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Will “T5” be Michael Bay’s last “Transformer” film?

Will “T5” be Michael Bay’s last “Transformer” film?

By Mike Morgan Mar 14, 2016
Will “Transformers 5” be director Michael Bay’s last “Transformers” film in the $3 billion franchise?? That’s what he told Rolling Stone. "I'm doing Transformers ......
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SXSW will be enhanced by the presence of Chicago pros
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SXSW will be enhanced by the presence of Chicago pros

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 13, 2016
A MCGARRYBOWEN CONTINGENT and Comma Music’s Managing Director Bonny Dolan are heading for SXSW for a Thursday, March 17 panel called “Inside Out: How Did This Song Get into ...
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Videos create awareness of bullying in healthcare places

Videos create awareness of bullying in healthcare places

By Colin Costello Mar 13, 2016
The audience for training videos on how to change workplace bullying, produced by photographer Jonathan Levin, are primarily people who work in the healthcare industry — “al...
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Distribution for Finitzo’s doc; to screen at Latino fest
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Distribution for Finitzo’s doc; to screen at Latino fest

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 9, 2016
NEW DISTRIBUTOR GRASSHOPPER FILM of LA has picked up VOD, digital and non-traditional rights to Maria Finitzo’s Kartemquin-produced feature doc, “In the Game.”It follows t...
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BBDO’s Bud Light spot wins a “Best” of Mobius Awards

BBDO’s Bud Light spot wins a “Best” of Mobius Awards

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 9, 2016
Energy BBDO’s 2016 Super Bowl spot, the 90-second “Bud Light Coin” for ABinBev that aired in the game’s fourth quarter, was one of the eight Best of Show winners in the ...
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“Battle for Hope” bands gearing up for OTSC benefit

“Battle for Hope” bands gearing up for OTSC benefit

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 9, 2016
This year’s Chicago advertising agency band competition, “Battle for Hope,” is looking to raise $60,000 that will send 120 kids from Off the Street Club to summer camp and...
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Even in this techno age, here’s solid computer advice
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Even in this techno age, here’s solid computer advice

By Gary Adcock Mar 9, 2016
Early in my technological lifetime, I attended regular meetings of a Mac user group out near O’Hare airport. As one of the geeks in the room even then, I ran across a pure pie...
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At SXSW, Chicago will tout its tech and cultural hubs

At SXSW, Chicago will tout its tech and cultural hubs

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 7, 2016
“CHICAGOMADE” EVENTS will be on display at SXSW, March 11-16 in Austin, Texas, as the first-of-its-kind collaboration between DCASE (Dept. of Cultural Affairs & Special ...
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Keaton stars as Ray Kroc in bio of McDonald’s founder

Keaton stars as Ray Kroc in bio of McDonald’s founder

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 7, 2016
“The Founder,” a biopic of Ray Kroc, the Oak Park native who turned hamburger restaurant in Southern California into the world’s largest restaurant franchise, is now in pr...
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Brad Bischoff is in IFP’s first Filmmaker Spotlight

Brad Bischoff is in IFP’s first Filmmaker Spotlight

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 7, 2016
Bradley Bischoff, a staff commercial editor at agency McGarryBowen’s in-house facility, has been steadily producing notable short films — leading up to his first feature thi...
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“Empire” wraps season 2, will resume filming in July

“Empire” wraps season 2, will resume filming in July

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2016
TV UPDATE. “Empire” has wrapped its second season, with elegant scenes filmed at the Drake Hotel that lit up Michigan Ave. the past two days.  Fox TV’s hit serie...
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Backlash erupts over Chi ADDYS all white male jury

Backlash erupts over Chi ADDYS all white male jury

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2016
The Chicago AAF Addys are taking heat from Adweek columnist Kat Gordon for mistaking 2016 for 1955 by having put together an all-male, all white jury to chose the winners for th...
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400+ entries in 2016 ADDY Awards, March 16 at MBC

400+ entries in 2016 ADDY Awards, March 16 at MBC

By Mike Morgan Mar 4, 2016
Some 225 attendees are expected to attend the annual AAF Chicago Advertising Awards – the Chicago ADDYS — March 16 at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, presented by th...
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OKRP launches massive first campaign for Ace Hardware

OKRP launches massive first campaign for Ace Hardware

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2016
The month of March came in like a lion for agency O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP) with the launch of its massive broadcast / digital campaign for client Ace Hardware.The ca...
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New DOC10 fest premieres work of acclaimed doc makers

New DOC10 fest premieres work of acclaimed doc makers

By Mike Morgan Mar 1, 2016
Another first for Chicago: DOC10, a documentary film festival presented by the Chicago Media Project – the good people who bring us Good Pitch Chicago – April 1-3 at the Mus...
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Chivo beat the incredible odds of 3 Oscars in a row
  • Gary Adcock's Tech World

Chivo beat the incredible odds of 3 Oscars in a row

By Gary Adcock Mar 1, 2016
Now that the Oscars are over, there’s one aspect of Sunday’s awards telecast that may have been lost on many of the viewers. One winner, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki aka...
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Michigan post house wins Addys for Onion Labs’ spots
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Michigan post house wins Addys for Onion Labs’ spots

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 1, 2016
Former Chicago editor Dustin Foster and his partner, motion designer and animator Dan Wiltshire, of Chop and Hue of Grand Rapids, struck an abundance of Gold — and Silver — ...
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Sedelmaier ascends to place in 2016 Ad Hall of Fame

Sedelmaier ascends to place in 2016 Ad Hall of Fame

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 29, 2016
Director Joe Sedelmaier reigned supreme as an advertising game changer, innovator, provocateur, giving America such ground-breaking commercials as Wendy’s “Where’s the Bee...
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Chicago Filmmakers is officially firehouse owner

Chicago Filmmakers is officially firehouse owner

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 29, 2016
After more than two years in the works, Chicago Filmmakers on Friday closed on its purchase of the city-owned Chicago landmark firehouse in Edgewater and will start converting i...
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“Explorer” series opens with new title by DK Studios

“Explorer” series opens with new title by DK Studios

By Mike Morgan Feb 29, 2016
After a five-year hiatus, National Geographic’s monthly, hourlong “Explorer” series was relaunched and now opens with an exciting title sequence designed and produced by D...
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