Penélope Cruz became an Oscar winner when 2008’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” made her the first Spanish actress to win an acting Oscar. Seventeen years later, she is not chasing a …
Three Films, and a Second Oscar? How Penélope Cruz Could Dominate Awards Season With ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘The Invite’ and ‘Bunker’ Read MoreThe embattled chairman of the Triton College board, Mark Stephens, has resigned his leadership post. Stephens — who’s been under pressure to step down since a July 31 arrest on …
Under pressure following drug arrest, Rosemont’s Mark Stephens resigns as chairman of Triton College’s board Read More
The 2016 documentary “Supersonic,” focused on Oasis’ beginnings and incredibly fast rise to superstardom, made no mention of what was then the most salient fact about the Gallagher brothers: that …
‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Review: An Uncharacteristically Polite and Sentimental Portrait of a Raucous Band and Phenomenon Read More
Let’s dispense with the suspense. Mike Leigh has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and has won it zero times. That seems wrong. He has a Palme d’Or, …
Hey, Oscars: No Sympathy Required to Give Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ the Consideration It Deserves Read More
The film centers itself on Pete Townshend’s contradictions, his growing pains, his turmoil, and his complexity as a human being and rock artist. And that’s all good. But given where …
‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ Review: The Legendary Rocker Gets a Lively Doc That Asks: Who Are You? And Then Doesn’t Fully Answer It Read MoreMIAMI – Friday was a good night for Shota Imanaga. His six innings of one-run ball looked to be exactly what the Cubs needed from their lefty starter after back-to-back …
Cubs’ Shota Imanaga wants to ‘build trust back,’ Craig Counsell says story around lefty ‘a little incorrect’ Read More
Andrew Scott is the prince of Telluride. There are performances that feel like a reckoning, and performances that feel like a resurrection. Andrew Scott’s work in “Elsinore,” which had its …
Andrew Scott Has Waited His Whole Career for a Role Like ‘Elsinore.’ Can Focus and the Bard Anoint Him With an Oscar? Read More
A new Chicago White Sox ballpark option has been revealed amid the team’s push for a new stadium. Canal Edge LLC — a company owned by White Sox minority owner …
New Sox Park? Future owner Justin Ishbia announces proposal for riverside stadium at ‘The Railyards’ Read More
Alexandra Artrip, who played the youngest daughter of Sandra Bullock’s character Sally Owens in 1998’s “Practical Magic,” has weighed in on the sequel’s decision to recast her and fellow original …
Original ‘Practical Magic’ Star Alexandra Artrip Addresses ‘Negativity’ Over Recasting in Sequel: They ‘Did What They Thought Was Best to Be Successful’ Read MoreA man was fatally shot in West Englewood early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police. The man, 29, was in the 6500 block of South Laflin Street at 2 a.m. …
Man fatally shot by 2 people in West Englewood Read MoreA man was fatally shot in Chicago Lawn Friday night, according to Chicago police. The man, 28, was in an argument with another person in the 7300 block of South …
Man fatally shot after argument in Chicago Lawn Read MoreFrom Rogers Park to Calumet, many people in the Chicago area are reporting a surge in flies. Are there more flies, especially ones that bite? The public health departments of …
Have you been swarmed by biting flies? Why they’re ‘no joke’ Read MoreWhen Dansby Swanson went down with a strained oblique, it was on Nico Hoerner to man shortstop and keep the Cubs’ best-in-baseball defense churning without one of its most exceptional …
In Dansby Swanson’s absence, Nico Hoerner slides over to shortstop, reminds everyone he’s a Gold Glover, too Read MoreCatcher Kyle Teel has been here before. Not just with the White Sox, but answering questions about coming back from an injury. “I’m very excited. Going into this interview, I was …
Kyle Teel is back for the White Sox, and they need him to hit and stay healthy Read More