Extra Extra: Hundreds Audition For 'Star Wars Episode 7' In Chicago
By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 16, 2013 12:00AM
- Hundreds of young men and women showed up Thursday for a brief chat with casting directors in the hopes of landing what are billed as “major roles” in “Star Wars: Episode 7.” [CBS Chicago]
- Of course, some of them came out in costume. Guess who won't be getting callbacks? [DNAInfo Chicago]
- Derrick Rose is sad again. He'll sit out tonight's Bulls game with a sore hamstring> Kirk Hinrich gets the start. Now we're sad. [Sun-Times]
- Illinois Republican Chairman Jack Dorgan on Thursday acknowledged a renewed divide between conservative and moderate factions of the GOP heading into next year's elections, and he likened efforts to bridge the gap to resolving differences between "the Palestinians and the Jews." [Sun-Times]
- More kids are dying from child abuse and neglect in Illinois, and a growing number of those deaths are occurring despite the state child-welfare system’s involvement, investigating or monitoring their care, a Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ examination of 10 years of neglect and abuse cases has found. [Sun-Times]
- A study shows that social networks, more than race and poverty, can be predictors of victims of fatal shootings in Chicago. [Sun-Times]
- Mayor Emanuel’s allies in City Council are taking a hard line at changes to the 2014 budget proposed by “independent” aldermen. [Tribune]
- How Chicago’s neighborhoods have changed in the 2000’s. [Chicago magazine]
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