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President Donald Trump was criticized for participating in a staged photo op at the White House on Monday with a DoorDash driver (Sharon Simmons, dubbed “DoorDash grandma,” who lives in Arkansas) to promote his “No Tax on Tips” policy. When …

Friday was a good-bad-ugly kind of day for the health of the Cubs’ pitching staff. Left-hander Matthew Boyd said he’s on target to return to the rotation Wednesday, the team put closer Daniel Palenica on the 15-day injured list and …

With Opening Day starter and 2025 All-Star Shane Smith trying to recapture his form in the minors, the top spot in the White Sox’ rotation is there for the taking. As he prepares for his fourth start of the season …

El salario por hora de los trabajadores que reciben propinas en Chicago volverá a aumentar para igualar el costo de vida, después de que el Concejo Municipal no pudo anular el tercer veto del alcalde Brandon Johnson. Un mes después …

A cash-strapped City Hall has missed out on more than $8 billion in sorely needed revenue because it “lacks foundational management tools” to chip away at the mountain of delinquent debt it’s owed dating back three decades, Chicago’s top government …

The Chicago Loop Alliance on Thursday announced Suzet McKinney as its new president and CEO starting May 11. She was most recently director of life sciences at developer Sterling Bay. McKinney was previously CEO of the Illinois Medical District and …

The Cubs could not be returning home to a more favorable forecast this weekend. Temperatures are climbing, and the Mets, playing so miserably that Mr. Met has asked for a trial separation, blow into town. The Mets have lost eight …

“Grey’s Anatomy” has made 320 appearances on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, more than any other series in the charts’ history. The long-running ABC medical drama beat and continues to reset a record previously held by “NCIS,” which is still in …

Mark Lubell has been named executive director of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, the organization announced Thursday, following a national search led by PBR Executive Search. A Sag Harbor resident and native New Yorker, Lubell brings decades of experience …

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, acknowledged that it was disappointing for the streamer to not win the deal for Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studios businesses. But he said the company “built its M&A muscle” through the experience — and …

Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there’s no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence in their daily lives and workplaces. “The Morning Show” star posted on Instagram Wednesday doubling down on earlier …

Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters saw their compensation come in just above $53 million in 2025, which actually marked a decrease in the chiefs’ pay packages from 2024. The streamer announced the CEOs’ pay in an SEC filing …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just because Farrah Abraham’s daughter is homeschooled, that doesn’t mean she can’t get invited to prom. Yes, a human child was educated by Farrah Abraham, but try to put those horrors out of your mind, so …

It’s Tax Day on Wednesday — the deadline for most Americans to file taxes — and President Donald Trump’s administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime, exemptions for interest …

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park started resuming its hospital-based clinics and testing services in a “graduated manner” on Wednesday, according to the hospital’s owner. Dr. Manoj Prasad, the owner of West Suburban and its private parent company Resilience …

NEW YORK — The numbers are in, and the NBA says Year 1 of its new television deals were a hit. The league released numbers for the regular season on Wednesday, showing that 170 million people in the U.S. watched …

A 23-year-old son of former Cook County Board Commissioner Dennis Deer fatally shot his his mom to death before turning the gun on himself in their East Garfield Park neighborhood home, officials said Wednesday. Autopsies determined Deer’s widow, Barbara A. …

Mark Ruffalo warned of “devastating” effects on film, TV and the news media if Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ruffalo, who is among more than 3,000 Hollywood signatories as of Wednesday of an open letter seeking …

Paramount TV Media chairman George Cheeks says late night is still a work in progress at the network. The Eye did a one-year deal with Byron Allen to air his “Comics Unleashed” at 11:35 p.m. as a time buy, allowing …

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America’s four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that will be sent out to members for a ratification vote on …

Han Solo is coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. on April 29, but not all fans are satisfied with the new look of the intergalactic smuggler. On April 15, the official “Star Wars” X account …

