Entertainment
11 hours ago
Knight delivers joke during ‘SNL’ appearance featuring US men and women hockey gold medal winners
Knight, the U.S. women's captain, along with teammate Megan Keller and men's team brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes, made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL" on Saturday night.
11 hours ago
‘Scream 7’ opens with a franchise-best $64.1 million in box-office win for Paramount
Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, "Scream 7" debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
13 hours ago
‘Sinners’ takes top prize at the Actor Awards, setting up an Oscar showdown
After a near awards-season sweep by "One Battle After Another," "Sinners" won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild's 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday, shaking up the Oscar race and setting up a potential nail-biter finale in two weeks at the Academy Awards.
14 hours ago
What to Stream: Harry Styles, ‘War Machine,’ Steve Carell, ‘Young Sherlock’ and Pokémon Pokopia
Harry Styles' fourth solo album, "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally," and Guy Ritchie's detective series "Young Sherlock" are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
3 days ago
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is showing a new film
A film about an escaped slave who made a very big name for himself, titled 'Unsinkable Freedom", is now playing at the ALPLM
4 days ago
Eddie Vedder turns solo vulnerability into a powerful plea in Netflix’s ‘Matter of Time’
The first time Eddie Vedder toured without Pearl Jam, he made some glaring mistakes onstage and felt discouraged. A few shows later, he ran into Bruce Springsteen, who told him that performing solo is terrifying but that vulnerability can be a force to harness.
4 days ago
30 years after Pokémon’s release, fans are still trying to catch ’em all
In the 30 years since Pokémon debuted in Japan with the 1996 release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green for Nintendo Game Boy, the franchise has taken over the globe with its animated shows, mobile games and highly coveted trading cards. Its popularity continues with fans young and old.
5 days ago
Park Chan-wook will lead the Cannes Film Festival jury, will be the 1st Korean in the role
Park Chan-wook, the Korean filmmaker of "Oldboy" and "No Other Choice," will head the jury at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, festival organizers announced Thursday.
5 days ago
Mega Millions ticket worth $3 million sold at Springfield gas station
$3 million ticket sold at North Grand Ave. East Qik-N-EZ.
6 days ago
Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira get Rock Hall nominations
Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira are some the 2026 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a wide net that includes rap, metal, R&B, hip-hop, Britpop, blues rock and pop.
6 days ago
‘Cobranded’ events part of Route 66 centennial celebration in Springfield. Here’s what’s planned
Here's an updated list of events surrounding the centennial of the "Mother Road" in Springfield!
7 days ago
Robert Carradine, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire’ star, dies at 71
Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood family and whose biggest hit was the 1984 comedy "Revenge of the Nerds," has died at 71. In a Tuesday statement to news outlets, his family said he lived with bipolar disorder for two decades and died by suicide.
7 days ago
Events throughout March in Springfield for residents and tourists alike
The Railyard opens, and there's a parade!
1 week ago
Rob Reiner’s son pleads not guilty to murder in the killing of his parents
Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood luminary Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder more than two months after their deaths, denying for the first time that he fatally stabbed his parents.
1 week ago
Met Gala guests (and the rest of us) learn the next dress code: ‘Fashion is Art’
You certainly don't have to tell Beyoncé this: Fashion, when deployed properly, is nothing less than art. Now, the fashion-forward superstar will have another chance to make the point.
1 week ago
Local comedian is turning a camper into a mobile stage
Local stand-up comedian, Cassandra Simpson, is starting a mobile stage called Rolling Laughs, featuring open mic nights, comedy shows, karaoke and more!
2 weeks ago
Eric Dane, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star and ALS awareness advocate, dies at 53
Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53.
2 weeks ago
Jacksonville Center for the Arts decides not to purchase Illinois Theatre
The center has not met an $8.9 million fundraising goal.
2 weeks ago
A movie that takes liberties with ‘Wuthering Heights’? Scholars are OK with that
If you're looking for someone to debate the new "Wuthering Heights" movie with, you might want to start with Lucasta Miller. She's a British author, editor and critic who has published an acclaimed study of the Brontë sisters and wrote the preface for the Penguin Classics edition of "Wuthering Heights."
