At least 50 Chicago Park District union workers marched into City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Brandon Johnson intervene in contract negotiations that have reached the brink of a strike. Service Employees International Union Local 73 — which represents more than 2,200 park workers, including supervisors, landscapers, instructors and lifeguards — voted earlier this… Continue reading Chicago Park District union workers ask Mayor Brandon Johnson to intervene in contract talks
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Dakota Johnson Chaos Timeline: Ellen, Limes, ‘Madame Web’
Dakota Johnson, queen of all nepo babies, is incapable of being boring. No matter what she’s stuck promoting, Johnson brings such a specific and chaotic energy to press appearances that the world reshapes around her. Like her character in Suspiria, she brings destruction in her wake. But like her character in the series finale of… Continue reading Dakota Johnson Chaos Timeline: Ellen, Limes, ‘Madame Web’
SNL Takes on Stanley Cup Craze With Dakota Johnson
Saturday Night Live resurrected the “Big Dumb Hat” mamas to talk about their latest obsession: big dumb cups. Dakota Johnson joined Heidi Gardner and Chloe Fineman as the huge car-driving, big cup-sipping women who name their kids Braxton. And you know they got those waves with a Dyson Airwrap. Watertok’s prized accessory — already the… Continue reading SNL Takes on Stanley Cup Craze With Dakota Johnson
‘SNL’ Recap, Season 49, Episode 10: Dakota Johnson
Photo: NBC/Will Heath/NBC America loves a redemption arc. It just depends on who is seeking redemption and from what. In the case of Justin Timberlake, who hard-launched his comeback on Saturday Night Live this week — arguably too soon — it may be less of an arc than a redemption quadrant. By any metric, Timberlake has had… Continue reading ‘SNL’ Recap, Season 49, Episode 10: Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson Roasts Please Don’t Destroy on SNL
It’s another week of Saturday Night Live, which means another week of the show’s host swinging by the Please Don’t Destroy office. “I’ve seen all your videos,” Dakota Johnson tells them, before things take a turn, “They’re really not for me.” Tensions escalate when she can’t help but laugh at the thought of one of… Continue reading Dakota Johnson Roasts Please Don’t Destroy on SNL
Jake Johnson on His SXSW Directorial Debut, ‘Self Reliance’
Inside the former New Girl star’s wild SXSW comedy about a deadly dark-web game. Photo: Saeed Adyani This piece was originally published on March 7, 2023 out of the SXSW festival. We are re-circulating it now timed to Self Reliance’s streaming debut on Hulu. People will listen to anything if it comes from a celebrity.… Continue reading Jake Johnson on His SXSW Directorial Debut, ‘Self Reliance’
Tonika Lewis Johnson continues her reparations work with ‘unBlocked Englewood’
Segregation. Redlining. Land sale contracts, where real estate speculators in the 1950s and ‘60s sold homes to Black families on rent-to-own contracts for double — or more — what the property was worth. Artist Tonika Lewis Johnson has been highlighting these decadeslong injustices against the Black community in projects such as “The Folded Map” and… Continue reading Tonika Lewis Johnson continues her reparations work with ‘unBlocked Englewood’
Jake Johnson on His SXSW Directorial Debut, ‘Self Reliance’
Inside the former New Girl star’s wild SXSW comedy about a deadly dark-web game. Photo: Saeed Adyani This piece was originally published in March out of the SXSW festival. We are re-circulating it now timed to Self Reliance’s streaming debut on Hulu. People will listen to anything if it comes from a celebrity. Say you’re… Continue reading Jake Johnson on His SXSW Directorial Debut, ‘Self Reliance’
WWE Star Bray Wyatt Dead at 36, Dwayne Johnson Pays Tribute
Photo: Monica Schipper/FilmMagic Windham Rotunda, the former WWE champion better known by his ring name Bray Wyatt, has died at age 36. WWE’s chief content officer and head of creative, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, announced the news on social media on Thursday. “Just received a call from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda [Wyatt’s father]… Continue reading WWE Star Bray Wyatt Dead at 36, Dwayne Johnson Pays Tribute
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health commissioner Arwady
Chicago’s top public health official, who led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic, was let go by Mayor Brandon Johnson Friday, according to sources with firsthand knowledge. Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady had said she wanted to stay on under the job in the new mayor’s administration, though Johnson had indicated on… Continue reading Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health commissioner Arwady