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Wicker Park's Heaven Gallery ? the people responsible for the upcoming Z Film Festival ? is planning monthly screenings and seeks film/video submissions. The Jan. 10-1...

Scooby Doo promos created by Radar's live action and CGI magic, a boy at breakfast pulls off a mask from a box to reveal Scooby Doo cereal in one and a cheese crackers box...

Leo Burnett could see departure of the $40 million Sara Lee account this month. Pitching it are Element 79 and O&M, Chicago, TBWA/Chiat/Day, L.A. and McKinney & Silver,...

MARTIN ON HIS OWN. Ace editor Alarick Martin amicably departed Spots BME after three-and-a- half years to work as an independent editor. "It was time to move on," he said....

Tom Wiebe's new Earhole Studios started off with the proverbial bang. Its first job was original music for the big-budget Nokia phone spots that aired during the college ...

Mark Androw has been traveling to New York and California on AICP business at least four times a year for the last 15 years serving on the national board in various influ...

By Ruth L Ratny Twenty-five years ago, in January, 1979, I launched Screen the Weekly Newsletter. My friend, the astrologer Laurie Brady, advised an auspicious start wou...

In a move that surprised its 275 local members, the national Directors Guild of American wiped Chicago from its list of production centers, along with Wilmington, N. C. ? o...

An impressive investment: Film & Tape Works took delivery of a new DaVinci 2K+ color corrector to work in conjunction with its Spirit Data Cine. It's official: Chicago St...

By Jonathan Abarbanel If you've got tickets for your favorite Off-Loop theater, better call first to make sure it's open. Days before Thanksgiving, Chicago's Department of ...

Central City Production's "The Minority Business Report," a staple of WGN syndication for 18 years, has been transformed into an updated, upscale weekly magazine show. "The...

The Museum of Broadcast Communications closes Dec. 30 after 11 years in the Cultural Center in preparation for its move to its own, new 50,000-sq. ft. building at State and Kinz...

IFO assistant director Bob Hudgins is "cautiously optimistic" about the possibility of three Hollywood features spending all or some time this winter. While "The Weather Man...

As you know, the Cook County Board postponed the vote on the $48 million 2004 budget, which contains a proposed tax on leased equipment ? with dire consequences to the film indu...

ACROSS THE HALL FOR MITIDIERO. Veteran editor Mickey Mitidiero and partner/business manager George Sosnowski closed their 21-year Lakeshore Productions and moved across the ha...

A high note sounded for the music business with Tom Wiebe's purchase of Pat Yacono's Playroom and the official Dec. 1 opening of Earhole, the new name of the newly merged compan...

Overall, the year coming to a close was nothing to cheer about. For most, October was a pretty good month, November was scary, but December, bless its cold and windy heart, is ...