Entertainment Stories from August 4, 2022
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Wonder Woman, Spider-Man chosen as Lake County's favorite heroes in mock electionAug 4, 2022 3:34 PM - The results from the Lake County Clerk's Office's mock election are in -- Wonder Woman and Spider-Man are the county's favorite female and male superheroes, respectively. The contest, held during the Lake County Fair, was an opportunity for the clerk's office to give children and those young at heart an opportunity to use the county's newest voting machines.
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Dessert shop specializing in Asian treats coming to WheelingAug 4, 2022 3:33 PM - A dessert shop with an Asian flair is coming to Wheeling's Restaurant Row.
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Keanu Reeves takes rare TV role in historical thriller
Aug 4, 2022 2:18 PM - Keanu Reeves will star in a TV adaptation of 'The Devil in the White City.'
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Review: Twins' harmonies shimmer on album of covers
Aug 4, 2022 11:35 AM - Identical twins David and Adam Moss are known as the Brother Brothers
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North Shore entertainment: Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams play Evanston's Out of Space weekendAug 4, 2022 10:44 AM - Evanston SPACE's Out of Space concert series hits this weekend with Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, Lucinda Williams and Buddy Guy; The Revivalists bring their fiery rock to Ravinia; the 41st Annual Festival of the Arts pops up in Libertyville; and much more.
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Loneliness and hope both eternal in 'A Love Song'
Aug 4, 2022 10:39 AM - The first shots of "A Love Song" are a signal for the rest of the film -- stubborn flowers and shrubs pushing through dry, stony earth in southwest Colorado. Max Walker-Silverman's film is also a spare beauty, delicate but strong and tenacious, exploring time, love and nature through the eyes of Dale Dickey and Wes Studi.
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Flourishes of cinematic brilliance fight superficiality, numbing gore in blackly comic 'Bullet Train'
Aug 4, 2022 8:24 AM - David Leitch's "Bullet Train" is an overstuffed, frustratingly ambitious mess in which flourishes of cinematic brilliance fight for supremacy against superficial characters and a numbing overload of gore.
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Pandemic-delayed 'Devil Wears Prada' opens in Chicago, and its creatives couldn't be happier
Aug 4, 2022 8:22 AM - "People who get to live their life in the American theater are very lucky," says Anna D. Shapiro, director of the Broadway-bound "The Devil Wears Prada," which opens Sunday.
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Indian Trails library branch celebrating its 10th anniversaryAug 4, 2022 6:00 AM - You're invited to a 10th anniversary celebration for the Wheeling-based Indian Trails Public Library District's branch in Prospect Heights.
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen charms, mystifies in Apple TV+'s thriller 'Surface'
Aug 4, 2022 6:00 AM - In Apple TV+'s "Surface," Oliver Jackson-Cohen stars as James, a husband desperately trying to keep the pretenses of a happy marriage afloat after an accident caused his wife, Sophie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), to lose her long-term memory.
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