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Tribune hires Berns as CFO, promotes Bigelow to strategic role

2013-06-19 06:20:00

Tribune Co. has hired Steven Berns, the top finance executive for cosmetics company Revlon Inc., as its chief financial officer and promoted its current CFO, Chandler Bigelow, to serve in an expanded role developing strategy for the company. Chicago-...

Bernard 'Bernie' Sahlins dies at 90; co-founder of Second City

2013-06-19 00:00:00

Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, co-founder and former owner of The Second City, the influential Chicago comedy venue that pioneered rapid-fire comedy sketches using ideas plucked from the audience, died Sunday at his home in Chicago. He was 90. His wife, Jane...

What kind of season should we expect from Johnny Manziel?

2013-06-18 11:38:00

Writers from around Tribune Co. discuss what kind of year to expect from Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, who last year became the first freshman ever to win the Heisman Trophy. Feel free to join the conversation by leaving a comment of your own....

Walt Arfons dies at 96; brother Art nabbed his land speed record

2013-06-14 09:19:00

When Walt Arfons first strapped a jet engine onto a hot rod, experts thought the car would melt, explode or spin wildly out of control. They were wrong. Working in his family's old feed mill and hardware store on Pickle Road in Akron, Ohio, Arfons...

'Man of Steel' more solemn than super, reviews say

2013-06-13 09:29:00

These days it seems like every superhero under the sun has been given a modern makeover for the big screen -- Batman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor -- so it only makes sense that the grandaddy of them all is finally up for an overhaul in "Man of Steel."...

'This Is the End' rains hellfire and hilarity, reviewers say

2013-06-12 08:26:00

A quick glance at recent movie openings might give you the impression that Hollywood has something against humanity, which has been brought to the brink of annihilation in such films as "Oblivion," "After Earth," "Rapture-Palooza" and now "This Is the...

'The Internship' is affable but outdated, critics say

2013-06-06 11:44:00

What would happen if the two dudes from "Wedding Crashers" were eight years older, got fired and hatched� the harebrained idea to intern at Google in hopes of landing lucrative jobs in the tech sector? Whether or not anyone was actually wondering, that'...

'After Earth' a sci-fi bust for Will and Jaden Smith, reviews say

2013-05-31 07:00:00

In the new sci-fi movie "After Earth," the real-life father-son duo of Will and Jaden Smith play the fictional father-son duo of Cypher and Kitai Raige, two space-faring humans whose ship crashes on a perilous, long-abandoned Earth about 1,000 years in...

Ex-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt wary of Koch brothers owning L.A. Times

2013-06-06 14:15:00

A former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said rules limiting common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market should be gutted -- even if it clears the way for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to control more news...

'Vampire Diaries'' Candice Accola engaged to the Fray's Joe King

2013-05-29 18:51:00

"The Vampire Diaries" actress Candice Accola is engaged to the Fray's Joe King. Accola, who plays high-strung vampire Caroline Forbes in the hit CW series, shared her happy news on Instagram Wednesday. "Cheers from the future Mr.&Mrs. Joseph Aaron...

The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley dies at 85; outspoken Catholic priest

2013-05-31 00:00:00

A self-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on my gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a conventional definition of his vocation. Denied a parish, the Roman Catholic priest created his own pulpits...

Phil Jackson live with Tribune's K.C. Johnson

2013-05-23 17:26:00

Watch Phil Jackson talk to Chicago Tribune reporter K.C. Johnson about his new book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success;" his future plans to possibly enter management, and he takes the opportunity to walk down memory Lane. ALSO: Phil Jackson throws...

Under a strategy to saturate high-crime areas, some Chicago police officers, depending on their rank and seniority, can make as much as $70 an hour with time-and-a-half pay. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune / June 11, 2013)

2013-06-18 14:30:00

Chicago Forward- Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Benett joins Chicago Tribune editorial page editor Bruce Dold in a discussion about he performance and the promise of Chicago schools. Photo by Megan Bearder.

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Chicago Forward- Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Benett joins Chicago Tribune editorial page editor Bruce Dold in a discussion about he performance and the promise of Chicago schools. Photo by Megan Bearder

2013-06-18 00:00:00