Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION HERE is adding to the satisfying flow of entertainment projects getting underway now for the next six to eight months, with the expectation of continued ...

By midpoint this year, Chicago production had come close to the number of shooting days it had enjoyed during 2013’s record-breaking run, reports the Chicago Film Office’s...

THE INAUGURAL FIFTH STAR AWARDS to honor “exemplary artists and arts institutions,” as proclaimed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Specia...

The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) 2014 Emmy Awards ceremony Nov. 1 will be especially auspicious because the 56th an...

Three Chicago area film schools were duly cited in the Hollywood Reporter’s 4th annual widest-ever roundup of the best film schools in the country and while our schools didn�...

The reigning IRB Rugby World Cup Champion, the internationally heralded New Zealand All Blacks, will play their first US match in 24 years against the USA Rugby Men’s Eagles,...

Optimus’ president/partner Tom Duff isn’t talking about who the special surprise guest will be at its 19th annual Block Party Friday, Aug. 1, except to say “it’s ...

Super Genius’s all-Chicago produced reality series, “Garage Squad,” devoted to helping gearheads restore their cherished vintage vehicles, will premiere Friday, Aug. 1,...

Starting in June shortly after leaving Jerry Rig, Tris3ct’s production/post facility, Tyler Jay has produced and directed three major projects under the Tandem banner of hi...

Registration is now open for the 12th annual 48 Hour Film Project Chicago,  Aug 22-24, that challenges filmmaking teams of all skill levels  to make a short film over ...

After renting office space for the nine years they’ve been in business, Michelle DeLong of Mimi Productions and partner/husband David J. Miller of Viral Film Video purchase...

Otis D Gibson's GERTRUDE, a global innovation advertising and marketing agency, has settled into its new unique space in Lacuna Artists Lofts, joining a large community of more ...

Three years ago this July, Lana and Andy Wachowski opened their top secret Ravenswood Kinowerks production and effects studio in Ravenswood for a first-time charitable tour of t...

THE BAD NEWS.  McGarryBowen lost its Pizza Hut business to Deutsch Los Angeles this week after having had it for only 10 months.  Deutsch immediately takes over the ac...

PRODUCTION IS RAMPING UP as four TV shows get underway at Cinespace starting this Friday, when NBC Universal’s “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago PD” get underway this Friday...

Leo Burnett’s "#LikeAGirl" video for P&G’s Always brand has struck a nerve.  Actually, it’s struck 36 million nerves. That’s how many people have seen it s...

The Library of Congress is now the repository of Chicago-based TheHistoryMakers, founder/executive director Julieanna Richardson’s invaluable video archive of thousands of hou...

Johnson McKay Talent, opened last year by attorney Peggy Johnson and actor Antoine McKay, has become the Chicago area’s 17th SAG AFTRA franchised talent agency, to help serve ...

ADD “RESTAURATEUR” to the lengthy resume of Steve Platcow, CEO of RPM Advertising.  Earlier this year, Platcow and distinguished chef Dominic Zumpano bought Gabriel’...

FCB scored big with the appointment of award-winning Dan Fietsam as EVP/executive creative director, after nearly six years as Energy BBDO’s creative director. He joins the...