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Amy Restko promoted to VP, Engagement Strategy at AbelsonTaylor
  • REEL MOVES

Amy Restko promoted to VP, Engagement Strategy at AbelsonTaylor

By Reel Chicago Jun 9, 2026
Chicago-based healthcare marketing and communications agency AbelsonTaylor Group has promoted Amy Restko to vice president, engagement strategy. Restko, who joined the agenc...
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QuikTrip celebrates little moments of summer
  • CREATIVE

QuikTrip celebrates little moments of summer

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2026
QuikTrip is shifting the conversation away from transactions and toward emotion in a new summer campaign developed with Laughlin Constable, its creative and media AOR. Calle...
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FCB’s ‘Caption with Intention’ earns national recognition at 2026 ADDYs
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FCB’s ‘Caption with Intention’ earns national recognition at 2026 ADDYs

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2026
The late FCB Chicago's groundbreaking accessibility initiative "Caption with Intention" continues to rack up industry accolades, this time earning a Mosaic Award at the 2026 Am...
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The Motion Agency expands B2B capabilities with acquisition of LKH&S
  • REEL BUSINESS

The Motion Agency expands B2B capabilities with acquisition of LKH&S

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2026
The Motion Agency has acquired fellow Windy City advertising agency LKH&S, marking its seventh acquisition and strengthening its business-to-business marketing expertise. ...
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EXTRA Gum wants us to lock in and focus with… Chewbert
  • CREATIVE

EXTRA Gum wants us to lock in and focus with… Chewbert

By Reel Chicago Jun 5, 2026
EXTRA Gum is looking to turn a familiar habit into a daily ritual with the launch of its new brand platform, "Chew Into It," and the debut of an animated character named Chewbe...
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Jeep x Marvel celebrate vets and 85 years of adventure
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Jeep x Marvel celebrate vets and 85 years of adventure

By Reel Chicago Jun 5, 2026
The Jeep brand and Marvel are expanding their partnership with the launch of "The Original Superheroes," a new Summer of Jeep campaign that honors military veterans while celeb...
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Chicago Screenwriters Network President Amorous Lesko dies
  • In memoriam

Chicago Screenwriters Network President Amorous Lesko dies

By Reel Chicago Jun 5, 2026
The Chicago filmmaking and screenwriting community is mourning the loss of one of its most dedicated advocates. Amorous Toujours Lesko, president of the Chicago Screenwriters N...
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John C. Reilly tried to talk Leonardo DiCaprio out of Titanic
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John C. Reilly tried to talk Leonardo DiCaprio out of Titanic

By BANG Showbiz Jun 4, 2026
It sounds unthinkable now, but Chicago and Step Brothers star, John C. Reilly, once tried his best to convince Leonardo DiCaprio not to board the Titanic. During a recent ap...
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Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire doc celebrates a Chicago music legacy
  • FILM

Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire doc celebrates a Chicago music legacy

By Reel Chicago Jun 4, 2026
One of Chicago’s greatest musical success stories is getting the Questlove treatment. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson opened the 25th Tribeca F...
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AICP Midwest Gallery: They met. They drank. They talked.
  • AICP/MIDWEST

AICP Midwest Gallery: They met. They drank. They talked.

By Reel Chicago Jun 4, 2026
They probably ate, too. Chicago’s advertising and production community gathered once again last week as AICP Midwest hosted its annual Meet.Drink.Talk. networking event at Tu...
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Is Dermot Mulroney leaving Chicago Fire?
  • ONE CHICAGO

Is Dermot Mulroney leaving Chicago Fire?

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2026
Chicago Fire fans are still trying to process the explosive Season 14 finale, which left the future of several members of Firehouse 51 hanging in the balance. Now, new comments...
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Ferris Bueller fans can celebrate 40th anniversary with walking tour
  • CHICAGO MADE

Ferris Bueller fans can celebrate 40th anniversary with walking tour

By Reel Chicago May 29, 2026
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss one of Chicago's most iconic movie anniversaries. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of...
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Disney+,  Hulu will livestream Lollapalooza 2026
  • Streaming

Disney+, Hulu will livestream Lollapalooza 2026

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2026
Disney+ and Hulu are officially bringing Lollapalooza to audiences worldwide this summer, expanding the Chicago music festival into a global livestream event for the first time...
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Deli Boys S2 cranks up the chaos on Hulu
  • CHICAGO MADE

Deli Boys S2 cranks up the chaos on Hulu

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2026
If you thought Season 1 of Chicago-shot Deli Boys was unhinged, the cast says Season 2 somehow gets even wilder. “I would say it’s more of everything,” star Asif Ali told...
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NBC 5 launches doc on Chicago’s First Family of Weather
  • TV

NBC 5 launches doc on Chicago’s First Family of Weather

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2026
NBC 5 Chicago is putting a spotlight on one of Chicago’s most recognizable weather families with the launch of Meet the Millers, a new feature celebrating the next generation...
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Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Hekla’ gets one-night FACETS screening
  • CHICAGO MADE

Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Hekla’ gets one-night FACETS screening

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2026
FACETS will host a special one-night-only screening of Hekla, by Chicago filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, on Thursday, June 4, followed by a live Q&A featuring the cast ...
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Dove Men+Care turns stadium chant into World Cup rally
  • CREATIVE

Dove Men+Care turns stadium chant into World Cup rally

By Reel Chicago May 26, 2026
BBDO Chicago is helping Dove Men+Care tap directly into the emotional chaos of soccer fandom with a new FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign built around one simple truth: fans put the...
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Chicago Med Showrunner teases more conflict and love in Season 12
  • ONE CHICAGO

Chicago Med Showrunner teases more conflict and love in Season 12

By Barbara Roche May 26, 2026
Chicago Med showrunner Allen MacDonald is teasing bigger conflict, more romance complications and heightened drama heading into Season 12. In an exclusive interview with Pa...
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Quality Meats expands leadership team
  • REEL MOVES

Quality Meats expands leadership team

By Reel Chicago May 26, 2026
Quality Meats is continuing its rapid rise with a series of senior leadership moves following one of the agency’s biggest years yet. The independent creative shop has hire...
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The Chi returns for its final season with a dark premiere
  • CHICAGO MADE

The Chi returns for its final season with a dark premiere

By Reel Chicago May 22, 2026
The Chi is back for its eighth and final season, and if the premiere is any indication, creator Lena Waithe is taking the acclaimed Chicago drama into its bleakest and most vol...
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