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‘One Piece’ Composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli on Jumping Into the Worlds of Beloved IPs

Composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli are no strangers to jumping head first into beloved franchises. Most recently working on Netflixs live-action adaption of the long-running and wildly popular anime One Piece, the duo have also worked on Netflixs The Witcher adaption and the upcoming Red Sonja film. The Witchers breakout song Toss a Coin to Your Witcher landed Belousova...

Laurence Fishburne Says Francis Ford Coppola Was “Disappointed” by His Lack of “Sexual Experience” as a Teen When Filming ‘Apocalypse Now’

Laurence Fishburne is recalling an incident while filming 1979s Apocalypse Now that he said left director Francis Ford Coppola disappointed. In Apple TV+s new documentaryNumber One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the actor said his lack of sexual experience as a teenager impacted a scene in the American epic war film. Theres a scene inApocalypse Nowthat...

Jul 23, 2026

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Saturday, March 29, 2025

If youre looking for the Connections answer for Saturday, March 29, 2025, read onIll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, Ill explain the meanings of the trickier words and well learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for March 29, NYT Connections #657! Read on if...

Jul 23, 2026

Richard Chamberlain, Star of ‘Dr. Kildare’ and King of the Melodramatic Miniseries, Dies at 90

Bruce Glover, the Villainous Mr. Wint in ‘Diamonds Are Forever,’ Dies at 92

The Academy Apologizes for Not Publicly Supporting ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director After Attack and Arrest

‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is breaking book sale records for the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise

Bill Murray still regrets not working with one Hollywood legend in particular

Ron Howard Reveals the One Person Who Could “Compel” Him to Return to Acting

Hannah Einbinder Channeled “All the Great Mob Bosses” in ‘Hacks’ Season 4: “I Was Trying to Go Ava Corleone”

Box Office Upset: Blue-Collar Drama ‘A Working Man’ Declares Victory Over ‘Snow White’

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Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Friday, March 28, 2025

If youre looking for the Wordle answer for March 28, 2025, read on. Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Todays puzzle is medium difficult; I got it in four. Beware, there are spoilers below for March 28, Wordle #1,378! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to todays Wordle game. How...

Jul 23, 2026

Justine Bateman Wants to “Give a Book of Matches” to the Tech Companies So They Can Burn Down Hollywood

Richard Norton, Actor, Martial Arts Expert, Trainer and Stuntman, Dies at 75

Amid a Back-to-the-Future Moment for Animation, Could ‘The Critic’ Make a Comeback?

Jason Momoa and Jack Black Think the World Needs ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Right Now: “So Much War and Hatred … We’ve Got to Work Together”

Today's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Friday, March 28, 2025

‘1923’ Co-Stars React to Their Fates and Momentous Impact of a Taylor Sheridan Platform

Bill Murray Says Not Working With Clint Eastwood Is “One of the Few Regrets I Have”

Why Helen Mirren Says She “Never Liked” the James Bond Franchise

Business

BBC Studios Acquires Spanish Producer Brutal Media

BBC Studios on Wednesday unveiled that it has acquired Spanish producer Brutal Media, adding another banner to its growing production network. The U.K. public broadcasters commercial arm said the deal will enable it to respond to the increased appetite for BBC content from Spanish audiences and support Brutal Medias ambitions to export original creative IP from Spain to the wider...

Hermès Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Exclusivity of Birkin Bags

Hollywoods favorite accessory is coming under fire, with French luxury house Herms facing a lawsuit over barriers to purchase its coveted Birkin handbags. A proposed class action filed in California federal court on Tuesday alleges that Herms violates antitrust laws by requiring consumers to have a sufficient purchase history of buying the companys secondary products, such as shoes, scarves and...

Jul 23, 2026

Blumhouse Inks Deal With ‘Shark Tank’ Contestant American Immersion Theater

A colorful Shark Tank pitch that began with the murder of a butler has ended with Blumhouse striking a partnership with American Immersion Theater and the Murder Mystery Company. Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum appeared on Fridays episode of the ABC venture capital series, and agreed to purchase a 10 percent stake in the company for $350,000 noting there was likely...

