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July 2008

• Former McDonald’s Executive Russ Smyth Named New CEO at H&R Block
• Capital Markets Unit of Harris Bankcorp Cuts 50 Investment Bankers, Lenders
• AT&T Posed to Roll Out Web-Based Television Service Throughout Chicago
• United’s UAL Corp. to Slash 5,500 More Jobs, Bolster Available Cash Flow
• AT&T Illinois to Forgo $5.5 Million in Rate Hikes to Compensate Customers
• Deerfield, Ill.-Based Walgreen Co. Plans to Slow Down Growth of New Stores
• Cargill in Minneapolis to Build New Soy Foam Plant on Chicago’s South Side
• O’Hare Airport Ranks Last For On-Time Departures For Five Months in 2008
• Tribune Co. Sets July 18 as Deadline For Bids For Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field
• Fresenius to Acquire APP Pharmaceuticals in Schaumburg, Ill. For $3.7 Billion
• Former LaSalle Executive Norman Bobins Named to PrivateBancorp Board
• Nokia Secures Final Approval to Acquire Chicago Digital Map Maker NAVTEQ
• Enesco to Buy Soft-Toy Maker Gund, Adds New Brand to Increasing Portfolio
• Chicago Sales Tax Spikes; 10.25 Percent Tax Highest in Any Major U.S. City
• Executive Ranks at Motorola in Schaumburg, Ill. Seeing Global Renovation
• First Chicago Bancorp to Merge With Indianapolis-Based White River Capital
• Chicago’s CME Group Extends Rights For Futures, Options Based on NASDAQ

June 2008

• Authorities Begin to Make Arrests Related to Mortgage Fraud, Identity Theft
• RCN Launches New Fiber-Optic Network in Chicago as Customer Alternative
• OfficeMax to Lay Off 2,700 Managers, Assistant Managers Across 900 Stores
• President at Sun-Times Media Group Warns of Additional Cuts at Company
• Northwestern University, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare to End Affiliation
• Jones Lang LaSalle Plans to Buy Texas-Based Staubach Co. For $613 Million
• Chicago Officials Eyeing Michael Reese Hospital as Site For Olympic Village
• FAA to Lift Hourly Flight Cap at O’Hare International Airport Starting on Oct. 31
• Cummins, Inc. Extends Navistar Truck Engine Supply Contract Through 2013
• No Time For the New York Times? Chicago’s Newser Comes to the Rescue
• Tribune Co. Releases Financial Books to Nine Potential Billionaire Buyers
• Motorola in Schaumburg, Ill. Not Smart Enough For Today’s Smart Phones
• Chicago City Council OKs Grant Park as New Home For Children’s Museum
• United Follows American’s Example of Charging $15 For First Checked Bag
• Motorola Plans to Restructure Company’s Research, Development Teams
• Motorola Named in New Lawsuit Alleging Fraud, Theft of Intellectual Property
• Bank of America to Raise ATM Fees For Non-Customers to $3 on June 23, 2008
• New Publication BusinessWeek Chicago Scrapped Due to Poor Ad Revenue
• Tribune Co. Newspapers, Newsroom Will Be Reduced to Cut Operating Costs
• NAVTEQ Acquisition Still on Course as Deal Raises No Regulator Objection
• Chicago Business Software Firm SPSS Approves Shareholder Rights Plan
• Chicago TV Station Receives Bomb Threat Related to Airing Gay Documentary
• City of Chicago, State of Illinois Attract 1.1 Million International Tourists in 2007
• United Announces Major Reductions, Cuts 1,100 Jobs, Grounds 100 Planes
• Chicago Joins Tokyo, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro as Finalist For 2016 Olympics
• CME’s CBOT, CBOE Reach $1 Billion Settlement in Ownership Rights Case
• Chicago Skin-Care Firm H2O Plus Acquired By Private New York Investors
• Report: Airline Industry to Lose $2.3 Billion in 2008 Due to High Crude Oil Prices
• CME, CBOE Suspend Seat Sales, Near New Settlement in Ownership Dispute

