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Time Out
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Katz's Deli's world-famous pastrami is coming to Chicago for one day only
You already know that Chicago loves its signature beefy sandwiches, those juicy umami bombs of piquant giardiniera, savory jus, squishy sub and tender ribbons of slow-roasted beef. But next month, you can taste one of the star sandwiches of another great city: the classic pastrami from New York icon Katz's Deli. Yes, the famed Lower East Side restaurant—a meaty NYC mainstay since 1888, which has been immortalized in everything from When Harry Met Sally to Law & Order to Across the Universe —is bringing its primo pastrami to Chicagoland via this year's Windy City Smokeout, the country music and BBQ festival coming to Chicago's United Center from July 10 to 13. As part of the wider festival, a Katz's Deli pop-up will be hosted at Bub City (435 N. Clark Street) in River North on Wednesday, July 9. Tickets start at $45 per person (with tax, though gratuity is not included) and include the one menu item on offer: that iconic Katz's pastrami sandwich ("The brisket sings with horseradish, and the thick-cut pastrami stacked high between slices of rye is the stuff of dreams," says our pals over at Time Out New York) as well as pickles, steak fries and your choice of Dr. Brown's Soda (Root beer, Black Cherry, Cream Soda or Cel Ray Soda). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bub City (@bubcity) You can sink your fangs into that beefy bit of food history all while tapping a toe to live country music. (That should certainly help with the meat sweats.) The ticketed event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 9, with limited quantities available—guests must select a timeslot when purchasing tickets. One of Chicago's most popular summer events, the Windy City Smokeout brings together some of the most powerhouse pitmasters from all across the country, including homegrown 'cue experts from Chicago itself. This year's festivities will feature more than 20 musical performers, including Baily Zimmerman, Old Dominion, Kane Brown and Megan Moroney.
Buzz Feed
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
'80s Female Celebs, Then And Now
One of my all-time favourite activities is seeing what famous celebs looked like years ago. There's just something so mind-bending about seeing their transformations. So for a bit of nostalgia and fun, I thought I'd compile a ton of "then and now" photos of female from a decade that needs no introduction: the '80s. You'll definitely recognize some of the ladies on this list, so get ready for some surprises. And you'll also have to tell me what you think afterward in the comments below. They were gorgeous then, and they're gorgeous now! Ready to see some '80s beauties? Here's Michelle Pfeiffer from Scarface in the '80s: And here she is today: Here is Meg Ryan from When Harry Met Sally in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Molly Ringwald from The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Kim Basinger from 9½ Weeks and Batman (1989) in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Debra Winger from An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Phoebe Cates from Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Paradise in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Stevie Nicks from the band Fleetwood Mac in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Elizabeth Shue from The Karate Kid and Cocktail in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is model Cindy Crawford in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Lea Thompson from the Back to the Future trilogy in the '80s: Here is Heather Locklear from Melrose Place and Dynasty in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Catherine Bach from The Dukes of Hazzard in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Heather Thomas from The Fall Guy and Zapped! in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Nancy McKeon from The Facts of Life in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is singer Diana Ross, known for "Endless Love" and "I'm Coming Out," in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Ally Sheedy from The Breakfast Club and WarGames in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Kelly McGillis from Top Gun in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Kelly LeBrock from The Woman in Red and Weird Science in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Jennifer Beals from Flashdance in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Geena Davis from Beetlejuice and Thelma & Louise in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Diane Lane from The Outsiders in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Christie Brinkley from National Lampoon's Vacation in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Jennifer Grey from Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Goldie Hawn from Overboard in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Jackée Harry from 227 in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Jaclyn Smith from Charlie's Angels and The Night They Saved Christmas in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Catherine Mary Stewart from Night of the Comet and Weekend at Bernie's in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is singer Janet Jackson, known for "That's the Way Love Goes" and "State of the World," in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Rebecca De Mornay from Risky Business and Feds in the '80s: Here is Jennifer Jason Leigh from Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Lysette Anthony from Krull and Ivanhoe in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Lisa Bonet (AKA Lilakoi Moon, AKA Zoë Kravitz's mom) from The Cosby Show and A Different World in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Diane Franklin from The Last American Virgin and Better Off Dead in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Bo Derek from Tarzan, the Ape Man and Bolero in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Betsy Russell from Private School and Tomboy in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Melanie Griffith from Working Girl and Body Double in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is singer Joan Jett, known for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Bad Reputation," in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Daryl Hannah from Splash and Steel Magnolias in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Deborah Foreman from Valley Girl and April Fool's Day in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Nastassja Kinski from Paris, Texas and Tess in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Ann Jillian from It's a Living and Mr. Mom in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Sean Young from No Way Out and Blade Runner in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Sissy Spacek from Carrie and Coal Miner's Daughter in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is Debbie Allen from Fame and A Different World in the '80s: And here she is now: Here is The Go-Go's singer Belinda Carlisle, also known for "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "Our Lips Are Sealed," in the '80s: Who's your favourite bombshell from the '80s? Which celeb's transformation shocked you the most? Tell me all your thoughts in the comments below! And there's lots more where this came from — so check out BuzzFeed Canada on TikTok and Instagram!
