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Legendary documentary filmmakers, D A Pennebaker and his wife, Chris Hegedus, have whipped up a docu concoction that centers on the owner of the French Pastry School of Chicago...

When Kit Woods retired last June after a total of 33 years working for SAG/AFTRA, her plan was to set off with her husband in their new RV "and travel where we can drive," she ...

Midwest Independent Film Festival director Mike McNamara promises a superior crop of personal projects by commercial pros at the Second Annual 2010 Midwest Advertising Community...

The sale of Hangar42, the defunct Grand Rapids studio project that went down in flames this summer when the developer was charged with attempted fraud, is being revived as Mich...

Joe Mantegna, Chris O'Donnell, Jim Belushi, Virginia Madsen, Fred Willard and many other Chicago natives working in the Hollywood entertainment industry will catch up with old ...

The good news is that business for Show Department, a live and virtual corporate meetings and events producer and supplier, is on the upswing as its Corporate America clients s...

New tech center Syncubator was all decked out for its big opening last week in its 18,000 sq. ft. West Loop loft but had to postpone it because its VIP guest of honor couldn't ...

"PRIVATE PRACTICE" STAR Kate Walsh will be honored with the Joyce Piven Artistic Excellence Award Oct. 17 at the Piven Theatre Workshop's 2010 Awards Brunch. Walsh, a Piv...

THE BALLROOM DANCE COMEDY, "Leading Ladies," from co-directors Daniel and ErikaRandall Beahm shot last summer in and around Champaign/Urbana, has been racking up accolades ...

Grand Rapids' film and graphics veteran Arnie Jones will give Michigan filmmakers entr?e into the high-end world of Hollywood-caliber special effects when his new Digital Design...

AN OPEN EXTRAS CASTING CALLS for Steven Soderbergh's big budget, big cast "Contagion" will be held by Rich King Casting of L.A. Sept. 25 at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center,...

New York-based Tribeca Enterprises, the strategic partner in Chicago's Tribeca Flashpoint Academy of the Media Arts, is the honoree at the Independent Feature Project's fourth a...

DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH'S "CONTAGION" arrives in Chicago Oct. 19 as a worthy successor to "Transformers 3" in terms of big budget, cast and shooting schedule. Heading ...

The Naperville Independent Film Festival opened Friday night with John Wesley Norton's West Suburban horror spoof, "Paranormal Calamity," followed by an opening night cocktail...

Energy BBDO will have a lock on Illinois Lottery advertising and marketing for the next 10 years, with Gov. Pat Quinn having named Northstar Lottery Group as the private mang...

There's something for everyone at the Chicago Horror Film Festival: 35 films, a Zombie Walk, an art market, live music, special effects artists and an onstage "I Want to Hear Yo...

When was the last time you heard of a DVD release ? of a documentary, no less -- getting a big sendoff in a major retail store? Well, here's a first. The DVD of Phil R...

Networking flashmob "Meeting Massive" opened the cutting edge Chicago Motion Graphics Festival, running through Saturday, which has expanded mightily over the past five years to...

With "tons of internet business" flowing in, Foundation Content has hired Ben Poster as director/editor/interactive, who moves after five years as an Arc Worldwide art director....

It looks like Chicago's once-thriving Christian filmmaking sector, which virtually disappeared a few years ago with the much lamented demise of the popular Christian "VeggieTale...