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EXCLUSIVE: J. Alphonse Nicholson (P-Valley) is set for a key recurring role in Lanterns, HBO’s drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. He joins leads Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre and series regular Kelly MacDonald. The series, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), […]
EXCLUSIVE: Manager Jared Ceizler has joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners from MGMT Entertainment. Among the filmmaking, writing and acting clients following him to BEP is filmmaker Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise), along with his production company Doppelgängers, which has a first-look deal with New Line Cinema. Cronin is currently in prep on the Blumhouse/New Line feature […]
Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist as much as $4.65 million in part for work related to a looming transit budget crisis, even as agency leaders brace for a potential shortage of cash caused by the same crisis. The five-year lobbying contract is in effect as the the region’s four transit agencies, including Metra, stare down a $771 million budget gap when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out next year. Agency heads and advocates have warned that steep service cuts and fare hikes are at stake unless transit gets additional state money. Yet last year alone, Metra spent more than…
Twice a year, during the spring and fall equinoxes, the rising and setting sun lines up with Chicago’s east-west street grid, creating spectacular photo opportunities as the sun is framed within Chicago’s skyline. Take a look to the west shortly before sunset, according to Michelle Nichols, master educator for the Adler Planetarium. The effect is visible for about a week before and after the equinox. And if you miss it, wait another six months for the next one. How it works Throughout the year, the spots on the horizon where the sun rises and sets change. They creep north until…
The Chicago Board of Education postponed a controversial budget amendment pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson Thursday, prolonging doubt about who will pay for a new teachers contract and a $175 million pension payment to the city. That means for now the latter’s cost remains on the city side, which has until the end of this month to resolve that budget gap or else end the 2024 fiscal year with a deficit. Just minutes before its monthly meeting, the school board called off the votes that would pave the way for Chicago Public Schools to issue or repurpose $242 million in…
One person was fatally shot by Chicago Police in the Pullman neighborhood early Thursday after officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving a gun, according to police. Shortly after 7 a.m., patrol officers in the Calumet District (5th) were called to a home in the 900 block of East 100th Street, police said. Officers entered the home and “encountered an armed male offender and female victim inside a bedroom.” The female, whose age was not released, was able to escape the bedroom while responding officers tried to de-escalate the situation, police said, but the male suspect turned a gun toward…
One person was fatally shot by Chicago Police in the Pullman neighborhood early Thursday after officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving a gun, according to police. Shortly after 7 a.m., patrol officers in the Calumet District (5th) were called to a home in the 900 block of East 100th Street, police said. Officers entered the home and “encountered an armed male offender and female victim inside a bedroom.” The female, whose age was not released, was able to escape the bedroom while responding officers tried to de-escalate the situation, police said, but the male suspect turned a gun toward…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten said he “absolutely” will continue to hold town hall meetings even though a Wednesday event in Downers Grove was cut short by police after heated confrontations between the congressman and a small group of Palestinian and Israeli supporters. The disruption began when a pro-Israel supporter wearing an Israeli flag confronted Casten. That prompted some members from a group of five pro-Palestinian supporters to individually confront Casten at the front of the stage at the American Legion Post 80 hall where the town hall was being held. Video of the event before about 200 people showed…
EXCLUSIVE: Jewel Staite (Family Law, Firefly) has joined the cast of Resident Alien for Season 4, which is currently in production. The series created by Chris Sheridan will now air new episodes via Syfy and USA Network. Resident Alien‘s fourth season kicks off with Harry (Alan Tudyk) and his baby Bridget (Kesler Talbot) stuck in […]
Severance Season 2 is wrapping up on Apple TV+, and Ben Stiller is addressing when viewers can expect the third installment. Three years passed between the first and second seasons of Dan Erickson’s sci-fi psychological thriller. Producer Stiller recently revealed that fans will not have to wait that long for Season 3. “No, no, the […]