Joe Mantegna, Chris O'Donnell, Jim Belushi, Virginia Madsen, Fred Willard and many other Chicago natives working in the Hollywood entertainment industry will catch up with old ...

New tech center Syncubator was all decked out for its big opening last week in its 18,000 sq. ft. West Loop loft but had to postpone it because its VIP guest of honor couldn't ...

The good news is that business for Show Department, a live and virtual corporate meetings and events producer and supplier, is on the upswing as its Corporate America clients s...

"PRIVATE PRACTICE" STAR Kate Walsh will be honored with the Joyce Piven Artistic Excellence Award Oct. 17 at the Piven Theatre Workshop's 2010 Awards Brunch. Walsh, a Piv...

Grand Rapids' film and graphics veteran Arnie Jones will give Michigan filmmakers entr?e into the high-end world of Hollywood-caliber special effects when his new Digital Design...

THE BALLROOM DANCE COMEDY, "Leading Ladies," from co-directors Daniel and ErikaRandall Beahm shot last summer in and around Champaign/Urbana, has been racking up accolades ...

AN OPEN EXTRAS CASTING CALLS for Steven Soderbergh's big budget, big cast "Contagion" will be held by Rich King Casting of L.A. Sept. 25 at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center,...

New York-based Tribeca Enterprises, the strategic partner in Chicago's Tribeca Flashpoint Academy of the Media Arts, is the honoree at the Independent Feature Project's fourth a...

When was the last time you heard of a DVD release ? of a documentary, no less -- getting a big sendoff in a major retail store? Well, here's a first. The DVD of Phil R...

There's something for everyone at the Chicago Horror Film Festival: 35 films, a Zombie Walk, an art market, live music, special effects artists and an onstage "I Want to Hear Yo...

Energy BBDO will have a lock on Illinois Lottery advertising and marketing for the next 10 years, with Gov. Pat Quinn having named Northstar Lottery Group as the private mang...

The Naperville Independent Film Festival opened Friday night with John Wesley Norton's West Suburban horror spoof, "Paranormal Calamity," followed by an opening night cocktail...

DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH'S "CONTAGION" arrives in Chicago Oct. 19 as a worthy successor to "Transformers 3" in terms of big budget, cast and shooting schedule. Heading ...

TEAMWORKS MEDIA produced three PSA campaigns for the Big Ten Conference that have started running on the Big Ten Network:: A second season for "Big Ten Fan Camp;" a revised "...

FIVE MICHIGAN MADE MOVIES are featured at the Toronto Film Festival, Sept. 9-19. "These films are not only a success with the critics, they are a success for Michigan's economy...

"THE SHORTS COLLECTION" of seven short films made by six Beverly Ridge Pictures members during their 2004-2006 Columbia College student days will air on Chicago Cable 25 o...

R. KELLY'S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO that recently went out into the world is as close to an all-Chicago production as one could ask for from a globally popular artist like Kelly. ...

The next time you attend an IMAX experience check the credits to see where the film was made. There's a good chance it was produced by Don Kempf's Giant Screen Films/D3D Ci...

It looks like Chicago's once-thriving Christian filmmaking sector, which virtually disappeared a few years ago with the much lamented demise of the popular Christian "VeggieTale...

With "tons of internet business" flowing in, Foundation Content has hired Ben Poster as director/editor/interactive, who moves after five years as an Arc Worldwide art director....