Oprah’s OWN problems start with ho-hum programming
For the talk diva who reigned in regal fashion on television for more than a quarter century, it was a stunning admission of near total failure.
In a lay-bare-your-problems interview with
For the talk diva who reigned in regal fashion on television for more than a quarter century, it was a stunning admission of near total failure.
In a lay-bare-your-problems interview with
After a five-year absence, the 22nd Chicago Film Critics Awards (CFCA) takes the spotlight at the Broadway Playhouse in Water Tower on Jan. 7, it again will be the first
ACTOR MICHAEL SHANNON’S manager Byron Wetzel has optioned Jim Sikora’s script for I’ll Die Tomorrow as a star vehicle for the Boardwalk Empire villain, Oscar nominee
A HIGH PROFILE LAWSUIT was filed by local law firm Belongia Shapiro & Franklin – on behalf of its client, Croatian author Josip J. Knezevic, using
GREG ALLAN’S SONIXPHERE tapped New York-based Clint Arent as director of East Coast business development, to focus on New York agencies. “An increasing amount of our
To say 2011 whizzed by is an understatement. The year about to end was — everything considered — a pretty good year for the Chicago advertising industry. At least compared
From the imaginative and colorful opening title sequence of “Close Quarters,” we are in the hands of debut feature filmmaker, Jack C. Newell,
INVALUABLE FUNDING ADVICE straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, will come from top-level representatives of four national foundations known for providing grant money to documentary filmmakers.
At the “Breaking
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The five agencies left in the running for the Illinois Lottery advertising account have gotten the assignment from the Lottery private manager Northstar Lottery Group that all will present in
AVI Systems, the 15-state systems integrator with a Bensenville office, has several good reasons to celebrate at its Eat Drink Edit holiday party Thursday, Dec. 15.
“It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” says Steve Morrison about his new position as VP/general manager/editor of Foundation Content. He will assume
VICTORY GARDENS THEATER received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, earmarked for their production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s
The Reel welcomes back longtime contributing editor Ed Koziarski after six months in post earthquake Japan producing a documentary. (See Uncanny Terrain below.)
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Director Sean Patrick Fahey, of hybrid production studio Odd Machine, will direct and co-produce “Nine Twelve,” an indie feature which explores the lives of three people who must confront
Today’s big shake-up in the Sprint ad agency roster will prompt plenty of fallout over the next several months. But sources today confirmed one of the shops to be hit
Steppenwolf Film’s “The Last Rites of Joe May,” starring Dennis Farina and written and directed by Joe Maggio, topped the Best of the Midwest’s nine category awards presented Thursday, Dec.
Forty-three experts will bring the future of new media in all its forms into the present for the 1,500 attendees expected to attend the Sept. 15-16 Chicago New Media Summit
Men of a certain age might remember Philips Norelco’s 1990s commercial of Santa Claus’ epic ride over snow-covered hills to deliver a Norelco razor.
Santa will ride again, this time atop
So far so… well, so not according to plan. The race to find a new ad agency for the Illinois Lottery has just begun, and already so much has