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Surely one of the hottest projects hitting the Cannes market this year is “Tomorrow Is a Drag,” the anticipated comeback of Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan with a starry ensemble led by Aubrey Plaza (upcoming “The Thomas Crown Affair,” “Ingrid Goes …

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Obsession,” now playing in theaters. Twenty-six year-old director Curry Barker started his filmmaking career by posting short-form videos on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms. That led him to shooting an hour-long, …

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Obsession,” now playing in theaters. Twenty-six year-old director Curry Barker started his filmmaking career by posting short-form videos on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms. That led him to shooting an hour-long, …

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when asked about AI …

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when asked about AI …

The stakes will be higher than ever for Bears quarterback Caleb Williams this season, which is saying a lot considering he’s been playing in the spotlight dating back to his time at USC. All eyes are on him, locally and …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier today, we reported on the news that Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette might air on ABC and Hulu beginning in July. The news came courtesy of an anonymous tip received by the reliable …

Developer Fern Hill recently presented updated plans for the transformation of Edgewater’s Emanuel Congregation into a mixed-use property, following feedback from the synagogue’s members and the community. The most notable change was moving from a horseshoe-shaped building along the lakefront …

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois and coach Brad Underwood have agreed to new financial terms on his current six-year contract that runs through 2031-32, and the deal could extend through 2035-36 based on the team’s performance over the next four seasons. Athletic …

Chris Rock had it all wrong, as it turned out, when he once laid some cynical conventional wisdom about show business on Jack Johnson. In May 2003, a 28-year-old Johnson found his way onto “The Late Show with David Letterman.” …

The writers and creators behind some of TV’s biggest limited series took to the stage at Variety’s Night in the Writers Room on May 7 to give audiences a glimpse into their production processes and adapting material for television. Moderated …

The flagging Ford City Mall on Chicago’s Southwest Side must close by noon on June 22, a Cook County judge ruled Friday. The order from Circuit Judge Leonard Murray came in response to city officials citing decay at the property …

Dieciocho personas atrapadas en la notoria redada de estilo militar en un complejo de apartamentos en el vecindario de South Shore el otoño pasado dieron un paso clave esta semana hacia la responsabilidad legal del gobierno federal por “brutalizar y …

In a busy concert month with Bruno Mars, A$AP Rocky and Kid Cudi playing Chicago, the hottest ticket in town is for a local band that hasn’t been seen or heard from in six years. When Twin Peaks announced a …

A baby girl was fatally stabbed Friday morning on the Southwest Side, and a suspect who leaped from a window to escape is in custody. Nyhnia Stovall was inside a home in the 3000 block of West 59th Street when …

Glen Powell knows he seems to be everywhere right now — but he makes no apologies for it. “I find that being hard working, it’s something I really admire in my colleagues and other people,” Powell tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit …

After a dominant Winter Olympic Games, which saw Team USA take home the gold medal, the world’s best hockey nations are once again facing off on the ice for the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship. This year’s event takes place …

Toward the beginning of his new song “Janice STFU,” Drake conducts one of his customary exercises in emo theater: “You say what my work means to me will one day be the death of me / They tried to kill …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lainey Wilson is officially a married woman after tying the knot with former NFL quarterback Devlin ‘Duck’ Hodges in what sounds like a wedding straight out of a country song (one of the happy ones). The …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the …

The White Sox said Thursday that the fan who fell into the Royals’ bullpen during the game Wednesday was doing well. “We reached out to the fan to check on his well-being, and his friend was able to share a …

As an actor — and then a Chicago cop — Kevin Michael Doyle had an unusual appreciation for life’s absurdly ironic twists. His bemusement perhaps peaked as a Chicago Police Department recruit in 1998 when an instructor took one look …

La estudiante de primer año de Harold Washington College, Zaure Bakytbekova, últimamente ha estado preocupada por más que sólo tareas y calificaciones de exámenes. Reproduce en su mente los meses del otoño pasado, cuando agentes federales de inmigración, con frecuencia …

A man was found shot in North Lawndale Wednesday night, according to Chicago police. The man, 40, was found inside a residence in the 4300 block of West Cermak Road at 8:49 p.m. with a gunshot wound to his head, …

Petros Papatheofanis fondly remembers stealing bacon off the griddle and being handed orange juice by the doting wait staff of his father’s North Center restaurant, Alps East. Tuesday morning, he got to walk back through the same door with his …

Emmy award-winning TV producer Sarah Caplan, who worked on series including “Felicity,” “Lost” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, died April 30 at Dignitas in Zurich, three years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She was 73. Her daughter, Stella Stahl, said in a …

A recommendation about whether to free Larry Hoover is now on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. An outspoken Catholic priest and a former mayoral candidate told the Sun-Times they’ve pushed the governor to grant clemency to the former Gangster Disciples leader, …

Maddie Brewer has signed with Verve for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Fourth Wall Management. Brewer is the creator, writer, and animator behind the Adult Swim series “CHIPS.” The show premiered in October 2025 …

After publicly supporting Donald Trump and the Republican Party in recent months, Nicki Minaj is opening up about why she became vocal in her support for the President. During an interview with Time, Minaj says a major reason that she …

Asghar Farhadi made a grand return to Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night with “Parallel Tales,” his French-language drama starring Isabelle Huppert. The acclaimed Iranian auteur blew kisses to the crowd as the audience applauded for the 2 hour and …

Ted Turner made his mark across media and entertainment as a trailblazing entrepreneur. Nowhere was his impact more profound than in journalism with the launch of CNN. Ted Turner was also nothing short of a gift to the journalists who …

ComEd electric customers will see at least a 12% jump in monthly charges starting in June as big data centers increase demand for power and an unrelated consumer credit ends. The average monthly residential bill is $107, according to ComEd, …

Netflix has expanded its inventory of NFL games and will have a season-long presence with the league under a new deal announced Wednesday. The streaming service will have five regular-season games as well as the NFL Honors through 2029. It …

Two South Side-based visual arts organizations will receive part of a $1.8 million grant from the Los Angeles-based Getty Foundation to support Black visual arts archives, the foundation announced Wednesday. The South Side Community Art Center will receive $250,000, and …

The University of Chicago is joining other top universities in offering free tuition for undergraduate students whose families make under $250,000 a year, the school announced Wednesday as part of an initiative to make the college affordable for middle- and …

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he has issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL regarding the Rooney Rule. Uthmeier, who threatened possible enforcement actions against the league in March if it didn’t suspend the 23-year-old rule, sent the subpoena …

The Los Angeles Rams altered their outlook significantly with one of the offseason’s biggest blockbusters when they acquired All-Pro and Pro Bowl cornerback Trent McDuffie in a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. McDuffie brings a Super Bowl pedigree to …

A 57-year-old woman driving a CTA bus made a daring escape out a window early Wednesday when a knife-wielding man commandeered her bus, leading to his arrest. No one was injured and charges were pending for the suspect, police said. …

A 57-year-old woman driving a CTA bus made a daring escape out a window early Wednesday when a knife-wielding man commandeered her bus, leading to his arrest. No one was injured and charges were pending for the suspect, police said. …

Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Sets 2026 Release Date Brad Pitt’s survival thriller “Heart of the Beast” will debut in theaters on Sept. 25. David Ayer directed the Paramount Pictures film, which follows a former Army Special Forces Soldier …