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Ever since it was first announced, the idea of Tom Hanks playing Mr. Rogers has seemed like dream casting, a match as snug as a warm zip-up sweater. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Hanks as the host of “Mister Rogers Neighborhood,” premiered Saturday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, revealing a nuanced and layered performance by Hanks...

He spent over three decades reimagining classic children’s tales like L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” Grimm fairytales and Aesop’s fables.

The American actress set to marry Prince Harry May 19 spent her formative years in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood, a more working-class place than its famous name suggests.

Home video released by a childhood friend shows an 8-year-old Meghan Markle playing a queen in a backyard production of “Your Royal Highness” at a birthday party in 1990. The actress will be an official member of a real royal family when she weds Britain’s Prince Harry on May 19th.

More advertisers are dropping Fox News personality Laura Ingraham after she mocked a Florida school shooting survivor online Wednesday. By Saturday afternoon, at least 14 companies had said that they would pull their ads from “The Ingraham Angle.” On Wednesday, Ingraham tweeted, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it.” In response, the outspoken...

As the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting fight for gun control and school safety, critics are questioning their intentions and attacking their credibility. But the teen activists continue to push back. In the six weeks since the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the students have defended themselves against constant false claims, ridicule and conspiracy...

Celebrity chef Michael Chiarello has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drug possession in Napa County. The California Highway Patrol says Chiarello was arrested after his Porsche Boxster was stopped around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on Silverado Trail. The area is a couple of miles from Yountville, where Chiarello has a restaurant, Bottega. Chiarello was...

Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, appeared on North Carolina’s Power 98 FM Wednesday touting a new nickname just as the station finished playing Chicagoan Chance the Rapper’s hit song “No Problem,” which features Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.

The Mother of Dragons had no problem answering E!’s rapid-fire questions.

Wrigley Field is the most Instagrammed location in Illinois, according to a new survey.

Three Chicago restaurants joined the ever expanding group of local eateries with national recognition with the release of Esquire magazine’s “Best New Restaurants in America for 2015” list.