Christian Bale chose an unlikely 1997 comedy starring Chris Farley as his favorite film, and it highlights how there's no ...

Norm Peterson the "Cheers" character may have seemed as Bostonian as the Red Sox and the Freedom Trail, but the man who ...

Fans mourned the passing of Wendt, who led a gregarious band of Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks superfans on the show featuring ...

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or take a stroll in the fresh air ...

So does Joe Mantegna. And Chris Farley. But while we’re praising what you might call the Mike Ditka school of Chicago comedy (Da Bears), let’s agree that Wendt was the gentle leader of that ...

A native of the South Side neighborhood of Beverly, Wendt died early Tuesday ... He teamed up with Robert Smigel and Chris Farley on “SNL” as Chicago “Superfans,” complete with their ...

A Wisconsin charity named after the late comedian Chris Farley has shut down after more than a decade of helping others fight substance abuse. Farley’s brother, Tom Farley, announced Tuesday ...

Wendt’s affinity for comedy made him a regular on “Saturday Night Live” through the ’90s, drawing on his Southside roots to join Chris Farley, Mike Myers and Robert Smigel in the recurring ...

NEW YORK — George Wendt, an actor with an everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV ...

Zoom out: Wendt fondly remembered his Chicago years, telling the Tribune in 1990 about the freedom of growing up in Beverly. ...

The New Orleans Saints do not want to trade star wide receiver Chris Olave. Of course, the Pittsburgh Steelers inquired about Olave, which caused some buzz on Friday, but two sides must be willing.