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Laura Szymber’s Axiom Megamedia is working with ESPN to develop a series of Monday Night Football promos for the cable network’s 2011 NFL season.The full-service productio...

When a Resolution Digital Studio client wanted to enhance the bland image interest of an interview subject, RDS executive producer Mitch Apley felt this was the perfect projec...

BEAST EDITORIAL IS SMOKIN' with the additon of Smoke artist Mark Anderson hired last month upon his return home from a two-year stint at Crash & Sue in Minneapolis. �...

Behind the title of John Davies’ feature-length doc, “Phunny Business: A Black Comedy,” is a story of “what happens when you combine comedy, race and Chicago politics,...

Three Michigan-shot features premiere this week at Sundance: "Another Happy Day," a drama starring Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore and Kate Bosworth; the comedies “Cedar Rapids," ...

Breaking into first person voice is not something I ordinarily do, nor do I single out special interests. However, I’m making an exception to flag your attention to a speci...

Panasonic’s new hybrid DSLR/video camera makes its debut in Chicago at Zacuto Camera, the first local rental house to offer Panasonic’s new AG-AF100 turn-key camera packag...

Awards went to Chicago’s most talented entertainers in 45 categories at the recent star-studded 30th Annual Chicago Music Awards (CMA) that celebrated the city’s vibrant m...

Veteran marketing entrepreneur Steve Conner has returned to his childhood love of science fiction. His latest venture is Phathom, a sci-fi brand extending to fiction, comic boo...

After a year in production, WYCC Ch. 20's documentary about the city's premiere mid-sized Chicago Sinfonietta is a tribute to its founder, Maestro Paul Freeman, who retires this...

FORTY EIGHT FILM and TV entertainment projects were hosted by Michigan in 2010, with several more filming into the New Year, reports Michigan Film Office director Carrie Jones...

Prior to her 1996 Chicago arrival, Sherry Merola had been an in-house producer for Coca-Cola in Atlanta and for Coke's agency, McCann-Erickson. She came here to produce for...

Filmmakers seeking investors can offer them a federal tax credit that's sprung back to life: Section 181, which permits a healthy 100% deduction for the cost of films, televisio...

More than a party, Theatre Mir's New Year's Day Benefit celebrated the determination of the all-volunteer company to stay afloat after a series of devastating blows that might ...