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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Three women confusedly watching a woman draped in an American flag as she talks on a cell phone.

Hell to the chief: ‘POTUS’ crafts a chaotic comedy of errors

November 12, 2023

The first word we hear in “POTUS” is so vulgar, I cannot repeat it. Yet, the unnamed fictional president uses a variation of it to describe his wife. That’s just the first mishap in this brash,...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaks at Chicago Humanities Festival. The Northwestern alumna has won eight acting Emmys for her work on acclaimed sitcoms such as “Seinfeld” and “Veep.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus talks about ‘SNL,’ ‘Veep’ at Chicago Humanities Festival Event

October 27, 2019

During her junior year at Northwestern, Julia Louis-Dreyfus performed in the Mee-Ow show. After the final performance, a producer from “Saturday Night Live” came up to her and a few of her co-stars...

Charlie Hall on the set of "Veep."

Northwestern’s Charlie Hall guest stars on Veep and delves into the world of comedy

April 17, 2019

Famed actress and former Northwestern student Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a nickname for her son Charlie Hall: “Cha.” And although Hall (Communication '19) has been called this by his mom for years, he...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus holds up two Emmys at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. Louis-Dreyfus (Communication '83) won her sixth consecutive Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her role on “Veep.” On Thursday, Louis-Dreyfus announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Northwestern alumna Julia-Louis Dreyfus announces she has breast cancer

September 28, 2017

Northwestern alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Communication '83) has breast cancer, she announced Thursday on social media. Louis-Dreyfus, in a picture of a signed statement posted on Instagram and Twitter,...

Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe in the Trophy Room at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.

NU, ETHS alumnae make history at 69th Emmys

September 18, 2017

Northwestern and Evanston were highlighted at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards — NU alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Communication ’83) took home her sixth award for the HBO comedy “Veep,” and Evanston...

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