Memorial's Festival of Trees: Saturday 10am - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. $5 for adults, $3 for children 3-12. Visit
www.memorialsfestivaloftrees.com for more information.
M*A*S*H*; Presented by the Springfield Theatre Centre at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. 8pm Friday and Saturday, 2pm Sunday. Call 523-2787 or visit www.hcfta.org for tickets.
Holiday Market: Saturday 9am - 5pm and Sunday 1pm - 4pm at Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center. Hand blown glass, wreaths, centerpieces, wall hangings, and more. All benefits Garden projects.
A Sweet Adventure: Sunday at Funshop in Lincoln Park 1pm - 4:30pm. Funshop's candyland will feature sweets, crafts, games, a cake walk, cookies with Santa, ice skating and entertainment, raffles and more. It's a Funshop fundraiser.
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Even More Deaths Coming to "Walking Dead"
If you've watched "Walking Dead" this season, you know no character is safe. Anyone can be killed off at any time, and according to Lauren Cohan who plays Maggie, there's more to come. She says on NBCNews.com, "You are definitely going to see some major losses, if you can believe it. Some huge lives are going to be thrown into question." The show takes a break after the December 2nd episode and returns in February.
Actress Who Voiced Smurfette Dies
While Katy Perry was the voice of Smurfette in the 2011 film about the little blue people, the original Smurfette in the 1980's TV show was voiced by Lucille Bliss. Bliss has died of natural causes at the age of 96. She also voiced Cinderella stepsister Anastasia in the Disney classic and was even the voice of the original Elroy in "The Jetsons." However, in an interesting story, she lost that job because she wouldn't work under a stage name to cover the fact that a woman was voicing a boy character.
"American Horror Story" Will Return for a 3rd Season
Good news, there will be more "American Horror Story." FX has picked it up for a third season. According to NBCNews.com Jessica Lange will return for the third season in a new role, and the season will have 13 episodes.
Writer Aaron Sorkin Reveals Steve Jobs Film Will Have Only Three Scenes
As the work continues to bring the life of Steve Jobs to the big screen, the screenwriter has revealed just like Jobs, the film will not be typical. In a Daily Beast Hero Summit Q&A Aaron Sorkin revealed the film will only be three scenes. Each scene will be approximately 30 minutes long and be done in real time. Sorkin said, "Each of these three scenes is going to take place backstage before a product laugh.