It’s Tax Day on Wednesday — the deadline for most Americans to file taxes — and President Donald Trump’s administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime, exemptions for interest …
Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax breaks before the deadline Read MoreWest Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park started resuming its hospital-based clinics and testing services in a “graduated manner” on Wednesday, according to the hospital’s owner. Dr. Manoj Prasad, the owner of West Suburban and its private parent company Resilience …
West Suburban Medical Center reopening some clinics amid eviction fight Read MoreNEW YORK — The numbers are in, and the NBA says Year 1 of its new television deals were a hit. The league released numbers for the regular season on Wednesday, showing that 170 million people in the U.S. watched …
Viewership of NBA regular-season games up 86% over last season Read MoreA 23-year-old son of former Cook County Board Commissioner Dennis Deer fatally shot his his mom to death before turning the gun on himself in their East Garfield Park neighborhood home, officials said Wednesday. Autopsies determined Deer’s widow, Barbara A. …
Dennis Deer’s son fatally shot mom, turned gun on self in Garfield Park, officials say Read MoreMark Ruffalo warned of “devastating” effects on film, TV and the news media if Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ruffalo, who is among more than 3,000 Hollywood signatories as of Wednesday of an open letter seeking …
Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: ‘Don’t Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires’ Read MoreParamount TV Media chairman George Cheeks says late night is still a work in progress at the network. The Eye did a one-year deal with Byron Allen to air his “Comics Unleashed” at 11:35 p.m. as a time buy, allowing …
CBS Says It Will Develop New Late Night Concepts After Axing Stephen Colbert, but ‘Immediate Profitability’ Is the Focus With New Byron Allen Deal Read MoreOn today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America’s four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that will be sent out to members for a ratification vote on …
LISTEN: What Did the Writers Guild of America Achieve in its Four-Year Contract With Studios and Streamers? Read MoreHan Solo is coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. on April 29, but not all fans are satisfied with the new look of the intergalactic smuggler. On April 15, the official “Star Wars” X account …
‘No Harrison Ford’: Disneyland’s New Han Solo Debuts at Galaxy’s Edge and Gets Roasted by Fans for ‘Worst Wig Ever’ and More Read MoreThroughout its entire 54-year history, “The Price Is Right” never aired a live episode — until this fall. CBS revealed Wednesday that it has ordered “The Price Is Right Live,” a one-hour special set to air during the holiday season. …
CBS to Air First-Ever ‘The Price Is Right’ Live Special, Adds Kids Choice Awards Simulcast Read MoreThe thing that finally broke me was when a reader thought it was my co-worker, Violet Miller, in the hot dog costume. In my role as innovation editor at the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, I’d worked with our marketing team …
No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and I are not the same person Read MoreAmerica’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion. More than 5 million have already gone more than a year without making a payment and are in default. Another 4 million …
Apprenticeships offer a way forward for young people Read MoreBrett Chase’s article in the Sun-Times, “Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here’s why,” correctly calls out the need to create more green spaces to soak up excess water from the stronger, more frequent thunderstorms the region is experiencing due …
More state, local funding needed to boost protection from floods Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Just because Farrah Abraham’s daughter is homeschooled, that doesn’t mean she can’t get invited to prom. Yes, a human child was educated by Farrah Abraham, but try to put those horrors out of your mind, so …
Farrah Abraham’s Daughter Sophia Rocks Expensive Goth Look for Prom, Divides … Read MoreTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A new biopic is set for release later this year, all about the founder of American …
Trailer for Hershey’s biopic absolutely roasted for looking like ‘fake AI movie’ Read MoreTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Glastonbury Festival for most punters is a bit of a blur, but for Peter Capaldi he’s …
Peter Capaldi struggles to believe his wild Glastonbury stage cameo wasn’t ‘a dream’ Read MoreProtesters have gathered to demonstrate after a woman in her 20’s was raped by several men outside a church (Picture: Getty) Protesters are gathering in Epsom demanding police release descriptions of a group of men suspected of raping a woman …
Protesters confront police demanding descriptions of church ‘gang rape suspects’ Read MoreGetting laid off tends to be a traumatic experience for the majority of people. However, for Chef Zubair Mohajir, a multiple James Beard Award nominee, “Chopped” winner and “Top Chef” contender, it became the day his life began. “I was …
Chef Zubair Mohajir is having fun going into business with friends Read MoreIllinois leaders courageously fought the powerful gun lobby and led the country in gun violence prevention when they enacted a statewide ban on automatic weapons in 2023, but advances in technology are undermining that progress with a so-called “switch.” No …
Ban handguns that are easily turned into illegal machine guns Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes Bunnie Xo says that her husband slowed his roll, if you will. Jelly Roll’s dramatic weight loss is no secret. The controversial musician has even boasted about how is sex life has improved since he began …
Bunnie Xo Says Jelly Roll’s Libido Dropped After Weight Loss (Before Things Picked … Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Lena Dunham has a new memoir out. And as with everything she does, her fans are ecstatic, and her critics are using it as ammo to hate her even more. In one of the book’s most …
Lena Dunham Blasts Adam Driver For Tantrums, Reveals She Cheated on Jack Antonoff In New … Read More