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DePaul hosts ‘Art of Pitch’ panel with film, tv pros

By Mike Morgan Mar 5, 2015

“The Art of Pitching” is the panel discussion part of the first Pitch Day hosted by DePaul School of Cinematic Arts Friday, March 6, featuring faculty members who are also...

DDB’s Terry gets Shorty Awards Best Instagrammer nom

By Dan Patton Mar 4, 2015

DDB/Chicago production manager Scott Terry was nominated for Best Instagrammer by the Shorty Awards, an achievement described as being "like a Nobel Peace Prize," but "um, bet...

Harpo’s closing ends the studio’s production legacy

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 4, 2015

All good things that must come to an end, and so Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios, the 26-year old production company and 170,000-sq. ft. four-building studio complex she owns,...

Troika’s 4th film penned by best-selling author

By Dan Patton Mar 3, 2015

"King Ripple" is a "Stand by Me" kind of adventure delivered in a David Lynch kind of vehicle In December, director Luke Jaden finished production on King Ripple, a...

Best of Chicago advertising to be honored March 11

By Ruth L Ratny Mar 3, 2015

The spotlight will be on the best of Chicago advertising March 11 when the Chicago Advertising Federation hosts its annual awards gala at the Museum of Broadcast Communication...

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Desire to work with cars drove producer’s LA move

By Colin Costello Mar 2, 2015

In only two weeks after she moved to Los Angeles from Chicago, Monica Zaffarano, owner of A Zaffarano Productions print and productions, has booked her first job, a print job f...

Office-less Havas Chicago Village officially launches

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 27, 2015

Havas Worldwide has officially opened its newly 81,000-sq. ft. office-less Havas Chicago Village, renovated at a cost of $18 million that incorporates all of its many serv...

Lead roles set for NBC’s “Chicago Med” spinoff series

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 25, 2015

OLIVER PLATT (“The Big C”) is the latest lead actor to join the ensemble cast of “Chicago Med,” the upcoming planted spinoff series of “Chicago Fire.” He will play...

Tandem’s online GrubHub spot earns TV airing

By Dan Patton Feb 25, 2015

The five online spots that Tyler Jay's Tandem, Inc. produced and directed for GrubHub and Seamless generated enough buzz to convince the meal ordering service to move one of t...

Sarofsky’s fun, animated approach to beverage video

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 25, 2015

An animated 60-second video for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, a flavored malt beverage, was created by Sarofsky Corp. for Tris3ct’s client Mike's Hard Lemonade Co. and launched on...

Quriosity captures the outdoors in Camping World spots

By Mike Morgan Feb 25, 2015

Camping World, the top source for everything RV and camping necessities and the outdoors, on Feb. 24 launches its “Say Hello” with three spots and a web video shot over fo...

ComEd videos show teens creative career potentials

By Ruth L Ratny Feb 25, 2015

For client ComEd, multicultural agency Carol H. Williams Advertising Chicago created the "Power of Possibilities" video campaign, partnering with the Remix Project Chicago to he...

CSN to hear best selling novelist at March 8 meeting

By Mike Morgan Feb 25, 2015

Bestselling novelist and writing instructor Mary Carter of Chicago’s famous The Writer’s Loft, will tackle the tricky key element of conflict in storytelling in her presen...

WTTW to program Spiffy Pictures kids series

By Linda Frothingham Feb 23, 2015

Within the space of one month, WTTW/11 has announced a second locally-produced children’s series that’s scheduled to air nationally on PBS, starting Nov. 25. “Nature Ca...

Bill Duke to direct, EP the “Mahalia Jackson” movie

By Mike Morgan Feb 23, 2015

Actor / director Bill Duke has signed to direct and executive produce “The Mahalia Jackson Story,” a music biopic of the woman who rose from her scrubwoman’s knees to be...