Celebrities are performing live from home for everyone stuck inside due to...
With concert venues and movie theaters closing around the world, musicians, actors and other celebrities are turning to social media to raise spirits and awareness about fighting the spread of...
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Dean shares recipe for Chuck Wagon Chili
WGN Entertainment Critic Dean Richards shares a recipe perfect for when grocery store supplies are limited. Recipe: Slow Cooker Chuck Wagon Chili
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Singer, actor, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
CHICAGO — Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his...
View ArticleReport: Harvey Weinstein tests positive for COVID-19
NEW YORK (NEXSTAR) — Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning producer and convicted rapist currently serving time in a New York prison, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to multiple...
View ArticlePlaywright Terrence McNally dies at 81 of coronavirus complications
(AP) – Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime”...
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PHOTOS: Celebrities, politicians who are positive for coronavirus
DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — When you think of famous faces who’ve tested positive for coronavirus, Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson probably come to mind. Hanks and Wilson had been isolated in stable conditions...
View ArticleJackson Browne tests positive for coronavirus
(CNN) — Jackson Browne wants everyone to do what he did, whether they feel healthy or not. The 71-year-old singer has revealed to Rolling Stone that he recently tested positive for the coronavirus. He...
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Dean shares recipes for French Onion Soup and Margherita Pizza grilled cheese...
WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards shares two social distancing comfort food recipes. Recipes: French Onion Soup Grilled Cheese Sandwich: www.foodnetwork.comMargherita Pizza Grilled Cheese...
View Article‘Top Chef Masters’ winner Floyd Cardoz dies of coronavirus complications
NEW YORK (AP) — Chef Floyd Cardoz, who competed on “Top Chef,” won “Top Chef Masters” and operated successful restaurants in both India and New York, died Wednesday of complications from the...
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Dean’s Reviews: Movies, TV shows should stream this weekend
WGN Entertainment Critic Dean Richards has recommendations for movies to watch and television shows to binge this weekend.
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Dean shares a delicious pizza pot pie recipe
WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards shares a social distancing comfort food recipe for pizza pot pie. Recipe: Pizza Pot Pie www.delish.com
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Elton John, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys and more sing from home to raise...
NEW YORK — Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys and Dave Grohl opened their doors — literally — as the musicians performed from their homes for an hour-long benefit concert to raise money for...
View ArticleSpike Lee shares unmade ‘Jackie Robinson’ movie script for stay-at-home reading
While a lot of musicians are taking to social media, performing for fans who are stuck in thier homes, Spike Lee made the script available online for “Jackie Robinson,” a movie that he was never able...
View ArticleJohn Prine in critical condition with COVID-19 symptoms
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of John Prine says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms. A message posted on Prine’s...
View ArticlePlácido Domingo has coronavirus amid Spain outbreak
MADRID — Plácido Domingo announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer’s illness comes after his own glittering career had recently been stained by...
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Checking in with Hamilton star Miguel Cervantes
Around Broadway in 80 Days Submission Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to accept your submission to Around Broadway In 80 Days! If you played or were scheduled to play a qualifying role at an IHSMTA...
View ArticleAdam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne co-founder, dead at 52 from COVID-19
(CNN) — Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52. “As many of you are...
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Dolly Parton donates $1 million to Vanderbilt for COVID-19 research
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NEXSTAR) – Dolly Parton announced on social media Wednesday that she is donating $1 million to Vanderbilt for research on a cure for the coronavirus. According to her tweets and an...
View ArticleSamuel L. Jackson reads ‘Stay the f— at home’ as pandemic advice
Samuel L. Jackson has some advice for people during the pandemic, and you’d better listen up. The actor performed a dramatic reading of ‘Stay the f— at home’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The profane...
View Article‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart...
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