Allan Johnson

"The Bud Billiken Parade": The good news for thousands of Chicago kids is the Bud Billiken Parade is Saturday. The bad news is with the parade's annual arrival, the start...

Few places can beat the Chicago Comicon for the latest in the world of comics. We hit that convention to get the haps: We caught a quick tease for the...

Who said anything about comedy being dead? It is a fact that comedy has suffered greatly since the mid-to-late 1980s, when you couldn't swing a dead standup around without hitting...

It's so nice to get out of the house during the summer, isn't it? Especially now that Chicago has finally gotten a summer. And an argument can be made that...

If you've been held captive for months by those previews of a hot new sci-fi movie, your independence day is here: Special screenings of the PG-13-rated flick "Independence Day" start...

Billy Zane isn't saying to go tangle with criminals. But he does believe that everybody has the powers to be a superhero. "You can be a superhero with a gesture,"...

Looking for a Dad's Day gift? If Dad is a major M.J. fan, he'll go nuts over "Michael Jordan: Above & Beyond" ($15), a new video that charts Michael's retirement...

He wants ONLY $36 million for two years? Michael Jordan, whose Chicago Bulls contract expires after this season, said last week that the team can have him back for $18...

Television shows? Who needs 'em! Movies? Forgedaboutit! Records? Turn that noise down! Although he's successfully done all three of those mediums, Steven Wright loves standup comedy and is perfectly content...

Randy Spelling, your dad is a superstar television producer and your big sister is a hot TV actress. You're even on a TV show (for now). You're living large in...