Portage Theater has a new owner, movie future remains uncertain
After months of uncertainty, the Portage Theater is under new ownership. The current tenants who run and manage the cinema received a letter...
Five reasons Katie Holmes is having the best September ever
We're barely a week into September, and Katie Holmes is nailing it.
Tom Brokaw discharged after treatment for feeling 'lightheaded'
Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a North Carolina...
More tickets released for Bruce Springsteen Wrigley Field shows
Additional tickets have been released for this weekend's Bruce Springsteen shows at Wrigley Field.
Kellie Pickler shaves her head in support of friend with cancer
Kellie Pickler has gone bald -- but this is not a story of a celebrity...
Katie Holmes in new campaign for Bobbi Brown
If anything, Katie Holmes is busier than ever since her split with Tom Cruise. She just signed up to be the first celebrity face of Bobbi...
Report: Scientology alienated Tom Cruise's kids from Nicole Kidman
The storm rages over Scientology and Tom Cruise, as a Vanity Fair article makes further allegations that the religion and its star...
Vinny Guadagnino hits Vertigo; other reality TV sightings in Chicago
Normally when a cast member from MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is spotted at a bar or club in the Chicago area, it’s...
Video Music Awards: One Direction vs. Carly Rae Jepsen for new artist
The best new artist category at this year's MTV Video Music Awards is...
Chicago reels in a pre-Broadway 'Big Fish'
"Big Fish," the new Broadway musical based on the 1998 novel "Big Fish: A Novel of...
'After' plumbs depths of DNA-related prison release
'After' is not a polemic about the wrongfully convicted so much as a keenly observed portrait of a man who has been gone and is struggling...
Al Pacino, Christopher Walken attending Chicago International Film Festival's opening night
The Chicago international Film Festival has had its share of celebrity guests over the years, but this year's opening night could be its...
Amanda Bynes charged in two alleged hit-and-run incidents
L.A. prosecutors charged actress Amanda Bynes on Wednesday in connection with two alleged hit-and-run car accidents in August.
Kristen Stewart talks the difficulties of fame: 'I'm not that smooth.'
To say that Kristen Stewart has been having a difficult summer...
Bradley Cooper opens up about road to sobriety
Bradley Cooper has suffered two blockbuster hangovers on screen, but the leading man has been sober for eight years.Â
Judy Blume blogs about having breast cancer
Judy Blume blogged Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer. She's now recuperating after a successful mastectomy.
CMA nominations: Eric Church, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert top the list
Eric Church leads all 2012 Country Music Association Awards nominees with five noms, followed by husband and wife duo Blake Shelton and...
Watch the trailer for MTV's Chicago-based series 'Underemployed'
You probably know close to nothing about “Underemployed” -- other than the fact that the MTV show spent the summer filming in...
Rolling Stones to release 50th anniversary hits album
LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will release an album of hit songs in November to celebrate their 50th anniversary, including...
Jim Carrey joins cast of 'Kick-Ass 2'
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jim Carrey has joined the cast of "Kick-Ass 2: Balls to The Wall," for director Jeff Wadlow who tweeted the news...
The Kristen Stewart post-breakup interview that wasn't
There may be a feverish anticipation for Kristen Stewart's first comments following her scandalous personal events in July — but let's...
Roy Lichtenstein exhibit a hit for Art Institute
Turns out Roy Lichtenstein delivered some pop to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Frank Lloyd Wright archives to move to New York
Frank Lloyd Wright's oeuvre of thousands of archived drawings, photos, models and other documents will move from Wisconsin and Arizona to...
Summer box office down 3 percent from last year's mark
In the end, not even "The Avengers" could save the summer box office.
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong hospitalized in Italy
Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman for the alt-rock band Green Day,...
Scientology storm: Tom Cruise, bride auditions and Haggis' outrage
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New generation of African choreography at Columbia
Headlines about Africa focus on war and poverty, but there's a different story, too, told less often but maybe more revealing about that...
Hollis Resnik feels force of habit
Hollis Resnik, the longtime Chicago actress, has been cast as Mother Superior in the first national tour of the Broadway musical "Sister...
Burt Bacharach remembers Hal David
It was my great good fortune to have met Hal David, who was introduced to me by Eddy Wolpin — the man who ran...
Nicki Minaj, Republican? She raps support for Mitt Romney
If you were wondering who Nicki Minaj was planning to vote for in November,...
Michael Strahan named Kelly Ripa's permanent co-host
Sep 04 (TheWrap.com) - Kelly Ripa has found a big guy to fill Regis Philbin's big shoes: She named NFL star and "Fox NFL Sunday" broadcaster...
Russell Crowe gets a lift from the Coast Guard after kayaking mishap
Oscar winner Russell Crowe got a hand from the U.S. Coast Guard over the...
'Green Mile' star and Chicago native Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54
Michael Clarke Duncan, the strong, tall actor from Chicago with the shaved head and deep voice who received an Academy Award nomination...
Savoring the delights of Handel's Arcadian glade
Now that Chicago Opera Theater appears to have given up on Baroque opera, and Lyric Opera is taking a pass on anything Baroque next season,...
North Coast offers plenty of rhythms to ride
Beats and rhythms ruled the electronic dance music-focused North Coast Musical Festival Labor Day weekend, which primarily gathered DJ, hip-...
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' author Richard Bach in serious condition following plane crash
Author Richard Bach is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center after a plane crash on San Juan Island Aug. 31.
Sherman Hemsley's funeral on hold until will dispute worked out
Aug 31 (TheWrap.com) - Sherman Hemsley's funeral has been put on ice. And, apparently, he has as well.
Actor Tommy 'Tiny' Lister to plead guilty in mortgage fraud scheme
Tommy “Tiny” Lister, a character actor who has appeared in nearly 100 movies including “Jackie Brown” and “...
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott welcome a baby boy
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott welcomed a fourth baby Thursday evening, making it two boys and two girls in their well-televised family.
Eastwood, empty chair hijack Republican media coverage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Months of careful planning for the Republican National Convention were hijacked by actor Clint Eastwood as...
Nun sues Disney for $1 billion over "Sister Act"
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Apparently, imitation isn't always the sincerest form of flattery. At least in the case of "Sister Act."
Republican convention's noteworthy media moments few, far between
Clint Eastwood's impact on Mitt Romney's campaign remains to be seen, but his digressive speech — and the frenzied response to it...
Neil Armstrong signature triples in value after his death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A postcard signed by the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has sold for $2,384, more than three times its pre-...
Mother of 'GMA' TV host Robin Roberts dies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. morning television host Robin Roberts was mourning the death of her mother on Friday, just a day after she left...
Money troubles not over for broadcast museum
With the clock ticking on a mortgage payment, the Museum of Broadcast Communications is "aggressively pursuing all options to resolve our...