May 2008

• Two Major Food Distributors in Illinois Merge Operations, Plan New Center
• John Deere Water Technologies in Illinois Buys T-Systems International
• High-End Retailers Line Up For Commercial Space at Block 37 in Chicago
• American Airlines Makes First Cuts: Ends Routes to Buenos Aires, Honolulu
• National Association of Realtors Reaches Settlement in Internet Listing Dispute
• Supreme Court Rejects New Appeal From Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan
• AAA Report: High Fuel Prices, Airline Tickets Affect Holiday Weekend Travel
• Falling Chicago Home Prices Mirror Larger National Trend, New Index Says
• New Survey Finds Average Gasoline Prices in Chicago Highest in the Nation
• Motorola Strategy Executive Resigns; Fourth Executive Leaves in Six Months
• Esmark Says Acquisition Does Not Violate Contract For United Steelworkers
• Downtown Aurora, Ill. Casino Fined $800,000 For Soliciting Problem Gamblers
• United Airlines Weighs Possible Merger, Alliance Options at Latest Meeting
• CTA to Pick Up Speed on Brown Line Construction at Fullerton, Belmont Stops
• Second-Quarter Profits at Moline, Ill.-Based Deere & Co. Increase 22 Percent
• Evanston Northwestern Healthcare to Buy Rush North Shore Medical Center
• Virgin America Petitioning FAA For Landing Rights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
• Cablevision to Purchase Newsday From Chicago’s Tribune Co. For $650 Million
• So Long, Cemetery: Court Approves Expansion at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
• Walgreen Co. in Deerfield, Ill. Names Wade Miquelon CFO, Vice President
• Tribune Co.’s Sam Zell Plans to Sell Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field Together
• Navistar Defense in Warrenville, Ill. Secures $1.3 Billion U.S. Army Contract
• Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Fraught With Cash Troubles
• BP Moves 1,000 Jobs From Chicago Suburbs to Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Boeing in Chicago Scores New Deal With Iraqi Government, Pitching a Second
• Report: Continued Merger Talks Between United Airlines, U.S. Airways Intensify
• Bank of America Starts Making LaSalle Bank Changes in Chicago
• Pharma Firm Hospira in Lake Forest, Ill. Buys Sculptor Developmental Tech
• Echo Global Logistics in Chicago Files For IPO, Plans to Raise $100 Million
• Esmark in Chicago Accepts $669 Million Buyout From Essar Steel in India

April 2008

• Fuel Surcharge of $1 Goes Into Effect on Monday For All Chicago Cab Rides
• United Airlines Parent UAL Corp. Turns to US Airways For Possible Merger
• Mars, Inc. to Buy Chicago-Based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company For $23 Billion
• Quieting Industry Speculation, Continental Declines United Airlines Merger
• Chicago Multimedia Arm Emmis Interactive Becomes Free-Standing Company
• Though Scaled Back, Development Still on at Ex-Fannie May Site in Chicago
• United Airlines Parent UAL Corp. Posts Huge Losses, Plans to Cut 1,100 Jobs
• Reports: Chicago-Based Tribune Co. Has Deal in Principle to Sell Newsday
• Navigant Consulting in Chicago to Acquire Chicago Partners For $73 Million
• PepsiCo Pulls Plug on Gatorade, Tropicana From Chicago-Based Element 79
• Village of Deerfield in Suburban Chicago Files Class-Action ComEd Lawsuit
• St. Xavier, Other Chicago Schools Close on Monday; Malcolm X Evacuated
• Tribune CEO Sam Zell Named to Associated Press Board, Others Also Added
• Closure of Goose Island on Clybourn Leaves Chicagoans Crying in Their Beers
• With Rising Fuel Costs, United Airlines Raises Fuel Surcharge to $20 Per Flight
• 298-Room Downtown Chicago Hotel theWit Promises to Wow With Wit, Whimsy
• Obama Joins Olympic Boycott Bandwagon; Impact on 2016 Bid For Chicago?
• Chicago ComEd Opponents Speak Out on Wednesday Against Rate Increases
• For Fourth Time, Chicago-Based Boeing Delays Delivery of 787 Dreamliner
• Replacing Ed Zander, Motorola Elects David Dorman as Chairman of Board
• Google Launches New Web Site For Chicago Transit Authority Rider Planning
• United Airlines Signs Frequent-Flier Agreement With Irish Carrier Aer Lingus
• Chicago Event: Monday Morning Meeting on April 14, 2008
• Chicago Event: Chicago Council For Science & Technology on April 10, 2008
• ITA Awards TECH Cocktail Founders Eric Olson, Frank Gruber at CityLIGHTS
• Ailing Motorola Announces 2,600 New Layoffs, Hears Offer From Weak Suitor
• Demise of ATA Airlines: Cheap Travel Flying Away From U.S. Consumers
• Following Launch in Chicago, Sprint Nextel to Delay WiMAX Commercial Rollout
• Despite Losing U.S. Air Force Bid, Boeing Says Jet Remains More Survivable
• WBBM-Ch. 2 Television in Chicago Drops Job Axe in Dramatic Newsroom Purge
• Mechanics at United Airlines Vote For Teamsters Union to Represent Interests

