Chief Keef released
Rapper Chief Keef was released from court oversight today after completing 90 days in a California drug rehab.But the Cook County judge warned the rap artist, whose real name is Keith Cozart: "If I see...
View ArticlePolar Plunge
"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon walked into Lake Michigan Sunday morning in the promised suit and tie, turned toward the beach, then fall back into the water, going completely under.Chicago Mayor...
View ArticleFeeling guilty yet?
Let's face it: I'm smug about all the things I've been right about politically speaking. George W. Bush and the Iraq war would both be disasters, equality for gays and lesbians, the seriousness of...
View ArticleNot a psycho
The "cocktail of madness and maternity that is Norma Bates" may seem like a psycho, but "Bates Motel" star Vera Farmiga defends her character."I admire her tenacious love for her child," the Emmy...
View ArticleDreams come true
That "whoosh" you heard Sunday night during the Academy Awards telecast was me breathing a sigh of relief.Good judgment prevailed and "12 Years a Slave" deservedly won the Best Picture Oscar over a...
View ArticleBehind The Shield
So you want to be a professional wrestler?Take it from Seth Rollins, who has jumped through more rings than you can count, that it's a long road. But after years of driving from his hometown in Iowa to...
View ArticlePro wrestling's Chicago underdog
Pro wrestler Colt Cabana pretends to hurt people for a living. The 33-year-old Deerfield native has been doing it for 15 years, briefly in WWE but mostly on the independent scene. But the punch he...
View ArticleWhat's on TV tonight
Norma Bates brings her special brand of mothering back to TV in March with the second season premiere of "Bates Motel." Viewers also can look forward to new seasons of "Da Vinci's Demons,""Star Wars:...
View ArticleLea Michele's new album 'Louder' lacks emotion
Album Review"Louder"Lea Michele0.5 stars (out of four) If Lea Michele is anything like her ambitious "Glee" character, Rachel Berry, this probably ran through her head when she first landed the show:...
View ArticleNew 312 on 3/12
If you're used to telling your bartender "I'll have a 312, please," you'll have to be more specific. Beginning March 12, Goose Island Beer Co. will debut a second beer in its 312 line-312 Urban Pale...
View Article6 reasons to hate St. Louis Blues
The Olympics are long gone. The spectacle of snowy Soldier Field is now a beautiful memory. Back to real hockey, my friends. With 20 games to go, the Blackhawks are tied with St. Louis for first in the...
View ArticleJust the snacks
Kelly Anne Celli, a Lincoln Park Zoo employee who moonlights as a real estate agent, compares herself to a giraffe because she's always munching, slowly but surely. On something.She never sits for...
View ArticleOwn a piece of Dominick's
It might be the last chance to own a piece of Chicago grocery history. An online auction is selling the last bits of the Edgewater Dominick's location--set to become a Whole Foods next year--and there...
View ArticleMeet Nora
After four nameless months and thousands of online votes, Brookfield Zoo's baby gorilla is now known as Nora.The infant, born in November to 18-year-old Koola, was officially named Tuesday after two...
View ArticleCampus petition
Northwestern University officials responded today to an online petition by hundreds of students calling for improvements to the school's handling of sexual misconduct allegations, including the...
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