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Leave him alone! Macaulay Culkin hates being ‘touched’ by fans
  • CELEBRITY

Leave him alone! Macaulay Culkin hates being ‘touched’ by fans

By BANG Showbiz Nov 30, 2025
Macaulay Culkin hates being "touched" by fans and has set "rules" to keep himself "safe." The Home Alone star, 45, has been dealing with fame for most of his life since the 199...
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AI thriller Mia: See Clearly to film partially in Chicago
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

AI thriller Mia: See Clearly to film partially in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Nov 28, 2025
Chicago is adding another high-profile project to its 2026 production slate. The psychological techno-thriller Mia: See Clearly will shoot key sequences in the city next year, ...
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Michael Mann confirms Heat 2 will film partially in Chicago
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Michael Mann confirms Heat 2 will film partially in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Nov 28, 2025
Michael Mann is coming home. Well, for a little while. The iconic Chicago-born filmmaker has officially confirmed that Heat 2, his long-gestating follow-up to the 1995 crime cl...
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Pope Leo issues warning that future of humanity is at stake
  • CHICAGO MADE

Pope Leo issues warning that future of humanity is at stake

By BANG Showbiz Nov 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has warned that the "future of humanity is at stake" amid wars around the globe. The Chicago-born pontiff is visiting Turkey on his first trip abroad as the head o...
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Christopher Nolan refused CGI for The Dark Knight’s riskiest stunt
  • CHICAGO MADE

Christopher Nolan refused CGI for The Dark Knight’s riskiest stunt

By Reel Chicago Nov 27, 2025
Christopher Nolan’s commitment to practical filmmaking has become the stuff of legend, and a new interview only adds fuel to the fire. According to The Dark Knight special ef...
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Police investigating Tara Reid “drugging” at Rosemont hotel bar
  • CITY NEWS

Police investigating Tara Reid “drugging” at Rosemont hotel bar

By BANG Showbiz Nov 26, 2025
Police in Rosemont say they are “committed to investigating” Tara Reid’s allegation that she was drugged at a hotel bar near Chicago over the weekend. The 50-year-old act...
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Macaulay Culkin reveals idea for Home Alone sequel
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Macaulay Culkin reveals idea for Home Alone sequel

By BANG Showbiz Nov 26, 2025
Macaulay Culkin has pitched an idea for a Home Alone sequel. The 45-year-old actor, who rose to fame as a child star playing Kevin McCallister in the 1990 Christmas classic and...
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Celebrating three Chicago-made Thanksgiving films
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Celebrating three Chicago-made Thanksgiving films

By Barbara Roche Nov 26, 2025
Chicago has been the backdrop for several memorable holiday productions, and when it comes to Thanksgiving films, three titles consistently rise to the top. All are connected i...
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Macaulay Culkin’s sons still oblivious he played Kevin McCallister
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Macaulay Culkin’s sons still oblivious he played Kevin McCallister

By BANG Showbiz Nov 23, 2025
Macaulay Culkin’s sons still don’t realize their dad is the Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, even though the movie plays “often” in their house. And the 45-year-old a...
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50 years later, Siskel & Ebert are back in the balcony
  • CHICAGO MADE

50 years later, Siskel & Ebert are back in the balcony

By Reel Chicago Nov 23, 2025
For generations of Chicagoans, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert weren’t just critics. They were ours, two newspapermen who helped turn this city into a national hub for film disc...
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DoorDash celebrates Dashers’ power passions
  • Reel Ad of the Week

DoorDash celebrates Dashers’ power passions

By Reel Chicago Nov 23, 2025
DoorDash is spotlighting the side-hustle hustle with its newest recruitment ad, a stylish and surprisingly cinematic grocery delivery spot created by Quality Meats in partnersh...
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Chicago creatives celebrate AICP Awards Tour finale (picture gallery)
  • AICP/MIDWEST

Chicago creatives celebrate AICP Awards Tour finale (picture gallery)

By Barbara Roche Nov 22, 2025
Chicago hosted the final stop of the AICP Awards Tour on Thursday evening, bringing friends, co-workers, and colleagues together at the Old Post Office, for an evening that ble...
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From Oz to Wicked: How Chicago paved the road to Emerald City
  • CHICAGO MADE

From Oz to Wicked: How Chicago paved the road to Emerald City

By Barbara Roche Nov 20, 2025
Chicago is where the yellow brick road truly begins, shaping Oz, inspiring Emerald City, and paving the way for Wicked When Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters, audiences w...
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It’s Merry Chaos in Walgreens’ holiday campaign from Leo
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

It’s Merry Chaos in Walgreens’ holiday campaign from Leo

By Reel Chicago Nov 20, 2025
Let’s face it — the holidays may look magical on postcards, but in real life they play out a lot more like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: squirrels in trees, ligh...
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2025 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl winner signs with PARAGON
  • REEL MOVES

2025 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl winner signs with PARAGON

By Reel Chicago Nov 20, 2025
PARAGON has added some serious rocket fuel to its director roster, announcing that Dylan Bradshaw — the breakout winner of the 2025 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest- has ...
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Can Yellowstone pull off a downtown Chicago lookalike?
  • Streaming

Can Yellowstone pull off a downtown Chicago lookalike?

By Barbara Roche Nov 19, 2025
Can the newest spinoff of the Yellowstone series succeed in turning Dallas into downtown Chicago? A new Yellowstone spinoff centered on Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler is still ...
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Chicago drama Moses the Black lands in theaters January 30
  • CHICAGO MADE

Chicago drama Moses the Black lands in theaters January 30

By Barbara Roche Nov 19, 2025
Moses the Black arrives in theaters nationwide on January 30, 2026, bringing a gritty, Chicago rooted story of reckoning and redemption to the big screen. The film comes fro...
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Chicago-made ‘Exes of Christmas Past’ now streaming 
  • CHICAGO MADE

Chicago-made ‘Exes of Christmas Past’ now streaming 

By Reel Chicago Nov 19, 2025
The holiday romance 'Exes of Christmas Past' began streaming November 16, 2025 on major free platforms. Holiday romance Exes of Christmas Past brings a Midwest twist to seas...
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Real life One Chicago crossover as cast members share a day off
  • ONE CHICAGO

Real life One Chicago crossover as cast members share a day off

By Barbara Roche Nov 18, 2025
A real life One Chicago crossover brings together cast members from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire Marina Squerciati took a break from Intelligence this weekend and gathered ...
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AICP Midwest Chapter presents the 2025 AICP Awards
  • AICP

AICP Midwest Chapter presents the 2025 AICP Awards

By Reel Chicago Nov 18, 2025
The AICP Awards concludes its annual tour with its Chicago event on November 20 at the Old Post Office. The Windy City stop puts the focus on brands this year, with a thoughtfu...
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