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Daniel Kyri gives heartfelt goodbye on last day of Chicago Fire
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Daniel Kyri gives heartfelt goodbye on last day of Chicago Fire

By Barbara Roche Aug 15, 2025
After more than seven years and eight seasons, Chicago native Daniel Kyri has officially wrapped filming on Chicago Fire. The actor, who has portrayed firefighter Darren Ritte...
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Chicago’s production community mourns the loss of Tom Kwilosz of ThereMedia
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Chicago’s production community mourns the loss of Tom Kwilosz of ThereMedia

By Barbara Roche Aug 5, 2025
Chicago loses a creative force and beloved friend. The Chicago production community is mourning the loss of Thomas Paul 'Tom' Kwilosz, who passed away on July 29, 2025, at...
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Chicago P.D.’s Tracy Spiridakos leads new ‘Anna Pigeon’ crime drama
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Chicago P.D.’s Tracy Spiridakos leads new ‘Anna Pigeon’ crime drama

By Barbara Roche Aug 5, 2025
After seven seasons patrolling the streets of Chicago as Detective Hailey Upton on NBC’s Chicago P.D., Tracy Spiridakos is stepping into a new kind of law enforcement, tradi...
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44: The Musical opens in Chicago then heads to Off-Broadway
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44: The Musical opens in Chicago then heads to Off-Broadway

By Barbara Roche Aug 1, 2025
After sold-out runs in Los Angeles and a star-powered reception in Chicago, 44: The Musical announced it is headed to Off-Broadway this fall—bringing its sharp, satirical spi...
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The ultimate guide to the Chicago restaurants featured in The Bear
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The ultimate guide to the Chicago restaurants featured in The Bear

By Barbara Roche Jul 23, 2025
Chicago’s culinary stars get their close-up in The Bear. See every restaurant location from Seasons 1–4 on an interactive map. If you’ve ever watched The Bear and foun...
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Arienne Mandi joins Chicago P.D. as series regular for Season 13
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Arienne Mandi joins Chicago P.D. as series regular for Season 13

By Barbara Roche Jul 23, 2025
Chicago P.D. is welcoming a major new addition for its upcoming 13th season. Actress Arienne Mandi, known for her roles in The Night Agent and The L Word: Generation Q, has bee...
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Monticello welcomes John Goodman and Bryan Cranston in Chili Finger
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Monticello welcomes John Goodman and Bryan Cranston in Chili Finger

By Barbara Roche Jul 23, 2025
The central Illinois town of Monticello received a burst of Hollywood this summer as the cast and crew of Chili Finger settled in to capture the quaint charm of this quiet litt...
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Chicago Fire, P.D. and Med set to begin filming the new season
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Chicago Fire, P.D. and Med set to begin filming the new season

By Barbara Roche Jul 18, 2025
Production resumes this coming week on NBC’s One Chicago franchise, as Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med prepare to start filming the new season. Based at Cinespace...
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Wisconsin reboots Film Tax Incentives to compete with Illinois
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Wisconsin reboots Film Tax Incentives to compete with Illinois

By Barbara Roche Jul 18, 2025
Wisconsin wants back in the game. More than a decade after ending its film tax incentives, the state has passed a new incentive program aimed at bringing productions north and ...
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Tylerman International Film Festival returns to Cantigny Park
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Tylerman International Film Festival returns to Cantigny Park

By Barbara Roche Jul 7, 2025
The Tylerman International Social Awareness Film Festival returns to Cantigny Park in Wheaton on August 2 - 3 for its seventh annual showcase of films that challenge, inspire, ...
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Chicago Fire adds a new cast member in Season 14
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Chicago Fire adds a new cast member in Season 14

By Barbara Roche Jun 27, 2025
NBC’s Chicago Fire is adding fresh energy to Firehouse 51 with the casting of Brandon Larracuente as a series regular for Season 14. The announcement was first reported by Va...
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Season 4 of The Bear premieres today; Hulu drops all 10 episodes
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Season 4 of The Bear premieres today; Hulu drops all 10 episodes

By Barbara Roche Jun 25, 2025
Season 4 of The Bear premieres today, June 25, with all 10 episodes dropping at once on FX on Hulu at 7 p.m. CT. Set and filmed entirely in Chicago, the award-winning drama con...
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LaRoyce Hawkins joins Marvel’s Ironheart as Riri Williams’ stepfather
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LaRoyce Hawkins joins Marvel’s Ironheart as Riri Williams’ stepfather

By Barbara Roche Jun 24, 2025
Chicago native and Chicago P.D. star LaRoyce Hawkins has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portraying Gary Williams, the stepfather of Riri Williams, in the new Disney+ ser...
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Filmscape Chicago 2025 draws record attendance and high praise at CineCity
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Filmscape Chicago 2025 draws record attendance and high praise at CineCity

By Barbara Roche Jun 23, 2025
Filmscape Chicago 2025 wrapped a highly successful weekend at CineCity Studios, with exhibitors and attendees alike calling it the most impactful year yet. Held June 21–22, t...
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Chicago premiere of I’m Only Blind inspires us to live fully
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Chicago premiere of I’m Only Blind inspires us to live fully

By Barbara Roche Jun 20, 2025
The inspiring award-winning documentary I’m Only Blind is set to make its Chicago premiere on July 12 at CineCity Studios. Filmed entirely in Chicago, the film follows the re...
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John Hughes III launches Blue Cuckoo Pictures, building on a Chicago legacy
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John Hughes III launches Blue Cuckoo Pictures, building on a Chicago legacy

By Barbara Roche Jun 18, 2025
The son of legendary Chicago filmmaker John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), John Hughes III has long forged a creative path of his own—one that blend...
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Proposed $62M Hollywood River Studios aims to expand film production downstate
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Proposed $62M Hollywood River Studios aims to expand film production downstate

By Barbara Roche Jun 18, 2025
In a bold move to expand Illinois' film production footprint beyond the Chicago metro area, a Pittsburgh-based development group has submitted a $62 million proposal to transfo...
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45 years later, little-known facts about the making of The Blues Brothers
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45 years later, little-known facts about the making of The Blues Brothers

By Barbara Roche Jun 18, 2025
The Blues Brothers hit the theaters on June 20, 1980, and Chicago was never the same. Forty-five years later, the cult classic still stands as one of the most iconic love lette...
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Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer released with Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen
  • FILM

Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer released with Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen

By Barbara Roche Jun 18, 2025
The official trailer for Deliver Me from Nowhere has arrived, offering the first full look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic about the making of...
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Filmscape Chicago 2025 schedule and showfloor map
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Filmscape Chicago 2025 schedule and showfloor map

By Barbara Roche Jun 13, 2025
Filmscape Chicago, the Midwest’s leading film and television production expo, is back for its 2025 edition, promising two days of innovation, education, and networking for th...
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