If it feels to you like the spot business has picked up over last year, you're absolutely right. The Chicago Film Office, which keeps track of these things, reports a who...

Actors to get L.A. tips from Hollywood pros Seems like the way to L.A. is being paved by the pros. Over the Aug. 23-24 weekend, Star Caster Network hosts a worksho...

Jingle vocalist Lee Montgomery went back to the future for his long-time client, the Stater Bros. Markets chain of Southern California. Asked to revive one of Stater Bros.' ol...

Entertainment world expert, author, teacher Laurie Scheer holds an Aug. 24 career workshop at Transitions Training Center. Thinking of taking a chance and transplanting to ...

I'M LOVIN' IT, McDonald's first global campaign, that's easily understood in hundreds of languages, is underway. The new campaign will debut Sept. 2, first in England and in...

Chicago's first Indie Film & Script Market climaxes in a busy weekend as hundreds of prospective buyers see what gems they can mine from among the 47 festival finalists. ...

Composer Jeff Jacobs of Big Dog Bites Music Big Dog Bites Music has moved into a downtown studio where it hopes to take an even bigger bite out of the commercial music sc...

Jingle vocalist Lee Montgomery went back to the future for his long-time client, the Stater Bros. Markets chain of Southern California. Asked to revive one of Stater Bros.' ol...

John Noble joins Element 79 next month as SVP/director of broadcast production, a new position ? actually a first for the agency. He had the same title at the Martin Agency. ...

IFO director Brenda Sexton made news earlier this month when she attended the "Legally Blond 2" premiere in Springfield. Here's the story as reported Downstate earlier this m...

A crew from Sound/Video Impressions is in Las Vegas on a fast-paced, weeklong shoot-and-edit assignment for long-time client At Home America, the people who host home furnishi...

Michigan Avenue has livened up after a too-long hibernation with a spate of creative appointments. Two new from out-of-town: Big new business for DDB Worldwide: Some $200 m...

Production expert Michael Davis joined Draft as VP/director of emerging media, a new position ? and one that portends the wave of the future. "The object is to use every p...

Sound work is humming along at Cerny/American Creative, with spot business remaining strong and a growing emphasis on feature films. "We've been doing a lot more sound to ...

Steve Dahl has split with HD Ready Productions, the company he founded with music producer Joe Thomas to produce the new HD version of the "Soundstage" music series with Ch. 1...

Milwaukee has joined the ranks of hundreds of cities with its first International Film Festival, Nov. 6-16 that will strongly emphasize Midwestern-made independent films. Sa...