A special treat – besides the camaraderie and good food – will be in store for the 400 invitation-only guests expected to attend the 25th annual <span style="text-decoration:
Apparently it’s now official. And not unexpected. With remaining employees having received 60-90 day termination notices, it looks like the 35-year old Roscor Corp. is closing its Mt. Prospect doors
Andrew Cook, Chicago’s only non-union gaffer who comes equipped with his own trucks and gear, is celebrating his 25th business anniversary.
To help mark the occasion, The
New Chicago resident Rosie O’Donnell makes her first film screening appearance Jan. 20 at the Chicago premiere of “You’ve Been Trumped”, a doc about her long-time
Eric Anderson and Amelia Dellos launched their production company Corn Bred Films last March “with the goal of establishing a film studio in the Midwest dedicated
For the talk diva who reigned in regal fashion on television for more than a quarter century, it was a stunning admission of near total failure.
In a lay-bare-your-problems interview with
Steppenwolf Film’s “The Last Rites of Joe May,” starring Dennis Farina and written and directed by Joe Maggio, topped the Best of the Midwest’s nine category awards presented Thursday, Dec.
The first thing film extra/actor and comedian Tommy Connolly talks about is the Extra Hands of Hope holiday drive he helped organize among actors and extra to collect “gently used”
So the race is on to find the new ad agency of record for the Illinois Lottery. And from what we know now, it promises to be one of the
A chance meeting at a restaurant between two budding screenwriters 11 years ago led to more than love and an exchange of “I do’s” at the altar. It also resulted
Winner of the grand prize of the recent Chicago Screenwriters Network’s third annual script contest was former U.S. Marine, Adedapo Akisanya, for his drama, Beneath the Rock.
He was
A veritable who’s who of social media experts from Chicago’s biggest companies are being signed up for the first Social Media Week Chicago along with hosts, events and
THE 48 HOUR PROJECT is gearing up for the July 29-31 Chicago challenge to see who can make the best short film, from script to screen, in 48 hours.
IT AIN’T OVER ‘til it’s over. Close followers of our extensive reporting last summer and fall on the protracted process to select the first ever private manager for the Illinois
THE DAY OF RECKONING DRAWS NEAR. We refer, of course, to the decision regarding the fate of S.C. Johnson’s billion-dollar advertising account. Final pitches are done, and discussions, sources say,
After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will premiere June
“A real-life ‘Hurt Locker’ with more tension” is the reaction audiences have had to “A Perfect Soldier,” says producer/editor Jonathan
Proprietor of radio ad shop, “Radio Bob Resort,” Bob Monachino writes, casts and produces funny, engaging spots for clients. We badgered the good man to spill the beans for you.
THE
“Freelancer,” Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s fifth movie scheduled to start shooting in Grand Rapids March 28, has moved its production offices to New Orleans.
“That’s $20 million that walked out the
A feature and a documentary about socialite Bertha Honoré and real estate developer Potter Palmer will be the first projects for River Forest husband-wife Eric Anderson and Amelia Dellos’ new
