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Columnist: Colin Costello

Native Content’s Stewart Hendler directs Highdive’s latest Jeep spot
  • Reel Ad of the Week

Native Content’s Stewart Hendler directs Highdive’s latest Jeep spot

By Colin Costello May 12, 2022
Since Jeep has been with AOR Highdive, we have gone to the edge metaphorically and creatively. However this time, the agency, teaming with director Stewart Hendler and Cutters'...
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Katharin Mraz preps her next feature and launches Ladie K, LLC
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Katharin Mraz preps her next feature and launches Ladie K, LLC

By Colin Costello May 12, 2022
Katharin Mraz, a Chicago-based film director, commercial producer, actress and model, has announced the launch of a new venture: Ladie K, LLC.  The new entertainment compa...
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OKRP becomes BKRP
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OKRP becomes BKRP

By Colin Costello Apr 28, 2022
Chicago is not a McDonald's town anymore. It hasn't been for a while since the golden arches moved their main account to Wieden + Kennedy, New York. But all of that has changed...
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Erin Sarofsky takes us behind the scenes of WeCrashed’s opening titles
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Erin Sarofsky takes us behind the scenes of WeCrashed’s opening titles

By Colin Costello Apr 12, 2022
The founders of coworking space WeWork, Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, believed they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at $47 billion dollars, rea...
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The Best of Chicago Advertising in 2021
  • Year in Review

The Best of Chicago Advertising in 2021

By Colin Costello Dec 29, 2021
So, here we are at the end of another year. In 2021, we experienced more freedom from the pandemic during the spring and summer as cases lowered, but here we are, back in a kin...
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UPDATE: Burrell CCO Lewis Williams to join Weber Shandwick
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UPDATE: Burrell CCO Lewis Williams to join Weber Shandwick

By Colin Costello Dec 5, 2021
Yesterday, Reel Chicago broke the story that award-winning Chief Creative Officer, Lewis Williams, had resigned from Burrell Communications. He will join Weber Shandwick as EVP...
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Mark Gross takes the Highdive into creating spots for Super Bowl LVI
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Mark Gross takes the Highdive into creating spots for Super Bowl LVI

By Colin Costello Nov 30, 2021
We are now less than 100 days away from Super Bowl LVI. Seventy-five to be exact. While the first quarter of the Big Game has yet to be played, ad agencies, across the country,...
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Lovecraft Country represents Chicago with two Emmy wins
  • AWARDS

Lovecraft Country represents Chicago with two Emmy wins

By Colin Costello Sep 20, 2021
Last night, the 73rd Emmy Awards were held with Cedric the Entertainer hosting on CBS. While most of the big Emmy news for Chicago will be pointed (deservedly so) toward Ted L...
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Going South Side with Rolando Boyce of ‘The Chi’
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Going South Side with Rolando Boyce of ‘The Chi’

By Colin Costello May 21, 2021
If you're a fan of Showtime's The Chi , then you are very aware of track-suit wearing, bluetooth earpiece toting, baby daddy of Emmett, Darnell. Since joining in Season 2,...
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Arianna Lexus’ indie feature wraps production
  • Reel Indie

Arianna Lexus’ indie feature wraps production

By Colin Costello May 14, 2021
Local Chicago actress and producer Arianna Lexus, has announced that her first produced independent feature, Hyde Out, has wrapped production. "I'm extremely excited to ann...
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STORY’s Ky Dickens gets flirty with sandwich making
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STORY’s Ky Dickens gets flirty with sandwich making

By Colin Costello May 11, 2021
This is tasty. In a fun new spot for Land O’Frost’s Bistro Favorites and Chicago agency Merge, STORY director Ky Dickens shows that, when it comes to sandwiches, beauty is ...
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She’s in – Katharin Mraz to direct comedy You’re OUT!
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

She’s in – Katharin Mraz to direct comedy You’re OUT!

By Colin Costello Apr 12, 2021
Asian American filmmaker and Reel Chicago contributor, Katharin Mraz has been bucking the predominantly white, male cisgender industry for over two decades.  In this, her ...
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Chicago-based films fare well in Oscar noms
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Chicago-based films fare well in Oscar noms

By Colin Costello Mar 16, 2021
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Oscars nominations today (March 15), live from London, via a global liv...
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Chicago agency Highdive soars again in Super Bowl
  • Super Bowl

Chicago agency Highdive soars again in Super Bowl

By Colin Costello Feb 10, 2021
Congratulations to Highdive for once again landing atop of USA Today's Admeter. The agency's two 60-second Super Bowl LV spots for Quicken's Rocket Mortgage were ranked number ...
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Minority New York agency sues DDB over Army account
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Minority New York agency sues DDB over Army account

By Colin Costello Jan 22, 2021
Minority owned New York ad agency HERO Group (aka HERO Collective) filed suit against Omnicom-owned agency DDB in Illinois Northern District Court court this week, alleging DDB...
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Schaumberg CEO fired after storming U.S. Capitol
  • BREAKING NEWS

Schaumberg CEO fired after storming U.S. Capitol

By Colin Costello Jan 11, 2021
On the same day the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges in federal court against the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol building last Wednesday, Bradley Rukstales, a Schaum...
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Mill Chicago’s Hilbert fired for insurrection tweets
  • BREAKING NEWS

Mill Chicago’s Hilbert fired for insurrection tweets

By Colin Costello Jan 10, 2021
BREAKING NEWS ON REEL 360 Reel 360 has confirmed that Erica Hilbert, who was The Mill Chicago’s managing director since 2019, has been fired due t...
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Tim Mattimore to lead Digitas as ECD
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Tim Mattimore to lead Digitas as ECD

By Colin Costello Jan 6, 2021
Tim Mattimore has always been a creative leader. Now, Digitas, the connected marketing agency, has recognized that. The agency has announced that Mattimore joins the agency as ...
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2020 in Review: Top Chicago advertising campaigns
  • Year in Review

2020 in Review: Top Chicago advertising campaigns

By Colin Costello Jan 2, 2021
It's hard to remember back in February 2020, when the Kansas City Chiefs bested the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and Parasite was winning Best Picture, no one was talk...
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2020 in Review: Remembering Who Left Us
  • Year in Review

2020 in Review: Remembering Who Left Us

By Colin Costello Dec 31, 2020
Whether you stay in Chicago to make your mark or leave to make your impact felt somewhere else, you are still Chicago. 100%. It's a badge of honor anyone from the city, that is...
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