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
A deep dive into romcoms, from 1930s screwball comedies to today
CINEMA Falling in Love at the Movies Esther Zuckerman Running Press, $42.99 There are some who seem unaware that romantic comedies were born long before Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks got together – with some help from writer-director Nora Ephron – for Sleepless in Seattle in 1993 and then You've Got Mail five years later. And even long before the 1980s, which gave rise to films such as Splash (1984), Say Anything… and When Harry Met Sally (both 1989) and when the 'chick flicks' label was yet to enter the popular lexicon. Most of the culprits can be found pounding away in the blogosphere, but some have managed to migrate into the mainstream with their blissful ignorance intact. Fortunately, however, Esther Zuckerman isn't one of them. A Millennial, she saw the light, as she explains in the introduction to her Falling in Love at the Movies, at the age of eight when her family took her to see You've Got Mail on New York's Upper West Side. It was love at first sight, but, since then, she's opened her lens wide enough to recognise that romcoms – as we now affectionately know them – have an illustrious history. As the subtitle for her handsomely illustrated book indicates, it's an overview of the genre, more or less beginning with the golden era of the screwball comedy – which includes 1930s films such as My Man Godfrey, The Awful Truth and Bringing Up Baby, as well as His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve and Ball of Fire from the 1940s – and generally tracing its development through to the present day. She's not as knowledgeable about romcoms as, say, Molly Haskell in her seminal 1974 book, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, Stanley Cavell in his brilliant Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (1981), or Ed Sikov in his astute Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (1989), although she cites them all (along with numerous magazine and newspaper articles). But she's a smart, thoughtful and often-perceptive enthusiast, concerned to make us understand that romcoms aren't just the equivalent of comfort food for needy filmgoers. She proposes connections between the old and the new. Some of them are irrefutable, like the fact that You've Got Mail is an updated remake of Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), with Hanks in the James Stewart role and Ryan in Margaret Sullavan's. Others grow evocatively but not especially persuasively out of her analyses, such as her identification of similarities between the flavour of Lubitsch's work and Nancy Meyers' in films such as What Women Want (2000) and It's Complicated (2009): 'Nancy, like Ernst, relishes art direction, the sparkling spaces that her characters occupy.' More successful but still not entirely convincing is her linking of Preston Sturges' wonderfully wacky 1940s comedies, such as The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story, and Ephron's equally wordy ones, beginning with the sparkling screenplay for When Harry Met Sally… She draws our attention to the plot details that drive romcoms. There's the 'meet-cute' that brings the lovers-to-be together for the first time, followed by the deceptions and/or misunderstandings that threaten their relationships, even if they're all eventually set aside for the unambiguous happy ending (Zuckerman allowing for exceptions, such as The Graduate and Annie Hall).
The Age
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
A deep dive into romcoms, from 1930s screwball comedies to today
CINEMA Falling in Love at the Movies Esther Zuckerman Running Press, $42.99 There are some who seem unaware that romantic comedies were born long before Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks got together – with some help from writer-director Nora Ephron – for Sleepless in Seattle in 1993 and then You've Got Mail five years later. And even long before the 1980s, which gave rise to films such as Splash (1984), Say Anything… and When Harry Met Sally (both 1989) and when the 'chick flicks' label was yet to enter the popular lexicon. Most of the culprits can be found pounding away in the blogosphere, but some have managed to migrate into the mainstream with their blissful ignorance intact. Fortunately, however, Esther Zuckerman isn't one of them. A Millennial, she saw the light, as she explains in the introduction to her Falling in Love at the Movies, at the age of eight when her family took her to see You've Got Mail on New York's Upper West Side. It was love at first sight, but, since then, she's opened her lens wide enough to recognise that romcoms – as we now affectionately know them – have an illustrious history. As the subtitle for her handsomely illustrated book indicates, it's an overview of the genre, more or less beginning with the golden era of the screwball comedy – which includes 1930s films such as My Man Godfrey, The Awful Truth and Bringing Up Baby, as well as His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve and Ball of Fire from the 1940s – and generally tracing its development through to the present day. She's not as knowledgeable about romcoms as, say, Molly Haskell in her seminal 1974 book, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, Stanley Cavell in his brilliant Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (1981), or Ed Sikov in his astute Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (1989), although she cites them all (along with numerous magazine and newspaper articles). But she's a smart, thoughtful and often-perceptive enthusiast, concerned to make us understand that romcoms aren't just the equivalent of comfort food for needy filmgoers. She proposes connections between the old and the new. Some of them are irrefutable, like the fact that You've Got Mail is an updated remake of Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), with Hanks in the James Stewart role and Ryan in Margaret Sullavan's. Others grow evocatively but not especially persuasively out of her analyses, such as her identification of similarities between the flavour of Lubitsch's work and Nancy Meyers' in films such as What Women Want (2000) and It's Complicated (2009): 'Nancy, like Ernst, relishes art direction, the sparkling spaces that her characters occupy.' More successful but still not entirely convincing is her linking of Preston Sturges' wonderfully wacky 1940s comedies, such as The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story, and Ephron's equally wordy ones, beginning with the sparkling screenplay for When Harry Met Sally… She draws our attention to the plot details that drive romcoms. There's the 'meet-cute' that brings the lovers-to-be together for the first time, followed by the deceptions and/or misunderstandings that threaten their relationships, even if they're all eventually set aside for the unambiguous happy ending (Zuckerman allowing for exceptions, such as The Graduate and Annie Hall).
