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Your Sunday long read ☀️: Forty-two years after ‘Risky Business’ was released, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Your Sunday long read ☀️: Forty-two years after ‘Risky Business’ was released, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
“The next reporter who comes to this camp will receive a bullet.”
A new book explores the wild life of early 20th-century editor Margaret C. Anderson buff.ly/43eP6Zr
A new book explores the wild life of early 20th-century editor Margaret C. Anderson buff.ly/43eP6Zr
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“The next reporter who comes to this camp will receive a bullet.”
A new book explores the wild life of early 20th-century editor Margaret C. Anderson buff.ly/43eP6Zr
A new book explores the wild life of early 20th-century editor Margaret C. Anderson buff.ly/43eP6Zr
If you're out wandering this weekend, spend some time in Portage Park — with guidance from Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley on where to shop, eat, and more.
An Artistic Director's Guide to Portage Park
Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley recommends these four spots in his hood.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you're out wandering this weekend, spend some time in Portage Park — with guidance from Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley on where to shop, eat, and more.
“David wouldn’t greenlight the movie until he felt we had Joel and Lana. A huge swath of actors came in and read for Joel: Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Matthew Broderick.”
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“David wouldn’t greenlight the movie until he felt we had Joel and Lana. A huge swath of actors came in and read for Joel: Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Matthew Broderick.”
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Megan Mullally was almost Lana in Risky Business?
“When we saw Tom, there was some trepidation. Everybody was going, ‘That’s not the way a suburban kid from the North Shore of Chicago would look.’”
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Megan Mullally was almost Lana in Risky Business?
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This is terrific.
“When we saw Tom, there was some trepidation. Everybody was going, ‘That’s not the way a suburban kid from the North Shore of Chicago would look.’”
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is terrific.
“When we saw Tom, there was some trepidation. Everybody was going, ‘That’s not the way a suburban kid from the North Shore of Chicago would look.’”
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“When we saw Tom, there was some trepidation. Everybody was going, ‘That’s not the way a suburban kid from the North Shore of Chicago would look.’”
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
How ‘Risky Business‘ was made — as told by the cast and crew. buff.ly/WrIedtU @longreads.com
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Meet Margaret C. Anderson: Editor, publisher, agitator, badass. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #booksky
How an Early 20th-Century Editor Outraged the Establishment
A new book explores how Margaret C. Anderson went against the literary grain. Here’s what we learned.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Meet Margaret C. Anderson: Editor, publisher, agitator, badass. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #booksky
Boycott Culver’s.
Wear a foam cheese grater on your head.
“Packers Can Suck My Ditka and Kiss My Butkus.”
More ways to hate on the Packers: buff.ly/aDuLohE
Wear a foam cheese grater on your head.
“Packers Can Suck My Ditka and Kiss My Butkus.”
More ways to hate on the Packers: buff.ly/aDuLohE
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Boycott Culver’s.
Wear a foam cheese grater on your head.
“Packers Can Suck My Ditka and Kiss My Butkus.”
More ways to hate on the Packers: buff.ly/aDuLohE
Wear a foam cheese grater on your head.
“Packers Can Suck My Ditka and Kiss My Butkus.”
More ways to hate on the Packers: buff.ly/aDuLohE
“When the car is backing out of the driveway and stalls? That’s actually Sean Penn in the car.”
More from our behind-the-scenes look at ‘Risky Business’
More from our behind-the-scenes look at ‘Risky Business’
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“When the car is backing out of the driveway and stalls? That’s actually Sean Penn in the car.”
More from our behind-the-scenes look at ‘Risky Business’
More from our behind-the-scenes look at ‘Risky Business’
Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley recommends these four spots in his hood. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
An Artistic Director's Guide to Portage Park
Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley recommends these four spots in his hood.
www.chicagomag.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley recommends these four spots in his hood. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
Fuller, Logan, and Blaine are more than just fields, neighborhoods, and schools. Here are the stories of the forgotten men who've lent their names to Chicago locations.
The Men That Time (But Not Your Local Park) Forgot
Fuller, Logan, and Blaine are more than just fields, neighborhoods, and schools.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fuller, Logan, and Blaine are more than just fields, neighborhoods, and schools. Here are the stories of the forgotten men who've lent their names to Chicago locations.
The biggest change in Atelier is that it’s no longer just a spot for tasting menus — the restaurant now has an à la carte menu and a bar program. buff.ly/ONXBpba
Atelier Is Now Better Suited to the Neighborhood
The tasting menu darling has added an à la carte menu.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The biggest change in Atelier is that it’s no longer just a spot for tasting menus — the restaurant now has an à la carte menu and a bar program. buff.ly/ONXBpba
An amaro bar, farmers’ market bakery, and ice cream shops. Here's where to eat and drink right now: buff.ly/t9cxRrH
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An amaro bar, farmers’ market bakery, and ice cream shops. Here's where to eat and drink right now: buff.ly/t9cxRrH
“Tom and Rebecca were having an affair on the set. Everybody knew it. When the trailer was jumping, you weren’t supposed to go knock.”
