Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
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After being stopped and questioned at O’Hare, Twitch star Hasan Piker says he isn’t changing political commentary
Hasan Piker doesn’t plan to change a single thing about his tone or his rhetoric in his criticisms of President Donald Trump or the war in Gaza as he blasts out his opinions to 2.8 million followers on Twitch.
Review: Post Malone goes all-in on country in a celebratory Wrigley Field concert
Malone’s finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on stage. But some of his songs have a ways to go before they equal his magnetism.
Photos: Post Malone and Jelly Roll light up Wrigley Field
Photos capture Jelly Roll and Post Malone at Wrigley Field. The concert was their first performance ever at the friendly confines in Chicago.
Top 10 summer movies: ‘Fantastic Four,’ meet ‘Jurassic Park 7’ and the new man from Krypton
A new “Superman,” a new “Jurassic Park” sequel plus a few genuinely new un-franchised hopefuls fill the summer 2025 movie calendar.
TV for summer 2025: 15 shows coming up, including the return of ‘The Bear’
A look at what’s on tap in the summer months, when streaming is your best bet for new and returning series.
Column: How ‘Jaws’ changed our chumminess with swimming 50 years ago this summer
Inside a theater: Audiences floated at the lip of the ocean, the waves casually slapping at the bottom of movie screens, reminding them, without spelling it out, that something’s below.
What to do in Chicago: Sueños in Grant Park, lakefront fireworks and the Memorial Day Parade
Also happening: Spider-Man is featured in a Museum of Science and Industry exhibit.
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ review: Writing and living her own private rom-com
The Paris bookseller in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” likes her men in the Darcy mold, and writer-director Laura Piani obliges.
Comedian Michael Palascak making his ‘larger’ stage debut in Elgin
Comedian Michael Palascak, who went to high school in Joliet, says he’s excited to take the stage at Elgin’s Hemmens Cultural Center.