Hindustan Times
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Every romance movie tries to hack love. Here's why it doesn't work IRL
Romance movies will have you believe that love is a shiny, fragile thing that can be distilled down to one great metaphor. Think of your favourite romcom. You can probably recall the line that made it famous; the piece of wisdom that, the movie promises, will change everything we know about love. Let's call it, for lack of a better term, the Love Hack. Audiences measure their relationships against it. It shows up in Insta Reels and Reddit compilations of the best relationship advice of all time. Every generation has their own. And it's probably ruining more relationships than it saves. Because a Love Hack rarely works in the real world. And even the fictional world is starting to wise up. In To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018), Lara Jean comes to realise that love isn't how it's described in the movies; 'it's better because it's real'. So, what is love? Oh, we're not offering a hack of our own. But here's what the movies get wrong. 'Love means never having to say you're sorry.' Love Story (1970) Excuse me, what? Anyone in a real relationship will tell you that you spend half of it apologising, and the other half being apologised to. In the movie, Ali MacGraw's character says it to Ryan O'Neal's character, after he apologises for his anger. Tsk tsk. That moment certainly needed an apology. And in subsequent interviews, MacGraw herself has disagreed with the line, calling it 'crock'. Couples fight; disagreement is part of love. Saying sorry means you're a grown-up, that you acknowledge the effect your words or actions have had on another person, regardless of intention. A whole generation of Love Story watchers skipped this. We don't have to. Cutting up fruit or moving onto the next topic as if nothing really happened just means you'll land up in couples' therapy later. 'When you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.' When Harry Met Sally (1989) Sounds wholesome. But is this really a test of love? For Harry and Sally, who spend their adult lives crossing each other's paths without realising that they should be together, it's a neat little conclusion. For everyone else, not so much. Remember when Geet left her whole family behind in Jab We Met, and fled home to start a new life with Anshuman? Bad idea. Besides, research shows that taking your time and marrying later leads to better, longer-lasting relationships. Also, marriage? In this economy? Who are you, a 20-something influencer with generational wealth? 'I think I can really fall in love when I know everything about someone.' Before Sunrise (1995) You know we'd come for this line. In the movie, Celine tells Jesse that knowing the mundane things about a person makes you fall for them: 'The way he's going to part his hair, which shirt he's going to wear that day, knowing the exact story he'd tell in a given situation'. Celine, ma cheri, you've got it backwards. Leave the tedious detail for after. No point seeing someone drool in their sleep, get petty with relatives and leave dishes 'soaking' in the sink right from the start. Even in the most long-lasting relationship, it's good to not know everything about your partner. It keeps the mystery alive. 'Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without.' Meet Joe Black (1998) Oh dear! How to hate on Brad Pitt, in his prime, playing Death? This line, thankfully, comes from Anthony Hopkins's character, who believes that his daughter is settling for a tepid partner (and not Brad Pitt)! But this is a dangerous pop-culture myth. If your entire relationship feels like a burning, fiery dance of emotion, chances are it will combust soon. Slow-burn love – showing up when they're sick, doing the dishes, listening to the same stories for the 16th time – doesn't fuel summer blockbusters. But it's the real test. 'You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person you cannot live without.' P.S. I Love You (2007) First of all, this is confusing. Unpack it a bit and you'll realise that both mean the same thing – that the person you cannot live without is ultimately the person you should live with. But that takes learning too. Also, it reeks of co-dependent behaviour. The person you should first learn to live with is you. And if you can't live without someone, maybe you're not ready to be a fully functioning adult yet. The Four Question Theory: 'Is he kind? Can I tell him everything in my heart? Does he help me become the best version of myself? Can I imagine him as the father of my children?' The Life List (2025) Four hacks for the price of one. When the Sofia Carson starrer came out, there were reports of couples feeling dissatisfied with their own love stories. Some even broke up because their relationships didn't pass the four question test. (Maybe they were low-key looking for an excuse to quit). PR gimmicks aside, it's too much of a quick-fix. An entire relationship can't be summed up in four questions. And besides, the fourth one is hardly inclusive. What if you can't see him/her as the parent of your child because you don't want to have kids in the first place? From HT Brunch, June 21, 2025 Follow us on
