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321Fastdraw animation is Cinespace’s latest tenant

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 19, 2016

Fast-growing 321Fastdraw, having outgrown its offices and its owners eager to be back in the bustle of production, in early spring will move into new space in Cinespace’s Main...

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Former LA talent agent Rabinowitz opens company here

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 19, 2016

AFTER 14 YEARS IN LA, talent agent Emily Rabinowitz of RTA has returned to the area and set up shop representing a roster of 75 exclusive actors, from juniors to seniors. ...

CFA the only film org to receive a MacArthur grant

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 19, 2016

Not only was it wonderful that Chicago Film Archives received a $200,000 2016 MacArthur Foundation Award, but that it was the only film recipient among the nonprofit Creati...

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Rich Moskal celebrates 20 years as CFO director

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 17, 2016

Yesterday was a “pretty standard day” for Rich Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office, a division of the Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE), and locat...

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Reporting on streamlined Panasonic VaricamLT

By Gary Adcock Feb 17, 2016

One week in LA during awards season inevitably leads to a party and big presentations. Last week, it meant I was able to catch the launch of the new Panasonic VaricamLT at the D...

AT’s cancer drug ad lands in Medical Ad Hall of Fame

By Mike Morgan Feb 17, 2016

It’s never too late for a great ad campaign to have its day in the sun. Healthcare specialist AbelsonTaylor’s “Lifeline” campaign that bowed in 2005 and introd...

Cinespace is converting 40K-sq. ft. into office space

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 16, 2016

Cinespace continues to expand -- this time with the conversion of two former massive “Boss” sets into office space to accommodate the Fox TV staff moving in for the upcoming...

Stone’s new SRW calls itself ‘an agency without walls’

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 16, 2016

Enterpreneur/filmmaker Charlie Stone and partners Brian Rolling and Kate Weidner have formed “an agency without walls” that they named, simply, SRW, in an office in Ful...

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“The Detroiters” series settles on shooting in Detroit

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 16, 2016

The filming location for Comedy Central’s “The Detroiters” 10 episodes actually will be the Motor City, instead of New York which had been seriously discussed since its ex...

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LimeGreen Moroch offers people of color opportunity

By Colin Costello Feb 12, 2016

Even when LimeGreen Moroch CEO, Michon Ellis, was working for six figures in McDonald’s PR department back in 2003, his dream was to open his own agency.It was an ongoing...

Two New York editors join Conspiracy’s talent roster

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 12, 2016

CONSPIRACY ADDS TWO: Kyle Howard, a former New York editor, specializing in fashion and beauty commercials, to its West Loop-based staff, and New York-based Namakula to for Midw...

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‘Dress to impress’ advised for Chicago’s Oscar Party

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 11, 2016

“THE HOTTEST OSCAR PARTY of the season” is how Stage 18 and Creative Cypher are hyping their total blow-out of an event, Chicago’s Oscar Party, Sunday, Feb. 28 ...

CSN to hear “Nightingale” writer Frederick Mensch

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 9, 2016

Screenwriter Frederick Mensch, celebrating his 20th anniversary as the owner of MovieBytes, a top screenplay contest resource, will be the featured speaker at the Chicago S...

Second City to start the Harold Ramis Film School

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 9, 2016

Second City’s Harold Ramis Film School is slated to accept its first class of students in September. “The world’s first film school dedicated to comedy” was named ...

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BAM engineers delivered sound on “Angelou” doc

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 9, 2016

BAM STUDIOS’ engineering team provided sound design and audio mix for Media Process Group’s nearly two hour feature doc, “Maya Angelou: Still I Rise,” which evoked...

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