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TUE, 10/4/2022

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Loretta Lynn waves to the crowd after performing during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show in 2014 in Nashville, Tenn. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.

Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany.

Musk offers to end legal fight, pay $44 billion to buy Twitter

Elon Musk is abandoning his legal battle to back out of buying Twitter by offering to go through with his original $44 billion bid for the social media platform.
Hoffman Estates High School grad Sam Alex earned a Country Music Association Broadcast Award nomination for “The Sam Alex Show.”

Sound check: Sam Alex's CMA nod; Jon Shain and MUSE come to town

Nationally syndicated broadcaster Sam Alex earns a CMA nomination; MUSE hits Chicago with its "Simulation Theory World Tour"; and bluesman Jon Shain plays an intimate set in Downers Grove.
David Koelling, left, and Jessen Koelling plan to open gigi, a new bistro in Barrington. David Koelling is a longtime restaurateur who has owned and operated eateries in Barrington and Wauconda.

Father and son teaming up to open new Barrington bistro

A former Barrington restaurateur is returning with his son to open a new dining venue in a familiar location.
The series “Sherwood” premieres Tuesday, Oct. 4, on BritBox; the documentary “The Redeem Team” debuts Friday, Oct. 7, on Netflix; and the thriller “Luckiest Girl Alive,” also drops Friday on Netflix.
New to streaming this week: 'Luckiest Girl Alive,' 'The Redeem Team' and Charlie Puth's 'Charlie'
Releasing this week on streaming are the Netflix thriller "Luckiest Girl Alive" starring Mila Kunis, pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth's "Charlie," and the drama series "Sherwood" on BritBox.
Elphaba (Lissa deGuzman) realizes the extent of her magical powers as she sings “Defying Gravity” in Broadway in Chicago’s “Wicked.”
Uplifting 'Wicked' will make you shake your broom at Dorothy
Broadway in Chicago's reboot of the iconic "Wicked' is a dark romp with a riveting cast. Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba sizzles in "Defying Gravity," and John Bolton as the Wizard brings out the villian in vaudevillian.
Fire fairy Bloom (Abigail Cowen) works on controlling her powers in “Fate: The Winx Saga” on Netflix.
'The Winx Saga' star says showbiz isn't all fairy dust
In the Netflix series "Fate: The Winx Saga," Abigail Cowen plays Bloom, a teenage fairy with recently discovered powers. The second-season show has ranked on the streaming service's Top 10 lists in several countries, finding its footing among similar teen dramas. Despite the great gig, the 24-year-old admits to bouts of doubt.
“Our Missing Hearts” by Celeste Ng.
Book review: Celeste Ng's 'Our Missing Hearts' conjures up a dystopian future
Celeste Ng takes us into a dystopian future where people are judged on their embrace of American "customs and traditions" and people of Asian descent are viewed with suspicion, sometimes even hate, in "Our Missing Hearts."
This is the cover of “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” by Bono. Live Nation and Penguin Random House announced Monday that the 62-year-old superstar will visit 14 cities in November to promote his book.
Chicago stop part of Bono's book tour
Bono will be in Chicago Nov. 8 to promote his memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story."
This replica of a baryonyx, a dinosaur species which roamed parts of the planet more than 125 million years ago, will be on display at Jurassic Quest, a touring dinosaur exhibit, which will make two stops in the suburbs this month.
Jurassic Quest touring the suburbs this month, stops first in Grayslake
Replicas of dinosaurs, ranging in size from a baby triceratops to a life-size T-Rex, will arrive in the suburbs this month as part of the country's largest touring dino exhibit.
“Emancipation” starring Will Smith will be released in theaters on Dec. 2 and via streaming on Dec. 9.
Will Smith's 'Emancipation' gets release date, post-slap
After holding "Emancipation" in limbo following Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor's next big project this December.
Arcada Theatre owner Ron Onesti introduces the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?
All my dad's stories were centered around Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Horace Heidt, and Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Forza Meats owner Mario Minelli, Elizabeth Minelli and Pat Nimrod, president of the OLPH Men’s Club, hoist pretzels and steins at Blocktoberfest.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
IMAGES: Stars arrive at Emmy Awards
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IMAGES: Emmy Awards show honors best of TV
Jack Koshkin, left, and Rafael Gandre of Wisconsin funky prog-rock band Fightin' Bob leave it all on the stage at the Bitter Jester Music Festival's summer finale concert at Madame Zuzu's in Highland Park Sunday, Sept. 4.
Bitter Jester wraps up its 16th season with tribute to Highland Park community
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