Let’s begin this review with a question, not an opinion: Is “Wicked” the most popular musical created this century? Consider: This weekend the New York staging sees its 7,000th performance. Its Broadway run alone has defied financial gravity, collecting more than $1.3 billion at that box office. In 18+ years, around the country and the…
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As if losing to your crosstown rival doesn’t sting enough, UCLA’s last two losses to USC have come by way of buzzer-beaters. The two drama-filled finishes are the latter half of USC’s four-game winning streak over the Bruins. No. 12 UCLA will take on No. 21 USC at the Galen Center at 7 p.m. Saturday…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot plans to present the Chicago Bears with a “compelling financial case” for the team to stay in the city and her administration will “explore” the possibility of placing a roof on Soldier Field, she said in a pair of interviews Friday. “We’re going to continue to do everything we can to keep…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. The Super Bowl is nearly here. That means in addition to the football, there are A LOT of events with notable musicians happening all around the area. The biggest is the Bud Light Super…
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By David Bauder | Associated Press NEW YORK — Several conservative media figures in the U.S. have taken up the cause of Canadian truckers who have occupied parts of Ottawa and blocked border crossings to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity cheered the truckers on while showing four live reports…
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By MAE ANDERSON | AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Super Bowl advertisers this year want Americans to forget about pandemic woes and focus on the future: of electric vehicles, mind reading Alexas, robots and cryptocurrency — and also to harken back to the nostalgic past of ’90s movies like “Austin Powers” and “The Cable…
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Eli Tomac has a chance to achieve a rather rare result for the Yamaha factory Supercross team when the AMA dirt bike series makes its third and final appearance of the season Saturday night at Angel Stadium. Should he win the main event in Anaheim, Tomac would become the first Yamaha rider to win three…
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Former major league outfielder Jeremy Giambi, found dead on Wednesday at his parents’ Claremont home, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said on Friday, Feb. 11. Claremont police responded to a medical emergency about 11:40 a.m. Wednesday and found the 47-year-old dead. Giambi attended South Hills…
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New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel’s race has been one of the most beaten-down topics surrounding his hire. It’s because it’s not as simple as black and white. Without knowing any better, one could just assume McDaniel is white, based on his appearance. But McDaniel’s father is Black. As that information came out during the…
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By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken did not detail the reasons behind the State Department’s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave…
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