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Record number of Jeff Award nominees per category

By Kerry Reid Aug 27, 2012

THE EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINATIONS were announced last week, and the bounty was even more, well, bounteous than in years past. There were 197 nominations in 34 catego...

BVI to learn filmmaking essentials from local pros

By Mike Morgan Aug 26, 2012

The island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands wants to become a serious contender for feature film production and invited Nate Grant of Lake Shore Film & TV Production...

Editor Dean Gonzalez rejoins old friends at Hootenanny

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 26, 2012

For editor Dean Gonzalez, joining Hootenanny editorial is more of a homecoming than a new job. Returning to Chicago after 15 years of high-profile editing in L.A., he reu...

MillerCoors’ VP Woodward is 2012 Ad Woman of the Year

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 23, 2012

The beer business has been in the headlines with the recent switch of MillerCoors’ Coors Light and Coors banquet brands departing Draftfcb for new Cavalry agency; DDB’s loss...

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Ungar’s synagogue ad fits Jewish tradition of humor

By Lewis Lazare Aug 23, 2012

Tom Ungar of The Ungar Group/Chicago just may be the biggest mensch there is in Chicago’s advertising community. We first discovered Ungar himself, his agency and his shop’s...

Comcast Sportsnet gets into sports game shows

By George Castle Aug 22, 2012

Regional basic cable’s Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN)is getting into the game-show business through old-school thrifty ingenuity and an uptick in sponsorship, with studio-pro...

‘Red Car Ignition’ party spotlights Escape Pod work

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 21, 2012

Red Car editorial’s new managing director Carrie Holecek has gone all out for a memorable first party in a series she calls “Red Car Ignition,” that will undoubtedly blow ...

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Captains of Coors’ new Cavalry agency set to charge

By Lewis Lazare Aug 21, 2012

So. Here we go. We’re now barely 12 weeks into the new adventure in beer advertising that is the Chicago-based Cavalry agency. We don’t want to overstate t...

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Teatro Vista names Gutierrez new artistic director

By Kerry Reid Aug 20, 2012

TEATRO VISTA, Chicago’s premier Equity Latino theater company, announces that founder and longtime artistic director Edward Torres will be stepping aside in spring 2013 to acc...

Judith Light narrates locally made holiday feature

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 20, 2012

“Scrooge & Marley,” a modern and gay version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” signed Tony and Emmy-winning actress Judith Light as the film’s narrator an...

Crime thriller is Marchetti’s one shot to direct

By Ed M. Koziarski Aug 20, 2012

“It’s kind of like the world is closing in on you,” aspiring filmmaker Jack Marchetti says, “until it’s like you’re looking through a very tiny straw.” Marchetti h...

Director Andrew Davis here Sept. 12 for CSN Award

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 17, 2012

WRITER/DIRECTOR ANDREW DAVIS, the South Side native best known for his Chicago-set and made action features, will receive Chicago Screenwriters Network’s inaugural Founders Aw...

Music underscores Claxton’s Draftfcb writing workshops

By Ed M. Koziarski Aug 17, 2012

The grand piano he happened upon at Newberry Library turned John Claxton’s plans for a writing workshop into something he says “is at least a hybrid, if not fairly unique. I...

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Glorious Olympics gave NBC5 17-day ratings bonanza

By Lewis Lazare Aug 17, 2012

Veteran lead Olympics television anchor Bob Costas signed off for the last time from London’s 2012 Summer Olympic Games at 11:30 p.m. local time Sunday night. And ...

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Ghazi’s Arab American ‘Fordson’ doc to DVD release

By Ed M. Koziarski Aug 16, 2012

FORDSON THE MOVIE, Rashid Ghazi’s Ruth Leitman-scripted documentary about an Arab American football team in Dearborn, Michigan fasting for Ramadan as they train to play their ...

Experiential design demand fuels Leviathan’s growth

By Ed M. Koziarski Aug 16, 2012

When his company eatdrink started to bounce back from the recession in 2009, Chad Hutson turned to Matt Daly, formerly a CG and VFX artist at Optimus, to augment his downsized s...

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Euro’s new ECD a digital creative pro from New York

By Lewis Lazare Aug 16, 2012

Smart humor isn’t likely to be in short supply at Euro RSCG/Chicago in the months to come. Why? Because the agency has just hired Tyler DeAngelo as an ...

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