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When porn star Jenna Jameson called in sick for appearances at his two DuPage County movie theaters, Ted Bulthaup did not take the news with a shrug of the shoulders. He tracked down online footage showing Jameson at a Hollywood party.
Then he called his lawyer.
Bulthaup — the Wonka-esque mind behind the Hollywood Blvd. and Hollywood Palms cinemas — says he doesn’t like getting tangled up in court. Then again, he saw few other options than the lawsuit he filed against Jameson after she backed out of the promotion for her R-rated horror-comedy “Zombie Strippers!”
“When word spread that she was at (celebrity blogger) Perez Hilton’s birthday party instead of our event, it was embarrassing,” he said.
Jameson’s no-show notwithstanding, celebrity appearances are a staple of the ultimate moviegoing experience Bulthaup has been promising since he opened Hollywood Bar & Filmworks in Indianapolis in 1991. Two decades later, his lavishly decorated theaters in Woodridge and Naperville remain a unique draw in the West suburbs, offering full food and bar service, and regular appearances by faces from the big screen.

See the full article from “Chicago Daily Herald”

… I really am bad at clarinet,” said Babbo, who plays a boy who botches an audition early in the show. He then returns to the stage as a newsboy, singing “Extra, Extra,” one of many songs that the audience is sure to recognize, even if they’ve never seen the musical before.
Classic songs
The Grammy-winning score includes such iconic tunes as “Let Me Entertain You,” “Some People,” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
Francis Asher of Oak Park has spent a lifetime on stage, but she’s new to Drury Lane, and to “Gypsy.”
“It’s a wonderful production. The people are so talented,” she said. “I’m just blown away with the talent.”
After a lengthy break from theater, Asher is pleased to return as Electra. “I play a stripper from Wichita,” Asher said.

See the full article from “Oak Park Leaves”

In the summer of 1981, Mazola and neighborhood resident Oscar DAngelo, the so-called Mayor of Little Italy, collaborated with local merchants and nearby institutions and co-founded the University Village Association. Its a nonprofit group focused on broadly improving local stability by assisting in the economic residential development in the neighborhood. Mazola was its first president.
Almost a decade later, when Fred Roti, the alderman of the 1st Ward, was indicted in the federal governments Operation Gambat investigation for racketeering and extortion in 1990, Mazola ran for the job and took 57 percent of the vote, in a competitive field of five candidates.
Being an Italian from the 1st Ward following Roti, the first day I was in office a guy came to me talking about a nightclub on Lake Street. I say, are you talking about a strip club? It was my first day in office. I said, get out of here, he recalls.

See the full article from “Chicago Journal”

… I really am bad at clarinet,” said Babbo, who plays a boy who botches an audition early in the show. He then returns to the stage as a newsboy, singing “Extra, Extra,” one of many songs that the audience is sure to recognize, even if they’ve never seen the musical before.
Classic songs
The Grammy-winning score includes such iconic tunes as “Let Me Entertain You,” “Some People,” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
Francis Asher of Oak Park has spent a lifetime on stage, but she’s new to Drury Lane, and to “Gypsy.”
“It’s a wonderful production. The people are so talented,” she said. “I’m just blown away with the talent.”
After a lengthy break from theater, Asher is pleased to return as Electra. “I play a stripper from Wichita,” Asher said.

See the full article from “Chicago Sun-Times”

A: Oh man, if she’s anything like Shaylene down at the Quik-Pak, you LEAVE. I swear, she’d be tapping her heater against the glass before I got to TWO. Ooh-wee, she crazy! 
Q: Five guys, all of different ages, enter a bar and take a seat at a round table. What is the probability that they are seated in ascending order of age?
A: I don’t know. 20 to 1? Is that even a probability? Are they sitting at my table? Because I tell you one thing, there is a 100 percent chance that the drunkest one is sitting next to me. Is that anything?
Q: What is your strategy at table tennis?
A: Finally, an easy one! I don’t play table tennis … boo-yah!
Q: Would you be OK hearing “no” from seven out of 10 customers?
A: If I was a stripper, yes. Wait.

