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Category: REEL THINGS

Music Dealers’ turkey dinner a way of saying thanks
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Music Dealers’ turkey dinner a way of saying thanks

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 19, 2015
This evening, Nov. 19, 130 Chicago-based musicians whose work and travels often keep them from enjoying for a home cooked holiday dinner, are guests of Music Dealers’ 4th annu...
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MPG’s Angelou doc to air on PBS “American Masters”
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MPG’s Angelou doc to air on PBS “American Masters”

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 9, 2015
“MAYA ANGELOU: THE PEOPLE’S POET,” the feature doc being produced by Media Process Group’s Bob Hercules and Keith Walker, will air on PBS’ “American Masters” when ...
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Havas’ traffic stopping Breast Cancer Awareness site
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Havas’ traffic stopping Breast Cancer Awareness site

By Ruth L Ratny Oct 28, 2015
HAVAS CHICAGO’S OFFICE at busy Grand and Wabash is stopping traffic (in a good way) with its street level, experiential window display of flashing pink and purple neon lights ...
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Treacy is FCB Chicago’s new EVP/CD, from Leo Burnett
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Treacy is FCB Chicago’s new EVP/CD, from Leo Burnett

By Ruth L Ratny Oct 18, 2015
FCB CHICAGO’S NEW EVP/ECD is Susan Treacy, with more than 20 years of agency creative experience, who moved over from six years as Leo Burnett’s EVP/CD, where she oversaw a ...
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Kraft Heinz to use one non-local production house
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Kraft Heinz to use one non-local production house

By Ruth L Ratny Oct 7, 2015
IN TUESDAY’S COLUMN I cheerfully wrote that it was good news for local production companies that Kraft Heinz’ forthcoming new agency would not be handling production, which ...
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Burnett officially intros Greenhouse digital studio
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Burnett officially intros Greenhouse digital studio

By Ruth L Ratny Oct 5, 2015
GREENHOUSE, Leo Burnett’s nimble, in-house digital studio is now an official agency offering, having been formed earlier “to meet the demand of content production across a b...
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Tyler Jay provides full service to Grub Hub spot
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Tyler Jay provides full service to Grub Hub spot

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 30, 2015
TYLER JAY’S TANDEM, INC. conceptualized and produced another in the series of Grub Hub spots, the latest a video called “Winner Picks Lunch,” now airing national...
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Ogilvy wins Morton Salt account in 5 agency review
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Ogilvy wins Morton Salt account in 5 agency review

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 28, 2015
OGILVY IS THE NEW AGENCY for Chicago-headquartered Morton Salt, whose iconic logo and “Umbrella girl” mascot is in the process of being reintroduced to the world following a...
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CIFF starts Industry Days with Gigi Pritzker tribute
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CIFF starts Industry Days with Gigi Pritzker tribute

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 22, 2015
CIFF’S INDUSTRY DAYS kick off Oct. 24 with a special Industry Tribute to Gigi Pritzker, CEO of production and financing company Odd Lot Entertainment (OLE), and producer of mo...
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Director Spike Lee won’t apologize for “Chiraq” title
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Director Spike Lee won’t apologize for “Chiraq” title

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 15, 2015
SPIKE LEE has no reason to apologize to Chicago politicians for titling his Chicago-set anti-violence feature “Chiraq” and he won’t stop highlighting gun violence in Ameri...
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DDB’s Reinhard to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
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DDB’s Reinhard to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 11, 2015
DDB’S KEITH REINHARD, the man who wrote “You deserve a break today” for McDonald’s and went on to help create global holding company Omnicom, will receive the 2015 Lifet...
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Toby Keith first up on WTTW’s “Soundstage” revival
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Toby Keith first up on WTTW’s “Soundstage” revival

By Ruth L Ratny Sep 2, 2015
MEGA COUNTRY STAR TOBY KEITH kicks off the return of WTTW/11’s “Soundstage” on public television stations with Thursday’s first taping at the station’s Grainger Studio...
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Oyelowo, star of Mensch’s script, gets Emmy nod
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Oyelowo, star of Mensch’s script, gets Emmy nod

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 27, 2015
FREDERICK MENSCH’S FIRST SCREENPLAY to be filmed, the thriller “Nightingale,” could deliver a primetime Emmy for actor David Oyelowo (“Selma”) the solo actor in a one ...
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Large number of LA houses shooting spots in Chicago
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Large number of LA houses shooting spots in Chicago

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 24, 2015
COMMERCIALS FILMING HERE are big, notes Chicago Film Office director Rich Moskal, pointing to Radiant Pictures of LA’s shoot for Toyota night over five nights last week in the...
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LimeGreen cross-cultural agency has a new name
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LimeGreen cross-cultural agency has a new name

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 14, 2015
NEW NAME FOR LIMEGREEN, the cross-cultural marketing agency  founded by Michon Ellis in 2004 in the West Loop is LimeGreen Moroch  as a result of i...
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Wachowskis’ “Sense8” renewed for second season
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Wachowskis’ “Sense8” renewed for second season

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 10, 2015
OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS.  The Wachowskis’ Netflix sci-fi series, Sense8, that filmed at Cinespace last summer, has been renewed for a second season, “thanks to fan resp...
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80 years since the first Leo Burnett bowl of apples
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80 years since the first Leo Burnett bowl of apples

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 6, 2015
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEO BURNETT! When Leo Burnett opened his new advertising agency on August 5, 1935, during the Great Depression, he brightened the office with a bowl of re...
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‘Copter to capture aerials here for sci-fi thriller
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‘Copter to capture aerials here for sci-fi thriller

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 4, 2015
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT late and very early Saturday morning, a crew will be shooting aerials and plate shots in Chicago for DC Comics’ sci-fi thriller “Suicide Squad.” Helico...
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Two Chicago connections to Marvel’s “Ant-Man” hit
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Two Chicago connections to Marvel’s “Ant-Man” hit

By Ruth L Ratny Aug 3, 2015
ACTOR DAVID DASTMALCHIAN, an ensemble member of the Shattered Globe Company and Caffeine Theatre, is in Marvel Studio’s $132 million blockbuster “Ant-Man,” playing Kurt...
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Crazy good couple of weeks for commercial production
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Crazy good couple of weeks for commercial production

By Ruth L Ratny Jul 23, 2015
CHICAGO’S COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION continues to hum along, either with a crush of work crammed into several weeks, or stretches of head-scratching as to where the business went...
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