Rick Kogan

I met Al Pacino one September afternoon long ago at the wedding of David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon at a place called Stillington Hall in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about an hour's drive northeast of Boston.

Al Pacino, a cast member of movie “House of Gucci,” leaves a Milan, Italy hotel on March 11, 2021, while Stefania Nobile shows Pacino her leather jacket with a photo from the movie “Scarface.” (Luca Bruno/AP)

Those coming to “Sonny Boy” seeking the sort of dirt and scandal that pepper so many celebrity books will be disappointed. Pacino is a gentleman throughout and admirable for that.

Al Pacino, a cast member of movie “House of Gucci,” leaves a Milan, Italy hotel on March 11, 2021, while Stefania Nobile shows Pacino her leather jacket with a photo from the movie “Scarface.” (Luca Bruno/AP)

I met Al Pacino one September afternoon long ago at the wedding of David Mamet and Rebecca Pidgeon at a place called Stillington Hall in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about an hour's drive northeast of Boston.

“The Last Days of Cabrini-Green” is a new series that tells the complicated story of Chicago’s public housing complex.

CHICAGO -- Of the many people whose lives still cast shadows on our history, one of them is that of a little boy, a 14-year-old named Emmett Till who left

As the Billy Goat Tavern hits its 90th anniversary and we also celebrate the 90th birthday of Sam Sianis, the patriarch of the family that operates

CHICAGO — As the Billy Goat Tavern hits its 90th anniversary and we also celebrate the 90th birthday of Sam Sianis, the patriarch of the family that operates the Billy

CHICAGO — If there are ghosts, the ghost of writer Bill Zehme might be found within the Chicago tavern/restaurant Twin Anchors, where he spent many living days and nights and where his face still stares from photos on the walls and where one recent night his friend Mike Thomas was saying, “I miss Bill.”