Quit yer bellyachin' about the end of the summer. The 46th Chicago International Film Festival opens one month from today, and if the sneak preview is any indication, the lineup will be more than adequate consolation for lower temps and shorter days. (Besides, when you're in a darkened theater who needs daylight?) more ›

If one of your biggest regrets is you never got to Los Angeles to see a live taping of “Friends,” Lookingglass Theatre has the next best thing. David Schwimmer - or Ross for those of us that spent too much time lip-synching “I’ll Be There for You” during the credits - is on stage as George in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. more ›

An impressive array of Chicago heavyweights will assemble next Monday evening at 7:30 at the Steppenwolf to pay tribute to Studs Terkel. A staged reading, with music, of Derek Goldman’s adaptation of Terkel’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken makes up the bulk of the program, which will feature David Schwimmer; Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey and ensemble members Robert Breuler, K. Todd Freeman, Tom Irwin, and Alan Wilder; director Joyce Piven (mother of Jeremy); and Trib writer Rick Kogan. Tickets will be free but reservations are required. They'll be available to the public beginning tomorrow by calling the Steppenwolf box-office at 312-335-1650. more ›

. Perhaps you recall the kerfluffle with Chris Jones back in January, when Jones reported that this was already a done deal and Schwimmer denied it. Anyhow, it's on like Donkey Kong now. more ›

On Tuesday, Chris Jones reported in the Trib that David Schwimmer was coming to Chicago to do at Lookingglass. Turns out...not so much. As apparently Schwimmer himself posted in the comments for the story. more ›

David Schwimmer just won a $400,000 defamation lawsuit, proving he doesn't demand 2 Rolex watches to attend his own charity events after all.. An older suburban couple with a lawn cluttered with ornaments had some of them stolen. A ransom note was discovered. It told the couple to leave $25k in fake money and some Boone's Farm wine "at the White Hen behind the Twist-N-Shake (ice cream parlor)." Hey Cubs fans, "Let's hug it... more ›

As we quietly nurse away the after-effects of last night’s Happy Hour, it seems appropriate that we discuss a film about the dangers of alcoholism. Duane Hopwoood stars Northwestern grad and Lookingglass Theatre gadfly David Schwimmer as a man who fights to keep his life and family together as he struggles with his addiction to booze. The Trib’s Michael Wilmington draws the inevitable comparison to The Weather Man in a 2 ½ star review while... more ›