Author: CharlesMcGrath

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...

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 – ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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 fea...

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...

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...

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 ...