Columnist: Ruth L. Ratny

Two spots directed by Joe Pytka for ConAgra Foods, the massive Illinois food conglomerate, that aired on an NBC Special March 26 were edited and finished by The Colonie’s ...

Several new projects will kick off the official April 1 opening of the 5,000-sq. ft. space being shared by Andrew Ryann’s full-service MotoMedia production company and Lauraly...

"SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL" lands in Chicago in early summer for a reported 12 weeks of prep and 12 weeks of filming.  The  Warner Bros. blockbuster-budgeted adventu...

The timing couldn't be worse. The much-anticipated Cinespace Chicago film studio was into construction on the first phase of the soundstages when the House rushed to pass Senate...

The Illinois House’s last-minute amendment to Senate Bill 4 (SB4) to add a sunset clause in five years to the state’s hard-earned tax incentives has riled up film workers wh...

 There’s still time on Monday to phone your state senator and urge him to vote “no” on Senate Bill 4 coming up for passage Tuesday in the Senate in Springfield.  ...

Bi-coastal Company 3 and sister company Beast Editorial opened a Virtual Telecine this week, giving Beast clients access to live, full HD telecine sessions with Company 3's colo...

The UK hit show, “The X Factor” – still another riff on talented amateur singers seeking fame and fortune – will hold one of its six nationwide auditions in Chicago on A...

The Chicago Ad Federation-sponsored Addy Awards reappeared after a 10 year snooze to reemerge as a low-key event last Thursday at Resolution Digital Studios, attended by a compa...

In a surprising move, orchestrated by the House majority leadership and pushed through in Wisconsin-like speed without forewarning or debate, the Illinois House voted to kill th...

Protein Editorial’s executive producer, Ted Lega says the 180-degree views of the city from their new, eighth floor space “never disappoint.”  Protein’s new, art-fi...

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 Jazsmin Lewis (“Barbershop”), platinum-selling R&B singer Ginuwine, and Terri Vaughn (“The Steve Harvey Show”) will star in popular online radio host Christoph...

Last spring, internet success Mike Rhodes turned his grandiose idea for a tech incubator into reality, when he founded the Syncubator, in a full floor 18,000-sq. ft. West Loop l...

MICHIGAN FILMMAKERS are fighting as hard as Wisconsin union members to keep their thriving film industry from being chopped off at the knees by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. &nbs...

PRODUCERS OF “THE BOSS” correctly chose Chicago over Pittsburgh for the location of the 8-episode series starring Kelsey Grammer as a Chicago mayor who faces the news he’s...

“Butterbean,” a $15 million movie in development -– called “’The King’s Speech’ of America” -- is the true life story of 1970s Chicago Bulls basketball star Bob ...

Fast growing independent Minneapolis-based OLSON agency has been on an acquisition tear since last May, when it bought a Chicago PR firm, which serves as its Chicago office; in ...