Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat problem
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Chicago billionaire accused of fueling Lincoln Park rat problem

This is the luxury nut spreader who has a team spread his nuts around the park.

Barre Seid, 94 years old, “made news in 2022 for donating $1.6 billion to a conservative political action group run by Leonard Leo, in what is considered the biggest political advocacy donation in history.”

No wonder he just keeps paying fines. Endless money, just like Bezos who pays monthly fines for his giant privacy hedges.

Edit: background - https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/nutty-situation-in-lincoln-park/

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u/Jake_77 — 7 days ago

Stephen Colbert's 'Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past' Paused Post-Merger

Newly formed Skydance is hitting “pause” on the film for now. Originally, the movie was rumored to begin filming shortly after The Hunt for Gollum ended back in New Zealand….The film hasn’t been fully canceled, but it has hit major development speed bumps. They are still working on drafts, but filming isn’t expected anytime soon. The new studio simply doesn’t see Lord of the Rings as profitable as it once did and wants to see how The Hunt for Gollum does before greenlighting more projects.

knightedgemedia.com
u/Jake_77 — 10 days ago

Primetime Emmys Megathread!

On NBC & Peacock

2026 Creative Emmys:

  • Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series — WINNER
  • Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series — WINNER
  • Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series — WINNER
  • Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Series — WINNER
  • Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment) — WINNER
  • Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series — Nominee
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special — Nominee

2026 Primetime Emmys:

  • Outstanding Variety Series - WINNER
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u/Jake_77 — 1 month ago

Stephen Colbert’s Next Act: Screenwriting Software Mogul?

The former CBS host just finished a $5 million seed funding round for his company Scripto, which is used on late night shows, awards shows and video games alike.

hollywoodreporter.com
u/Jake_77 — 1 month ago
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Is the current tour the same show as the April one at SoFi Stadium?

I saw the stream of that show and it was fucking amazing. Obviously no guests like that at the rest of the shows, but is it still the same production otherwise?

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u/Jake_77 — 2 months ago
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Illinois Tollway proposes 2027 toll increases followed by increases for inflation every 2 years beginning in 2029

After more than a decade without a rate increase, the Tollway has delivered quality infrastructure that helps move Illinois forward.
To help fund the next 15 years of investments, the Tollway is seeking a rate increase to fund the proposed Driving Connections capital program.

* Passenger toll rates will increase approximately 45 cents per toll, starting January 1, 2027.

* Commercial toll rates will increase 30%, starting January 1, 2027.

* Beginning in 2029, rates would be adjusted every two years based on inflation.

Comments can be submitted via the website link by noon on August 3rd.

agency.illinoistollway.com
u/Jake_77 — 3 months ago

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Bows Out With 9 Emmy Nominations, Its Biggest Haul Ever

  1. Outstanding Variety Series

  2. Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

  3. Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

  4. Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series

  5. Outstanding Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series

  6. Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Series

  7. Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

  8. Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (Segment)

  9. Outstanding Music Direction

variety.com
u/Jake_77 — 3 months ago
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Stephen sports a tan suit at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center today

Today in Chicago (6/18)

u/Jake_77 — 4 months ago
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How 'Only in Monroe' TV show landed Stephen Colbert as guest host

Colbert first hosted "Only in Monroe" in 2015 when he was gearing up to begin his time hosting "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" on CBS. A decade ago, he wanted to do a test run with local platforms to see if he could garner a grassroots audience, Baumann said. She said he chose "Only in Monroe" in part because he could land a local celebrity guest, Eminem.

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u/Jake_77 — 4 months ago

The Guardian: Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

This is how it starts:

>The applause, dear God, the applause. It has you bracing against the headboard and groping for the remote when Comics Unleashed detonates on to the screen just before midnight. A soulless barrage of whoops, cheers and apparatchik-grade terror clapping, it hits like a jet engine at takeoff, swallowing the show’s disembodied announcer in a silo of his own manufactured zaniness.

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u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago
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New cameo on Only In Monroe with Stephen Colbert

Em sat down with Colbert on a Michigan local public access channel in 2015 and Colbert just released a new one tonight ending with this

u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago
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Stephen on the dance floor at last night’s wrap party

u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Finale Attracts 6.74 Million Viewers, Its Most-Watched Weeknight Episode Of All Time

The most-watched episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” of all time was its post-Super Bowl episode on February 7, 2016, with a 10:54pm start time; that episode garnered 20.55 million viewers.

For comparison, but during a very different time in linear TV viewing, the final broadcast of “Late Show With David Letterman” in May 2015 drew 13.76 million viewers (which made it that show’s largest audience since February 1994).

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u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago

Series Finale: The Late Show

Beginning in September 2015, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert comes to end after an 11-year run. Before Stephen, The Late Show was hosted by David Letterman for 22 years, from 1993 to 2015.

According to CBS, the cancellation of The Late Show was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and was “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

Many beg to differ.

It's not goodbye, Stephen, it's see you later.

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u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago

Stephen takes the Colbert Questionert

Video, Part 1
Video, Part2

  1. What’s the best sandwich? (Billy Crystal)

- Summer: Tomato sandwich on very thin white bread, eaten over the sink, juicy tomato
- Rest of the year: Hot pastrami on rye

  1. First concert? (Weird Al)

1977, Chuck Mangione, Children of Sanchez Tour in Charleston, South Carolina, with his mom

  1. What is the scariest animal? (Josh Brolin)

Trapdoor spider, and someone named one after him - Aptostichus stephencolberti

  1. Apples or oranges? (Martha Stewart)

Apples

  1. Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? (Mark Hamill)

Steve Martin

  1. What do you think happens when we die? (Jim Gaffigan)

“A feeling - some continuance of some kind, but it's a dispersion of the self into some other greater being.”

  1. Favorite action movie? (Jeff Daniels)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (or The Thing, but that's more horror)

  1. Window or aisle? (Tiffany Haddish)

Aisle because he's got a small bladder

  1. Favorite smell? (Evie)

When Evie and Stephen are going out someplace, when she is upstairs getting ready first, and when he goes up and gets to the top of the stairs, he already knows that she's gotten out of shower because Evie's used rose-scented lotion.

  1. Least favorite smell? (Amy Sedaris)

The grease jar that leaked into a bag of sugar underneath Mrs. Miller's sink

  1. What is your earliest memory? (Ben Stiller)

His mom on a short ladder with her hair up, painting the bedroom. His mom thought he was maybe 3 at that time. He wanted to tell her about his dream from the night before but remembers not being able to communicate that to his mom.

  1. Cats or dogs? (Aubrey Plaza)

Dogs.

  1. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: What is it? (James Taylor)

Glenn Gould's rendition of Song Without Words in E Major, Opus 19, Number 1

  1. WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU THINKING OF? (Robert DeNiro)

Three. Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke (SC: "That's very interesting") have guessed it.

  1. Describe the rest of your life in five words. (John Dickerson)

My family, my friends, fun.

And with that, Stephen Colbert is known.

u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago
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Only 1% of the world have done a marathon and now she is in that club !

u/522searchcreate — 5 months ago

How timely is blue box pickup?

If it says pickup time is noon, could that be 11am one day and 1pm another day? Or 3:00pm and 10:00am? Wondering how accurate it is

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u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago

Interview with People: Stephen Colbert on the End of 'The Late Show,' What's Next & Why CBS Might Have "Saved" His Life

We are getting max Stephen right now

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u/Jake_77 — 5 months ago