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“Artificial” star Andrew Garfield is weighing on Amazon MGM Studios’ decision to drop the Luca Guadagnino-directed film about Sam Altman and OpenAI. “I was and I wasn’t [surprised],” the Oscar winner told me Wednesday while promoting his new movie “The …

Anthony Mackie recently told IMDb (via The Independent) about Ian McKellen’s wholesome reaction when he told him on the “Avengers: Doomsday” set that he was playing Captain America. “I go to Ian McKellen, he goes, ‘Hello, son.’ I’m like, ‘Ian …

Theater The Gift Theatre presents Irish playwright Marina Carr’s “Marble,” the story of two married couples whose comfortable lives begin to splinter after a shared dream triggers suspicion and desire. Kay Martinovich directs. From July 30-Aug. 30 at Copernicus Center, …

Gunship is back with a spooky new music video. The trio’s video is for their cover of Cyndi Lauper’s iconic “Time After Time,” which is featured on the soundtrack of Corin Hardy’s recent horror film “Whistle.” Hardy also directs the …

Pat Fitzgerald wears an emerald tie these days and ends his press conferences with an enthusiastic “Go Green!” But his long, often successful tenure as a player and coach at Northwestern — which ended in an abrupt and ugly manner …

A group of Democratic state lawmakers from around the nation were in Chicago Wednesday to push for more legislation that would give the public the ability to sue ICE agents over fatal shootings and arrests made without warrants. “I never …

St. Vincent’s music goes beyond the merely dramatic, at times; it can be harrowing, if not soul-shaking, in its most intimate and passionate moments. So it’s not completely surprising that Annie Clark, the woman behind the nom de plume, would …

A Hollywood movie producer with credits on “Joker” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was charged this week with running a $100 million Ponzi scheme that ensnared several Illinois investors, the Department of Justice announced. Jason Cloth, 60, of Beverly Hills, was arrested …

Two suburban cemetery workers arrested by federal immigration agents last fall are suing the federal government as a part of nationwide American Civil Liberties Union effort attempting to hold U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees accountable. The two workers, both …

Keep that World Cup fever going with soccer‘s biggest and brightest stars taking to the pitch tonight for the 2026 MLS All-Star Game. This is the fourth time since 2020 that the North American league has faced off against Mexico’s …

Tomi Adeyemi, author of the novel “Children of Blood and Bone,” said the upcoming Paramount film adaptation of her book was “the worst thing I have ever had to live through” and “I never want to hear about this project …

The Bruin Theater in Los Angeles’ Westwood Village is set to reopen in October, with the announcement capping a big month for the city’s movie lovers. Last week, Sony Pictures announced it will take over operation of the Cinerama Dome …

Meta continues to post soaring revenue, but the Mark Zuckerberg-led company took a big hit in the second quarter of 2026 related to legal proceedings and layoffs. The company, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, said it took $2.4 billion …

Glen Powell’s football comedy “Chad Powers” is back for Season 2, which will release Sept. 3 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.  People are starting to catch on to the odd behavior of Russ Holliday, aka Chad …

As a kid, Roman Kantserov remembers watching Transformers and Spider-Man movies with Russian subtitles. As he prepares for his first season with the Blackhawks, the 21-year-old forward from Magnitogorsk, Russia, is now watching those same movies in English. That’s one …

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James on Friday ordered 12 local law enforcement agencies to end their formal 287(g) cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by August 25. The directive is part of …

Connie Anderson will fill a vacancy on Chicago’s school board representing the city’s Far South Side, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office announced Wednesday. That means Anderson will get to serve for a few months in the seat she’s seeking in November, …

ST. LOUIS — La experiencia de Pedro Ramírez ha sido positiva para los Cubs. El joven jugador de cuadro ha impresionado a la directiva en su primera toma de contacto con las Grandes Ligas esta temporada, y se ha acomodado …

Bears defensive end Montez Sweat’s illness, as it turns out, cost him just 24 hours. One day after the Bears put their best defensive end on the Non-Football Illness list, they removed him from it Wednesday afternoon. In between, he …

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan took the long-awaited step Wednesday of asking the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of the historic corruption conviction that could keep him behind bars until he is nearly 90 years old. …