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BetMGM makes it legendary with Jon Hamm
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BetMGM makes it legendary with Jon Hamm

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2025
BetMGM has unveiled its first major brand repositioning, “Make it Legendary,” featuring Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor Jon Hamm. The sleek new campaign, created with ...
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Jersey Mike’s drafts Eli Manning and Danny Devito
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Jersey Mike’s drafts Eli Manning and Danny Devito

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2025
Jersey Mike’s is kicking off football season with a new star in its lineup: Eli Manning. The two-time Super Bowl champ and longtime New Jersey resident has officially joined ...
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Netflix sets premiere date for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
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Netflix sets premiere date for Monster: The Ed Gein Story

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2025
Netflix has set October 3 for the premiere of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, the third installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s hit anthology. This season, Charlie Hunnam tr...
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Chicago Sky retires #3 in a citywide celebration for Candace Parker
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Chicago Sky retires #3 in a citywide celebration for Candace Parker

By Reel Chicago Aug 27, 2025
Chicago rolled out the blue-and-yellow carpet for one of its brightest stars. The Chicago Sky honored hometown legend and WNBA icon Candace Parker with a citywide, three-day ce...
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Swym Good Films prepares chilling Chicago double-feature
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Swym Good Films prepares chilling Chicago double-feature

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2025
Chicago-based Swym Good Films tees up a gripping double feature on August 31 at the Gene Siskel Film Center—pairing their new shorts SILK and The Girl in the Street i...
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King’s Hawaiian gets cozy with “Softwear” drop at O’Hare
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King’s Hawaiian gets cozy with “Softwear” drop at O’Hare

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2025
King’s Hawaiian is taking its signature softness from the bakery to the runway, well, the airport terminal, with its first-ever Softwear collection. Inspired by the pillowy t...
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Skydeck Chicago invites visitors to make their own story
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Skydeck Chicago invites visitors to make their own story

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2025
Some attractions thrill. Some inspire. The Skydeck Chicago, situated 1,353 feet above the city in the Willis Tower, aims to do both with its new campaign, Make Your Own Story....
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Hulu renews Deli Boys – Fred Armisen joins cast
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Hulu renews Deli Boys – Fred Armisen joins cast

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2025
Hulu’s critically acclaimed comedy Deli Boys is coming back for seconds. Onyx Collective and 20th Television confirmed today that the half-hour series has been renewed for a ...
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Stanley Steemer selects Havas for creative agency
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Stanley Steemer selects Havas for creative agency

By Reel Chicago Aug 25, 2025
Stanley Steemer has tapped Andrew Schneider as its new vice president and head of marketing. With previous leadership roles at The Wendy’s Company and agency SPACEJUNK, Schne...
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Wrangler and Coors Banquet partner on first-ever co-collection
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Wrangler and Coors Banquet partner on first-ever co-collection

By Reel Chicago Aug 25, 2025
From outfitting cowboys for generations to offering the same brewing tradition since 1873, Wrangler and Coors Banquet know firsthand what it takes to be the best in the West. ...
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Give Sarofsky credit – They soared with title creation for Superman!
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Give Sarofsky credit – They soared with title creation for Superman!

By The Geek Aug 25, 2025
When it comes to the art of motion and title design, few names carry as much weight in Hollywood as Chicago’s own Erin Sarofsky. From Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Capt...
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Wrong Numbers defies expectations with its broad audience appeal
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Wrong Numbers defies expectations with its broad audience appeal

By Reel Chicago Aug 22, 2025
Turns out indie films don’t always need to follow the rulebook. Director Duane Edwards is proving it in just about every way with his debut feature Wrong Numbers. Audience ...
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Michael Phillips says ‘Goodbye for now’ as Tribune cuts Film Critic role
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Michael Phillips says ‘Goodbye for now’ as Tribune cuts Film Critic role

By Barbara Roche Aug 20, 2025
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips has signed off after more than two decades at the paper, following the Tribune’s decision to eliminate its film critic position. ...
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Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White: from Enemies to besties
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Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White: from Enemies to besties

By Barbara Roche Aug 20, 2025
When A24's crime thriller Enemies began filming in Chicago this past summer, we expected sparks on-screen between Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White. What we didn't anticipa...
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Lena Waithe talks The Chi Season 8
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Lena Waithe talks The Chi Season 8

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2025
For Lena Waithe, The Chi has always been more than television; it’s a love letter to her hometown. And as the series heads into its eighth season, that letter is only getting...
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SCC elevates Joe Raser to Chief Strategy Officer
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SCC elevates Joe Raser to Chief Strategy Officer

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2025
Schafer Condon Carter (SCC) has promoted longtime strategist Joe Raser to Chief Strategy Officer. Raser, who joined the agency in 2018 and most recently served as Executive Dir...
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Of course Bob Odenkirk would be on board for more Better Call Saul
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Of course Bob Odenkirk would be on board for more Better Call Saul

By BANG Showbiz Aug 18, 2025
Bob Odenkirk would "of course" be on board for a new series of Better Call Saul. The 62-year-old Berwyn native first played lawyer Jimmy McGill and his corrupt alter ego Saul G...
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Cottonelle links cleanliness to confidence in ‘Come Clean’ campaign
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Cottonelle links cleanliness to confidence in ‘Come Clean’ campaign

By Reel Chicago Aug 18, 2025
Cottonelle has partnered with FCB to introduce a fresh campaign titled “Come Clean,” which takes a playful approach to connecting cleanliness with confidence. Rather than f...
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Universal to release The Breakfast Club in theaters for 40th anniversary
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Universal to release The Breakfast Club in theaters for 40th anniversary

By Reel Chicago Aug 16, 2025
Who's ready for detention? Universal Pictures is celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Hughes’ coming-of-age masterpiece The Breakfast Club with a special two-day theatric...
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Chicago indie Pools makes a Splash at the Music Box  August 22
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Chicago indie Pools makes a Splash at the Music Box August 22

By Reel Chicago Aug 15, 2025
Chicago’s own award-winning indie Pools is coming home. Written and directed by Chicago native Sam Hayes, the coming-of-age drama screens at the Music Box Theatre on August 2...
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