CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
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Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2023, by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 4, 2024 - 11:03am- 2023
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- Beverly D’Angelo
- Bob Balaban
- Christie Brinkley
- Ed Begley Jr.
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- Matthew Modine
- Mira Sorvino
- Patrick McDonald
- Peter Sarsgaard
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CHICAGO – 2023 to Me: “Hey Buddy, you can take a hike!”/Cause it’s harder work for a celebrity photographer/when your subjects are all on strike. And sure, the world is melting down/It was a hell of a year … But TIME still favored Taylor Swift/and that’s worthy of a cheer.
Film News: 2023 ‘Best of the Midwest’ Awards on Thursday, Nov. 2
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 31, 2023 - 8:12pmCHICAGO – The first awards show of the season takes off on Thursday, November 2nd, as the BEST OF THE MIDWEST Awards will be presented by the Midwest Film Festival at CineCity Studios in Chicago. Tickets are rapidly selling out, so click on BEST OF THE MIDWEST for the levels of tickets that are available.
Feature: Top 25 Celebrity Portraits of 2022, by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 7, 2023 - 11:54am- 2022
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- Bryan Cranston
- Chicago Critics Film Festival
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- Darren Aronofsky
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- Jessica Lange
- Joe Arce
- Jon Bernthal
- Kathryn Hahn
- Katie Couric
- Kevin Smith
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- Molly Shannon
- Patrick McDonald
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- Selma Blair
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CHICAGO – 2022 was a year of change and transformation. The former leader of the free world morphed into a horribly photoshopped digital trading card spokesmodel and pitch man. That and a full on spy challenging the DOJ to find the stolen classified documents in a shell game of 3 card monte exactly like a subway car hustler.
Film News: Chicago Film Critics Association 2022 Best Film is ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 17, 2022 - 10:57am- Actor
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- Everything Everywhere All at Once
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- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
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CHICAGO – The story of an unusual turn in a 1920s Irish friendship captured the hearts of the Chicago Film Critics Association, as they named “The Banshees of Inisherin” – written and directed by Martin McDonagh – as Best Picture at their annual awards announcement banquet on December 14th, 2022.
Film News: 'Period Drama' is Top Film at 2022 ‘Best of the Midwest’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 2, 2022 - 7:51amCHICAGO – The “Best of the Midwest,” the Awards Ceremony of Chicago’s Midwest Film Festival, were presented on November 3rd, 2022, at CineCity Studios in Chicago. The Grand Prize film was the short “Period Drama,” a clever twist on a woman’s coming of age. Emma Thatcher was a two-trophy BMA recipient, garnering Best Actress and Best Director for her debut feature “Provo.”
Podtalk: In-Person ‘Best of the Midwest’ Awards on Feb. 1, 2022
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 30, 2022 - 8:02pmCHICAGO – Let’s kick off the film year by getting together! Using the safest protocols for gatherings, the Midwest Film Festival presents the Best of Midwest Awards on February 1st, 2022, and it will be an in-person event for the first time in three years. To get tickets, click BEST OF THE MIDWEST.
Feature: Top 10 Celebrity Portraits of 2021, by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 11, 2022 - 8:37pm- 10
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- Betty White
- Charlie Gillespie
- Debbie Gibson
- Elvis Presley
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- Harry Shum Jr
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- Joe Arce
- Katie Cassidy
- Kenneth Branagh
- Lana Parilla
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- Lyric Ross
- Patrick McDonald
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- Priscilla Presley
- Rebecca Hall
- Stormy Daniels
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CHICAGO – In a Covid-free world no doubt this list would be a TOP 20 or 25 … in non-pandemic times, I photographed approximately 150 celebrities per year. In 2020, there were only two, before the global pandemic basically put my career – like that of so many others – into a medically induced coma.
Film News: Chicago Film Critics Association Best Film of 2021 is ‘The Power of the Dog’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 16, 2021 - 3:40pm- Actor
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CHICAGO – The sweeping and majestically searing “The Power of the Dog,” directed by Jane Campion, was named Best Picture in 2021 by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) on Wednesday, December 15th. The film also received recognition as Best Director, Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Original Score.!—break—>
Oscar 2021: And the Nominees Are … in a Exclusive Slideshow by Photographer Joe Arce
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 25, 2021 - 7:59amCHICAGO – Roll out the red carpet on Oscar Day 2021! Throughout the years, Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago has had close encounters with many of this year’s nominees and had captured them with his intrepid camera eye. Presenting a slideshow of the 93rd Academy Awards Best Acting nominations.!—break—>
Oscar 2021: Top Category Predictions for 93rd Academy Awards
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 24, 2021 - 1:26pmCHICAGO – Predicting the Oscars is like going on a blind date. You really don’t know what’s going to happen, and often you’re humiliated to boot. But here goes Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, along with one million other online prognosticators. The 93rd Academy Awards are Sunday, April 25th, 2021, in Hollywood.