Keke Palmer Transforms Into Elle Woods From 'Legally Blonde' -- See the Chic Pic!

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMimi Plauché, the artistic director of the Chicago International Film Festival, has been named Knight of the Order of Arts and Lettres from the French Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin. Plauché will receive the honorary distinction, one of the four ministerial orders of the French Republic, at a gala event held on Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West’s first “Donda” listening party in Atlanta last month was a simple event — as much as an album-listening party in a football stadium can be simple — featuring the rapper, clad in a mask, stomping around the stadium floor as his album played.

Kanye West is reportedly building a structure resembling the house he grew up in inside Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium, ahead of his planned listening party this week.First shared by TMZ, pictures taken inside the stadium reveal the foundations of a light blue building resembling West’s childhood home.Instagram account @chicagomediatakeout posted additional pictures of the structure inside the stadium.

It’s hard to imagine a more well-timed and well-placed documentary than Jan Siki’s “Reconstruction of Occupation,” which debuted on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s 3-year-old daughter Chicago is growing up so fast. And as she grows, she’s becoming more curious about life — including why we have five fingers and why we don’t have a sixth one between our thumbs and pointer fingers.

R&B star R. Kelly will be back in a criminal court on Wednesday, this time for opening statements in his long-anticipated federal trial arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women and girls while pursuing fame and fortune.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is Aug. 16, 2021, which means it’s 3 days until final-round voting starts on Aug.

Dixie D’Amelio is no longer a teenager!

Tony Esposito was a legendary Hall of Fame goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks. Tony Esposito was a star goaltender in college for Michigan Tech.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeA few months ago in Variety, Kaley Cuoco shared the story of how she stumbled across the logline for “The Flight Attendant” while skimming the list of upcoming novel releases on Amazon. She immediately called her attorney to see if Reese Witherspoon had already optioned it.Witherspoon hadn’t, and that’s when Cuoco swooped in and started the process that eventually led to her Emmy-nominated adaptation for HBO Max.

Tiger Woods can teach David Spade a thing or two about golf.

Jordyn Woods, 23, and her NBA star boyfriend Karl-Anthony Towns, 25, continue to support each other in the best of ways. In an Instagram post shared on August 4, the model acknowledged the support she receives from her beau, Karl-Anthony, on a regular basis. 

He’s All That is coming soon!

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has added Beth Lacke (Chicago Med, Hope Springs Eternal), Stephen Louis Grush (Chicago P.D., The Alienist), and Cass Buggé (Better Things, Yes Day) to its upcoming sci-fi drama series Lightyears in recurring roles.

Vanity Fair is reimagining an array of iconic films from 1999 and the early 2000s with a new generation of stars.

Chicago Fire's Alberto Rosende has shared a sweet moment between him and pal Daniel Kyri as they enjoyed a break from filming season 10.The two hit a bowling alley in Chicago, with Alberto sharing video of Daniel failing to get a strike as he rolled the bowling ball, captioning it with an inside joke: "My guy Doug!"Alberto stars as firefighter Blake Gallo, joining the show in season eight.