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Entertainment world expert, author, teacher Laurie Scheer holds an Aug. 24 career workshop at Transitions Training Center. Thinking of taking a chance and transplanting to ...

Jingle vocalist Lee Montgomery went back to the future for his long-time client, the Stater Bros. Markets chain of Southern California. Asked to revive one of Stater Bros.' ol...

Jingle vocalist Lee Montgomery went back to the future for his long-time client, the Stater Bros. Markets chain of Southern California. Asked to revive one of Stater Bros.' ol...

Composer Jeff Jacobs of Big Dog Bites Music Big Dog Bites Music has moved into a downtown studio where it hopes to take an even bigger bite out of the commercial music sc...

A crew from Sound/Video Impressions is in Las Vegas on a fast-paced, weeklong shoot-and-edit assignment for long-time client At Home America, the people who host home furnishi...

IFO director Brenda Sexton made news earlier this month when she attended the "Legally Blond 2" premiere in Springfield. Here's the story as reported Downstate earlier this m...

John Noble joins Element 79 next month as SVP/director of broadcast production, a new position ? actually a first for the agency. He had the same title at the Martin Agency. ...

Michigan Avenue has livened up after a too-long hibernation with a spate of creative appointments. Two new from out-of-town: Big new business for DDB Worldwide: Some $200 m...

Sound work is humming along at Cerny/American Creative, with spot business remaining strong and a growing emphasis on feature films. "We've been doing a lot more sound to ...

Production expert Michael Davis joined Draft as VP/director of emerging media, a new position ? and one that portends the wave of the future. "The object is to use every p...

Steve Dahl has split with HD Ready Productions, the company he founded with music producer Joe Thomas to produce the new HD version of the "Soundstage" music series with Ch. 1...

Milwaukee has joined the ranks of hundreds of cities with its first International Film Festival, Nov. 6-16 that will strongly emphasize Midwestern-made independent films. Sa...

Nicolas Cage will receive the career achievement award at the 39th Chicago International Film Festival. Last year Clint Eastwood, accompanied by his extended family (present ...

Nicholas Paul heads the Chicago office of FCB's new 361 Degrees Sports & Event Marketing division. A staff of ultimately 12 will work on sports and sponsorship marketing, eve...

Zanie's hosts the Comedy Conference Aug. 1-3. By Ruth L Ratny One of my writers for several years at the Original Screen was a nice young man who was seriously aggressi...