Bughouse storytelling event to honor novelist Toya Wolfe’s ‘Last Summer on State Street’Toya Wolfe and her novel “Last Summer on State Street” have won the second annual Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award. July 14, 2023
Column: Hollywood actors are on strike — here’s what you need to knowA strike means no TV or film work from actors for the foreseeable future. But also no promotional appearances and interviews. July 13, 2023
Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapseLeaders of SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents the actors, voted Thursday to strike after contract talks collapsed with the studios and streaming services that hire them. July 13, 2023
Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Contempt’ — his provocative 1963 movie about a marriage — screens in a 4k restoration at Siskel CenterIt remains as peculiar, sullen and gorgeous a film today as when Godard had the profoundly conflicted experience of making it 60 years ago. July 13, 2023
Jamie Foxx still ‘not 100%’ after heath scare, despite Chicago area sightings: reportDespite appearing in public in Chicago over the weekend for the first time in months, Jame Foxx is still “not 100%,” according to a new report. July 13, 2023
‘Project Greenlight’ review: In Season 5, Issa Rae and friends take over for Matt Damon and Ben AffleckPast seasons resulted in unwatchable movies and careers that never flourished. Maybe that’s why "Project Greenlight" has been moribund for nearly a decade. July 13, 2023
Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: ‘How do we overcome the convenience that exists on the couch?’ Gene Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: "When we all quarantined, I think a lot of us realized the value of shared cultural experience." July 13, 2023
‘Succession’ tops Emmy nominations with 27 as ‘Last of Us’ and ‘White Lotus’ give HBO top 3 spots HBO dominates this year's Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74 nods. July 12, 2023
Milan Kundera, renowned Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris. He was 94. July 12, 2023
‘Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake’ review: Two ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small town IllinoisLuann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan, the Frick and Frack of Bravolebrities, star in this "The Simple Life" meets "Schitt's Creek" ripoff. July 12, 2023
Designer and illustrator Monte Beauchamp brings comic anthology ‘BLAB!’ back to compelling, colorful life“BLAB!” was born in 1986 as a way for Monte Beauchamp to find an escape from the office politics of the design firm where he worked. July 12, 2023
‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ review: I choose to accept the year’s most satisfying action movie"Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One" is the one franchise action blowout this year that knows what it's doing. July 12, 2023
7 outdoor theater options for summer 2023: Shakespeare dominates under the starsThis list, with stops in Chicago and just beyond, should help those looking to experience theater in a way only summer can provide. July 12, 2023
Mullet growing contest and the Rhinestone Roper among the new attractions at this year’s Kane County FairAlong with its usual array of 4-H Club projects, carnival rides and family-friendly attractions, this year’s Kane County Fair will be doing its part to bring back the mullet. July 11, 2023
Britney Spears set to release memoir ‘The Woman in Me’ in OctoberBritney Spears has set a date and revealed the title for her upcoming, much buzzed-about memoir. July 11, 2023
Jamie Foxx spotted at Topgolf in Naperville before boat ride on Chicago RiverActor Jamie Foxx was spotted swinging a driver Saturday night at Topgolf, the first time he’s been seen in public since he was hospitalized with a mystery “health complication” in the spring. July 11, 2023
My worst moment: ‘The Bear’ star Liza Colón-Zayas and the bloody stage mishapSometimes on stage actors momentarily lose place of where they are in the story. Here's what happens when you're covered in blood. July 11, 2023
Chicago’s new and swanky private Astor Club opens for business in the heart of the Gold CoastAdam and Victoria Bilter have opened the private Astor Club in the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast. July 11, 2023
A conversation with Patric McCoy, who photographed Black gay men enjoying themselves in 1980s ChicagoPatric McCoy traveled around Chicago on his bike with his camera over a 10-year period, taking thousands of images of Black gay men. July 10, 2023
Jamie Foxx spotted on mega-boat in Chicago River in first public appearance since ‘health complication’TMZ obtained video showing Jamie Foxx waving from a mega-boat cruising on the Chicago River. July 10, 2023