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Miranda Rae Mayo shines in emotional Chicago Fire premiere
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Miranda Rae Mayo shines in emotional Chicago Fire premiere

By Barbara Roche Oct 7, 2025
Chicago Fire waisted no time setting the tone of Season 14 by tapping into a raw emotional register in the opening scene. In a premiere anchored by Miranda Rae Mayo 's quiet, c...
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Cat’s Pride & Two by Four make odor… very hard to ignore
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Cat’s Pride & Two by Four make odor… very hard to ignore

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2025
Oversized cats, oversized laughs. Chicago’s Two by Four teams with Cat’s Pride on “Breathe Easy,” a storytelling-led campaign that literalizes the two worst parts of li...
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PARAGON levels up its new roster and EP Tom Leonard
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PARAGON levels up its new roster and EP Tom Leonard

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2025
PARAGON, the next-gen shop for commercials, cine-docs, and brand content, is widening its creative footprint with a refreshed director lineup and the addition of Executive Prod...
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Banner Studios and Chicago Bears team up on high-impact content
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Banner Studios and Chicago Bears team up on high-impact content

By Barbara Roche Oct 7, 2025
When the lights come up at Soldier Field this season, fans will be greeted by a bold new visual experience powered by Banner Studios. The Chicago-based production company a...
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Nick Gehlfuss returns to Chicago Med to celebrate 200th Episode
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Nick Gehlfuss returns to Chicago Med to celebrate 200th Episode

By Barbara Roche Oct 6, 2025
Chicago Med is marking a major milestone this week, and it’s bringing back one of its most beloved characters to do it. Nick Gehlfuss returns as Dr. Will Halstead for the sho...
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KFC introduces the big a** wet nap for its original Honey BBQ
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KFC introduces the big a** wet nap for its original Honey BBQ

By Reel Chicago Oct 6, 2025
KFC is in its comeback bag, and Chicago’s Highdive just dropped the sauciest flex yet: Original Honey BBQ is back starting Oct. 6, and the TV spot literally introduces a gian...
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REVIEW: Charlie Hunnam elevates messy and chaotic Ed Gein Story
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REVIEW: Charlie Hunnam elevates messy and chaotic Ed Gein Story

By Colin Costello Oct 6, 2025
Who was Ed Gein? Was he really “the Ghoul of Plainfield," a serial killer who fashioned furniture from corpses he dug up at the nearby cemetery? Or an empathetic schizophreni...
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What are critics saying about Monster: The Ed Gein Story?
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What are critics saying about Monster: The Ed Gein Story?

By Reel Chicago Oct 3, 2025
Season 1 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology planted its flag with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a mega-hit that doubled as a cultural lightning rod. Season 2 pi...
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Cast is set for Laura Louise with Corbin Bernsen in the lead
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Cast is set for Laura Louise with Corbin Bernsen in the lead

By Barbara Roche Oct 3, 2025
Chicago filmmaker Duane Edwards (Wrong Numbers) has locked in the cast for his upcoming thriller Laura Louise, which begins production near Dixon, Illinois later this month. Th...
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Havas Chicago gives Stanley Steemer its swagger back
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Havas Chicago gives Stanley Steemer its swagger back

By Reel Chicago Oct 2, 2025
Stanley Steemer is done being polite about “clean enough.” The heritage deep-clean brand just teamed with Havas Chicago on a sharp, funny relaunch aimed squarely at younger...
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Chicago Med Season 11 premiere: Farewell Maggie, Halstead returns
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Chicago Med Season 11 premiere: Farewell Maggie, Halstead returns

By Barbara Roche Oct 1, 2025
NBC’s Chicago Med returns on Wednesday, October 1, opening One Chicago night at 7 p.m. The series heads into Season 11 continuing to follow the doctors, nurses, and staff at ...
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Chicago Fire Season 14 premiere: Kidd, Severide face new chapter
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Chicago Fire Season 14 premiere: Kidd, Severide face new chapter

By Barbara Roche Oct 1, 2025
NBC’s Chicago Fire is back on Wednesday, October 1, launching Season 14, as the flagship of the One Chicago franchise. For more than a decade, Firehouse 51 has anchored stori...
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Chicago P.D. Season 13 premiere: Voight faces fallout
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Chicago P.D. Season 13 premiere: Voight faces fallout

By Barbara Roche Oct 1, 2025
NBC’s Chicago P.D. returns on Wednesday, October 1, beginning Season 13 as part of the One Chicago lineup. The series continues to follow the Intelligence Unit, led by Hank V...
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Former Bear, Jay Cutler, reports to jail for DUI
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Former Bear, Jay Cutler, reports to jail for DUI

By BANG Showbiz Sep 30, 2025
Jay Cutler, the former Chicago Bears quarterback, who has Camden, 13, Jaxon, 11, and Saylor, 9, with his ex-wife, Kristin Cavallari, pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor ...
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Campbell’s Chunky, NFL stars crush cravings in new campaign
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Campbell’s Chunky, NFL stars crush cravings in new campaign

By Reel Chicago Sep 30, 2025
Campbell’s Chunky is taking direct aim at hunger with a new platform that treats the brand like a craveable meal, not just a soup. The integrated campaign, titled “Crush Yo...
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Metro by T-Mobile turns price cut into streetwear
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Metro by T-Mobile turns price cut into streetwear

By Reel Chicago Sep 30, 2025
Metro by T-Mobile wants a ten-dollar monthly discount to feel like culture, not math. The carrier’s new “Price Drop Drop” campaign, created by BarkleyOKRP, takes that sav...
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Tariff vs. Tax Credit: Which path will shape U.S. film production
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Tariff vs. Tax Credit: Which path will shape U.S. film production

By Barbara Roche Sep 29, 2025
President Trump used social media to repeat his threat to impose a 100% tariff on films produced outside the United States and imported into the U.S. market. The proposal, ...
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Mark Wahlberg filming ‘Weekend Warriors’ in Chicago’s West Loop
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Mark Wahlberg filming ‘Weekend Warriors’ in Chicago’s West Loop

By Barbara Roche Sep 26, 2025
Mark Wahlberg was in Chicago this week filming Weekend Warriors in the West Loop, September 21–23. The Apple Studios feature, written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, has bee...
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Former Bear writer detained in handcuffs on NYC train
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Former Bear writer detained in handcuffs on NYC train

By Reel Chicago Sep 26, 2025
Alex O’Keefe, an ex-staff writer for The Bear and political speechwriter, says a routine commute turned confrontational last week when MTA Police detained him on a Metro-No...
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Tootsie Roll revives “How Many Licks” classic for Gen Z and Alpha
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Tootsie Roll revives “How Many Licks” classic for Gen Z and Alpha

By Reel Chicago Sep 26, 2025
The world may still never know. But it doesn’t hurt to ask again. Chicago-based Tootsie Roll Industries is bringing back one of candy’s most enduring mysteries with a remas...
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