Column: Nearing age 100, it’s springtime for Mel Brooks in new Judd Apatow documentary
Mel Brooks is the centerpiece of a thoughtfully thrilling documentary now airing on HBO Max, “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!”
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Column: A photographer travels the Illinois high school basketball circuit
Vincent Johnson's book "Illustrious" captures high school gymnasiums across the state — your memories may be pictured here, too.
Column: Was tiny Walter Eckersall the city’s greatest football player?
“Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports” is a new book about a long-forgotten player who predates the Bears.
Column: Defying the calendar and playing on, jazzman Bobby Lewis is turning 90
As you know if you ever saw him in a nightclub or plan to see him at Winter’s Jazz Club, Bobby Lewis is defying the calendar.
Column: Chevy Chase and Seymour Hersh get the documentaries they deserve
A look at two new documentaries: "I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not" about Chevy Chase and "Cover-Up" about Seymour Hersh.
In appreciation: Chicago singer Josie Falbo had a voice bigger than her fame
Jazz singer Josie Falbo died on Jan. 1 after a year-long fight with cancer. She was 82 and had just released a new album.
Who We Lost in 2025: Actors to astronauts, remembering those departed in this last year
George Wendt. Shirley Mordine. The Royal George. Remembering some of the people, places and events that had been a part of this city.
Millie Hefner Gunn, first wife of Hugh Hefner and mother to Christie, dies at 99
She helped support and shape the magazine that would become Playboy Enterprises, but never tried to capitalize on Hugh Hefner's subsequent fame after their divorce in 1959.
Column: Nick Digilio is surviving the movie critic world and has ’40 Films’ to prove it
This memoir of sorts, published by Chicago's Eckhartz Press, takes us through years of his career and introduces us to dozens of movies along the way.
John Corkery, a Chicago attorney and ‘performer at heart,’ dies at 82
Corkery’s creative spark was on display for more than three decades as one of the writers and performers in the Chicago Bar Association's “Christmas Spirits” show.