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...

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...