If anyone in the crazy film industry was the epitome of integrity, it was Bob Hudgins, who spent eight years in the Illinois Film Office and was a location scout for 15 years e...

With 1,000 guests expected Nov. 18 at the Chicago Cultural Center, the 19th annual AICP Show will again deliver as advertising's biggest and most anticipated social event of the...

SAG/AFTRA'S new three-year TV/theatrical contract calls for an annual 2% wage increase for a total of 6%, and a 10% boost in employer contributions to the unions' health and pe...

TAKING OVER THE REINS of the Independent Feature Project, Chicago's 25-year old hub of indie filmmaking is Christy LeMaster, who has run IFP's recent and successful fund-rai...

Filmworkers Club is getting set for the new world of stereoscopic 3D with a multi-million investment in four top-of-the-line FilmLight Baselight color grading systems with S-3D ...

A MAJOR AGENCY CHANGE is at hand as Bob Winter will join Y&R as chief creative officer of the Chicago office, starting in December. He moves over from Leo Burnett where...

DDB chief creative officer Ewan Paterson reached out to his native London for his first creative hires since joining DDB Chicago from serving as ECD and managing partner at CHI ...

THE 29th REELING: Chicago International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival opened Nov. 4 with "Children of God," an interracial romance between two men in the Bahamas against the ba...

In celebration of Media Process Group's 25th anniversary, a retrospective of company's award-winning and always provocative documentaries were screened at the Gene Siskel Film C...

"Weekly World News," the black & white tabloid of the ?90s once the home of disinformation and deranged characters like freedom fighter Bat Boy is being reinvigorated by a new o...

What filmmaker doesn't dream of receiving a no-strings-attached million dollars to fund his movie? And not be required to pay pesky interest or taxes on the money? Or repay i...

Jeffrey Huffer, Teletech Video president/owner for the past 21 years, who was known as much for his flamboyant shirts as he for his even, calm demeanor, died Oct. 26 in his ho...

Even as it works through Chapter 11 restructuring, the Show Department, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Resolution Digital Studios and The Screen Works, recent staged two high-powere...

In a new video, R. Kelly soulfully and sweetly sings his ?When a Woman Loves," his first official single off his upcoming album, "Love Letter." While the video has a classic re...

Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks hit the ice in five innovative spots, created by Ogilvy & Mather and produced by One at Optimus and Optimus post. The dramatic new campai...

ABC 7 HIRED TWO DAYTIME PROS to create and oversee a new post-Oprah live, local morning show to originate from Ch. 7' State Street studios. Heading the production team o...

Video editor Brian Sarfatty of Evanston is currently editing Elise Jaffe's children's educational and fun "Fooditude" series, which perfectly matches his creative focus of editi...

MARIO BUCCA is writer-producer-director of the romantic thriller "And They Call It Puppy Love," shooting in late November and December. "It's about "gays, guns and gangster...

Improv actor Ted Tremper's improv show "Break-ups: The Series" was awarded best original series at the inaugural Vimeo Festival + Awards, held earlier this month in New York. ...