By Radar Staff UPDATE: The Judge has sentenced Blagojevich to 168 months, nearly 14 years in prison. Ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich Wednesday told U.S.

By Radar Staff Ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will get a chance to speak to U.S. District Judge James Zagel before he is sentenced Wednesday for his

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter Jennifer Hudson may have shrunk on the outside, but she’s still expanding when it comes to her assets by purchasing a massive

By Radar Staff This is what $180,000 a year will rent you!Now that she's bid goodbye to the windy city for sunny California, talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is

By Radar Staff A little new arrival is a big hit at a Chicago zoo as a baby gorilla greeted the world for the first time on Tuesday, and Breaking Celebrity News has the

By Leah Ornstein - Radar Style & Beauty Editor Age is nothing but a number when it comes to Christie Brinkley!The 57-year-old former supermodel stole all the

By Neil Woulfe, Radar Senior News Director Look out Steven Spielberg! Meet 17-year-old Connor Smith, a high school senior at Glenbrook South High School in

By Radar Staff Serial killer John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 victims and despite his execution in 1994 by lethal injection, police have reopened the investigation

By Radar Staff Meet Amber Miller. The 27-year-old, who hails from the Chicago suburb of Westchester, Illinois, finished the 26.2-mile Bank of America Chicago

By Radar Staff Actor Eddie Cibrian was taken to the hospital on Tuesday night after suffering a leg injury while filming The Playboy Club in Chicago,

By Alexis TereszcukRadar Reporter Jennifer Hudson may have lost a lot of weight, but one thing she did not lose is her amazing voice! The Oscar and Grammy

By Radar Staff She’s filled large concert stadiums during her career, so it may seem surprising that LeAnn Rimes performed in a much smaller venue -- Joe’s Bar

By Radar Staff LeAnn Rimes hit Lollapalooza over the weekend in Chicago with her hubby Eddie Cibrian, where she was clearly inspired by the music! Hitting the

By Radar Staff On Friday's edition of The View, Joy Behar revealed that on a recent shopping trip, she bumped into Jennifer Hudson, and overheard the

By Radar Staff President Barack Obama turned 50 Thursday, and the commander-in-chief began celebrating the milestone Wednesday, with more festivities planned

By Radar Staff It's hard to believe that Barack Obama is turning the big 5-0 on Thursday! The 44th President of the United States is celebrating the milestone

By Radar Staff LeAnn Rimes and her new husband Eddie Cibrian are blowing into the Windy City and setting up a second home! According to her recent Tweets, the

by Radar Staff Oscar- and Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson was taken to a New York hospital on Friday after coming down with abdominal pains, Breaking Celebrity News has

By Cliff RenfrewRadar Staff Reporter Eternally youthful-looking former supermodel Christie Brinkley is about to cross the pond by taking Chicago’s Roxie Hart to

By Radar Staff Oprah Winfrey went out on top.Her very last show on Wednesday scored a 13.3 household rating, the most she's had in 17 years. It's impossible to

By Neil WoulfeRadar News Director &Adam S. LevyRadar Writer After a dazzling two-part finale spectacular that featured a slew of Hollywood's biggest names, for

By Alexis TereszcukRadar Reporter Television queen and daily staple for the last 25 years, Oprah Winfrey taped her final show Tuesday afternoon. In an audience

By Neil WoulfeRadar News Director Private Practice star Michael Patrick Thornton recently tied the knot with his girlfriend Lindsey Barlag, and he's sharing his

By Radar Staff As many as 21,000 fans will pack Chicago's United Center May 17 when Oprah Winfrey tapes a special two-hour extravaganza to air during the final

The Judds are giving a new definition to reality TV. In a live interview with WGN Morning news in Chicago, Wynonna and Naomi Judd insisted to reporters that

Charlie Sheen said he'd be open to returning to Two and a Half Men during a show on his 20-city My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour at the

Charlie Sheen, currently on his 20-city My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour, received a scattered standing ovation at the Chicago Theatre

Hours before Charlie Sheen was set to take the stage Sunday night in Chicago, tickets for his performance were going begging, even at rock bottom prices,

Oscar and Grammy-winner Jennifer Hudson says that when she's in need of parenting advice for her son, she often thinks of how her late mother Darnell would

Move over Stedman, here comes Reginald! Before Stedman was Oprah’s main man she had another main squeeze that no one ever knew about – Reginald

Oprah Winfrey’s TV audience members weren’t the only people surprised by her revelation that she has a secret half sister. The talk show titan’s dad told

Oprah Winfrey has revealed her big secret.  On Monday's broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she announced she has a half sister that she never knew about. 

Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson presided over a holiday toy drive at Chicago's Navy Pier Wednesday in honor of Julian King, her 7-year-old nephew that

A-list hunk Vince Vaughn is a new dad, Breaking Celebrity News has learned, as his wife Kyla Weber gave birth to the couple's first baby, daughter Locklyn Kyla Vaughn,

Despite Qantas Airlines grounding their airplanes on Thursday – which Oprah Winfrey intends to take her John Travolta-piloted flight with her audience to

Hometown kids Common and Jennifer Hudson, along with other notable Windy City phenoms like Lupe Fiasco and No I.D., recently collaborated to record a tribute to