Entertainment
Bill Zwecker
To contact Bill, click here and select his name. Bill Zwecker serves as the entertainment reporter and film critic for CBS 2. Zwecker, who is also widely known for his daily column in the Chicago Sun-Times, joined the station in February 2003. He dishes out the latest celebrity scoop and entertainment news each day during the morning and midday newscasts, with his movie reviews airing on Fridays.
Zwecker serves as a frequent contributor to many national news and entertainment programs including "Access Hollywood," "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," "The Today Show," "NBC Nightly News," "Biography," and "Larry King Live." In addition, his stories on celebrities, lifestyles, fashion and travel have appeared in Crain's Chicago Business and Town and Country Magazine, to name a few.
Zwecker has been serving up his daily dose of entertainment news in Chicago since the 1980s. He served as the entertainment anchor and film critic for WFLD-TV (2000-2003), reporting twice daily for the morning and midday newscasts. He also contributed to Fox's 9:00 PM newscasts, Monday-Thursday.
Previously, Zwecker was the entertainment reporter and film critic for WMAQ- TV (1993-2000), and was a regular contributor to the "The Joan Rivers Show" (1990-94). He joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1992, and his daily columns have appeared in the paper since that time. Zwecker began his journalism career at the Lerner Newspapers, where he served as the associate editor and a columnist (1987-92).
Zwecker is an award-winning journalist who has been recognized for excellence throughout his career. His many honors include two Peter Lisagor Awards in 1988 and 1993.
He has dedicated himself to many civic and charitable organizations in Chicago. Zwecker serves on the board of trustees for the Chicago Academy for the Arts, one of only four private high schools in the country dedicated to the performing arts. His other board memberships include the Midwest Eye Bank and Off The Street Club, Chicago's oldest organization serving children and teenagers on the city's West Side.
He graduated from Oak Park – River Forest High School and received his B.A., with honors, in American History and American Civilization from Princeton University.
