Contender co-founder and chief creative officer Robert Clifton Jr. has been named the inaugural recipient of the Chicago Advertising Federation’s (CAF) newly created Creative...
In other Chicago Fire FC news, the football club has landed one of the biggest branding partnerships in its history. McDonald's and Chicago Fire FC officially announced a landm...
Apple TV+ has officially unveiled a first look at Season 2 of Dark Matter, the mind-bending Chicago-set sci-fi thriller based on the bestselling novel by Blake Crouch.
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Jeep is teaming up with Marvel and Highdive for a massive new America250 campaign built around two American icons born in 1941: the Jeep Wrangler and Captain America.
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There’s something beautifully uncomfortable about Havas Chicago’s latest work for Stanley Steemer. This week’s Reel Ad of the Week goes to the return of “The Steemer,...
Macaulay Culkin is opening up about the loss of his longtime friend and Home Alone co-star Catherine O'Hara, admitting her death earlier this year left him feeling like there w...
NBC is officially keeping the heart of One Chicago intact. According to a new report from Deadline, franchise veterans S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt from Chicago Med, al...
Leo Chicago and ALDI are heading out West for the latest chapter of the retailer’s ongoing “It’s an ALDI Thing” platform, using cowboy wisdom and deadpan humor to celeb...
Joe Sedelmaier, the groundbreaking commercial director whose distinctly human, eccentric style helped redefine modern advertising, died peacefully Friday morning of natural cau...
Acclaimed director Michael Maes, one of the industry’s leading visual storytellers in the food and liquid space, represented by Quriosity Productions, the award-winning, mi...
One Chicago will wrap the current seasons of its Chicago-made trio Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. on Wednesday, May 13, with all three finales airing back-to-back ...
Filmscape 2026 is expanding its footprint across Chicago with a new initiative designed to bring industry events, networking gatherings, screenings, and workshops into neighbor...
FX and Hulu surprised fans this week with an unexpected standalone episode of The Bear, releasing a flashback titled Gary just weeks before the show’s fifth and reportedly fi...
Ortega Taco is refusing to let the Cinco de Mayo party end. The Mexican food brand has officially declared May 6 “Seis de Mayo,” a new annual holiday designed to extend the...
Southwest Airlines celebrated its new partnership with the Chicago Cubs by turning Gallagher Way into a fan-focused Opening Day experience packed with exclusive merch, baseball...
Tequila Herradura is making a case for patience in a world addicted to speed. The tequila brand has launched “We Leave Nothing to Luck and Everything to Craft,” a new globa...
There are very few brands left that can drop a commercial featuring a bald kangarooman carrying teenage boys in his pouch, a jellyfish massage, and full practical puppetry… a...
ZOA Energy is kicking off a new era for the brand with a fresh creative platform, updated packaging and the launch of a limited edition flavor inspired by its Polynesian roots....
Schafer Condon Carter has appointed Liam Boyle as Chief Growth Officer, as the independent Chicago agency continues to build out its leadership team and growth strategy.
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Chicago gets an early look at The Travel Companion when the Chicago made indie comedy screens May 17 at The Davis Theater. Writer and producer Weston Auburn, a Chicago native, ...
