Category: Entertainment

A thing you have to know about Hannah Waddingham is that she likes to get plane drunk. Preferably on champagne, time of day be damned. In her words, “7 A.M.? Bubbles.” This was part of the plan when the minds behind Ted Lasso flew her out for a second audition for Rebecca, Ted Lasso’s steely…

Most summers bring unwelcome guests to Midwestern gardens: Japanese beetles. These iridescent green beetles are best known for feeding on roses and linden trees, but in fact they can feast on hundreds of different plants, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum. “We’ve started seeing them on…

The Chicago Blackhawks were in the market for a big-ticket defenseman, and they landed one in a blockbuster draft-night trade Friday, acquiring four-time All-Star Seth Jones from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Adam Boqvist. Jones agreed to terms on an eight-year, $76 million extension with the Hawks, which he can’t sign until the…

Dear Amy: I just found out (from reading an exchange of text messages) that my husband of 40 years has reconnected with an old girlfriend. They have been actively corresponding for about a year. Both are in their 70s. Their relationship is far more than a happy re-connection between old friends, catching up and sharing…

General Daily Insight for July 24, 2021 Our ability to pick up information of all kinds is supercharged today as intellectual Mercury forms a helpful trine with intuitive Neptune at 12:35 pm EDT. Meanwhile, the emotional Moon unites with cold Saturn to embrace a moderate and idealistic approach to our personal needs. Luna is also,…

July 23, 2021 As public health officials keep track of the contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 across the U.S., the CDC is also watching for a potential outbreak of another virus — monkeypox. More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure after they had contact with an American who contracted…

July 23, 2021 — Chef Michel Nischan has won the prestigious James Beard Award four times, written cookbooks, and launched a restaurant with the late actor Paul Newman. But the motto on his website reveals what he’s really about: “Changing the world through food.” As co-founder and chairman of Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit founded in…

FRIDAY, July 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Money may not buy happiness but new research suggests it may at least help Americans live longer. “Our results suggest that building wealth is important for health at the individual level, even after accounting for where one starts out in life,” said Greg Miller, a faculty fellow at…

THURSDAY, July 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A proposed $26 billion settlement on opioid-related lawsuits has been reached with four large drug companies, a group of state attorneys general announced Wednesday.If enough states sign on to the deal with the country’s three major drug distributors — Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson — and pharmaceutical giant…

Editor’s note: This is the part of a series highlighting the 2021 Olympic Games with a specific emphasis on health and wellness. July 23, 2021 — While thousands of athletes are now competing in the COVID-19-challenged Tokyo Olympics, about a dozen representing Team USA have another distinction: They’re moms. From U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan…

A study from Japan suggests that a history of cardiovascular (CV) events in a spouse may elevate risk for future CV events in the other partner, with one caveat. Men in the cohort study were at increased risk if their wives had such a history, but the association was only one way. The risk of…

Dear Amy: After we divorced (decades ago), at some point my ex-husband told me that he was the father of another boy (he and I have two sons). He said the woman had used him as a “sperm donor” without his knowledge and that she wasn’t interested in him playing any role in the child’s…

Chicago Tribune | Jul 23, 2021 at 7:54 AM TOKYO — Glenview’s Alie Rusher became the third member of her family to compete in the Olympics when the U.S. women’s quadruple sculls team finished fifth in its preliminary heat Friday. “I am really excited to join them, but I definitely don’t want the race that…

ST. LOUIS — Kris Bryant was not in the Chicago Cubs lineup for the second straight game Thursday. Bryant came out of Tuesday’s game with right hamstring fatigue, which later was described by manager David Ross as heavy legs. Ross sounded optimistic during Wednesday’s pregame availability that Bryant would be available, but when a key…

CLEVELAND — Nelson Cruz packed up his big bat and joined a contender. The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Cruz, one of baseball’s most proven sluggers, in a four-player trade with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. Cruz was well aware of the likelihood he’d be dealt this month, with the disappointing Twins well out of…

A complaint that a Cook County elected official hired her first cousin as her chief of staff triggered an ethics inquiry earlier this year, but the official in question shot down calls Thursday for the relative to resign. Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Tammy Wendt, elected last year when she beat Republican incumbent Dan…

If we’re talking about The Best Jean-Claude Van Damme Scenes of all time, we gotta be honest: it’s hard to top the one-take monologue toward the end of JCVD, his 2008 semi auto-fiction film about a robbery gone… weird. Van Damme rises through the ceiling while speaking to the camera in French. The speech highlights…

It’s easy to let your imagination run wild when picturing life inside the Olympic Village, where more than 10,000 of the world’s fittest people are confined for the duration of the games. Stories about the Village running out of condoms, for instance, are now the stuff of legend. In a new YouTube video, former pro…

Courtesy of retailers Even in the pouring rain, you want to look good—but more often than not, rain boots are associated with uncomfortable, bulky shoes that leave your socks damp and your day ruined. Thankfully, there are endless options for waterproof shoes that are also comfortable. Some aren’t even really boots, but more like sneakers,…

Photos Courtesy of Retailers You’ve probably got all your essentials accounted for when packing for a camping trip, right? Tent, rations, medical needs, sleeping bag. But you don’t want to be sleeping on the cold, hard, wet ground, do you? Don’t forget to add one of the best camping cots to your camping checklist.Cots are…

After a two-year hiatus, live CrossFit competition is returning to Madison, Wisconsin. From July 27 to August 1, nearly 40 of the fittest men and fittest women on earth, along with dozens of teams, teens, masters, and adaptive athletes, will run, swim, paddle, row, swing, snatch, and squat their way through grueling physical challenges that…