Entertainment Stories from April 4, 2024 (Change date)
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Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exitApr 04, 2024 3:13 pm - Does time — and a new host — heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O'Brien was messily ousted from NBC's “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno —...
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‘The Good Wife’-verse expands with new series ‘Elsbeth’ starring Carrie PrestonApr 04, 2024 3:03 pm - It took about 14 years, but Carrie Preston is finally playing her dream role full-time. Preston stars in the new CBS procedural “Elsbeth,” as Elsbeth Tascioni, a gifted a...
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Solar eclipse playlist: 20 songs to rock out to on your cosmic adventureApr 04, 2024 2:53 pm - Across 20 tracks, here's a comprehensive playlist of total solar eclipse (and total solar eclipse-adjacent) songs to listen to while preparing to take in the wonders of the universe on Monday.
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In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock governmentApr 04, 2024 1:28 pm - What would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? For the ambitious high school students in the Girls State program, given the spotlight in a new documentary arriving on Apple TV+ Friday, it’s something they can play at for at least a week.
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Celebrating creativity: Meet the 2024 District 214, Daily Herald Community Art & Writing Contest winnersApr 04, 2024 1:18 pm - Art, poetry and fiction writing aren't talents that are supposed to fade away after high school. But adult life often intrudes. The annual Arts Unlimited District 214/Dai...
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Better than ‘Nun’: ‘Omen’ a watchable, sometimes silly political allegoryApr 04, 2024 11:28 am - Aside from an adequate supply of gross commercial elements, the Catholic horror tale “The First Omen” issues an allegorical warning about our current political climate.
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Schaumburg Engineering and Public Works Department hosts student video contestApr 04, 2024 10:06 am - The Schaumburg Engineering and Public Works Department is hosting a video contest for students.
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New restaurant brings Spanish-Latin fusion cuisine to The Drake Oak BrookApr 04, 2024 9:14 am - The Drake Oak Brook unveiled its first new full restaurant in over five decades this week, fusing two cuisines representing the hotel’s owner and chef. Coa offers agave-infused cuisine and tequila-based spirits that blend Spanish and Latin influences.
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Playwright Christopher Durang, a Tony winner for ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ dies at 75Apr 04, 2024 6:46 am - Playwright Christopher Durang, a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with “Miss Witherspoon,” has died. He was 75.
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Trivia contest at Wheeling library on April 5Apr 04, 2024 6:44 am - Test your knowledge of pop culture from the 1950s and ‘60s next week at the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling. The game is set for 10 a.m. April 5, at the library,...
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