17411011 19960731 LOCAL TV REPORTERS FORM `CHAIN REACTION' IN MOTION PICTURE ROLES [NORTH SPORTS FINAL Edition] Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext) Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. Chicago, Ill. 2
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597 Judy Hevrdejs Mike Conklin. Chicago actors and landmarks are all over Andrew Davis' "Chain Reaction," the Keanu Reeves-Morgan Freeman movie filmed here and out Friday. But INC.'s favorite stars are WBBM-Ch.2's Pam Zekman and John "Bulldog" Drummond. Both play--Guess what?--reporters as they did in Davis' "The Fugitive." Tanked: He stopped short of saying there'll be a lawsuit, but Ed Vrdolyak, representing Cicero President Betty Loren-Maltese, told us he has tapes of "libelous" on-air comments about his client by WRCX-FM's Mancow Muller. The DJ took shots again Tuesday (his first day back after a one-day suspension for an unrelated matter) after Loren-Maltese stopped Muller's weekend stunt at Sportsman's Park--he wanted to stay submerged in a tank of water for 40 hours. After Cicero officials were flooded with 911 calls, Loren-Maltese pulled his plug. It's the latest in a feud between Loren-Maltese and Muller, who--as we hear it (You don't think we actually listen to him, do you?)--loves to rip her town.