The Making of Risky Business
Forty-two years after the film’s release, the cast and crew recall the creation of a North Shore coming-of-age classic — and the birth of a Hollywood megastar.
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Tom and Rebecca were having an affair on the set. Everybody knew it. When the trailer was jumping, you weren’t supposed to go knock.”
When she launched The Little Review in 1914, she created one of the first outlets for avant-garde lit.
Five things we learned from a new book on Margaret C. Anderson: buff.ly/43eP6Zr
Five things we learned from a new book on Margaret C. Anderson: buff.ly/43eP6Zr
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When she launched The Little Review in 1914, she created one of the first outlets for avant-garde lit.
Five things we learned from a new book on Margaret C. Anderson: buff.ly/43eP6Zr
Five things we learned from a new book on Margaret C. Anderson: buff.ly/43eP6Zr
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This is an interesting read, but wow does Bronson Pinchot come across as an asshole.
“Tom, Rebecca, and I had gone out to dinner the night before the film came out, and I had told them, ‘Your lives are going to change radically now.’”
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is an interesting read, but wow does Bronson Pinchot come across as an asshole.
Your Chicago Bears play the Packers twice this month. Here’s how to cast bad mojo on our northern nemesis. buff.ly/aDuLohE
A Hater’s Guide to Hating the Packers
Here’s how to cast bad mojo on our northern nemesis.
www.chicagomag.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Your Chicago Bears play the Packers twice this month. Here’s how to cast bad mojo on our northern nemesis. buff.ly/aDuLohE
The tasting menu darling Atelier has added an à la carte menu as it moves to a different location on Western Avenue.
Atelier Is Now Better Suited to the Neighborhood
The tasting menu darling has added an à la carte menu.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The tasting menu darling Atelier has added an à la carte menu as it moves to a different location on Western Avenue.
Reposted by Chicago mag
“Tom, Rebecca, and I had gone out to dinner the night before the film came out, and I had told them, ‘Your lives are going to change radically now.’”
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Tom, Rebecca, and I had gone out to dinner the night before the film came out, and I had told them, ‘Your lives are going to change radically now.’”
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
An oral history of the making of ‘Risky Business’ buff.ly/WrIedtU
Reposted by Chicago mag
Huge thanks to @robertloerzel.bsky.social for covering Margaret in Chicago mag! We're now less than a week from pub day. 🥹 www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
How an Early 20th-Century Editor Outraged the Establishment
A new book explores how Margaret C. Anderson went against the literary grain. Here’s what we learned.
www.chicagomag.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Huge thanks to @robertloerzel.bsky.social for covering Margaret in Chicago mag! We're now less than a week from pub day. 🥹 www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
“I cannot tell you I’ve ever gone onstage in the past five or 10 years going, ‘I got this.’ There’s always something that keeps me off-kilter.”
How Heather Headley Learned to Live Without Applause
The Grammy and Tony winner, 51, on adulation addiction, performance jitters, and suburban life.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“I cannot tell you I’ve ever gone onstage in the past five or 10 years going, ‘I got this.’ There’s always something that keeps me off-kilter.”
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Timothy Evans’ leadership style as chief judge of Cook County was lauded by some as thoughtful and considered, and criticized by others as hands-off and reactive. (with @chicagomag.com) buff.ly/I8R6R5I
How chief judge Timothy Evans shaped the Cook County courts
For 24 years, Timothy Evans led the Cook County Circuit Court through major reforms and policy changes.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Timothy Evans’ leadership style as chief judge of Cook County was lauded by some as thoughtful and considered, and criticized by others as hands-off and reactive. (with @chicagomag.com) buff.ly/I8R6R5I
John: What do they call that? A Chicago handshake?
Amy: Chicago Happy Meal.
John: Oh, Chicago happy— oh, right. Chicago Handshake is the Malört and the Old Style?
Amy: Yes
John: Okay. Reason number 365 I should be thrown out of Chicago
Amy: Chicago Happy Meal.
John: Oh, Chicago happy— oh, right. Chicago Handshake is the Malört and the Old Style?
Amy: Yes
John: Okay. Reason number 365 I should be thrown out of Chicago
John’s Favorite Fries and Where to Eat at Chicago Airports
John breaks down what makes a great fry and where to find them. Amy takes us on a quick tour of where to eat at Midway and O'Hare airports.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
John: What do they call that? A Chicago handshake?
Amy: Chicago Happy Meal.
John: Oh, Chicago happy— oh, right. Chicago Handshake is the Malört and the Old Style?
Amy: Yes
John: Okay. Reason number 365 I should be thrown out of Chicago
Amy: Chicago Happy Meal.
John: Oh, Chicago happy— oh, right. Chicago Handshake is the Malört and the Old Style?
Amy: Yes
John: Okay. Reason number 365 I should be thrown out of Chicago