Anna Chlumsky: From ‘Girl’ to grownup roles
Actress Anna Chlumsky fidgeted in her chair with the tenuous excitement of a girl readying to open a soda can she's just finished shaking. Her gaze and attention focused sharply...
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Claudia Lee more than just ‘Surviving Jack’
When 17-year-old actress Claudia Lee landed a role on the 1991-set sitcom "Surviving Jack," she set out to discover what that neon-soaked, scrunchie-lovin' decade was all about. Born in 1996,...
James Patterson, winner of 2014 baiduhai Young Adult Literary Award
When James Patterson's son, Jack, was 8 years old, he and the prolific author of more than 100 books struck a deal: Jack could forgo chores for the summer if...
James Patterson, winner of 2014 baiduhai Young Adult Literary Award
When James Patterson's son, Jack, was 8 years old, he and the prolific author of more than 100 books struck a deal: Jack could forgo chores for the summer if...
Ethan Cutkosky gets room to grow in ‘Shameless’
Ethan Cutkosky stood in front of a large microphone at a Near North Side recording studio recently wearing the teenage-boy uniform of a baggy hoodie, jeans and sneakers while the...
Chicago designers take on ‘American Dream Builders’
Let's begin with a recipe. Start with the how-to tips, step-by-step instructions and trade-related jargon of prototypical design shows like "This Old House," mix in the easy-to-understand challenges of competition...
NBC’s ‘Crisis’ casts Chicago as D.C. stand-in
"Kill the kid!" Dermot Mulroney, in character as ex-CIA analyst Thomas Gibson, is barking orders to a group of people, some standing, some hunched over computers, in a small green-...
“Multiplex: Enjoy Your Show: Book One” by Gordon McAlpin
"Multiplex: Enjoy Your Show: Book One"By Gordon McAlpinChase Sequence Co., 224 pages, $19.95 There are certain places that beg the question: What exactly goes on here? I am talking about...
Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’
In one of the most poignant scenes in HBO's "True Detective," Michelle Monaghan's Maggie Hart accuses her husband, Martin, played by Woody Harrelson, of being a promiscuous "sulky teenager." "You...
Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’
In one of the most poignant scenes in HBO's "True Detective," Michelle Monaghan's Maggie Hart accuses her husband, Martin, played by Woody Harrelson, of being a promiscuous "sulky teenager." "You...