Just as Stacy Keach wraps up with "King Lear" at the Goodman Theatre later this month, Peter Weller (right) rolls into town for "Frank's Home," which opens at the Goodman...
Don "The Diaper" King? It's true. The fast-talking boxing showman, in town with his "Red October" double bill at Rosemont's Allstate Arena on Saturday, tells Armour & Co. he's venturing...
David Letterman made a big deal recently about former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey failing to show up to read one of his Top 10 lists. Letterman was under the...
Joe Katz was in the middle of making what he called his "Bloody Mary Lunch" on a recent Sunday at Lucky Strike Lanes. "Let's see, a little bit of cheese,...
Just when you thought there couldn't be another Wayans, another one has burst onto the comedy scene. It's 23-year-old Damon Wayans Jr. who, of course, is Damon Wayans' kid. Junior...
Here's yet another sign that the world is going to the dogs. Does the name Skip Haynes ring a bell? He was part of the Chicago-based folk trio Aliotta Haynes...
The way John Scheinfeld sees it, not much has changed since John Lennon was persecuted by the U.S. government, which is the subject of his documentary "The U.S. vs. John...
The CTA is a major part of the story line in Marc Forster's "Stranger Than Fiction," which opens the Chicago International Film Festival on Thursday. In the film, Will Ferrell...
Apparently, Sekou Bunch isn't a loser after all. Bunch, you might already know, was the first one kicked off the island in the latest edition of the reality show "Survivor."...
With the city closing out a slow year for filmmaking, people notice any time there are movie trucks out around town. Last week, NBC's "ER" was here shooting exteriors with...