March 2008

• Fortune Brands Loses Bid to Buy ABSOLUT to French Firm Pernod Ricard
• Chicago-Based Wrigley to Woo Chinese Chewers With Wolfberry, Aloe Gums
• Amid Looming Delisting, Will Sun-Times Media Group Spike its Stock?
• Motorola’s Divisive Split: Result of a Rock-Solid Plan or Investor Pressure?
• FAA Orders Inspections of Older Boeing 737 Planes on Reports of Leaks
• Motorola Announces Split Into Two Independent Publicly Traded Entities
• Tribune Co. Says San Diego TV Affiliate to Switch to FOX, Names New CFO
• Chicago-Based CME Group Acquires London-Based Credit Market Analysis
• The High-Cost Game Midway’s Playing in Chicago
• Ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert Joins Goeken Group in Naperville, Ill.
• Billionaire Carl Icahn Filing Lawsuit Against Motorola to Release Documents
• Woman Seeks $50,000 in Damages From Oprah Winfrey Taping in Chicago
• Attempted Sale of Wrigley Field to State of Illinois Looking Like Lost Cause
• Chicago’s Bid For 2016 Olympics Garners New Regional Support
• FDA Identifies Contaminant in Baxter International’s Heparin Blood Thinner
• Allscripts Announces Definitive Merger With British Rival Misys Healthcare
• Abbott in Chicago Being Sued By 18 States For Alleged Competition Blocking
• Chicago Study: March Madness to Cost Employers $1.7 Billion in Lost Productivity
• EPA Awards City of Chicago New $52,000 Grant to Reduce Carbon Emissions
• CME Group to Purchase New York Mercantile Exchange For $9.4 Billion
• Power Rates For ComEd Utility Customers in Chicago to Spike 2 Percent in June
• Multiple Companies Vying For Piece of Chicago’s Wrigley Field Naming Rights Deal
• CME Group Nearing Approval For New York Mercantile Exchange Deal
• U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert Replaced By Chicago Fermi Scientist Bill Foster
• Podcast, Vol. 39: Eric Olson, Art of the Big Chicago Schmooze
• Around Chicago: Chicago Council For Science & Tech, Applied Innovation
• Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Honors SAVO Group
• Motorola Actively Seeking New Talent to Lead Mobile Unit
• Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell Willing to Sell Naming Rights to Wrigley Field
• Boeing Outraged Over U.S. Air Force’s $35 Billion Tanker Decision

February 2008

• Continental Airlines Orders 27 New Jets From Boeing For $2.5 Billion
• U.S. Cellular Jumps on $99.99-a-Month Bandwagon For Unlimited Calls
• Motorola Makes Three Announcements to Facilitate Rebound Attempt
• Upcoming Chicago Tech Events: Game Time Chicago, CIMA, TECH Cocktail
• Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization Offers iBIO IndEX Event on Feb. 20
• Chicago Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor Barry Moltz Strikes Back
• Chicago Consumers Hit With New People Gas Increase Based on Expected Use
• United, Continental Merger Talks Closely Watching Delta, Northwest Merger Talks
• Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG All Not Interested in Buying Motorola
• Sears to Cut 200 Jobs at Suburban Chicago Headquarters
• Tribune Co. Cuts 100 Chicago Tribune Staffers, More Throughout U.S.
• Top Chicago Theater Picks For Feb. 14, 2008: ‘Heat Wave,’ ‘Augusta,’ ‘Columbinus’
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Feb. 8, 2008
• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Feb. 8, 2008
• All Not Aboard the Information Railroad in Chicago
• Sales Tax to Increase in Chicago to Help Bail Out Chicago Transit Authority
• AT&T Launches U-verse Television Service to Chicago Suburbs
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Offers $11 Billion For Nymex Holdings
• Motorola in Schaumburg, Ill. Considers Selling Off Cell Phone Unit