Throughout its entire 54-year history, “The Price Is Right” never aired a live episode — until this fall. CBS revealed Wednesday that it has ordered “The Price Is Right Live,” a one-hour special set to air during the holiday season. …

Florence Pugh and Pedro Pascal are adding their names to the now more than 2,000 Hollywood industry professionals who have signed an open letter opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. New Signatories also include Edward Norton and Atsuko Okatsuka. Joaquin Phoenix, Ben …

For all the intense backlash Lena Dunham received following her first memoir in 2014, “Not That Kind of Girl,” one might think she would be cautious about the stories she chose to share in her second memoir. But the “Girls” …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was placed on probation Tuesday for 18 months for a confrontation with his executive assistant soon after he was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with her. Moore was facing …

Navy Pier will host its biggest display of fireworks ever this summer in a special Fourth of July show for the United State’s 250th birthday. Viewers can expect to see “bigger, more extravagant” fireworks than the pier’s typical fireworks shows …

John Holecek is back. Even though he didn’t leave for very long. Holecek, an assistant coach at Loyola for the past two seasons, is once again head coach, the school announced Tuesday afternoon. Holecek stepped down in December 2022 after …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Following a hiatus of more than four years, Euphoria returned to HBO on Sunday night. And in news that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, the show’s third season is already generating controversy. Specifically, viewers …

With the 2025-26 NBA regular season over, the NBA Play-In Tournament begins to see which teams will take the last four spots (the 7-seed and 8-seed east and west, respectively) in the NBA Playoffs. Once in the playoffs, 16 teams …

Food Network star Guy Fieri, facing a social-media backlash over his friendly greeting of controversial “manosphere” influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate at a recent UFC fight, released a statement about the exchange — in which he claimed he doesn’t actually …

It was the end of 2025 when Paper & Pencil’s owners realized their 400-square-foot stationery store may have caused them to miss out on sales. While cozy and intimate, the Andersonville shop had customers lining up outside its door for …

Nicolas Cage and Osgood Perkins are expanding the “Longlegs” universe with a second installment of the new horror movie franchise. Paramount Pictures picked up the rights to the new project after “Longlegs” grossed $128 million for Neon in 2024. Perkins …

Catholic leaders, along with Gov. JB Pritzker and his gubernatorial rival Darren Bailey, are defending Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV — as President Donald Trump faces backlash for calling the head of the Catholic church “terrible for foreign policy” and posting …

Michelle Martin was asleep at her Auburn Gresham home when at least 10 gunshots from across the street startled her awake late Saturday. After calling 911, she saw paramedics doing chest compressions on Kayla Winfrey, her neighbor of nearly six …

Australian filmmaker Ben Smallbone (“Priceless,” “Homestead”) is teaming with his bother Joel David Smallbone, best known as one half of Christian pop duo For King and Country (alongside another brother, Luke Smallbone), to direct a new feature for Angel Studios. …

A new CEO is set to take over Chicago-based packaged food company Conagra Brands. John Brase, who previously served as president and chief operating officer of J.M. Smucker Co., will succeed Sean Connolly as CEO on June 1 and join …

Blackhawks star Connor Bedard will spend most of this summer training back home in Vancouver, as usual. Exactly what will that training consist of? Well, Bedard kept details hazy about his focus last summer on skating and speed, and he …

YouTube’s annual Coachella livestream is the single best place to experience new and contemporary music on the Internet: For three days, it is packed with career-defining sets for some of the most important, influential and up-and-coming artists in the world, …

Police are looking for the attacker who shot a 41-year-old woman, seriously wounding her early Monday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. She was outside in the 4200 Block of West LeMoyne Street around 2:30 a.m. when someone shot her multiples …

“A-Ten-Hut!” Beloved characters including Bonnie Hunt as Sally, Jenifer Lewis as Flo, Guido Quaroni as Guido, Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore, Michael Wallis as Sheriff and Paul Dooley as Sarge are all set to return to voice their characters when Disney+’s …