CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the streaming series “Emily in Paris” the adventures of Emily Cooper and her fanciful/fashionable Paris friends and lovers, now in its fourth season. Episodes 1-5 currently on Netflix.
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Interview: Sophia Wong Boccio on Asian Pop-Up Cinema Season 11, Opening Sept. 10th, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 8, 2020 - 6:36amCHICAGO – How does a film festival still go on while the pandemic continues? Sophia Wong Boccio, the Founder and Curator of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema (APUC), has found a way … have Opening Night (and other dates) at the Drive In. !—break—>
Podtalk: Frank Carr on Virtual & Online YippieFest, Available to Stream Aug. 21-23, 2020
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 20, 2020 - 9:07pmCHICAGO – This weekend, the performance event called YippieFest – which normally has two stages making show for three days – is going online, with a video presentation of the various acts that give YippieFest its particular reputation. Frank Carr is the founder of YippieFest and the coordinator of the virtual and online version, which will be available at YippieFest.com through TWITCH.
Entertainment News: Virtual 2020 YippieFest now August 21-23
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 12, 2020 - 11:50amCHICAGO – It’s coming! YippieFest 2020 – joining the virtual and online revolution during these particular times – is set for August 21st through the 23rd. Details to come on schedules and times, but the whole fest can be downloaded for FREE on those dates through TWITCH streaming service. Click here for more details. !—break—>
Podtalk: Ned McGregor on 2020 Filmscape Chicago Expo, Virtual & Online August 29-30
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 8, 2020 - 11:26amCHICAGO – One of the traditional Chicago film gatherings, now in its third year, will go virtual and online in this magic year of 2020. But that also gives interested parties a chance to sign up for their FREE classes from anywhere around the world. Registration for the Filmscape Chicago Expo is now open, click here to access.
Entertainment News: Virtual 2020 YippieFest Extends Registration Deadline to August 2nd
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 31, 2020 - 8:27pmCHICAGO – Got an act? Got a camera phone to record it? Then YippieFest wants you! The fourth annual Theater, Music, Film, Comedy and Performance festival is doing what all the hep cats are doing, going online and virtual to keep everyone safe (details closer to the actual dates of YippieFest, August 14-16, 2020).
Oscar Week: Co-Directors Explain How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on February 22, 2019 - 10:42amCHICAGO – The Best Animated Film category at the 91st Academy Awards honor both these visual treats and their status in the new Golden Age. The visual density of today’s animation reaches a new height in a rare Walt Disney Studio sequel, “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” This is a follow-up to “Wreck-It Ralph,” a huge animated hit film. Returning to guide the sequel, which has Wreck-It Ralph “inside” the internet, are co-directors Phil Johnston and Rich Moore.
Podtalk: Co-Directors Explain How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 21, 2018 - 12:50amCHICAGO – The visual density of today’s animation reaches a new height in a rare Walt Disney Studio sequel, “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” This is a follow-up to “Wreck-It Ralph,” a huge animated hit film. Returning to guide the sequel, which has Wreck-It Ralph “inside” the internet, are co-directors Phil Johnston and Rich Moore.
Entertainment News: 54th Chicago International Television Festival Award Honorees
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 23, 2018 - 6:46pm- 2018
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- AMC River East 21
- Certificate of Merit
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Chicago International Television Festival
- Cinema/Chicago
- Commercials
- Film News
- Gold Hugo
- Gold Plaque
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Michael Kutza
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- Patrick McDonald
- Silver Hugo
- Silver Plaque
- Television Productions
- Web
CHICAGO – The ballots were counted at the recent 54th Chicago International Television Festival – which has become a separate Spring event presented by Cinema/Chicago, the agency of the Chicago International Film Festival – and there were numerous honorees in the categories of Commercials and Television Production, given on Thursday, March 22th, 2018, at the AMC River East Theatre in Chicago. The highest award is the Gold Hugo, but also conferred were the Silver Hugo, Gold Plaque, Silver Plaque and Certificate of Merit.
Entertainment News: 54th Chicago International Television Festival on March 20-22, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 19, 2018 - 10:23am- 2018
- 54th
- AMC River East 21
- Brown Girls
- Bruce Helford
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Chicago International Television Festival
- Cinema/Chicago
- Commercials
- Film News
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Lecy Goranson
- LGBTQ+
- Michael Kutza
- Online
- Patrick McDonald
- Roseanne
- The Chi
- The Vanishing
- Web
- Woke TV
- Your Honor
CHICAGO – The rise of innovative and inclusive television programming, along with the expansion of the broadcast spectrum that includes digital and online options, has been the most important entertainment story of the last five years. The 54th Chicago Television Festival – an offshoot of the Chicago International Film Festival, and presented by their agency Cinema/Chicago – has grown in prestige and importance along with that evolution in TV, and will take place from Tuesday, March 20th through Thursday, March 22nd, 2018, at the AMC River East 21 Theater at 322 East Illinois, Chicago.
Film Review: Life in 2016 is Famous in ‘Presenting Princess Shaw’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 13, 2016 - 9:25amCHICAGO – Had you told a person 50 years ago that someday we would be able to personally record television and broadcast it to the whole world, they might have laughed and said maybe on the futuristic cartoon “The Jetsons.” But the future is now, and it lives in “Presenting Princess Shaw.”
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