HollywoodChicago.com LLC was launched to deliver timely and trusted local and national news, reviews and interviews for the exciting arts and entertainment spectrum. Founded by veteran journalist Adam Fendelman [0], we are your daily source for:
- Breaking film news (covering the U.S. with a specialty on Chicago)
- Film reviews (delving into what makes success or failure rather than just what happens)
- Humanized film interviews
- DVD reviews
- Blu-ray reviews
- Chicago theater reviews
- Top 10 lists
- Television reviews
- Video game reviews
We are on the Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes [1]. We are credible on NewsCred [2]. Our privacy policy is here [2]. Our global news pickups are here [2]. Our logos are here [2]. Our media kit is here [2]. View our archives here [2]. Our staff biographies in order of joining are below.
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HollywoodChicago.com is syndicated on Starpulse.com [4], which is consistently listed in the comScore top 100 Internet entertainment properties. Starpulse.com reaches an average of 7 million monthly visitors and 120 million monthly page views.
[5]Examiner.com [6] is one of the fastest-growing Web sites for local news and information. Serving 57 local markets, the site connects consumers with a premium blend of news and information from the best local sources.
HollywoodChicago.com is syndicated as its Chicago film channel [7]. Examiner.com averages 2 million monthly unique visitors and 6 million monthly unique page views. The Examiner is also in print in San Francisco, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Adam Fendelman: Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief [7]
Brian Tallerico: Content Director [7]
Patrick McDonald: Senior Staff Writer [7]
Allison Pitaccio: Staff Writer [7]
Rachel Faith: Hollywood Correspondent [7]
Alissa Norby: Chicago Theater Critic [7]
Joe Arce: Senior Staff Photographer [7]
Centerstage Chicago [8] (part of the Sun-Times Media Group), a Chicago film writer for Go2 Media [9], an accredited film critic with the Chicago Film Critics Association [10] and a Rotten Tomatoes-listed [11] film critic. He’s also the exclusive cell phones guide [12] at About.com (part of the New York Times Company) and a writer for The Huffington Post [13].
E-mail Adam Fendelman. [14]
Read Adam Fendelman’s writing in our news section [15] and our reviews section [16].
E-mail Brian Tallerico. [17]
Read Brian Tallerico’s writing in our news section [18] and our reviews section [19].
E-mail Patrick McDonald. [20]
Read Patrick McDonald’s writing in our news section [21] and our reviews section [22].
E-mail Allison Pitaccio. [23]
Read Allison Pitaccio’s writing in our news section [24] and our reviews section [25].
here [26].
E-mail Rachel Faith. [27]
Read Rachel Faith’s writing in our news section [28].
E-mail Alissa Norby. [29]
Read Alissa Norby’s theater reviews [30].
Web site [31] are a virtual who’s who of Hollywood, fashion and the world of arts and entertainment. His noted “beyond the glitter” brand of celebrity portraiture offers up the viewer a rare and often-humorous glimpse of unguarded moments peeking behind the limelit curtain or backstage door.
Initially a frustrated guitarist, Arce began the 1980s shooting publicity for other Chicago bands as a favor. It wasn’t long before the flash from his camera rather than his fingers began opening backstage doors and eventually landed him on the tour buses of his childhood rock idols. Before he was old enough to rent a car, his world-famous tour mates were now likewise hanging his photos on their walls and inviting him cross country to shoot their kids’ birthday parties.
After a short stint as senior staff photographer for Backstage Pass Magazine and numerous tours as a personal band photographer for Lynyrd Skynyrd (among other such major headliners), Arce opened his first studio and began shooting fashion. He began with the portfolios of the model girlfriends of several of his former rock-star clients.
Next came national ad campaigns and work with rising young designers. It wasn’t long before major agencies on both coasts were sending their models and actors to Arce for testing. Switching his focus to arts and entertainment and notably celebrity publicity, Arce became a freelance fixture within the Chicago media as both a still photographer and later as a writer, producer and talent booker for a prime time independent Chicago arts and entertainment weekly.
Away from the limelight when he’s not busy enduring the horror of shooting some nude potential Playmate rolling across his studio floor, HollywoodChicago.com’s resident lens master reclusively hides away with his large collection of handmade celebrity publicist voodoo dolls while working on his future behind-the-scenes tell-all and watching hair metal videos on YouTube. Arce is still waiting for Heather Locklear to call.
E-mail Joe Arce. [32]
See Joe Arce’s exclusive celebrity portraits [33].