'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer is here
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Monday night in the National Football League, the Giants and the Eagles took a halftime break on ESPN so that galaxies far, far away and near, near, nearby could get a look at 130 tempting seconds from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
“Nothing will stand in our way,” rumbles Adam Driver, who portrays the masked adversary and super-committed Darth Vader fan in the new trailer. He’s right, of course. Director J.J. Abrams’ franchise reboot doesn’t open until Dec. 18. But already the anticipation of a galaxy-changer, or at least a really good time, has been bolstered by the trailer promising X-wing dogfights and variety of planets plus the return of top-billed Harrison Ford (along with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher). Above all the trailer soars on two mysterious energy forces: the music of John Williams, and a heavy, solemn reverence for The Force (“It’s calling to you. Just let it in”) dovetailing nicely with the trailer’s promise of an arrival THIS CHRISTMAS.
The Wrap reported a jump-the-gun ticket melee online Monday night. Sites such as Fandango and MovieTickets.com crashed left and right due to high, rabid demand. Tickets originally were scheduled to go on sale just after the “Force Awakens” trailer completed its halfway airing. But many successfully bought December tickets Monday evening, even before halftime.
At one point in the trailer, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega (British actors playing crucial new roles) ask Ford’s Han Solo for confirmation of some old myths they’ve heard about star wars past. “It’s true,” Ford says. “All of it. The Dark Side…the Force…They’re real.” Thanks for the reminder, but we knew that. Now, millions upon millions of “Star Wars” fans have only one question on their minds in the wake of the trailer: Is there any way to make the week before Christmas come a couple of months early this year?
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What's the deal with Mets fan Jerry Seinfeld wearing a Cubs hat?
Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune
Jerry Seinfeld was spotted excitedly showing love for the New York Mets in Sunday's game against the Cubs, but there was one time when Seinfeld displayed fandom for the Cubs.
In May 2008, Seinfeld was photographed wearing a Cubs hat with a sticker attached to the bill as he sat in the stands at Wrigley Field. The event was documented on the blog clubhousecancer.com.
The hat "was given to him by the Cubs on a visit to Wrigley. Worn once," Seinfeld's publicist Tom Keaney said in an email to the Tribune.
Indiana man resentenced to probation for sex with teen who lied about age
A 20-year-old Indiana man who spent 75 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for having consensual sex with a 14-year-old Michigan girl who lied about her age was resentenced Monday to two years of probation after telling the judge he has learned his lesson.
"This is not the way I feel about relationships at all and I realize it was a terrible mistake. I definitely respect the actual relationship," said Zach Anderson of Elkhart, Indiana.
Motorcyclist hits two pedestrians, killing one, on Lake Shore Drive
A motorcyclist driving between cars on Lake Shore Drive hit two pedestrians, killing one, near Buckingham Fountain on Monday night, according to police.
A 25-year-old woman hit by the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A man, whose age wasn't available, was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.
The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old man, is in custody at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
The crash happened about 10:25 p.m., according to authorities.
Police say father meant to drive family into Phoenix lake: 'It's absolutely horrific'
The deaths of two adults and three young children who were in an SUV that plunged into an Arizona lake are being investigated as a murder-suicide as police said Monday that the father of the youngsters deliberately drove the vehicle into the water.
Police spokesman Lt. Mike Pooley said 27-year-old Glenn Edward Baxter purposefully drove himself, his estranged wife and their children into Tempe Town Lake just after midnight Sunday.
Emanuel aides say record property tax could fall short without Rauner help
Hal DardickChicago Tribune
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's record property tax increase could fall short of what's needed to make required pension fund contributions and force aldermen to hit up taxpayers yet again after approving next year's budget, his administration acknowledged Monday.
Emanuel has proposed boosting yearly city property tax collections by $543 million over the next four years, with all of the new money earmarked for payments to city police and fire pension funds.
Grandfather: 6-year-old 'doesn't even remember' fatally shooting 3-year-old brother
Tony BriscoeChicago Tribune
Hector Salgado's eyes were bloodshot as he left the courtroom, where the father of his grandchildren was ordered held on criminal charges after Salgado's 6-year-old grandson shot and killed his 3-year-old brother while playing cops and robbers over the weekend.
"He's OK," Salgado said Sunday of the 6-year-old. "He doesn't even remember. He doesn't know nothing about it. He thinks his brother is in the hospital sick."
Putin's coming win in Moldova is foreshadowing for Ukraine
Marc Champion, BloombergBloomberg
To understand how Russian President Vladimir Putin may get his way in Ukraine without having to continue the war there, watch its neighbor, Moldova.
Moldova has had a Russian-controlled frozen conflict zone since 1992. Like Ukraine, it has a torn identity, with even the Romanian-speaking majority divided on whether to consider themselves Romanian or Moldovan. And like Ukraine, its political system is corrupt.
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