Burt Reynolds, one of Hollywood's most popular leading men during the '70s and early '80s via such films as "Deliverance," "Smokey and the Bandit, "The Longest Yard" and "Semi-Tough," has died. His rep confirmed that he died Thursday in Jupiter, Fla. He was 82. Reynolds' appeal lay in his post-modern...
By the time Art Design Chicago is over in December, it will have been responsible for more than 30 exhibitions, hundreds of events, and a major book and TV series exploring Chicago’s place in American art. It’s been a five-year effort that cuts across the boundaries of the city’s cultural institutions,...
“How do you see me?” That’s the question Catherine Edelman Gallery asks in the name of its season opener, a rally of three photographers whose work examines perceptions of blackness in artistic legacies, the workplace and physical aesthetics. The Tribune spoke with each of the artists about their...
Twentieth Century Fox was just days away from locking picture on “The Predator” when an urgent note came in: Delete the scene featuring Steven Wilder Striegel. Striegel, 47, didn’t have a big role in his longtime friend Shane Black’s reboot of the sci-fi thriller — just a three-page scene shared...
The "resistance" op-ed in the New York Times took over the late-night shows Thursday along with a large chunk of social media, where people couldn't make up their minds whether the article's anonymous author was a traitor, as President Mike Trump and others suggested, a coward for staying and enabling...
A cat makes its way up a climbing wall in a gym. Another stares down into a glass of seltzer water, trying to nab the bubbles. Yet two more cats gently play “no, mine!” with a saucer of milk. Cat videos abound online, but only the CatVideoFest (at the Music Box this weekend) compiles them into...
Midwestern University dental student Farhan Momin dreams of chocolate — but not in a good way. The 25-year-old Downers Grove resident was eliminated from “MasterChef” after he had trouble making a white chocolate panna cotta with a raspberry coulis; milk chocolate mousse; and dark chocolate molten...
Meghan Markle is about to become British royalty in a matter of weeks, but she’s no stranger to the spotlight. The Los Angeles native has been acting for more than a decade, most famously as Rachel Zane on USA Network’s “Suits” for seven seasons. However, Markle’s impending nuptials with Prince...