Chicago Radio Host Eric Furguson Accused of Sexually Coercing Staffer

Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor embroiled in a false claim that he was attacked in Chicago and subjected to racist and anti-gay slurs, now will face criminal charges of lying to police.

A judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago in January 2019. An attorney for the former "Empire" actor said Smollett's rights were being violated since he had already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond under a previous deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop charges.

Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported that he was the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago in January 2019.An attorney for the former “Empire” actor said Smollett's rights were being violated since he had already performed community service and given up a $10,000 bond under a previous deal with Cook County prosecutors to drop charges.“A deal is a deal.

Wednesday night belonged to mysterious musicians and first responders as The Masked Singer topped the evening’s demo ratings and Chicago Fire walked away with the most viewers.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS, which has long tradition in drama procedurals, is currently the only major broadcast network without a successful first responders series as Fox has the 9-1-1 franchise, NBC has Chicago Fire and ABC has Station 19. CBS is hoping to remedy that with Rescue: MIA. The drama, which is in development at the network, is executive produced by a star of one of CBS’ hit procedurals, NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Eric Christian Olsen, via his Cloud Nine Productions.

CHICAGO -- Five alleged gang members have been indicted on murder charges in last year's shooting death of a Chicago rapper that prosecutors say was part of an ongoing violent effort to protect gang territories on the city's South Side, officials announced Wednesday.The U.S.

What makes a marriage endure? “So Late So Soon” chronicles the decades-long relationship between Don and Jackie Seiden. The documentary explores the artists’ works while delving into the unique aspects of their union.

Clayton Davis Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” one of the three shortlisted films to represent France for the upcoming 94th Academy Awards, will make its North American premiere at the Chicago Film Festival as part of the Global Currants and Women in Cinema program on Saturday, Oct.

Chicago Fire star Taylor Kinney has taken to social media in order to share an important message with fans.

With the historic Season 23 of Big Brother now a thing of the past, it seems that CBS continues to get along well with Survivor at the top of primetime. On Wednesday, Survivor brought in a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.56 million viewers, marking the evening’s highest-rated program. The competition series was stable from last week, when it tied with The Masked Singer in demo rating.

Michael Jordan, Juanita Vanoy Jordan, sold her six-bedroom mansion in Chicago’s River North neighborhood for $4.5 million on Tuesday, October 5.The former couple got divorced in 2006, and the next year, Juanita paid $4.72 million through a land trust for the 10,179-square-foot mansion.

Looking to the future. Mari Pepin-Solis and Kenny Braasch were one of three couples to get engaged during the season 7 finale of Bachelor in Paradise —  and the happy couple has been busy planning for their future ever since.

According to Robert Feder, a Chicago-based reporter, Jeff England, vice president and market manager of Hubbard Radio Chicago, told employees this week that another round of accusations was coming. England did not immediately return a request for comment on the benching.“We have made the decision that Eric will not be on the air through October,” he wrote in an internal email.

With three days of playback factored in Premiere Week rankings have shifted a bit, with a number of popular returning series getting strong lifts.

While they may be saving lives on screen, the casts of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. are heating up at home! Although many have relationships and families, some costars couldn’t help but fall for each other while filming.

Bartees Strange has teamed up with Dr. Dog drummer Eric Slick and Chicago rockers Ohmme for a cover of TV On The Radio’s track ‘Province’.The cover was recorded for the singles series from Psychic Hotline, the new label launched by Sylvan Esso.

Torrey DeVitto and Yaya DaCosta, who had starred on the NBC medical drama for six seasons since its 2015 premiere, departed the series in May.«Dealing with the exit of two longtime cast members and the addition of two new ones, and having dealt with the pandemic and its effect on our hospital, we look at season 7 thematically as a new beginning,» executive producer and co-showrunner Diane Frolov told ET over email.Frolov and co-showrunner Andrew Schneider promised, however, that both DeVitto and