A Look at Humboldt Park

A late February rain melts the snow that blankets Humboldt Park. Gray and wet, yet Division and California bustles with pedestrians. It’s the first day above freezing in weeks, and the neighborhood is starring in its first major motion picture, called, fittingly, “Humboldt Park.” In a black SUV...

Another Vaughn Christmas Bomb?

If last year’s “Fred Claus” didn’t give you heartburn maybe this year’s Vince Vaughn holiday comedy will do it for you. It is all about Christmas — and divorce. Cheery, eh? Vaughn plays a newly married man who, with his bride (played by Reese Witherspoon), has to spend...

ABC Family Announces 2008 Christmas Lineup

ABC Family’s 11th annual “25 Days of Christmas” programming event, will feature over two hundred hours of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family from December 1- 25. In addition to classic holiday favorites like “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year,” “Frosty’s...

A Puerto Rican Christmas

Freddy Rodriguez made the most of his time off from ABC’s Ugly Betty (he’s Gio, the sandwich seller) by celebrating Christmas a little early. He went home to Chicago to executive-produce and star in Humboldt Park, a holiday-themed comedy-drama due in November about a family reunion set in the...

Radio City Christmas Going Nation Wide

Coming soon, to a city near you. Maybe. It’s the famed Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s plan to launch a touring arena version of its Radio City Christmas Spectacular is the latest move in an increasingly aggressive strategy that will see the company launch...