January 2008

• ‘Contraption’ Examines Mad-Scientist Intersection Between Invention, Insanity
• 250 Free Tickets Available For Advance Chicago Screening of ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’
• Salaries Rise in Chicago Technology Firms, Other News of Interest
• Reporter’s Notebook: An Entrepreneurial Stimulus in Chicago
• Podcast: Chicago’s ‘Check, Please!’ Extending Tech Arms
• Chicago Cubs Sell Off New Box Seats to Highest Bidder
• Chicago Home Sales See Growth, Illinois Home Sales See Decline
• Sears Holdings in Chicagoland Plans to Reorganize Units
• Employees of Chicago Corporations Face Wide-Ranging Layoffs
• Chicago Technology Advisor Dick Reck Has a Musical Heart
• Chicago Cell Phone Camera Captures Montrose Street Collapse
• Advance ‘In Bruges’ Screening, Director Q&A Coming to Chicago
• City of Chicago Estimates Olympics Would Generate $2.5 Billion in Revenue
• Boeing Points Fingers at Itself, Suppliers For More 787 Dreamliner Delays
• Chicago’s Oprah Winfrey to Start Own Television Network
• Ticketmaster Buys No. 2 Chicago Reseller TicketsNow, Takes on Stubhub
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Jan. 18, 2008
• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Jan. 18, 2008
• GrubHub in Chicago Purchasing Carbon Emission Offsets
• ‘One Tree Hill’ Casting Call Coming to Chicago on Jan. 19
• Advance ‘In Bruges’ Screening, Director Q&A Coming to Chicago
• Upcoming Chicago Technology Events on Jan. 17, 2008
• Air Traffic Controller Exodus Stifling Airline Industry in Chicago, U.S.
• ‘The Dark Knight’ Viral Marketing Rings Again From Cake-Embedded Cell Phones
• Theater: ‘Bird Dog Sedition’ Billed as ‘Most Dangerous Play in Chicago’
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Jan. 4, 2008
• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Jan. 4, 2008
• 2008 Forecast From Six Chicago Technology Professionals

December 2007

• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Dec. 28, 2007
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Dec. 28, 2007
• Sneak Screening of ‘There Will Be Blood’ With Daniel Day-Lewis Coming to Chicago on Dec. 29
• Theater: ‘Marrying Terry’ a Comedic Chicago Musical Without Music
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Dec. 21, 2007
• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Dec. 21, 2007
• Interviews: Chicago Natives John Cusack, Gracie Bednarczyk, Shélan O’Keefe on ‘Grace is Gone’
• Foreclosures in Chicago-Area Housing Market Continue to Climb
• For Chicago-Based ProofSpace, Proof is in the Data
• Top Chicago Performance Picks For the Weekend of of Dec. 14, 2007
• Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Dec. 14, 2007
• Voice of Homer Simpson Pedals With ‘The Bicycle Men’ For Chicago Tour de Force
• John C. Reilly Delivers Dewey Cox at Chicago’s Cubby Bear For ‘Walk Hard’
• Podcast: On Chicago Keynote Address From ‘Star Wars’ Producer George Lucas
• ‘The Dark Knight’ Delivers High-Impact IMAX Prologue Before ‘I Am Legend’
• GetFave.com Targets Chicago With First Neighborhood Search Engine
• Johnny Depp, Michael Mann Agree to Film ‘Public Enemies’ in Chicago
• John C. Reilly to Perform in Chicago in Character For ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’
• ‘Star Wars’ Producer George Lucas to Speak in Chicago on Monday

November 2007

• Chicago Indie Gangster Film ‘Chicago Overcoat’ Wraps Principal Photography
• Will Chicago Have Most Advanced Wireless Broadband Network on Planet in 2008?
• Chicago Film Critics Association Unveils Revamped Site, Awards Coming on Dec. 14
• Interview: Why Hollywood’s Enraptured With Chicago-Native ‘Juno’ Scribe Diablo Cody, Star Ellen Page
• Filming in Chicago, ‘Eagle Eye’ Adds Ethan Embry to Cast
• HollywoodChicago.com to Distribute 125 I-Am-Immune.com Viral Bracelets For ‘I Am Legend’
• Changes on Horizon For Chicago-Native Conan O’Brien Writer Kevin Dorff
• Scene Spoiler: Reader Submits Full ‘Eagle Eye’ Report For Nov. 15 Filming in Chicago
• Following Wrap in Hong Kong, ‘The Dark Knight’ Begins Post-Production Work
• Theater: Joyce Piven’s ‘What Dreams May Come’ a Mitzvah Lost in Adaptation
• ‘What Would Jesus Buy?’ From ‘Super Size Me’ Producer Opens in Chicago on Nov. 30
• Scoop: Stacy Keach From ‘American History X,’ ‘Prison Break’ Joins ‘Chicago Overcoat’
• Robert Redford to Walk ‘Green Carpet’ Tonight in Chicago For ‘Lions For Lambs’
• Confirmed: ‘Eagle Eye’ Filming in Chicago From Nov. 6 to 16
• True Story: Chicago ATM Spits Out $100, Immediately Sucks it Back
• ‘Transformers’ Star Shia LaBeouf Arrested in Chicago, Charged With Criminal Trespassing
• Vince Vaughn to Walk Chicago Red Carpet on Nov. 5 For ‘Fred Claus’

