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Cinespace donates 20,000 sq. ft. to Food Depository
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Cinespace donates 20,000 sq. ft. to Food Depository

By Reel Chicago Mar 28, 2020
Cinespace Chicago Film Studios is donating 20,000 square feet of studio space to the Greater Chicago Food Depository for storage of food boxes for families affected by the nove...
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Submit for Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ here
  • TV

Submit for Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ here

By Laura Day Mar 27, 2020
Single Chicagoans, here’s your chance to be cast on the second season of the popular Netflix Show Love is Blind. The first season of took viewers by storm with its absurd pre...
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Jack Daniels, Energy BBDO respond to social distancing
  • Reel Ad of the Week

Jack Daniels, Energy BBDO respond to social distancing

By Colin Costello Mar 26, 2020
With social distancing the new normal, due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, many brands are now looking at their marketing and developing new strategies to reach the...
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Havas Chicago wins digital, social biz from Pillsbury
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Havas Chicago wins digital, social biz from Pillsbury

By Reel Chicago Mar 23, 2020
Expanding its client roster of CPG brands, Havas Chicago today announced its appointment as the new digital and social partner for Hometown Food Company’s Pillsbury Baking por...
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Kartemquin Films’ Quinn diagnosed with COVID-19
  • BREAKING NEWS

Kartemquin Films’ Quinn diagnosed with COVID-19

By Colin Costello Mar 20, 2020
There are now 134 reported new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 422, with at least four deaths. This according to the Chicago Tribune. Unfortunately, among...
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Grubhub sets up fund for drivers and restaurants
  • REEL BUSINESS

Grubhub sets up fund for drivers and restaurants

By Reel Chicago Mar 17, 2020
Social distancing is now the new norm. And with restaurants and bars having seating areas closed and overcrowded supermarkets out of stock in major cities across the United Sta...
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‘Fargo’ on hiatus,’Candyman’ wraps amid COVID-19 crisis
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

‘Fargo’ on hiatus,’Candyman’ wraps amid COVID-19 crisis

By Katharin Mraz Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus, COVID-19, is hitting the media and entertainment industries hard.  With local, state and federal shutdowns occurring across the United States and theater chai...
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‘Echo Boomers’ wraps in Chicago, moves to post
  • Reel Indie

‘Echo Boomers’ wraps in Chicago, moves to post

By Laura Day Mar 16, 2020
You may not be as familiar with the term from which Echo Boomers gets its title as you are with “generation Y," or the all too ubiquitous “millennials." As the children of ...
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COVID-19 claims Chicago & NY St. Patty’s Day parades
  • BREAKING NEWS

COVID-19 claims Chicago & NY St. Patty’s Day parades

By Reel Chicago Mar 11, 2020
The mayor was not alone in her decision as New York City, Boston, Dallas, Dublin and other cities dropped their festivities for the holiday. According to the Chicago Tribune, M...
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Cinespace reacts after ‘neXt’ producer contracts COVID-19
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Cinespace reacts after ‘neXt’ producer contracts COVID-19

By Colin Costello Mar 10, 2020
West Side production studio Cinespace has issued a statement after a California-based female producer on the FOX TV series neXt, which has production offices on the lot, test...
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Celia Williams joins Marketing Arm as VP/EP
  • REEL MOVES

Celia Williams joins Marketing Arm as VP/EP

By Reel Chicago Mar 5, 2020
Celia Williams is coming back to Chicago. Let's say it again, Celia is coming back to Chicago. It would seem the only way to bring the veteran producer back to the Windy City, ...
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From cosplay to comics, C2E2 comes to Chicago
  • Events

From cosplay to comics, C2E2 comes to Chicago

By Katharin Mraz Mar 3, 2020
Those who know me best might be surprised to learn that I’ve never attended a comic con, nor have I ever truly attempted cosplay. Conceptual modeling? Yes. Cosplay? Not so mu...
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Yes, Anderson Cooper swore at Blagojevich on live CNN
  • TV

Yes, Anderson Cooper swore at Blagojevich on live CNN

By Laura Day Feb 24, 2020
When many Americans find themselves at a loss navigating a  constant stream of “fake news," we should be grateful when a reporter like CNN’s Anderson Cooper has well a...
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MFF launches 2020 season under new director Duffy
  • Reel Indie

MFF launches 2020 season under new director Duffy

By Katharin Mraz Feb 23, 2020
Erica Duffy, a transplant from San Francisco, has been part of the Chicago film community for 6 years and counting. No stranger to film production, she’s the proud owner of C...
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Erica Duffy is MIFF’s new executive director
  • BREAKING NEWS

Erica Duffy is MIFF’s new executive director

By Colin Costello Dec 8, 2019
The Midwest Independent Film Festival, which has been in somewhat of an identity makeover since Mike McNamara stepped down from the role of executive director in 2017, is placin...
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Netflix, ‘Klaus’ bring special delivery to Chicago kids
  • REEL THINGS

Netflix, ‘Klaus’ bring special delivery to Chicago kids

By Reel Chicago Nov 14, 2019
For World Kindness Day, which was November 13th, Netflix and their upcoming animated film, Klaus, along with the Brothers and Sisters of America brought holiday cheer to Chicago...
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Workers serve McDonald’s Sexual Harassment lawsuit
  • BREAKING NEWS

Workers serve McDonald’s Sexual Harassment lawsuit

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2019
The golden arches are getting more and more tainted these days. A former McDonald's employee, - who says a male co-worker at a Michigan restaurant routinely grabbed her breasts...
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DDB brings back original social media – “Miller Time”
  • NEW WORK

DDB brings back original social media – “Miller Time”

By Colin Costello Oct 22, 2019
So many of us (you know who you are) are more concerned with having thousands of followers than a few good friends. In an engaging new campaign from DDB, the creative agency ...
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Chervon names OKRP Agency of Record
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Chervon names OKRP Agency of Record

By Reel Chicago Oct 22, 2019
OKRP, O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul, has been named by Naperville-based, power tool and equipment company tech-driven Chervon as its creative agency of record for North America ...
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Digital Kitchen closes shop, moves to LA
  • BREAKING NEWS

Digital Kitchen closes shop, moves to LA

By Reel Chicago Oct 11, 2019
Less than a month after We Are Unlimited lost the McDonald's account and was folded into DDB, Chicago, comes word that Digital Kitchen is closing its Chicago office Chicago ...
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