The original plan was for Big Hurt Brewhouse – co-owned by White Sox legend and recent Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Frank Thomas – to open in Berwyn in late 2013 or early 2014. Now the goal is to be open for the Bears’ home opener Sept. 7, according to Big Hurt Brewhouse’s tweet last month, but even that seems to be in doubt.

“We are not sure when we will officially be open,” said a Brewhouse spokeswoman on Wednesday when asked about the tweet.

The 10,800-square-foot Brewhouse took over the long-vacated historic bank building located in Berwyn’s Main Street corridor and will include a brewery and wood fire grill. The spokeswoman said the harsh winter contributed to the delays, as did the building’s age. “Being a 1920 bank building and given we are trying to retain as much of the building's original integrity as possible, the project took longer than expected,” said the spokeswoman.

Delays are not uncommon in the restaurant industry. RPM Steak – co-owned by reality TV couple Bill and...

Harry Caray’s famous investors are lending more than just their money to the new 7th Inning Stretch location in Water Tower Place.

Patrick Kane will appear Sept. 14 at the Chicago Sports Museum, located inside 7th Inning Stretch. The Blackhawks star and mullet enthusiast is an investor in both the Water Tower Place location and Harry Caray’s Tavern at Navy Pier and will be posing for photos with fans (limit four people per photo, no autographs). Tickets are free and will be distributed at 7th Inning Stretch the day of the appearance.

The event is part of Harry Caray’s Meet the Stars series. The Bears’ Brandon Marshall kicked the series off with an appearance July 21 at 7th Inning Stretch, where he is also an investor. Other investors in the location: The Cubs' Starlin Castro, Bears great Richard Dent, Blackhawks great Bobby Hull and legendary Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy.

In other Blackhawks news, Andrew Shaw will tape WGN Radio’s “Chicago Blackhawks Live” Sept. 3 at Old Town Pour...

Lupe Fiasco wants to customize a hip-hop verse just for you. You pick the subject matter. You pick the mood. You pick the instrumental. The Chicago rapper will do the rest.

Fiasco is charging $500 for each verse and another $500 if you want to watch him record it. He revealed the proposition Wednesday on Twitter.

“I will personalize a 1 verse song for you. $500,” Fiasco tweeted. “You pick the instrumental, mood & subject. 1 physical copy which you must come pick up. … NOT a collaboration boys...those are 50k ;)...just a personal song tailor made for you...usage will be strictly monitored via contract.”

“For now You have to come where the verse is recorded thats determined by my schedule You'll be contacted in that event to know where & when.”

It’s unclear what prompted the idea or how many people have taken him up on the offer so far.

Fiasco recently told SiriusXM Radio’s “The Tor Guide” he “can’t wait to get off” Atlantic Records. Fiasco released his last album, “Food & Liquor II,”...

Members of Team USA did what every celeb seems to do while in Chicago as of late: They dined at Chicago Cut Steakhouse.

James Harden and Rudy Gay were spotted Friday at Chicago Cut, the same day the Blackhawks' Bryan Bickell dined there. Chandler Parsons visited on Saturday, the same day actors John and Joan Cusack were at Chicago Cut.

There were even more players at the Team USA function Friday at Drumbar in the Raffaello Hotel, including Harden, Gay, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan, among others. Harden, Gay, DeRozan and USA teammate Anthony Davis appeared Friday at a skills clinic at Hayes Court in Jackson Park, located in the Woodlawn community, on behalf of Nike.

In non-Team USA news, the Bears’ Lance Briggs and former teammate Rashied Davis hung out Sunday at Kings in Rosemont.

Retired Bull Scottie Pippen appeared Sunday at the grand opening of Giordano’s Famous Stuffed Pizza in Glenview. Bickell and the Bulls’ Taj Gibson attended the High School Cube event Aug....

Before you ask why the guy who starred in “Sex Tape” and went full frontal in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” wrote a children’s book, let me remind you that Jason Segel also wrote and starred in “The Muppets” and lent his voice to “Despicable Me.” Really, it’s not that far-fetched. And besides, if Sarah Silverman can voice one of the main characters in a kid’s movie (“Wreck-It Ralph”), anything is possible in children’s entertainment.

Segel will sign copies of his book “Nightmares!” Sept. 14 at Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove. The book signing is presented by Anderson’s Bookshop and will include a Q&A with Segel and screening of “The Muppets.”

“Nightmares!” is the first book in a planned trilogy and revolves around 11-year-old Charlie Laird, whose nightmares begin to creep into his daily life. Charlie and his friends must fight off President Fear in order to keep the nightmares from taking over. The book was inspired by nightmares Segel had as a child.

Jason Segel's "Nightmares!" book...

This week we'll add one more movie to the long list of horror flicks that have filmed in the Chicago area.

“Sinister 2” – the Blumhouse Productions sequel to 2012’s “Sinister,” which made $77 million at the world wide box office on a $3 million budget – will kick off its scheduled six-week shoot Tuesday in Chicago, according to a spokesman for Blumhouse. The spokesman added that filming will also take place in St. Anne and just outside of the village of Grant Park.

Ethan Hawke played a true crime novelist in the original “Sinister” who moves his family into a home where several murders took place. Blumhouse announced that the sequel will revolve around a mother played by Shannyn Sossamon (“A Knight’s Tale”) and her nine-year-old twins who “find themselves in a rural house marked for death.” James Ransone (“The Wire”) will reprise his role as the sheriff’s deputy.

