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Arts & Culture, Comedy Jun 15, 2020
Dwayne Kennedy is the voice of Chicago

And it’s a voice the rest of the world needs to hear.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Comedy, Dwayne Kennedy, comedy, Zanies, Seinfeld, Martin, 227, W. Kamau Bell, Arsenio Hall, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America, Chris Rock, Oak Head Records, Who the Hell Is Dwayne Kennedy?, Oh No! It's Dwayne Kennedy

Arts & Culture, Comedy Dec 21, 2017
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Hannibal Buress is bringing it all back home

With his return to Chicago, the comedian is reconnecting to his roots on the west side.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Comedy, Hannibal Buress, Comedy, Worst of Chicago, Austin, Green Mill, Cole's, Broad City, Chris Rock, The Cosby Show, 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, Second City, Galewood, Airbnb, Southern Illinois University, Dick Gregory, Open Mike Eagle, Tony Trimm, Dave Chappelle, Pita Pit, Deon Cole, Lil Rel, The Cosby Show, Martin, Gargoyles, Living Single, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Jamie Foxx Show, Animaniacs, The Disaster Artist, The Room, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2017
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Authorities investigating viral video in the mysterious death of Kenneka Jenkins, and other Chicago news

Also, former governor Rod Blagojevich speaks about his time in prison.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Kenneka Jenkins, Rosemont, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Facebook, Rod Blagojevich, Blase Cupich, gun control, guns, Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Second City, George Wendt, Gilda's Club, Chris Rock, Bob Odenkirk, David Koechner, Jeff Tweedy, Joel Murray, Andrew Alexander, Apple, store openings, Video

Film, Movie Review Feb 22, 2017
Dying is easy, comedy is hard in the new UK documentary Dying Laughing

Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman and dozens of other performers comment on the emotional challenges of stand-up.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Dying Laughing, Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood, Comedian documentary, Jerry Seinfeld, Christian Charles, Paul Provenza, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, Emo Phillips, George Wallace, Allan Havey, Bobby Lee, Felipe Esparza, Steve Coogan, Bill Cosby, stand-up comedy

News & Politics, Feature Mar 16, 2016
The Illinois primary's biggest loser was Mayor Rahm Emanuel

How the most unpopular public official in Chicago this side of Donald Trump played a role in Tuesday's election
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Feature, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois primary, Michael Madigan, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Chris Rock, Bruce Rauner, Donna More, Ken Dunkin, Juliana Stratton, Barack Obama, Toni Preckwinkle, Anita Alvarez, Kim Foxx, Rahm Emanuel

Blogs, Bleader Feb 11, 2016
After 40 years, Black History Month’s abolition is overdue

Stop presenting American history as if it were white history with a few black cameos.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: News, The Contrarian, Black History Month, Chris Rock, Oscars, Academy Awards, Civil Rights Act, Civil War, David Blight, Frederick Douglass, American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, Charlotte Forten, Thomas Picketty, Capital in the 21st Century, Negro History Week, Stacy Swimp, Lorraine Touissant, Orange Is the New Black, Essence, Carter G. Woodson, Gerald Ford, #AmericanHistorySoWhite, #Oscarssowhite

Blogs, Bleader Dec 14, 2015
A Very Murray Christmas is one twisted holiday special

Bill Murray's Netflix show is bizarre, melancholy, and entertaining.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Small Screen, Comedy, Television, A Verry Murray Christmas, Netflix, Bill Murray, George Clooney, Jenny Lewis, Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Miley Cyrus, Maya Rudolph, Phoenix, holiday, Christmas, Chris Rock

Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 12, 2015
Judd Apatow answers questions about asking questions

The uber director/producer and reborn stand-up talks about his three decades of interviews with comedians, compiled in the new book Sick in the Head.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Feature, Judd Apatow, Sick in the Head, Kncoked Up, 40-Year-Old Virgin, This Is 40, Henny Youngman, Howard Stern, Amy Schumer, Trainwreck, Dave Eggers, 826, Chicago Humanities Festival, Dave Attell, Mike Birbiglia, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer, Chris Rock, Leslie Mann, Albert Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Alan Zweibel, Saturday Night Live, Rodney Dangerfield, Second City, Pearl Jam, Wrigley Field, iO, Garry Shandling

Blogs, Bleader Apr 30, 2015
How the NFL draft has changed since it was last held in Chicago, 51 years ago

To say that a lot has changed in the 51 years since Chicago hosted the NFL draft is beyond an understatement.
- By Jason Gallagher
- Tags: Sports, NFL draft, Chicago, Auditorium Theatre, StubHub, Draft Town, Grant Park, Roger Goodell, ESPN, Chris Rock

Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
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Chris Rock is an auteur now, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Top Five, Chris Rock, Paramount Pictures, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ridley Scott, Gladiator movie, Once Upon a Time Veronica, Point and Shoot, Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation, Antonio Gaudi, Sagrada Família basilica, Sundance Film Festival, The Two Faces of January, Patricia Highsmith, Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Steve James, Hoop Dreams, Gene Siskel Film Center, Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Music Box Chicago, John McTiernan, Die Hard, Chris Columbus, Home Alone, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Dec 10, 2014
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Chris Rock comes into his own as a filmmaker

