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The Des Plaines Public Library is changing its wi-fi policy after being threatened with a federal lawsuit because a patron used its internet to bootleg …...

Daniel Catan, composer of 'Il Postino,' dies at 62...

The “s”  word is never used in “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” the first film of a planned trilogy of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. But it's there in spirit, whispered off camera by the heroes of Rand's exceptional-people-intent-on-doing-...

Pearl Jam announced Monday it will headline its 20th anniversary concerts Sept. 3-4 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wis. Also scheduled to perform are the Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen......

Daniel Catán, an opera composer and librettist whose works including "Il Postino" and "Florencia en el Amazonas" have been praised for their lyrical romanticism and humane generosity of spirit, died suddenly Saturday in Austin, Texas. He was 62. Catán'...

With Christmas falling on a Saturday this year, there's one last full week -- well, almost -- before St. Nick makes his annual rounds. Thanks to television, DVD and Blu-ray, there also are chances to give yourself some extra holiday cheer with movies...

Brooklyn, N.Y., duo MGMT seemed to come out of nowhere with its 2008 debut, a spacey, electro-fied celebration of youth and revelry. The follow-up album, "Congratulations," was also a surprise, eschewing synthy fun in favor of surf-inspired psychedelia....

A pair of University of South Carolina frat boys are suing 20th Century Fox and the producers of the hit comedy "Borat" for making them look like a pair of University of South Carolina frat boys. The two unnamed USC students filed suit on Thursday (Nov....

One hour. That's how long it took me to remember who won last season's lackluster edition of "The Amazing Race." And even when I remembered I had the same apathetic feeling towards the Linz siblings that I did when they crossed the finish line. Didn't...

FOX, which has already renewed a number of its current shows for next season, got a further jump on its 2006-07 schedule Thursday with the pickup of two pilots. The comedy "'Til Death," starring "Everybody Loves Raymond" alum Brad Garrett, and the...

Feeling frustrated by the paucity of killer crocodile films since "Lake Placid" came out in 1999? Boy, does Touchstone ever have a fine film for you. Dominic Purcell and Orlando Jones are in place to star in "Primeval," a thriller from director Michael...

TNT will go the way of HBO and Showtime, at least for a few hours, when it rolls out its original series this summer. Two new shows, along with the second-season debut of "The Closer," will premiere without commercials, the cable network said Tuesday...