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Adam Sandler poses for photographers on the red carpet for the film 'Jay Kelly' during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Aug. 28, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/Invision)

Adam Sandler (and the pope, Caleb Williams, singalongs) brings heavy ’70s variety show vibes to United Center

October 21, 2025 at 12:20 p.m.

Adam Sandler’s new shows are awkwardly titled the You’re My Best Friend Tour, but it's a pretty spot-on way of describing a show so driven by the audience’s warmth and...

Evan Zimmerman, left, and his son Harrison Zimmerman, 7, pose in a station wagon similar to the one Michael Myers drives in the movie Halloween, after cosplaying at a horror movie trivia night at D-Town Energy in Decatur, Indiana, on Oct. 9. 2025. The Zimmermans are popular on Tik Tok for dressing as Michael Myers for videos. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana

October 16, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the "Halloween" movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.

Tom Morello outside rehearsal of the new production, “Revolution(s),” at the Goodman Theatre, Oct. 2, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Speaking truth to power: Tom Morello on his Goodman debut, activist art and growing up in Libertyville

October 10, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.

John Mulaney holding an "SNL Daily Tribune," a parody of the infamous baiduhai front page headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." The image was made by photographer Mary Ellen Matthews as a commercial bumper for "Saturday Night Live." Matthews has been making "SNL" bumpers for 25 years. (Photograph by Mary Ellen Matthews)

As ‘SNL’ begins its 51st season, an appreciation of those celeb ‘bumper’ photos

October 3, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.

The portraits have all been made by two photographers, Mary Ellen Matthews and Edie Baskin, who have collected their work in recent art books.

Michelle Esbensen browses for books in the horror section at Unabridged Books in Chicago on Sept. 26, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Poking around the scary, horrible, disgusting, excellent cauldron of new horror lit

October 2, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But...

Domhnall Gleeson (standing) as Ned, the new editor in chief on "The Paper." (Aaron Epstein/Peacock)

Column: You think your office is a sitcom? I worked at Toledo’s Blade newspaper, a loose inspiration for ‘The Paper’

September 25, 2025 at 5:43 p.m.

The new Peacock sitcom set at a Toledo newspaper is by the creators of “The Office.” Some real newspaper staffers in that Ohio city threw a little watch party in...

Abby Pucker oversees installations for her Chicago Exhibition Weekend, now in its fourth year, Sept. 16, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

The rise, and rise, of Abby Pucker, Chicago’s hot art world booster — and Pritzker family member

September 19, 2025 at 9:26 p.m.

Chicago Exhibition Weekend opens Friday at galleries all over town, with a 33-year-old dynamo making it happen. The Pritzker family member has proven that she's a very hands-on kind of...

Mike Scott leads the Waterboys at Thalia Hall in Chicago on Sept. 16, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Review: The Waterboys want to tell you about, uh, Dennis Hopper, and it’s wonderful

September 17, 2025 at 10:22 a.m.

The Waterboys concert at Thalia Hall focused on their new concept album, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper."

"Art Work: On the Creative Life," by Sally Mann, "Somebody is Walking on Your Grave," by Mariana Enriquez, and "Dead and Alive Essays," by Zadie Smith. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Books for fall 2025: Luigi, Ozzy and the great beyond

September 11, 2025 at 5:45 a.m.

The endless to-be-read list on your phone, the ready-to-be-read stack on your bedside table, should expect company, regardless of whether you read cozy mysteries or harrowing memoirs.

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who perform at the United Center, Sept. 7, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Review: The Who says a lovely, ragged farewell at the United Center

September 8, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

We don't always know how to watch our gods of classic rock as they get older. Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend have an answer, by keeping it real, the screams,...

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