Category: News

  • Dane Dances announces entertainment line-up for its 25th anniversary season

    Dane Dances announces entertainment line-up for its 25th anniversary season

    Orquesta SalSoul Del Mad will perform at Dane Dances this year. Dane Dances, one of Madison’s most diverse, family-friendly summertime events, will kick off its 25th season on Friday, Aug. 2 and will be held for five Fridays in August at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Rooftop. DJ Francis Medrano will engage the…

  • Movie Review| ‘Despicable Me 4’

    Movie Review| ‘Despicable Me 4’

    In the last 14 years, Gru has certainly been through a lot. The reformed super villain put aside his dastardly ways to become a family man, and now sits pretty with three “gworls”, a wife, and a bouncing baby boy. Life couldn’t be better for the bald-headed former bad guy, but some habits die hard.…

  • Kim Kardashian Worries She’s Become a ‘Robot’ After Paris Robbing

    Kim Kardashian Worries She’s Become a ‘Robot’ After Paris Robbing

    Kim Kardashian recently opened up about her mental health, expressing concerns about becoming emotionally detached and robotic. Although she had previously never attended therapy, crediting her supportive friends for her emotional well-being, Kardashian has since started therapy and uncovered some troubling insights. Reflecting on her calm demeanor during the traumatic 2016 Paris robbery, she realized…

  • Fox Entertainment Undergoes Layoffs Following Restructuring

    Fox Entertainment Undergoes Layoffs Following Restructuring

    Fox Entertainment is the latest media company to implement staff reductions, eliminating 30 positions today. The cuts stem from the company’s realignment of content and business operations into three groups, the Fox Television Network, Fox Entertainment Studios and sales arm Fox Entertainment Global, which was announced in March. The layoffs involve employees across all three…

  • Fox Entertainment Restructures Operations, Layoffs Hit About 30 Staffers

    Fox Entertainment Restructures Operations, Layoffs Hit About 30 Staffers

      Fox Entertainment has unveiled a restructuring of its operations that includes layoffs for about 30 staffers. “While there are many exciting aspects to realizing our path forward, one of the most difficult phases in any reorganization is recognizing where redundancies exist and how evolving priorities affect our team,” Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment,…

  • Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

    Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

    Listen to WTOP’s interview with Bob Newhart from 2022: FILE – Bob Newhart appears at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2016. Newhart, the deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He was 94. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES…

  • Bob Newhart, the beloved comedian who never forgot his Chicago roots, dies at 94

    Bob Newhart, the beloved comedian who never forgot his Chicago roots, dies at 94

    Never, in the lively history of show business, has there been anybody like Bob Newhart and it was in Chicago that he burst onto the entertainment landscape. For more than half a century he remained a vital, admired and impossible-to-imitate presence in nightclubs, on albums, in films and, most profoundly, on TV.After a lifetime of…

  • Falmouth Select Board Tightens Entertainment Regulations

    Falmouth Select Board Tightens Entertainment Regulations

    Falmouth businesses that serve alcohol are now subject to new, stricter entertainment regulations.The Falmouth Select Board voted on Monday, July 15, that those businesses must take steps to limit sound from the entertainment, so it cannot be heard beyond their walls or lot lines, unless given specific permission.

  • ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Star Torrey DeVitto Says She Left Show Due To Paul Wesley Divorce

    ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Star Torrey DeVitto Says She Left Show Due To Paul Wesley Divorce

    LOADINGERROR LOADINGTorrey DeVitto is sharing that stepping away from “The Vampire Diaries” after her divorce from costar Paul Wesley was a “really dark time.” On Monday’s episode of Rachel Bilson’s “Broad Ideas” podcast, DeVitto said that the divorce left her with zero desire to continue appearing on the show. Wesley, however, remained on the series…

  • Shinola hotel + entertainment venue proposed downtown

    Shinola hotel + entertainment venue proposed downtown

    Just when we thought downtown’s luxury hotel options and excellent music venues couldn’t get any better, a new addition is entering the mix.Boxcar Development LLC, an investment group led by Pacers owner Herb Simon + family, plans to construct a 13-story, 170-room luxury Shinola hotel and a 4,000-seat concert venue at 230 S. Pennsylvania St.…