What's considered junk to some may be treasures to other. Eight out of 10 people have at least one highly-collectable treasure hidden somewhere inside their home, yet few kno...

Paramount was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday by the family of 24-year old Gabriela Cedillo, the Chicago extra who was injured this summer during the filming of "Transformers 3" in H...

DSLR capability is about to change again. Zacuto owners Steve Weiss and Jens Bogehegn developed the Zacuto Z-Finder EVF, what they call the "key to having the DSLR camera in-li...

The Illinois(e)Makers program of six locally made features -- showcasing the best features, documentaries and short films with their roots in our home state ? figures prominentl...

When Kit Woods retired last June after a total of 33 years working for SAG/AFTRA, her plan was to set off with her husband in their new RV "and travel where we can drive," she ...

Legendary documentary filmmakers, D A Pennebaker and his wife, Chris Hegedus, have whipped up a docu concoction that centers on the owner of the French Pastry School of Chicago...

COLUMBIA COLLEGE GRADS Shakena Reed, Ira Childs and Kaira Peyton are collaborating on "THE TRIO PROJECT," a genre-spanning omnibus triptych they plan to submit to the American B...

Composer/musicians Frayne Lewis and Mike Middleton have a lot in common. They both grew up in their fathers' music and were mentored by their fathers: Frayne by jazz legend Ra...

Simage Network is bringing new video content to approximately 25 local club and restaurant venues, including the marquis screen outside Excalibur nightclub, through a deal with...

Midwest Independent Film Festival director Mike McNamara promises a superior crop of personal projects by commercial pros at the Second Annual 2010 Midwest Advertising Community...

The sale of Hangar42, the defunct Grand Rapids studio project that went down in flames this summer when the developer was charged with attempted fraud, is being revived as Mich...

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...