Entertainment Stories from August 8, 2022
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Local artist's work on display at Des Plaines library
Aug 8, 2022 5:51 PM - The Des Plaines Public Library is hosting an exhibition of paintings on silk by Rhonda Popko, president of the Des Plaines Art Guild. -
Olivia Newton-John, superstar singer and actress, dies at 73
Aug 8, 2022 3:37 PM - Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as "Physical" and "You're the One That I Want" and won countless hearts as everyone's favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of "Grease," has died. She was 73.
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Slight alterations needed for 'The Devil Wears Prada' musical in Chicago
Aug 8, 2022 1:31 PM - "The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical" still needs some alterations in its Chicago world-premiere run at the James M. Nederlander Theatre. Otherwise, this pre-Broadway tryout is mostly successful at capturing the dazzle and dilemmas of the 2006 film and Lauren Weisberger's best-selling 2003 novel about an aspiring writer who begins working for an exacting editor-in-chief at a glossy fashion magazine. -
Review: Slick crime novel 'Heat 2' revisits a classic movie
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David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89
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Review: A hero struggles with a mystery readers can solve
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Review: Rough-start novel with redemptive, touching finish
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Review: Fake pregnancy transforms lonely salarywoman's life
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Brad Pitt's 'Bullet Train' pulls into station with $30.1M
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'We have not told this story correctly': Waubonsie Valley updating its Potawatomi imagery
Aug 8, 2022 6:13 AM - Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora has begun replacing inaccurate and offensive portrayals of Native Americans that are based on the school's Warriors nickname. The multiyear program includes a new mural and other items honoring and telling the true story of Chief Waubonsie and the Potawatomi people who lived for hundreds of years in the region.
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