See the full article from “Patch.com”

The movie centers on a mismatched duo: Juno Temple as Danielle (the title character), a cynical high school tramp shielding a heart of gold and Jeremy Dozier (in his movie debut) as Clarke, the gay, awkward and shy, overweight object of high school bullying. Outside of school, both Danielle and Clarke have their proverbial crosses to bear, tooa trampy mother (Milla Jovovich) mixed up with a conservative Mormon boyfriend (William H. Macy) for Danielle and a homophobic father (Dwight Yoakam) and mother in denial (Mary Steenburgen) for Clarke. When things reach an emotional breaking point the mismatched teens hit the road in search of Danielle’s father (Tim McGraw). Along the way they bond and, in one memorable sequence, Clarke loses his virginity to a hot male stripper (played with sensual finesse by Nicholas D’Agosto).

See the full article from “Windy City Times”

There’s plenty of buzz around the corner of Broadview and Queen St. E. lately. Take, for example, the condo/lofts looming over the intersection, both further south on Broadview, at Eastern, and further west along Queen. There’s also the rise of chichi-ish spots like Prohibition “Gastropub” (where you can waste $14 on probably the worst breakfast in the city) and that new store on the south side of Queen that sells crap imported from Britain, for some reason. Add in all the vintage shops, bakeries, and a new high-end, low-stock grocery store, and it’s easy to understand why the intersection is “desirable.” Demolishing one of the key facets of this desirability—a place which is not only a delicious restaurant, but contributes greatly to the architectural and visual appeal of the corner of Queen and Broadview, kitty-cornered by the New Broadview House Hotel (and strip club, which is not going anywhere), a run-down burger bar (Dangerous Dan’s), and a 24-hour Starbank convenience store—in order to seize on this cachet seems moronically wrong-headed. It’s kind of like admiring a piece of art and then buying it and eating so you don’t have to share it with anyone.

See the full article from “A.V. Club”

Businessman eyes La Porte County site for gentlemen’s club
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LA PORTE — A Chicago-based businessman trying to open a gentlemen’s club in Michigan City is now trying to get a variance for one in Springfield Township.John Burys, of Phoenix Enterprises America, has filed a petition for a variance to operate a gentlemen’s club at 5906 N. U.S. 35, in Springfield Township. The petition was filed along with Richard Loniewski and Shirley St. Arnaud.The petition will be heard and determined at a public hearing on Jan. 17 in the county complex assembly room (first floor lobby) at 6 p.m.Interested people may attend and remonstrate.
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“This legislation prohibits the establishment or operation of any commercial venture meeting the definition of ‘adult entertainment’ which ultimately imposes restrictions and prohibitions on First Amendment protected expression,” according to the complaint.Burys’ attorney, David Ambers, said his client is still pursuing his federal lawsuit against the county, but, since county officials told him he might get approval if he found a better location for the gentlemen’s club, he is pursuing a variance on the second property as well to cover his bases.

See the full article from “The Herald Argus”

Lil’ Wayne has revealed that he has been sponsoring an all new contact sport — stripper fighting. On Monday night he hit the King of Diamonds in Miami and sat ringside during its stripper fight-night. He awarded the winner of one match with $1,000 in singles. Sources have told TMZ that he spent nearly $30,000 in total that evening.

See the full article from “Hip Hop Press (press release)”

China’s government has banned commercial interruptions in dramatic programs lasting at least 45 minutes. An official at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television declared that eliminating ads from programs would make the shows conform to “public interests and aspirations” and “help TV dramas develop in a scientific and healthy manner.” But the move also follows the Communist Party’s announced intention to raise TV’s entertainment and ideological value to hold the attention of people who’re increasingly turning to the Internet for alternate viewpoints. The new rule also came after most advertising contracts for the new year had already been signed. TV advertising revenue in 2010 amounted to $78 billion, much of which supported the nation’s 3,240 TV stations. “The government could really take our lives if it bans all commercial breaks during the most-watched TV series,” one station executive said. (BBC News)
HARD TIME
The visitor rooms at Miami’s maximum-security Federal Detention Center have been taken over by South American pole dancers posing as paralegals for incarcerated drug lords, according to attorneys who complained that if they don’t provide strippers, they risk losing clients to colleagues who do.

See the full article from “Planet S”