Summer Smash 2023 official lineup revealed
CHICAGO -- The fifth annual Summer Smash Music Festival has announced their weekend lineup. The 2023 Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Music Festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview on...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen gets his own holiday in New Jersey
(The Hill) - Rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen is getting his own holiday in his native state of New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) made the announcement on Saturday, saying in a social...
View Article'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' tops the box office again
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie" scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The...
View ArticleDean's A-List Interviews: Jake Gyllenhaal "Guy Ritchie's The Covenant"
Dean talks to Jake Gyllenhaal on his role in the new film as U.S. army Sergeant along with his co-star, Danish actor Dar Salim who plays an Afghan interpreter who goes to great lengths to save his...
View ArticleJessie James Decker slams United Airlines, saying pregnant sister...
(KTLA) – Jessie James Decker is slamming United Airlines after an incident involving her pregnant sister and spilled popcorn. Decker posted the account in a since-deleted Instagram story. The "Should...
View ArticleDean Richards chats with Star Trek: Picard star Jonathan Frakes & gets...
Jonathan Frakes - Actor and Spokesperson for PanCAN’s PurpleStride Event: PanCAN’s PurpleStride The PanCAN event in Chicago is taking place at Soldier Field on April 29. Details are HERE. 8:30am...
View ArticleAlicia Keys coming to Chicago this summer
CHICAGO -- Alicia Keys will be taking her talents on the road this summer. The 15-time Grammy Award-winner will be stopping in Chicago as part of her "Keys to the Summer Tour" on Tuesday, July 18....
View ArticleCoroner: Aaron Carter drowned in tub due to drug, inhalant
Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives he'd taken and gas used in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner's report said Tuesday. Carter, the younger...
View ArticleDean cooks asparagus pesto pasta with chicken
WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards is celebrating spring and making asparagus pesto pasta with chicken. Ingredients: 1 bunch, asparagus (about 1 lb.), trimmed in half on a bias. 1 lb. thin...
View ArticleDean's Home Video: 'The Diplomat,''Dead Ringers,'& more
CHICAGO — A show that centers around an ambassador to the UK & a show based on a 1980s psychological thriller are among the new streaming releases this week. "The Diplomat" stars Keri Russell as...
View ArticleFoo Fighters plan summer album, first since drummer's death
NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters have announced a new album is in the works, the first since the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The rockers said in a statement that the upcoming 10-track...
View ArticleOtis Redding III, who followed father into music, dies at 59
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years...
View ArticleISU Alum Jane Lynch visits Central Illinois
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD)-- Celebrity Jane Lynch returned to her old stomping grounds at ISU to speak to current students on Monday. Lynch says ISU is a bucolic university with an experience that is...
View ArticleBeyoncé to donate $2M from Renaissance tour to students, small businesses
(The Hill) -- As Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter gears up for her Renaissance World Tour, she has announced she will be donating $2 million of the tour’s proceeds to students and entrepreneurs through...
View ArticlePearl Jam will perform in Chicago in 2023
CHICAGO — A band very familiar with the "Windy City" is returning again in 2023 - this time for a pair of performances in the fall. Pearl Jam announced a new United States tour on Thursday afternoon,...
View ArticleCharge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “...
View ArticleFormer WWE wrestler charged with theft of millions from Mississippi welfare
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — On Thursday, a federal indictment was unsealed in Mississippi charging former professional wrestler Theodore "Ted" Marvin DiBiase Jr., 40, with misappropriating millions in...
View ArticleGreta Van Fleet coming to Chicago this fall
CHICAGO -- The Greta Van Fleet boys are heading to the "Windy City" this September. The Grammy-Award winning rock band will be stopping in Chicago as part of their "Startcatcher World Tour" at the...
View ArticleDean's Reviews: 'Guy Ritchie's The Covenant'
CHICAGO — For the second time in 2023, director and screenwriter Guy Ritchie is releasing a film, this time tackling one of the subjects in the war in Afghanistan. "The Covenant" stars Jake Gyllenhaal...
View ArticleA few comedy shows highlight 'Dean's Weekender'
CHICAGO — If you're a fan of comedy, then you have plenty of choices this weekend when it comes to seeing a show. A number of performers are taking the stage around the Chicago area to entertain...
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