Women in Film Chicago’s Mentorship Committee hosted its second mentorship-focused event of the year, “Rethink Production,” a panel discussion and hands-on workshop exploring collaboration, craft, and the evolving ways production teams are
“I don’t want to implicate myself because that’s an ongoing legal battle. We have so many lawyers right now volunteering their services to come out and interpret the law of
An improbable chain of events led Bruno Abate from a late-night revelation to building Recipe for Change inside Cook County Jail. If a screenwriter pitched the origin story of Recipe
The Chicago production community has one of its biggest annual gatherings this weekend as Filmscape Chicago returns to CineCity Studios on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, bringing together
NBC is locking in its fall schedule, and Chicago Wednesdays are officially back. The network has announced premiere dates for its 2026 fall lineup, with the One Chicago franchise returning
The rosé is ready, the jurors are assembled and the global creative industry is back in Cannes. The 73rd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity opens Monday in France, with
Chicago officially welcomed home one of its most influential sons Thursday as the Obama Presidential Center opened in Jackson Park, marking the culmination of a journey that began decades ago
Tom Dreesen, the Chicago area native who rose from south suburban Harvey to become one of America’s most successful stand-up comedians and Frank Sinatra’s longtime opening act, has died at
Chicago and Illinois appear to be heading into an active production stretch, with a Disney Channel pilot, a Midwestern sports biopic, a completed HBO Max drama pilot, and a downstate
A decades-long political and community battle over Chicago’s proposed third airport will be revisited this weekend at the Chicago History Museum. Holding Pattern, a 56-minute documentary chronicling the conflict surrounding
Chicago Fire is heading into Season 15 with one of its most intense cliffhangers yet. The Season 14 finale of the NBC drama left nearly all of Firehouse 51 in
Telemundo Chicago is going all in for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The station announced it will air 92 live matches and deliver more than 700 hours of dedicated live
The Chicago filmmaking and screenwriting community is mourning the loss of one of its most dedicated advocates. Amorous Toujours Lesko, president of the Chicago Screenwriters Network and a longtime champion
Chicago Fire fans are still trying to process the explosive Season 14 finale, which left the future of several members of Firehouse 51 hanging in the balance. Now, new comments
Chicago Med showrunner Allen MacDonald is teasing bigger conflict, more romance complications and heightened drama heading into Season 12. In an exclusive interview with Parade, MacDonald said the NBC drama plans
NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago Med continue proving the staying power of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise, both landing inside the Top 10 most-watched non-sports programs of the 2025-26 television season.
For generations of Chicago bar-goers, a cold Schlitz wasn’t just a beer order. It was part of the atmosphere. The glowing Schlitz signs hanging in old tavern windows. The faded
Inside the halls of the Cannes Film Festival this year, there’s one uncomfortable reality almost everyone seems to agree on: Business is slow. According to THR, the giant bidding wars
BBDO Chicago helped put Chicago squarely in the global creative spotlight Thursday night at the 2026 Clio Awards, taking home two Grand Clios for its emotionally powerful “The Final Exam”
NBC is officially keeping the heart of One Chicago intact. According to a new report from Deadline, franchise veterans S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt from Chicago Med, along with