Top Five is a tale of love, race, sex, and celebrity.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Chris Rock, Top Five, I Think I Love My Wife, Eric Rohmer, Chloe in the Afternoon, Good Hair, Gabrielle Union, Rosario Dawson, Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray, Planet of the Apes, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2013
Seinfeld in a car, doing what he pleases

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is mostly Jerry Seinfeld driving vintage cars and living the life. And we should all be fine with that.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Arts, Television, Film, Small Screen, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld, '73 Porsche, 911 Carrera RS, '69 Lamborghini P400S Miura, Michael Richards, '62 VW wagon, Chris Rock, Seth Myers, Larry David, jazz, coffee, Seinfeld, Emmy, Short-Format Nonfiction Programs, Rolodex

Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2012
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Noir City: Chicago 4—it's like, none more black

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Music Box, Film Noir Foundation, White Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, William Castle Undertow, Robert Ryan, Max Ophuls Caught, Nicholas Ray, On Dangerous Ground, Howard Hughes, RKO Radio Pictures, Enterprise Pictures, 2 Days in New York, Julie Delpy, 2 Days in Paris, Chris Rock, Adam Goldberg, ParaNorman, Laika Studio, Coraline, Beyond the Myth, The Contradictions of Fair Hope, Englewood (The Growing Pains in Chicago), Free Men movie, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Why Stop Now, Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Noir City: Chicago 4, Jacques Rivette, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Gene Siskel Film Center, F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu, University of Chicago Doc Films, Robert Redford, Quiz Show, Transistor, Hideout Chicago, Chicago Film Archives, CFA Media Mixer, film festivals, film noir, movies, Video

Film, Movie Review Aug 15, 2012
French disconnection

Chris Rock braves a household of galling Gauls in Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, indie films, indie sequels, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, France, Adam Goldberg, Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Cyrus John C. Reilly, Cyrus Marisa Tomei, Cyrus Jonah hill, Cyrus Deplass brothers, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Baghead, The Puffy Chair, I Am Love, Tilda Swinton, The Killer Inside Me, Michael Winterbottom, Jim Thompson, Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Sweetgrass, Grown Ups Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Jonah Hex, DC Comics series, Knight and Day, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee, Shane Meadows, This Is England, Somers Town, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Nicholas Ray, Bigger Than Life, Jean-Luc Godard Breathless, Music Box, David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Northbrook Public Library, Ousmane Sembene, Ceddo, DuSable Museum of African American History, Max Ophuls, Lola Montes, Howard Hughes The Outlaw, Bank of America Cinema, film festivals, movies., Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2010
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This Week's Movie Action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Death at a Funeral, Chris Rock, Andrea Gronvall, Secret in Their Eyes, Chicago Latino Film Festival, Cliff Doerksen, Joshua Katzman, Peter Margasak, Back-up Plan, Jennifer Lopez, Everything Strange and New, Frazer Bradshaw, The Losers, Zoe Saldana, Jason Patric, Pomegranates and Myrrh, Chicago Palestine Film Festival, Rebuilding Hope, 22 Years From Home, Lost Boys of Sudan, A Shine of Rainbows, Aidan Quinn, Connie Nielsen, Soundtrack for a Revolution, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Joss Stone, Richie Havens, the Roots, Blind Boys of Alabama, Otto Preminger, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Northbrook Public Library, Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Gene Siskel Film Center, I'm No Angel, Mae West, Bank of America Cinema, Louis Malle, Vanya on 42nd Street, Doc Films, film festivals, movies., Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2008
Take me to your leader

Barack who? Hollywood's been giving us black presidents for years.
- By Pat Graham
- Tags: Film, Barack Obama, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Rock, Mark Ravenhill, Guardian, Morgan Freeman, NASA Near Earth Object Program

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And it’s a voice the rest of the world needs to hear.

With his return to Chicago, the comedian is reconnecting to his roots on the west side.

Also, former governor Rod Blagojevich speaks about his time in prison.

Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman and dozens of other performers comment on the emotional challenges of stand-up.

How the most unpopular public official in Chicago this side of Donald Trump played a role in Tuesday's election

Stop presenting American history as if it were white history with a few black cameos.

Bill Murray's Netflix show is bizarre, melancholy, and entertaining.

The uber director/producer and reborn stand-up talks about his three decades of interviews with comedians, compiled in the new book Sick in the Head.

To say that a lot has changed in the 51 years since Chicago hosted the NFL draft is beyond an understatement.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Top Five is a tale of love, race, sex, and celebrity.

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is mostly Jerry Seinfeld driving vintage cars and living the life. And we should all be fine with that.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Chris Rock braves a household of galling Gauls in Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.

Barack who? Hollywood's been giving us black presidents for years.

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