"Sinister 2" has been casting various roles recently, including Lutheran church goers, a Norman Rockwell-type family...

It wasn't all backlash and boycotts for Gene Simmons last week.

The KISS rocker and reality TV veteran -- who made headlines for controversial comments he made about depression in one interview and immigration in another -- attended a fundraiser for Umbrellas for Peace and Sophie’s Place Thursday at American Junkie. Simmons spoke during the event about the importance of giving back, according to an American Junkie spokeswoman.

KISS performed Saturday at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park.

Legendary singer Rod Stewart had lunch Thursday at Le Colonial while in town for his show Saturday at the Allstate Arena. Miley Cyrus hung out Wednesday at The Underground before performing Thursday at the United Center. Fellow pop singer Alli Simpson was spotted Wednesday at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont.

Siblings John Cusack (“Hot Tub Time Machine”) and Joan Cusack (“Shameless”) had dinner Saturday at Chicago Cut Steakhouse. Colin Egglesfield (“Something Borrowed”) and Joel...

Are you a professional chef with several years of experience in the restaurant industry? Then Fox’s “MasterChef” doesn’t want you. Sorry. The culinary competition hosted by Gordon Ramsay is looking for amateur and home cooks only.

“MasterChef” will hold a casting call Oct. 11 at Hotel Allegro. Applicants must bring one prepared dish to serve to the judges. Keep in mind there will be no kitchen to warm up the food.

The fifth season of “Master Chef” is currently airing on Fox. There was at least one Chicagoan competing in each of the first three seasons of the reality show, but none the last two.

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The first thing DJ Dante the Don thought when he woke up the morning after DJing at Miley Cyrus’s concert at the United Center was “Did last night really happen?”

Dante – who called Thursday’s gig “without a doubt” the biggest of his career -- kicked off his set with the Alan Parsons Project’s “Sirius” (aka the Bulls’ starting lineup song). He said Cyrus’s handlers allowed him to have free rein and didn’t give him any instructions.

“It was kind of weird,” said Dante (real name Dante Deiana) by email Friday. “They were really hands off. Literally set my stuff up and (they) said ‘Go kick (butt).’ Obviously, I wasn't going to play any of her songs, but I tried to play a bunch of stuff I know she likes that’s current.”

What was the highlight of the night for Dante?

“Probably when the lights at the United Center went out and I walked onto the stage and the crowd just went nuts,” Dante said. “It was such a surreal feeling and one I'll never forget.”

Dante has DJed alongside artists such as...

Steve Kopelman said the Chicago area has really good haunted houses, but the haunted house producer and designer -- who has worked in the industry for over 30 years -- can't help but feel that the area is missing that one great one. He hopes to fill what he perceives to be a void this year with Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare.

Kopelman and the rocker-turned-horror movie director launched the haunted house in Pomona, Calif. in 2013 and this year are moving the haunt to two new locations, including the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park. The Odeum was the former home of Hades Haunted House and, more recently, Asylum Xperiment.

“There are very good haunted houses in Chicago but there hasn’t been that one must-see attraction,” Kopelman said.

Zombie isn’t the first rocker to delve into the genre. Alice Cooper has lent his name to haunted houses around the country, including a location in Phoenix that Kopelman was part of over a decade ago.

“That was a royalty deal,” Kopelman said of...

Javier Baez might need to get used to this sort of attention.

The 21-year-old Cubs rookie – who has hit four home runs in 41 at-bats since getting called up this month – was spotted Monday at Giordano’s on Rush Street following his team’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Baez posed for a photo with Giordano’s staff after his meal.

Speaking of the Cubs, retired Cub Kerry Wood attended the grand opening of RPM Steak Saturday.

The New Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis visited Sprinkles Cupcakes Monday and appeared Wednesday at the Nike Community Store in the Chatham neighborhood. NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins had lunch Aug. 7 at Gibson’s Bar and Steakhouse in the Gold Coast.

The Bears’ Charles Tillman had lunch Friday at Sophie’s at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Near North neighborhood. The Bulls’ Tom Thibodeau dined Aug. 5 at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab. The Bears’ Roberto Garza had dinner Friday at Joe’s.

Chris Rose ("The Best Damn Sports Show Period") had dinner...

When Kristin Cavallari talks about husband Jay Cutler, we listen – even if she is pretty much just repeating what she’s already said about the Bears star.

Cavallari was interviewed by the Bears' Kyle Long on behalf of Michigan Avenue magazine. You might remember Michigan Avenue as the magazine that featured a fashionable Cutler on its cover months after he was traded to the Bears in 2009. Cavallari appears on the cover of the fall fashion issue, which hits newsstands Monday.

“Jay is a great dad,” Cavallari told Long. “He’s incredibly hands-on, and he has been since day one. It’s so sweet seeing him with Camden and Jax, and there’s nothing sexier than seeing your husband as a great dad. I couldn’t ask for a better partner in this situation.”

Cavallari also discussed how many children she wants, her jewelry and shoe line and her thoughts on Chicago. The couple has split time between the Chicago area, the Los Angeles area and Nashville.

“I love Chicago because my mom is here, along with...