In the heart of many an ad professional who creates commercials for a living lurks the heart of an artist, striving for recognition by his peers of his Creative Expression.And t...
DIGITAL KITCHEN has brought some Cannes glory to Chicago. The Chicago-based collective of more than 100 artists, designers and filmmakers walked off Wednesday with the Gra...
EXPECTING A BUSY SUMMER of work, the art staff of Calabash Animation expanded from seven to nine with the naming of Christopher Blake as CG production manager, a new position, a...
Chicago’s growing inventory of RED digital camera ownership has been enlarged by the recent purchase of the new RED Epic-M by director of photography Christopher Gearhart’s ...
IT’S A NEW DAY at Euro RSCG/Chicago. That might not sound like a big deal. But it really is, considering where Euro was as recently as last year when the agency looked ...
A few months ago a rejuvenated Chicago Chapter of the International Game Developers Association kicked off its reboot with a party for its some 70 company members, and has been ...
A PARTY JUNE 22 for the soundtrack of 18 original country songs by the Crooked Willow band, from Julian Grant’s feature film, Fall Away, will be hosted by the film’s produce...
The multibillion dollar Hip Hop industry is thriving. An entrepreneur who plays his cards right can hit the jackpot. Hopefully, he will share that wealth with his community.&nbs...
A $300,000 GRANT from the MacArthur Foundation was awarded to Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tod Lending, for his important new feature-length documentary, All the Difference.Typical...
More than 300 guests came out on a beautiful, balmy summer’s eve last Thursday to celebrate the first anniversary of design-focused hybrid Leviathan.They met the staff, saw th...
Aspiring models get a chance to compete on America’s Next Top Model, when the popular cable show holds its only Chicago-area audition this Saturday, June 18, in Ottawa, 90 mil...
In her first appearance since her Chicago-based show ended in May, Oprah told an SRO crowd at the National Cable & Telecommunications conclave at McCormick Place, Oprah said...
CALL IT AN EARLY BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT. In September, ad agency Element 79/Chicago will celebrate its 10th year in business. We wanted to know from Element 79 leader Br...
Two months after it was completed, a PSA promoting the economic reasons why Michigan’s film incentives should be continued is now airing on TV stations and theatre screens.The...
FORGET IMPORTANT SPEAKERS and breakthrough cable technology at The Cable Show Wednesday at McCormick Place. The exhibition floor, filled with about 500 booths, was jammed ...
An extras casting call, starting Saturday, June 18, is out loud and clear for Warner Bros. new Superman movie, Man of Steel, that starts shooting in the western suburbs and Chic...
It was just a matter of time before Hollywood latched into the story of Drew Peterson. A Lifetime movie is swinging into production about the former Bolingbroke cop, who h...
Chalk up another innovative addition to Fletcher Camera & Lenses services. The high-end equipment house is now renting and managing the deployment of Burbank-based FotoKemâ€...
THE DAY OF RECKONING DRAWS NEAR. We refer, of course, to the decision regarding the fate of S.C. Johnson’s billion-dollar advertising account. Final pitches are done, an...
Red Car’s Tim LoDolce reprised his editorial skills in R. Kelly’s plea to his lost love to return to his heart, in Radio Message, a music video that just bowed on MTV a...