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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Aly and A.J. perform at the Taste of Chicago.
(Oscar Lopez/For the Sun-Times)
Teen icons-in-training get close to fans at Taste If they were any more famous, Alyson Michalka and Amanda Joy Michalka -- better known as Aly and A.J. -- might have caused a riot Sunday at the final concert at Taste of Chicago. After about half of the sun-baked crowd at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park had cleared out toward the end of their 12-song set, the duo invited their fans to rush toward the front of the stage, which they did with teenage fervor.

George Michael: Listen without prejudice
I don't know about the whole show, ABC's new "Eli Stone" -- it looked a wee bit hokey, like "Touched by an Angel" for couples who conceived their kids after episodes of "Ally McBeal" -- but the George Michael clips make for great YouTube. Check out his debut in the series premiere. Eli's having sex and becomes ... distracted by ... music. He stops, investigates -- and finds George Michael in his living room singing "Faith."

Monsters just won't let Fraser alone
Cindy Pearlman: He received critical acclaim for his role in "Gods and Monsters," but lately life has been heavy on the monster part for Brendan Fraser. "What is it about me?" ponders the handsome 39-year-old father of three. "Do I have a sign on me that reads: 'If you're a mummy or a monster or even a prehistoric dinosaur then please make my life a living nightmare?' "


Chicago Lit: A punk-rock 'crossover novel'
Stephanie Kuehnert was about two-thirds done with the first draft of her debut novel, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone, when she unexpectedly found herself staring at her worst nightmare -- writer's block. To top it off, Kuehnert, then a graduate student at Columbia College Chicago, had found an agent who felt the book had great possibilities.


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