It's been a bad month for Virgins in Chicago. First, Virgin Megastore closes and then Randolph Street's mid-priced Italian spot, Extra Virgin and its late-night ancillary, Virgin Lounge both closed on July 15. Restaurants America, the corporate parent, which also owns about a bazillion Bar Louies, plans to open just what the city needs -- Bar Louie No. Bazillion and One. And if that sounds a little like Déjà vu, you're right. Before converting it to Extra Virgin in 2005 it was Bluepoint Oyster Bar and a Bar Louie.

What do you think: Does Chicago need another Bar Louie?

Not that we're surprised, but tickets for Wilco's Sept. 12 show at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion disappeared quickly, with more than 10,000 tix snatched up in less than 20 minutes. If you weren't one of the lucky few (thousand), well, you can always turn on the Chicago band's latest, "Sky Blue Sky," lay in a field and pretend you're at Millennium Park--at least then you won't have to fight every blade of grass.

Were you able to get tickets? Or is Jay Prizker Pavilion too small for such a popular hometown favorite? Can Wilco fill Northerly Island's Charter One Pavilion?

"The Simpsons" may be past its prime on TV, but it's certainly no slouch at the box office. After 18 years and 400 episodes of the show, fans were eager to see how huge Homer's belly looks on the big screen, and "The Simpsons Movie" took in $71.8 million to win the weekend. That makes it the third-biggest opening ever for an animated movie--behind $121.6 million for "Shrek the Third" and $108 million for "Shrek 2"--and put comedy's yellowest family way ahead of the weekend's No. 2, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," which earned $19.1 million in its second week. "The Simpsons" tally also destroyed the week's other major releases: "No Reservations" (No. 5, $11.8 million), "I Know Who Killed Me" (No. 9, $3.4 million) and "Who's Your Caddy" (No. 10, $2.9 million). That's right. Lindsay Lohan's new flick made only $500,000 more than a zero-star golf comedy starring Big Boi from OutKast.

Did "The Simpsons Movie" live up to expectations? Can the flick stay strong next week when it's up against Matt Damon's action sequel "The Bourne Ultimatum"? Is LiLo's career toast?