MIAMI – Colin Rea spent parts of three seasons with the Brewers. You know, that team that refuses to relinquish its grip on the NL Central. So who better than Rea to explain how it is that the Brew Crew …
Cubs might not catch Brewers in NL Central, but eyes are on World Series, no matter how they get there Read MoreAndy “The Butcher” Williams, a professional wrestler who played guitar with the bands Every Time I Die and Atomic Rule, died Saturday night after collapsing at the end of his match in Millvale, Pennsylvania. He was 48. Williams was rushed …
Andy ‘The Butcher’ Williams, Musician and Wrestler, Dies After Match Read MoreNetflix wants the “ink” to dry on its Oscar prospects. Danny Boyle made his first trip to Venice with “Ink,” his adaptation of James Graham’s stage sensation, which opened the 83rd edition in competition before moving through Telluride and Toronto, …
Netflix Bets ‘Ink’ and Its Timely Rupert Murdoch Story Can Win Oscars for Danny Boyle and Guy Pearce Read MoreForty years into a career that has made him one of American cinema’s most recognizable character actors, John Turturro has a Cannes best actor prize, an enviable résumé and exactly zero Oscar mornings when his name was read aloud with …
John Turturro Has Waited 40 Years for an Oscar Nomination. ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Makes the Case Read MoreAs anyone who has made a great-author biopic (or even watched one, for that matter) can tell you, writing is among the hardest professions to make cinematic. The slow churn of ideas, the second-guessing and self-editing, and even those rare, …
‘Agata the Writer’ Review: Mia Wasikowska Plays an Author Adrift and Short of Ideas, in a Sly, Witty Film With Plenty Read MoreOn Sunday, influencer Amanda Hirsch — the creator behind the popular “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, who also hosts Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast — addressed the uproar about having posted partner content with the betting platform Polymarket over the Lindsay …
Podcaster Amanda Hirsch Apologizes for ‘Insensitive, Wrong’ Polymarket Lindsay Clancy Sponsored Content: ‘I Should Have Known Better’ Read MoreAcclaimed South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returned after 24 years to the Venice Film Festival, where he was warmly embraced with a six-minute standing ovation for his sweeping romantic drama “Possible Love.” Directed by Lee and co-written by Oh Jung-mi, …
‘Possible Love’ Cast Sobs as Lee Chang-dong’s Epic Embraced at Venice With 6-Minute Standing Ovation Read MoreAgainst the rubble gray and stiff mahogany with which director May el-Toukhy washes out her post-Second World War Copenhagen, the pops of crimson in “Woman Unknown” announce a stark symbolism that’s about as subtle as the red swastika eventually smeared …
‘Woman Unknown’ Review: Some More Problematic Sex — and Its Consequences — by Denmark’s May el-Toukhy Read MoreMacklemore opened for Ed Sheeran on Friday night in New Jersey at the MetLife Stadium, and during his set the rapper sang out “Free Palestine” before launching into a speech, telling the audience he wanted people in Gaza and the …
Macklemore Calls Out ‘Free Palestine’ Onstage, Spurring Petition Demanding He Leave Ed Sheeran Tour Read MoreThere are dozens of football players lining up at new schools as transfers this fall, but none has a story like Odurose Acheampong’s. The Young senior is an exchange student from Ghana. He not only had never played football before, …
New country, new sport: Odurose Acheampong, an exchange student from Ghana, tries out football at Young Read MoreThree people were shot and seriously hurt in West Garfield Park Sunday morning, according to Chicago police. The group was outside in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard at 7:11 a.m. when two people exited a dark colored sedan …
3 people shot, seriously injured in West Garfield Park Read MoreDuSable Lake Shore Drive was a little quieter and whole lot more peaceful Sunday morning. Thousands of cyclists took part in the 25th Bike the Drive, a once-a-year chance to (legally) bike down 30 miles of state highway and revel …
Some cyclists at Bike the Drive dream of safer roads for all Read MoreCatholic League football rivalries on the South Side always receive a load of attention. Brother Rice vs. Marist is the Battle of Pulaski. St. Rita and Mount Carmel have been locking horns since 1924. The Caravan’s recent dominance (they have …
Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 4 Read MoreOutfielder Tommy Pham has one at-bat in one game with the White Sox since being acquired Aug. 31, but the team put him on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a strained left calf. Pham’s IL stint is retroactive to …
White Sox put Tommy Pham on injured list, recall Edgar Quero — giving them 3 catchers Read MoreChicagoans celebrated the city’s ties to America’s labor movements Saturday at the Chicago Labor Day Parade. Organized and run by the Chicago Federation of Labor, the event has been held in the Pullman Historic District since 2023 to spotlight the …
Chicago Labor Day Parade and Eddie Fest highlights city’s historic labor connections Read MoreOasis mania hit Venice Film Festival on Saturday night as Liam and Noel Gallagher presented the world premiere of their highly anticipated documentary “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” The rock doc received an eight-minute standing ovation as the once-estranged brothers …
Liam and Noel Gallagher Raise Fists and Electrify Venice as Oasis Doc Gets 8-Minute Standing Ovation Read MorePenélope Cruz became an Oscar winner when 2008’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” made her the first Spanish actress to win an acting Oscar. Seventeen years later, she is not chasing a second statuette so much as choosing which vehicle to ride …
Three Films, and a Second Oscar? How Penélope Cruz Could Dominate Awards Season With ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘The Invite’ and ‘Bunker’ Read MoreThe embattled chairman of the Triton College board, Mark Stephens, has resigned his leadership post. Stephens — who’s been under pressure to step down since a July 31 arrest on drug charges in far northwest suburban Harvard — is staying …
Under pressure following drug arrest, Rosemont’s Mark Stephens resigns as chairman of Triton College’s board Read MoreThe 2016 documentary “Supersonic,” focused on Oasis’ beginnings and incredibly fast rise to superstardom, made no mention of what was then the most salient fact about the Gallagher brothers: that from 2009, they were no longer on speaking terms. Ten …
‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Review: An Uncharacteristically Polite and Sentimental Portrait of a Raucous Band and Phenomenon Read MoreLet’s dispense with the suspense. Mike Leigh has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and has won it zero times. That seems wrong. He has a Palme d’Or, a Golden Lion, five decades of films that taught generations …
Hey, Oscars: No Sympathy Required to Give Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ the Consideration It Deserves Read More