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Johnny Carson book set to arrive in November

Writer Bill Zehme with some of his Johnny Carson memorabilia at his Chicago home in 2016. Zehme died last year.

April 13, 2024, 5:10am Entertainment

It can be argued that the corner of Rush and Bellevue Streets on Chicago’s Near North Side is one of the busiest corners in the world, packed as it is with some of the most popular restaurants in town, places such as Hugo’s, Luxbar, Gibsons, Dublin’s and the relatively new… Read story

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

This undated portrait released by the Coppola family shows Eleanor "Ellie" Jessie Coppola. Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87.

April 12, 2024, 3:54pm Entertainment

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Read story

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli talks with journalists prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli men's Fall-Winter 2014 show, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Jan.14, 2014. Italy’s world-famous fashion designer Roberto Cavalli – known for his flamboyant and glamorous style -- died on Friday, April 12, 2024 aged 83, his company announced in an Instagram post.

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at age 83, his company says

April 12, 2024, 1:36pm Entertainment

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant and glamorous style, has died at age 83, his company said Friday on Instagram. Read story

FILE - This Feb. 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report". MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 93.

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93

April 12, 2024, 12:43pm Entertainment

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. Read story

Zellweger back for another ‘Bridget Jones’

April 12, 2024, 6:33am Entertainment

Renée Zellweger is going back to her roots as the two-time Academy Award winner is set to star in yet another “Bridget Jones” film. Read story

Sophia Johnson reacts in November 2005 to a jury acquitting her of first-degree murder in the death of her mother-in-law. Sitting next to her is Therese Lavallee, her lawyer, who won the retrial of her murder conviction.

True crime podcast revisits murder of Brush Prairie woman, trials of daughter-in-law Sophia Johnson

April 12, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

A Boston-based radio series is revisiting the 20-year-old unsolved case of a Brush Prairie woman found brutally bludgeoned to death in her home — and features the woman who was once convicted of her murder. Read story

Nick Offerman, left, and Sonoya Mizuno in “Devs.” (Raymond Liu/FX)

Take sci-fi trip with works of ‘Civil War’ director

April 12, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

English writer and filmmaker Alex Garland’s latest film “Civil War” takes on American politics this weekend, with the provocative epic that imagines a war-torn United States as seen through the eyes of a team of photojournalists capturing the action. Read story

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