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Comic Silverman amuses in new Orbit gum spot for US

Comic Silverman amuses in new Orbit gum spot for US

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 20, 2014
COMIC SARAH SILVERMAN appears in a new Wrigley Orbit gum commercial from Energy BBDO that launches a new campaign that highlight’s Wrigley’s strategy to restore and grow the...
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Sunday’s treat: IFP’s talk with actor Dylan Baker

Sunday’s treat: IFP’s talk with actor Dylan Baker

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 11, 2014
A fitting program to herald the Independent Feature Project/Midwest’s (IFP) return after a long absence is Sunday’s “75 Minutes with Dylan Baker,” the veteran actor – ...
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LA indie drama will film in Evanston in late March
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LA indie drama will film in Evanston in late March

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 11, 2014
Indie film “A Light Beneath Their Feet,” from LA-based PhD Productions, starring Taryn Manning (“Orange is the New Black”) will start shooting in Evanston the end of Mar...
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Savor 100 years of Wrigley Field with new Questar DVD

Savor 100 years of Wrigley Field with new Questar DVD

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 10, 2014
With baseball spring training starting, nice weather on the way and the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field coming up in May, Questar Entertainment’s new DVD, “Wrigley F...
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Draftfcb goes back to the future with FCB name change

Draftfcb goes back to the future with FCB name change

By Mike Morgan Mar 10, 2014
When Carter Murray became Draftfcb’s new global CEO last September, one of his stated missions was to rebrand the agency to reflect its fully integrated nature.Mission accompl...
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Producer Bob Teitel to speak at Creative Expo

Producer Bob Teitel to speak at Creative Expo

By Mike Morgan Mar 10, 2014
Producer Bob Teitel of LA-based State Street Productions – Chicago native and Columbia College grad -- is one of four can’t-miss speakers at this weekend’s 11th annual Cre...
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Manarchy to take his giant still camera on the road

Manarchy to take his giant still camera on the road

By Dan Patton Mar 6, 2014
In the true Chicago spirit of “make no little plans,” acclaimed director/photographer Dennis Manarchy has built what is unarguably the world’s largest still camera to capt...
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Melissa Etheridge tops Comma’s SXSW power panel

Melissa Etheridge tops Comma’s SXSW power panel

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 6, 2014
Grammy winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge will make her first appearance at South by Southwest, thanks to the powerhouse panel of advertising and music industry women, ...
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Billy Zane to star in Lyric Opera’s “Sound of Music”

Billy Zane to star in Lyric Opera’s “Sound of Music”

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 6, 2014
MULTITALENTED ACTOR BILLY ZANE will star as Captain von Trapp in Lyric Opera’s new production of The Sound of Music, April 25-May 18.  He heads the all-star cast fe...
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Adman adds a fine dining restaurant to his skill set

Adman adds a fine dining restaurant to his skill set

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2014
RPM ADVERTISING’S CEO STEVE PLATCOW has added restaurateur to his resume. He has become the successor owner of acclaimed Gabriel’s Restaurant in Highwood that closed last Ju...
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Ross returns to Resolution as director of marketing

Ross returns to Resolution as director of marketing

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2014
Meghan Ross is returning to Resolution Production Group as director of marketing on March 31, after a three-and-a-half year stint at Avid, most recently as channel marketing spe...
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Good Stewart: a musically driven multimedia producer

Good Stewart: a musically driven multimedia producer

By Emma Young Mar 4, 2014
In a black-and-white music video, “Zero to 60,” that just hit iTunes and YouTube, Morris “Butch” Stewart, wearing a cowboy hat and fringed leather jacket, sings as ...
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City to promote tech, film, music at SXSW March 7-12

City to promote tech, film, music at SXSW March 7-12

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2014
Chicago’s music, film and technology is stepping out in the world, starting with the 18th annual South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival, March ...
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The sky falls on James Bond at Columbia College
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The sky falls on James Bond at Columbia College

By Daniel Patton Feb 27, 2014
School President Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim and Cinema Art + Science Chair Bruce Sheridan debate the merits of "Skyfall" On February 15 — after citing a number of colonial, ra...
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Fox TV’s “Empire” pilot adds two new cast members

Fox TV’s “Empire” pilot adds two new cast members

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 27, 2014
NEW STAR IN TOWN will be Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest”) and Jussie Smollett (“On Our Own”) joining star Terrance Howard in Fox TV’s pilot, “Em...
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BBDO’s innovative new CCO Mark Taylor joins April 7

BBDO’s innovative new CCO Mark Taylor joins April 7

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 27, 2014
Energy BBDO has named Mark Taylor as its new chief creative officer. He comes from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder, Colo. and brings with him an awesome array of advertis...
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Party promotes entries here for NYC black film fest

Party promotes entries here for NYC black film fest

by Ruth L Ratny Feb 21, 2014
The annual American Black Film Festival Chicago Buzz Party takes place Feb. 25 at the Velvet Lounge, with two big changes this year to get the buzz going.  For one, Ch...
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Cutters’ Flavor adds Elliott as third Flame artist

Cutters’ Flavor adds Elliott as third Flame artist

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 21, 2014
Cutters’ Flavor design division expanded again to 12 with the addition of Flame artist Christopher Elliott, who moved after a 16-month stint at Utopic and a decade at Red Car ...
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Time has come to stream live music caught by iPhones

Time has come to stream live music caught by iPhones

By Dan Patton Feb 21, 2014
Gigity.TV founder Rich Seng's boundless enthusiasm for bringing music and fans together has reached a new high, as he sees a world where "people hold up their iPhones to get the...
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Burnett’s Bazer to co-host Ch. 11’s new “My Chicago”

Burnett’s Bazer to co-host Ch. 11’s new “My Chicago”

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 19, 2014
Leo Burnett writer Mark Bazer, who moonlights as host of a live interview show, was selected by “Check Please” creator/executive producer as a co-host of his upcoming new sh...
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