Down 20% While ‘The Pitt’ Cements Frontrunner Status and ‘Widow’s Bay’ Emerges as Dark Horse Read More
Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality. “Nothing. Zero,” …
Salman Rushdie Says AI Has ‘Zero’ Role in Storytelling, Teases New ‘Midnight’s Children’ TV Adaptation, Film of ‘The Ground Beneath Her Feet’ (EXCLUSIVE) Read More
After the fifth and final season of “Hacks” broke the record for most-nominated comedy series at the Emmys, it’d be natural to hope for more of the beloved show in …
‘Hacks’ Spinoff Will Never Happen, Paul W. Downs Says: ‘We Feel So Happy With How It Ended’ Read More
DoorDash, an Official Tournament Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, kicked off its eight-week-long Summer DashPass campaign in June and has continued to be a staple through the tournament …
DoorDash Is Offering the Chance to Win Tickets to the World Cup Final Through Its Summer of Dashpass Campaign Read More
As the 2026 Emmy nods rolled in this morning — bright and early at 8:30 a.m. for those on the West Coast — some of the nominated stars were overcome …
Emmy Nominee Reactions: Shailene Woodley Was Getting a Lash Lift, Sepideh Moafi Cries and Jonathan Pryce Jokes About Joining ‘Love Island’ Read More