Jul 23, 2026

Condé Nast Plans More Layoffs, Files Charge Against Union as Staffers March to Executive Offices

Laurene Powell Jobs Throws Support Behind Disney Board and Bob Iger in Proxy Fight

Hollywood Pantages Ushers Reach Tentative Deal on First Labor Contract

March Madness Is Booming for TV Networks In Need of a Jolt

Bill Weinstein Joins Paradigm Talent Agency Following Verve Exit

ESPN Inks Multibillion Six-Year Extension for Expanded College Football Playoff

Hollywood Office Tower ‘The Star’ On Sunset Unveils $1B Makeover Plan

NBCUniversal Media Group Promotes David Pietrycha to Chief Business Officer

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Paramount Stock Pops After Apollo Bid for Film and TV Studio

Shares in Paramount Global soared on Wednesday after details of an acquisition proposal by the private equity firm Apollo became public. Paramount stock closed at $12.51 per share Wednesday, up nearly 12 percent for the day. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apollo made an $11 billion offer just for Paramounts film and television studio. That is higher than the...

Jul 23, 2026

Audacy Reorganizes Podcast Division, Sunsets Cadence13 Brand

In Setback for Disney Board, Influential Shareholder Firm ISS Backs Nelson Peltz in Proxy Fight

Cinematographers Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios on Craft-Specific Issues

Paramount+ Sets Launch Details for Ad Tier in Canada, Australia, Premium Plan in France

Fresh Off MrBeast-Amazon Deal, Creator Economy Firm Spotter Bolsters Leadership (Exclusive)

Kenny Ortega Returns to Paradigm (Exclusive)

TKO to Pay $335M to Settle Legal Bout Against UFC Fighters Ahead of Trial

Nonfiction Producer CreativeChaos Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

Crime & Law

Council Committee Agrees to Pay $14M to 2 Men Who Spent 43 Years in Prison for Murder They Didn’t Commit

The City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend the settlement, which is set for a final vote by the full City Council on Wednesday.

No Bail For Man Accused of Shooting at Chicago Police Officer From Stolen Vehicle

As Chicago police attempted to stop a stolen vehicle downtown Wednesday, one of the men inside allegedly fired a shot at an officer before he himself was shot multiple times by other officers, prosecutors said Friday.

Jul 23, 2026

Chicago Police Say January Shootings, Homicides Down Slightly Over Last Year

Data published Tuesday by the Chicago Police Department shows there were 182 shootings and 48 homicides last month. Those figures are down 10% and 13%, respectively, over totals from January 2021.

Jul 23, 2026

NAACP Urges Federal Charges in Laquan McDonald’s Killing

Lightfoot Rejects Chief Judge’s Plea for Collaboration Amid Crime Surge

Activists Demand Federal Charges Against Jason Van Dyke as Release From Prison Nears

Cost of Burge-Era Torture Grows as Chicago City Council Agrees to Pay 2 Wrongfully Convicted Men $14M

Biden: Ready For ‘Long Overdue’ Pick of Black Female Justice

Weighing Chicago Mayoral Run, Arne Duncan Takes Aim at Lightfoot’s Public Safety Strategy

2 People Charged in Fatal Shooting of 8-Year-Old Melissa Ortega

16-Year-Old Among 4 People Killed in Weekend Shootings in Chicago: Police

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Courts Not to Blame for Surge in Crime but ‘New Solutions’ Needed Not Finger Pointing, Chief Judge Says

During a speech to the Union League Club of Chicago, Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans said he would assign five additional judges to the criminal division of the Cook County Court in an effort to ensure that cases progress from charges to resolution faster.

Jul 23, 2026

Hate Crime Charges Filed After Swastikas Found Spray-Painted in West Rogers Park

Judge OKs Agreement to Destroy Gun Used by Kyle Rittenhouse

March 10 Sentencing Date Set For Actor Jussie Smollett

Changes to Felony Murder Statute Exclude Some: Injustice Watch

Durbin, Duckworth Want Update on Federal Review Ahead of Jason Van Dyke’s Release From Prison

Want to Serve on Chicago’s New Police Oversight Board? Deadline to Apply is Friday

8-Year-Old Girl Among 6 People Killed in Chicago Over The Weekend: Police

Sending Former State Rep. Luis Arroyo to Jail Won’t Deter Political Corruption, His Lawyers Say

Education

A Closer Look at the NLRB Decision to Keep NU Athletes from Unionizing

The National Labor Relations Board has overturned its historic March 2014 decision to treat Northwestern University scholarship football student-athletes as employees, and ruled on Monday that the players will not be allowed to form a union.

Lake Maggiore

　　Lake Maggiore is the second-largest lake in Italy and the largest in Southern Switzerland (82 square miles). It is the most westerly of the three pre-alpine lakes (Lake Como and Lake Garda) and is 34 miles (54km) at max length, 7 miles (11km) at maximum width, and holds a volume...

