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- 'Ring of Fire' draws on Cash's music, life
Julie Meirick loved Johnny Cash songs before she knew who the Man in Black was. Her best friend's dad listened to Cash while she was growing up, and she loved the gritty country songs. Now, she's singing with them for a living. - It's been a 'Wild' year
From early surprises such as "The Astronaut Farmer" to summer sensations such as "Ratatouille" to last-minute delights such as "Juno," there was no shortage of quality movies. Here are the top 10. - Industry expands full-body playing
If you gave or got videogames as Christmas gifts, you may have noticed something very different about how some of the hottest ones are played these days. - Going - Listings
Auditions - Year's most memorable (or forgettable)
Over a mere 12 months, Hollywood's finest wound up in feuds, identity crises and in jail - could we ask for more? And Alec Baldwin, Isaiah Washington and Don Imus manage to hit new lows. - Scots legend comes to life
Directed by Jay Russell, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep."revolves around a lonely lad who loses his father in WWII England. His spirits are lifted when he finds a mysterious egg that hatches a tiny weird lizard-looking creature who grows ... and grows ... and grows. - Poinsettias may bring trouble this Christmas
Q: We have had poinsettias for years and they have often lasted well into the new year, however, this year we got a lemon. It has small white insects flying around it when it is bumped. I moved it to a room all by itself as a quarantine. I don't want to throw it away, but I am afraid the flies will infest my other houseplants. - Denzel turns director again for 'Debaters'
Denzel Washington takes on directorial duties for the second time with "The Great Debaters," being careful not to stray too far from the inspirational, sports-movie formula that has served him well as an actor. - REO Speedwagon to rock the Rialto
Tickets will go on sale Jan. 4 for REO Speedwagon in concert at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet on Feb. 9. REO Speedwagon rolled into 2007 full throttle with their brand new album "Find Your Own Way Home," their first studio collection of new material in more than a decade. - 2007's best music
With most years, there's usually a CD or two that stands at least a head (and often shoulders) above the rest of pack to make picking the year's best CD fairly simple. That's not the case for 2007. - Song and a haircut
Turns out "Sweeney Todd" needed Tim Burton more than Tim Burton needed "Sweeney Todd." - Box office
The top 10 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and Nielsen EDI Inc. are: 1. I Am Legend: Warner Bros., $77,211,321, 3,606 locations, $21,412 average, $77,211,321, one week. - Reilly takes his shot at starring role
By Josh Larsen - 2007 Year in pop culture
NEW YORK -- So what really happened in that diner? You know, after the cut-to-black, after the juke box stopped playing "Don't Stop Believin' " and the onion rings were gone? Did Tony Soprano die, or did he live, perhaps not to return to criminal ways but to reinvent himself as an insurance salesman? - 'Charlie Wilson's War' too funny -- and altogether true
It has all the ingredients of a great satire. A hard-drinking congressman, a gorgeous Texas socialite and a grumpy CIA agent team up for hijinks and heroics, and together manage to bring down the Soviet Empire. - Combat calling
An awesome experience gets everything right - Going - Listings
Auditions - Comedian Cosby returns to Joliet
Legendary comedian Bill Cosby will perform two shows at 4 and 8 p.m. May 3 at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. Cosby is, by any standards, one of the most influential stars in America today. Whether it be through concert appearances or recordings, television or films, commercials or education, Cosby has the ability to touch people's lives. - Teen's love of acting no act
It's a good thing eighth-grader Ryan Smetana doesn't care about what his friends think, because if he did, he may have missed out on finding his creative niche in life. "A lot of my friends don't think acting is cool," he said. "But I don't really listen to them." - Unknown culprit affects hibiscus plants
Q: My husband has hired a pesticide company to periodically spray for ticks and fleas in our backyard. While this seems to work on keeping our dog pest-free, our hibiscus trees seem to turn yellow soon after each application. - Chicago natives get Golden Globe nods
The Chicago area will be well-represented at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony next month thanks to a Hollywood veteran in his first real starring vehicle and a Lemont native who penned one of the most talked-about movies of the year. - 'Grace is Gone'
Sick of the same old thing at the megaplex? Here's an offering that's not from the Hollywood pipeline. John Cusack is determined to excise every ounce of his screen charisma in "Grace is Gone," an independent drama about a husband and father of two young girls whose wife dies fighting in Iraq. - 'Juno' succeeds by choosing real over cool
By Josh Larsen - 'I Am Legend' ...
Hollywood's long-gestating, big-budget extravaganza for the holiday season is a toothless dud - sort of like the abominable snow monster at the end of Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." - Box office
The top 10 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and nu
