Leo Burnett could see departure of the $40 million Sara Lee account this month. Pitching it are Element 79 and O&M, Chicago, TBWA/Chiat/Day, L.A. and McKinney & Silver,...
Scooby Doo promos created by Radar's live action and CGI magic, a boy at breakfast pulls off a mask from a box to reveal Scooby Doo cereal in one and a cheese crackers box...
Wicker Park's Heaven Gallery ? the people responsible for the upcoming Z Film Festival ? is planning monthly screenings and seeks film/video submissions. The Jan. 10-1...
Moline-based Silver Oaks Communications undertook an ambitious project for its first HD production: a five- camera shoot of the 14th Annual First Presbyterian Church Christ...
By Jan Lisa Huttner After a long professional acquaintance that began on an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," director Robert Altman and screenwriter Barbara Turner...
When Chicago Bull Jay Williams visited the United Center in December, for the first time since his debilitating motorcycle injury last summer, TeamWorks Media was right th...
Rich Seng wants to be an underground media mogul and he could be well on his way with his new concept: Cherry Bomb, free, monthly DVD compilations of film shorts and music...
Lerner newspaper columnist Ed Schwartz is promoting the idea that the old Cook County Hospital, that County Board president John Stroger is just itching to demolish, could...
Chicago filmmaker Satish Menon walked across a stage in New York a few weeks ago and received an award from fellow Indian expatriate Salman Rushdie. The renowned novelist...
Justin Baron is nearing the end of a five-year odyssey to complete his debut feature, "Peep Show."Baron began shooting the 16mm film shortly after he graduated from Columbia...
In a move that surprised its 275 local members, the national Directors Guild of American wiped Chicago from its list of production centers, along with Wilmington, N. C. ? o...
Overall, the year coming to a close was nothing to cheer about. For most, October was a pretty good month, November was scary, but December, bless its cold and windy heart, is ...
Jim Sikora's "Rock & Roll Punk" has three December screenings at the Film Center.Jim Sikora could have had one of the first digital features ever released. If it had ever b...
A high note sounded for the music business with Tom Wiebe's purchase of Pat Yacono's Playroom and the official Dec. 1 opening of Earhole, the new name of the newly merged compan...
ACROSS THE HALL FOR MITIDIERO. Veteran editor Mickey Mitidiero and partner/business manager George Sosnowski closed their 21-year Lakeshore Productions and moved across the ha...
As you know, the Cook County Board postponed the vote on the $48 million 2004 budget, which contains a proposed tax on leased equipment ? with dire consequences to the film indu...
IFO assistant director Bob Hudgins is "cautiously optimistic" about the possibility of three Hollywood features spending all or some time this winter. While "The Weather Man...
The Museum of Broadcast Communications closes Dec. 30 after 11 years in the Cultural Center in preparation for its move to its own, new 50,000-sq. ft. building at State and Kinz...
Central City Production's "The Minority Business Report," a staple of WGN syndication for 18 years, has been transformed into an updated, upscale weekly magazine show. "The...