Jul 23, 2026

News Analysis with Carol Marin

Exactly who is accepted into the University of Illinois -- and who is not -- has created a firestorm of controversy in recent days. Carol Marin sits down with a representative from the university, a state lawmaker calling for resignations, and a Chicago Tribune journalist who helped break the story.

Jul 23, 2026

Doiran Lake

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Jul 23, 2026

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Health

Lake Michigan Swimmer

Daren Wendell swam across Lake Michigan this past weekend in a 36-hour, 50.6 mile journey to raise money for a great cause. He's here to talk with us about his amazing feat.

Retail Clinics

It's increasingly becoming the new doctor's office -- but without doctors. They are health clinics at retail stores. Eddie Arruza tells us why more people with everyday illnesses are opting to go to their local drugstore or big box chain for treatment.

Jul 23, 2026

Contagion

Bed bugs are back! We find out why they are making a return and what you can do to protect yourself from them.

Jul 23, 2026

Great Lakes Environmental Changes

What Lies Ahead for COVID-19 After Omicron Peak?

Analysis of Hospital Tax

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There's a new push to increase recreation on the Chicago River. But when will it be safe enough to swim in? And how much will the cleanup cost? We talk about the river's future.

Jul 23, 2026

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Chicago Food Deserts

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Politics

Experts’ Tax Tips on What to Do Before Tax Code Changes

Congress has passed the most significant tax code reform since Ronald Reagan was president. How will the sweeping overhaul impact your bottom line? We get advice and tax tips from two experts.

Chicago Cracks Down on Party Buses

New Year’s revelers may want to take note: The city plans an extra crackdown on party buses that shuttle people from bar to bar. Here’s the latest on that and what to expect in 2018.

Jul 23, 2026

Conservative Lawmakers Back Effort to Block Publicly Funded Abortions

How Republican lawmakers are trying to stop publicly funded abortions in Illinois—and what the bill’s backers say.

Jul 23, 2026

2017’s Top Political Stories: Trump, Emanuel, Rauner and More

Bannon Slams Trump: Republicans React to Claims of West Wing Chaos

The Week in Review: Year in Review 2017

Why the Chicago Police Union is Fighting City Over Body Cameras

Daniel Ellsberg Reveals Secrets of America’s ‘Doomsday Machine’

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Will the attorney general’s reversal of an Obama-era policy give prosecutors free rein to aggressively enforce pot prohibition?

Jul 23, 2026

Food Stamps Restored for 25K in Time for Christmas

Retired Illinois Educators Taking Home Millions in Pensions

The Week in Review: Chris Kennedy Takes Aim at Mayor Emanuel

Cook County Collects $757M in Property Tax Prepayments

Cook County Adds to Lawsuits Against Opioid Manufacturers

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How Gentrification Takes Shape Across Chicago Neighborhoods

Science & Nature

Lake County Forest Preserves Waiting for Signs of Life, Joins Global Tracking Network

Lake County Forest Preserves has now joined a global wildlife tracking network, expanding the ability of researchers to follow the movement of migratory birds through the Chicago region.

‘It’s Now or Never’ To Halt the Worst of Climate Change: New U.N. Report

According to the latest report on climate change, we’re still not doing enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions. There’s a way forward, but action can’t wait, scientists say.

Jul 23, 2026

DuSable Bridge

It took nearly 60 years to complete, but the entire architectural works of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan have been compiled into a new book, The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan. We talk with two of its authors.

Jul 23, 2026

Des Plaines River Flooding

'Ape' at Lincoln

Ending the Gender Bias in Research

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BP Oil Spill

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Chicago Blizzard of 1967: Part 2

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Jul 23, 2026

Bitter Cold, Snow for Chicago Area

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This Fish Story Is a Whopper, But True: Record-Breaking 750,000 Pounds of Invasive Carp Hauled From Illinois River

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Food & Drink

Raspberry Limeade Recipe

　　IngredientsMakes about 5 cups, serving 4. 　　2 cups raspberries 　　3 1/2 cups water 　　3/4 cup sugar, or to taste 　　1 cup fresh lime juice 　　Mint sprigs for garnish 　　In a blender or food processor purée 1 cup of the raspberries with 1 cup of the water and force the purée...

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Jul 23, 2026

Gimlet Recipe

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Jul 23, 2026

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Where is the Ugli fruit grown?

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Jul 23, 2026

Climate Change and Its Profound Impact on Agriculture

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Jul 23, 2026

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