As the Onion media empire relocates its headquarters from New York to Chicago in July, it arrives bearing gifts: three new webisode series. They’ve been filming at Foundation Content and
Only a couple weeks ago we were talking about the slow but sure effort to establish a real and lasting sense of community within Chicago’s advertising industry. In large part
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
THREE LOCAL LEADING LADIES were named among 10 actors around the country as 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows. E. Faye Butler, Susan Moniz, and Hollis Resnik join seven other actors from around
BE GOOD, TODD LOOBY’S INDIE FEATURE, produced by his Obrigado Productions in 2011, will enjoy a full week’s screening at the Gene Siskel Film
Next September, The School of the Art Institute (SAIC) will be one of nine major institutions participating in the Sony Digital Media Academy (SDMA) that will
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Columbia College will present honorary degrees to six prominent persons – three of them Chicagoans – in the entertainment, media and arts fields whose careers
“Chicagolicious,” a new Style Network docu-series being filmed here, hosted a launch event offering makeovers to anyone who got in line early enough.
In the spirit of journalistic excellence, this intrepid
After 80 years of on-and-off efforts to merge the two national talent unions, history was made March 30 when the members of national SAG and AFTRA voted in amazingly high
WRITER/DIRECTOR BORIS WEXLER of Escape Films has wrapped postproduction on the feature comedy Roundabout American starring French actor Edouard Giard as a young French chef who opens an escort
Digitas’ Chicago office has been given eBay’s estimated $20 to $30 million business, after the online retailer heard creative pitches from East and West Coast agencies last fall.
Digitas, a Publicis
The Cavalry is ready to charge into action as Bridges Media’s entry into interactive video for the web, live events at venues incorporating multiscreen displays, touch
Content aimed at advancing social change has a good chance of winning a Chicago Digital Media Production Fund that’s open to indie video and filmmakers in the Chicago area.
Chicago Filmmakers,
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE, but Chicago’s global theater connections continue to grow. March 27 marks the 50th celebration of World Theatre Day, and John Malkovich (an early <a href="http://steppenwolf.org/
When the owner of a growing Milwaukee digital boutique felt it was time to expand into a big market, he moved his residence to Chicago and spent the next three
A CHICAGO-SET PILOT is set to actually shoot here, although the shooting date is unknown at this time. Michael Dinner is the executive producer and director of the currently untitled
February gets underway with a burst of worthwhile screenings and other events, starting with a sneak preview Friday night, Feb. 3 of co-producers Boris Wexler and Julian Grant’s comedy feature
THE “CHICAGO FIRE” PILOT is scheduled to shoot here March 14 through April 1, according to the Chicago Film Office’s Rich Moskal, who says no cast or director is confirm.
In the eyes of a lot of local ad executives, the Chicago Cubs have just struck out. Big time.
The team lost a big chunk of potential fans from Chicago’s advertising