October 2007

• Chicago Public Schools Spends $7 Million on Social Networking
• Radio Show Sound of Young America Goes Public in Chicago on Oct. 31
• ‘Wanted’ Trailer to Debut With ‘American Gangster’
• ‘Blade Runner: The Final Cut’ Showing in Chicago on Nov. 2
• Chicago International Film Festival Announces Audience Choice Awards
• Reeling 2007: 26th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival Coming Nov. 8 to 18
• Fox Atomic Plucks ‘Juno’ Writer Diablo Cody, Megan Fox For ‘Jennifer’s Body’
• City of Chicago’s Casino Cash Wouldn’t Be Big Jackpot, But Could Help CTA
• Film Short: ‘Hollywood Jerome’ Premieres in Chicago Tonight
• In ‘Gone Baby Gone’ Directorial Debut, Ben Affleck Matures Into Polished Auteur
• ComEd in Chicago Pushes For 8 Percent Hike; Would Be Second in 2007
• Al Gore Speaks to Thousands of Chicago Leaders on Climate Change, Internet
• Laura Linney, Director Tamara Jenkins Walk Chicago Red Carpet For ‘The Savages’ Premiere
• Chicago International Film Festival Announces 2007 Award Winners
• Laura Linney to Walk Red Carpet on Wednesday, Tomer Heymann Coming on Oct. 21
• Malcolm McDowell Walks Chicago Red Carpet For ‘Never Apologize’ Premiere
• CTA President Ron Huberman Writes New Letter to Chicago Commuters
• Anthony Hopkins Walks Red Carpet, Calls Chicago ‘Best-Kept Secret in America’
• Malcolm McDowell to Walk Chicago Red Carpet For ‘Never Apologize’ on Oct. 14
• Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def Walk Chicago Red Carpet on Oct. 13, 2007
• Theater: ‘Suddenly, Last Summer’ a Liberating Lesson in Hot-Blooded Grieving
• The John Cusack Red-Carpet Shot From Oct. 12 ‘Grace is Gone’ Premiere
• John Cusack, Joyce Piven Walk Chicago Red Carpet For ‘Grace is Gone’
• Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def to Walk Red Carpet For Black Perspectives Tribute on Oct. 13
• Academy Award-Winning Director István Szabó to Speak on Friday in Chicago
• Anthony Hopkins to Appear on Chicago Red Carpet For ‘Slipstream’ on Oct. 14
• Film Festival to Unroll Red Carpet For John Cusack in ‘Grace is Gone’ on Friday
• Chicago Rolls Out ‘Gone Baby Gone’ Red Carpet For Ben, Casey Affleck
• First-Time Director Tony Gilroy to Take Director’s Seat Again Following ‘Michael Clayton’
• Google Rolls Out Controversial Map Feature to Hone in on Chicago Streets
• ‘Slipstream’ Trailer Surfaces; Anthony Hopkins Coming to Chicago on Oct. 14
• Shot in Chicago, ‘Grace is Gone’ Tour Blowing Into Windy City on Oct. 12
• ‘Rails & Ties’ Director Alison Eastwood to Primarily Shift From Acting to Directing
• Deadly Chicago Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records Set in 1947
• ‘Michael Clayton’ is Adult Antidote to Torrent of Monotonous Gobbledygook
• Chicago International Film Festival Kicks Off With Tribute to Roger Ebert
• 2007 Chicago International Film Festival Kicks Off Today With ‘The Kite Runner’ Premiere
• Original Silent Horror ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to Show in Chicago on Oct. 29

