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"When I was younger, I used to try and charm women into taking me home so I could, you know, get a look at their ... bookshelves." Troy Jollimore says this about judging people based on what books they read, and as a preface to his poem consisting of the titles of books he's read or owned. Jollimore, alongside authors Emily Flake and Rebecca Barry, read their work last night at September's Bookslut reading, nestled...

Today, New Line announced the cast for the upcoming film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife. Genetically gifted/cursed, Henry DeTamble, will be played by Eric Bana (Incredible Hulk, Troy) and his wife, Clare Abshire, will be Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Wedding Crashers). The rights to the book were purchased by Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's Plan B production company back in 2003. At the time the studio was in discussions with Gus Van Sant to...

Speaking of people dying... On the coattails of the bartender-beating incident, six off-duty cops are accused of attacking four businessmen in a bar on December 15. The men, two of whom were brothers, were allegedly playing pool at West Loop's Jefferson Tap and Grille when the officers pounced on the group, unprovoked. When witnesses dialed 911, the pugilistic police waved them off. The melee was supposedly caught on tape. More bad news for Chicago's Finest:...

Janice Dutts Goes to Life Camp is a fun time. This late-night style comedy slotted in prime time is a goofy little show brimming with pop cuture goodness and, yes, campy humor, lovingly satirizing the self-help movement and its well-meaning psychobabble. Actually, it's funnier than it has any right to be. The script by Laura McKenzie, who also plays Janice, hedges its bets between an affectionate tribute and a middle finger to a self-help industry...

Tribune food critic Phil Vettel enlisted the help of some fellow Trib staffers last week in another of those "What if?" columns; this time Vettel managed not to mistake two separate chefs with the same surname as brothers on a lost weekend in Vegas. The mission of the article was to test the newly enacted "cork-and-carry" law, an amendment to the State Liquor Control Act that allows restaurants to let customers leave with unfinished bottles of wine, permitted that the wine was a part of their dinner, placed in a sealable plastic bag, and with a dated receipt attached.

While Chicago churches are trading computers for guns, one suburban kid found out that turning in a pellet gun gets you expelled, instead. In Plainfield, a thirteen year-old boy allegedly discovered a pellet gun in the boys restroom of Troy Middle School and turned it in to an assistant principal, only to be kicked out of school. Several local news groups are covering the incident. The kid's parents are protesting the expulsion and they...

Police made a few sad discoveries in the city over the past few days. First, a Chicago man was found dead in a sewer on the Northwest Side on Sunday; then early Monday morning, they found two more bodies in a burning van in the South Shore neighborhood. Upon investigation, they determined that the two, a 28-year-old Stephanie Lee and her nine-year-old son, Troy, had been murdered. Lee had been stabbed several times. Her son was bound and gagged with duct tape. They were last heard from on their way to Lee's sister's house Saturday night. Police say an accelerant was used, and both victims were probably dead before the fire was started. Lee's father had recently pleaded with her to move out of the city to escape the crime.

Prior to Sunday's match, the Chicago Fire honored the 25th anniversary for the Chicago Sting's first Soccer Bowl Championship. The Fire then went out and showed the Sting and the fans at Toyota Park their own winning ways. The Fire came out and played a very aggressive style of soccer. From the first whistle this game was a hotly contested match that saw a lot of tough tackles, many of which were late and dangerous....

Should the White Sox again find themselves in the World Series this October -- and why shouldn't they? -- they now know they'll have home field advantage, on account of the American League's 3-2 victory in last night's All Star Game. It didn't look quite so promising for a while, however.

Naperville leads the state in nailing drunk drivers!

Chicagoist loves the live music. We love it even better when it's free. Columbia College Chicago is giving us these two great tastes in one great fest. They are putting on the Manifest Urban Arts Festival tomorrow to showcase the graduating students' work (before they are forced to give up their dreams, go out into the real world, and get a job). We are focusing on the music performances in this post, while the more...

Neither Chicago baseball team is doing very well lately. In recent days, both have been left at the altar when a more attractive suitor came calling.

was a little much. It’s not that we don’t like smoking weed and having threesomes with prostitutes, it’s just that the episode kind of sucked ass. Last week’s stigmata episode was fabulous—it was provocative but still well crafted, with subtle details and a spectacular ending. But this week was just so out there, so ham-handed and obvious, and so neatly wrapped up that it tainted an otherwise outstanding season and incredibly tense, dramatic plotline.

In the second major gang/drug bust in a week, state and federal authorities arrested 50 people and seized $37,000 in cash, 5 handguns, 2 rifles and 1 hand grenade. Included in those arrested was Troy Martin, known as "King Troy," the head of the Chicago gang, Mafia Insane Vice Lords. Authorities say that the gang raked in as much $235,000 a day in crack, heroin and marijuana sales. Last week the FBI indicted 47 members of the Black Disciples, including it's "king" Marvel Thompson. Chicagoist was scared when in 2003 we were crowned Murder Capital, with more homicides reported than any other city nation-wide. These major gang busts are helping to ease our minds just a little bit.