Good grades to McGuinness for positive DDB changes
So how’s he doing? As Peter McGuinness rapidly approaches his first year anniversary on the job as CEO and president of DDB/Chicago, he at least has managed to now to
So how’s he doing? As Peter McGuinness rapidly approaches his first year anniversary on the job as CEO and president of DDB/Chicago, he at least has managed to now to
THE GOODMAN THEATRE continues its mini-streak of turning to high-profile actors with the surname “Lane.” After Nathan Lane’s turn in Robert Falls’ monumental production of The Iceman Cometh,
Like the recently revealed Chicago Cultural Plan for expanding the arts, here is a film professional’s vision of how to move Chicago into the top tier of entertainment production.
Chicago needs
High-end HD video production equipment of long-established Detroit Grace & Wild production/post and company-owned Postique Studios, will be sold via an online only auction by auctioneer <span style="text-decoration:
Say this for Mario Van Peebles: Despite the dark themes of Startz “Boss,” the director presides over a festive set. Before filming ended on the second season July 10, Van
BEFORE SCIENTISTS at the CERN particle accelerator outside Geneva, Switzerland apparently discovered the long-sought Higgs Boson or “God Particle” earlier this month, 137 Films captured the ill-fated hunt by physicists
VITAMIN’S DANNY DELPURGATORIO, creative director/director of Filmworkers Club’s motion graphics division, directed a short with a Vitamin crew of 15 that showcases July 27 at the July 24-29 <span
When it comes to marketing liquor — especially those products aimed at a young adult demo — it of course helps immeasurably to be extraordinarily alert to current trends in
Noise Floor’s Cory Coken says he and partner Jamie Vanadia are “totally stoked” about their old friend and fellow Avenue Edit sound designer/mixer John Wong joining
The days of begging distributors to take your work is over. The days of receiving no money for your work is over. Now, exciting new ways are emerging to reach
For the 11th year, the 48 Hour Film Project returns to Chicago starting the week of July 27 as filmmakers battle it out to complete an
For 30 years, Lawrence (Larry) Bridges has been known for Red Car, his successful, four-city postproduction company. At the same time, he has developed a personal
Daufenbach Camera is continuing its efforts to build up Midwest work with a $500,000 investment in expanded space and inventory. “We want to let Hollywood producers know we’ve got all
A year after Gov. Pat Quinn led the groundbreaking ceremonies, $80 million Cinespace is starting to come together like the major Hollywood-like studio complex it promised it would be.
Gala Catering
NO WORD YET on whether the Goodman’s high-profile recent production of The Iceman Cometh will get a Broadway outing, artists from the stalwart Chicago storefront scene are taking their shows
Newly formed Cavalry – the Chicago agency WPP Group recently formed to exclusively handle Coors beer brands – hired DDB SVP/group creative director Jim Larmon as its first chief creative
Late Monday afternoon, J.C. Penney announced its president Michael Francis was immediately departing the company. Francis was wished well in an official statement. And that was that.
Yes, in a flash
CHICAGO AGENCY APPEARANCES on the prestigious AICP Show Reel or agency honors list were virtually non-existent. The 21st annual AICP Show and the NEXT Awards, was held June 12 at
The changes keep on coming at the Northstar Lottery Group, the private management entity Illinois governor Pat Quinn selected in the fall of 2010 to run the Illinois Lottery. Northstar
A CONTINGENT OF SOME 50 ADFOLKS from Chicago and another 15 from Detroit and Minneapolis will descend on the South of France for the 59th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity,