entertainment
In Chicago, Anthony Bourdain enjoys donuts and (oops) a Cadillac
LORI RACKL: The final season of “The Layover with Anthony Bourdain” starts Monday on the Travel Channel with an episode devoted to Chicago, a city Bourdain visits behind the wheel of a Cadillac — the car at the center of a big beef Bourdain has with the cable network he once called home.
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Justin Bieber defies the haters at American Music Awards
“I feel like I’m going to be here for a very long time,” the pop/rock male artist winner says at the American Music Awards, where Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift also grab trophies.
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The songs say it all in James Joyce musical at Court Theatre
HEDY WEISS: In Richard Nelson’s moving adaptation of “The Dead,” family members bare their lost loves and broken dreams in a Feast of Epiphany party.
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Expensive legal fight ‘an obsession’ for Nicollette Sheridan
BILL ZWECKER: Another court shoots down Nicollette Sheridan’s pursuit of vengeance for her firing from “Desperate Housewives.” A show insider says, “She needed to let go of this a long time ago”
People
Jon Bon Jovi’s daughter charged after heroin overdose
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Sharon Osbourne has double mastectomy
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Shania Twain makes horseback arrival for Vegas gig
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Channing Tatum named People magazine’s ‘sexiest man alive’
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Nicole Westbrook ‘Thanksgiving’ song races to YouTube infamy
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Justin Bieber says “I don’t know” if it’s over with Selena Gomez
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Mom denies hitting ‘Modern Family’ actress
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Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez call it quits: source
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Baseball’s top woman knows how to pitch out of tough situations
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2 Chicago area singers sent home on ‘The Voice’
Television
In Chicago, Anthony Bourdain enjoys donuts and (oops) a Cadillac
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Ken Burns’ ‘Dust Bowl’ film absorbing, if a little dry
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Monday’s talk shows
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Pat Finn, the newest dad on Nickelodeon, stays close to L.A.’s Chicago crowd
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Synergy gets Zeppelin songs on ‘Revolution’
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‘30 Rock’ heroine Liz Lemon to wed this month
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Thursday’s talk shows
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Chrissy Camba is lone Chicago toque on new ‘Top Chef’
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David Hasselhoff busy with TV, stage projects
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‘Reality’ satire rife with Chicagoans
Music
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In a first, Jason Mraz to play outdoor show in Myanmar
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Justin Bieber defies the haters at American Music Awards
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Reissues put the Beatles back on vinyl
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Philly rapper Asher Roth loves the sounds of Chicago
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CSO’s all-Russian program short on interpretative fire
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A former Chess Records hitmaker finds her voice as a S. Side preacher
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Speaking With... Peter Tork of The Monkees 11.16.12
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Club Hopping 11.16.12
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Shane Harper gets to live out his Disney dream
Stage
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ACT II: A second look at area stages — Mariann Mayberry’s mastery
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Mercury Theater plans musicals series
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Court Theatre’s ‘The Dead’ takes on a celebration filled with music, angst — and ham
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‘Hellcab’ fares well in 20th anniversary production
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‘Jenny Sutter’ explores returning vet’s plight
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The Guide — Theater Listings 11.16.12
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‘Burnt Part Boys’ captures miners’ milieu amid spirited song
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Actor’s injury postpones Drury Lane’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ opening night
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Theater Wit receives MacArthur grant
Movies
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Other films to see this season
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Holiday movie preview: The six must-have tix
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Ang Lee needed another dimension to show the ideas of ‘Life of Pi’
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Sally Field plays Mary Todd Lincoln, an ‘underappreciated’ first lady
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Chicago man Royko dubbed ‘the best crime researcher in America’ dead at 67
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Taylor Lautner enjoyed taking a beating in ‘Breaking Dawn 2’
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Kristen Stewart loves Bella, now emerging as a butt-kicking vampire
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Daniel Craig finds ‘Skyfall’ perfect blend of action and plot
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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ racks up some serious coin
Books
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Book buzz
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Historical bio roundup
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Roger Moore talks ‘Bond’
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Best sellers 11.18.12
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Literary listings
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Chicago man Royko dubbed ‘the best crime researcher in America’ dead at 67
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Obama, Palin and Jobs join Bartlett’s club
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A fiction lover’s delight at the movies this holiday season
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Last volume of Churchill bio highlights finest hours