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ONE CHICAGO

One Chicago is keeping us close to our favorites until season premiere

By Barbara Roche Sep 8, 2021

One Chicago has done a good job keeping us close to our favorite characters on Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. while being very careful not to reveal any spoilers be...

In memoriam

Chicago Entertainment Lawyer, Linda Mensch dies in tragic accident

By Barbara Roche Sep 7, 2021

Linda Mensch, Chicago entertainment attorney at the firm Mandell Menkes LLC, and board member with A Safe Haven, the homelessness prevention organization, died last week in a h...

ONE CHICAGO

NBC releases new One Chicago promo poster for Chicago Med, Fire, P.D.

By Barbara Roche Sep 3, 2021

The timing could not be more appropriate for a Labor Day release of the new One Chicago promo poster for the upcoming season of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. ...

HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Who says you can’t wear white after Labor Day?

By Barbara Roche Sep 2, 2021

Do we really need to ship our white linen, cream colored skirts, and ivory pants off to storage this weekend? Have you experienced a heap of scorn while wearing a ...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

It’s a wrap for an impressive weekend at Filmscape 2021

By Barbara Roche Aug 31, 2021

Filmscape 2021 has wrapped and the overall consensus is A+ on all accounts. The exhibitors, in-person and online classes, speakers and moderators, hands-on demonstrations, ...

ONE CHICAGO

Sneak peek at Chicago Med ‘You Can’t Always Trust What You See’

By Barbara Roche Aug 30, 2021

We have the first sneak peeks of the upcoming Chicago Med season premiere titled You Can't Always Trust What You See. Season 7, Episode 1 airing Wednesday, September 22 at 7 P...

ONE CHICAGO

First sneak peeks at Chicago P.D. season premiere titled ‘Closure’

By Barbara Roche Aug 30, 2021

We have the first sneak peeks of the upcoming Chicago P.D. season premiere titled Closure. Season 9, Episode 1 airing Wednesday, September 22 at 9 PM CST on NBC 5. Judging ...

ONE CHICAGO

Sneak peek photos of Chicago Fire season premiere titled ‘Mayday’

By Barbara Roche Aug 30, 2021

We have the first sneak peeks of the upcoming Chicago Fire season premiere titled Mayday. Season 10, Episode 1 airing Wednesday, September 22 at 8 PM CST on NBC 5. The ...

ONE CHICAGO

There’s a new doctor in town on Chicago Med

By Barbara Roche Aug 27, 2021

It seems there is a new doctor in town on Chicago Med this fall with the casting of television veteran Michael Rady in a new role for the show’s upcoming Season 7. As reve...

FILM

Home Alone reboot releases on Disney+ in time for the holidays

By Barbara Roche Aug 20, 2021

The reboot of Home Alone is coming exclusively to Disney+ as Home Sweet Home Alone on November 12, just in time for the holiday season. I had the extreme good fortune of wor...

ONE CHICAGO

Exclusive photos of Chicago Fire first day of filming

By Barbara Roche Jul 22, 2021

The 10th season of Chicago Fire has officially begun and what better location to film on the first day than Engine Company No. 51. It was a beautiful summer day in Chicago, ...

ONE CHICAGO

Chicago Fire, P.D. and Med begin filming the new season

By Barbara Roche Jul 20, 2021

Welcome home! The cast and crew of Chicago Fire, P.D. and Med have returned for the new season and are prepping at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios to begin filming this week. ...

In memoriam

Chicago film community mourns loss of Jeff Marpé

By Barbara Roche Jul 16, 2021

The Chicago film community is sadden by the loss of film pioneer Jeff Marpé, executive producer, director and founder of Line 9 Productions who passed away suddenly on July 14...

FILM

Chicago filmmakers have the #1 box-office hit this week

By Barbara Roche Jan 29, 2021

Chicago filmmakers Chris Charles, Columbia College Chicago Adjunct Professor Danny Kravitz, and three-time Academy Award nominee Robert Lorenz have a No. 1 box-office hit this ...

Year in Review

2020 in Review: Anthony Gigante of PRG

By Barbara Roche Jan 25, 2021

Editor’s Note: In 2020, the world changed right before our very eyes. Ad agencies, production companies and post houses were forced to adapt and begin a “new normal” wor...

In memoriam

Bill Murray’s brother, Caddyshack inspiration has died

By Barbara Roche Nov 25, 2020

Ed Murray, Bill Murray's oldest brother and the inspiration for the film Caddyshack has died. Ed, the oldest of the Murray boys, was born in Evanston, Illinois, to Luci...

RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

“We did it Joe!” Chicago reacts to the news

By Barbara Roche Nov 8, 2020

In celebration across the country, the overwhelming reaction to the news that Joe Biden won the presidential election was met with cheers, honking horns and dancing in the stre...

REEL PRO

Nike meets a Local 476 picket line in Chicago

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2020

On Saturday, members of I.A.T.S.E Local 476 picketed a Nike commercial that was filming in the city using a non-union crew. The members of Chicago Local 476 hav...

Bill Murray on Kimmel is simply entertainment at its best

By Barbara Roche Oct 16, 2020

Bill Murray never lets us down. I mean literally, you cannot feel down when Bill is on his game, and last week on Jimmy Kimmel, dressed in a true fashion statement, straw hat a...

REEL PRO

Tribute to Planes, Trains and Automobiles set for remake

By Barbara Roche Aug 18, 2020

As sure as Neal Page did not welcome Del Griffith, I can not say that I welcome a remake of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Consider this my tribute to the memory of the o...

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