September 2007

• Sean Phillips, Director of ‘Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure,’ Coming to Chicago on Oct. 4
• Chicago’s Allison Silverman Named Executive Producer of Comedy Central’s ‘The Colbert Report’
• Confirmed: Indie Thriller Filming Now in Chicago is Titled ‘Root of All Evil’
• Scoop: Chicago Indie Film ‘Chicago Overcoat’ Adds Armand Assante to Cast Roster
• HollywoodChicago.com Segment to Air on Outside the Loop Radio, WLUW 88.7-FM on Sept. 28
• Unidentified Special Effects Technician For ‘The Dark Knight’ Dies in Crash
• Roger Ebert Bests Maher, O’Reilly; Named America’s Most Influential Pundit By Forbes
• Wes Anderson Short ‘Hotel Chevalier’ to Premiere at Four Apple Stores on Sept. 25
• Opening of Trump Tower in Chicago Delayed Two Months
• Theater: ‘Cymbeline’ a Priceless Stallion Amid Field of Praiseworthy Equestrians
• Sept. 19 Filming Location Surfaces For ‘Root of All Evil’ in Chicago
• ‘Things We Lost in the Fire’ Director Susanne Bier, Screenwriter Allan Loeb Coming to Chicago
• ‘Rails & Ties’ Director Alison Eastwood, ‘Michael Clayton’ Director Tony Gilroy Coming to Chicago
• ‘Feast of Love’ Pouring Free Coffee Across North America on Sept. 20
• Exclusive: Chicago Filming Notice Captured For ‘Root of All Evil’
• Coming to Chicago on Dec. 14, Watch Out For Acclaimed Indie Film ‘Juno’
• New Shoot Information Surfaces on Indie Thriller ‘Root of All Evil’ in Chicago
• ‘Chicago Overcoat,’ ‘Root of All Evil’ Making Blips in Chicago
• Chicago Transit Authority Officially Postpones Fare Increase, Service Cuts
• Indie Film ‘Bert’ Portends Impending Promise For Mr. Bean-Like Scott Beehner
• ChicagoActor.com Publishes Audition Listings For Chicago, Los Angeles, New York Actors
• Landmark Theatres Releases Upcoming Independent Film Release Schedule For Chicago
• How Much Can a Chicago Equity Theatre Actor Earn in 52 Weeks? Survey Says: $35,685
• Chemically Imbalanced Comedy Signs Lease For New Theatre on Irving Park in Chicago
• Homer Simpson Voice Dan Castellaneta Coming to Chicago For Sketch Comedy
• Seinfeld, Broderick to Roll Out Red Carpet in Chicago on Oct. 1 to Pump ‘Bee Movie’
• ‘Top Chef,’ ‘ER’ to Film in Chicago in September
• Chicago Transit Authority Proposes Yet Another Fare Hike

August 2007

• Scoop: Four-Story Building to Be Imploded in ‘The Dark Knight’
• Chicagoan Releases Three Minutes of New Set Footage From ‘The Dark Knight’ on LaSalle Street
• Chicago Film Race on Aug. 11 Calls For Original Short Films in 12 Hours
• Angelina Jolie Arrives in Chicago to Film ‘Wanted’; Brad Pitt Comes Along
• Gwyneth Paltrow to Appear in Chicago on Aug. 17 to Pump Endorsement

July 2007

• 2008 Film ‘Wanted’ With Angelina Jolie Filming Select Scenes in Chicago
• Dance Film ‘Make it Happen’ to Begin Chicago Filming in August
• Updated Street Closures For ‘The Dark Knight’ Filming in Chicago
• Web Site Launched For ‘The Dark Knight’ Paid Casting Calls
• Detailed Information Released on This Week’s ‘The Dark Knight’ Street Closures

June 2007

• Rabid Appleheads Sleep Overnight at Michigan Avenue Store For iPhone
• Cell Phone Video Shot of Sophia Bush in Chicago
• Taika Waititi’s Geeky, Deadpan ‘Eagle vs. Shark’ is Antidote to Slapstick
• Chicago Photographer Captures Bat Spotlight, Rooftop Set From ‘The Dark Knight’
• Midway Games in Chicago Releases Video Detailing Making of John Woo’s Stranglehold
• Photos of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart Captured Filming ‘The Dark Knight’
• On Michigan Avenue, Apple Store’s Glass Breaks But Holds
• Photo: ‘A Mighty Heart’ Director Michael Winterbottom in Chicago
• On the Set: Into the Wee Hours of the Morning, ‘The Dark Knight’ Lights Up
• New Batsuit For Upcoming Film ‘The Dark Knight’ Seen By Chicago Mobile Phone