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Interview: Official ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘X-Men’ Poster Artist Ciara...
CHICAGO– “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens,” which is currently the third highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, has restored faith in the beloved franchise and ushered in a whole new...
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Interview: TV Travel Host Colleen Kelly at the ‘Travel & Adventure Show’ This...
CHICAGO– Colleen Kelly is a travel expert, given her success with the PBSTV show “Family Travel with Colleen Kelly” and her company Travel Film Productions. She will be a keynote speaker at the “Travel...
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Interview: Director László Nemes, Actor Géza Röhrig of ‘Son of Saul’
CHICAGO– The Holocaust, and its horrors, will forever inspire cinematic interpretation, even as the World War II era fades in memory. One of the latest films about the subject is “Son of Saul,” which...
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Interview: Megan Mercier, 2016 Focus Award Honoree, Presented by Women in...
CHICAGO– The advocacy group of Women in Film Chicago (WIFC) have an annual event that honors prominent members of the media industry in the city, and the 2016 Focus Awards Gala will take place this...
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Interview: Richard Cotovsky on ‘American Buffalo’ as Last Production
CHICAGO– The final curtain is coming for the theatre company known as “Mary-Arrchie.” The Northside Chicago Angel Island playhouse is opening its final production, “American Buffalo” by David Mamet, on...
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Interview: ‘4th Man Out’ Cast, Including Kate Flannery of ‘The Office’
CHICAGO– The times, they are a-changing, and much of that change comes from a millennial generation who accept all the people and experiences of their time. The new film “4th Man Out” explores what...
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Interview: ‘Big Stone Gap’ Writer/Director Adriana Trigiani to Appear at...
CHICAGO– One of the truest aphorisms ever uttered is that “you can take a person out of a small town, but you can’t take the small town out of them.” Veteran novelist, TV/film writer and now director...
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Interview: Kevin Hanna on The Artist’s Lab Staging of ‘The Cowboy and The...
CHICAGO– Chicago is a hotbed for new stage talent, and the growth of that creativity is generated in new theater works. The Artist’s Lab at Stage 773 is one such developmental program, and director...
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Red-Carpet Video Interview: ‘Race’ Star Stephan James as Jesse Owens
CHICAGO– HollywoodChicago.com brings you our red-carpet interview with Stephan James as the legendary Olympian Jesse Owens from the Chicago premiere of “Race”. We also speak with Jesse Owens’ real-life...
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Interview: Richard Cotovsky on Abbie Hoffman Fest, Directing & Final Days of...
CHICAGO– In founding and being an artistic director of a theater company for over 30 years, Richard Cotovsky of Mary-Arrchie Co. has a few stories to tell. In Part Two of an interview with the...
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Red-Carpet Video Interviews: ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Stars Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton
CHICAGO– HollywoodChicago.com brings you our red-carpet interviews with the stars of the new film “Eddie the Eagle”. We speak with Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton and director Dexter Fletcher at the...
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Interview: Director Robert Eggers on His Season of ‘The Witch’
CHICAGO– The myth and fear of witches has fascinated personhood since religion and anti-religion have clashed. “The Witch” is a new film that takes that battle and puts it right back into 17th century...
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Interview: Stephan James Portrays Olympian Jesse Owens in ‘Race’
CHICAGO– In the history of America, there are moments when champions rose above their societal status and circumstance. And so it came to pass that African American Jesse Owens – during one of most...
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Interview: Director Paul Dalio, Luke Kirby of ‘Touched With Fire’
CHICAGO– The status of individual mental acuity and control is like the fingerprint of the brain. There are disorders that have been diagnosed, which alters that fingerprint into different types of...
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Oscar Week Feature: Top 20 Interviews of 2015, by Patrick McDonald
CHICAGO–The movers, the shakers, the prominent filmmakers – they’ve all gone through the interview filter by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com. What better way to celebrate Oscar week than to...
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Film News: Character Actor, Oscar Winner George Kennedy Dies at 91
MIDDLETON, IDAHO– On the day of the 88th Academy Awards, Hollywood lost a venerable character actor and Oscar winner, George Kennedy. Kennedy won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 40th Academy...
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Interview: Kim Barker, Real-Life Basis for ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’
CHICAGO– In 2011, author Kim Barker released a press memoir with the odd title of “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Tina Fey was interested in adapting the book for film...
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Interview: ‘The Women’s Film Festival’ Co-Founder Layne Marie Williams
CHICAGO– One of the best points that Layne Marie Williams – co-founder/director of “The Women’s Film Festival” (TWFF) of Philadelphia – made in her interview with HollywoodChicago.com, was that even...
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Interviews: Women in Film Chicago 2016 Focus Awards Honorees
CHICAGO– It was a celebration in late January for Women in Film Chicago, as the organization showcased notable women in media with their annual Focus Awards. Advertising guru Jean Batthany, director...
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Interview: Spotlight on Director Bradley Bischoff at Chicago’s Music Box...
CHICAGO– It will be a director’s “Debutante Ball” as filmmaker Bradley Bischoff comes into the spotlight at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago, at a showcase event presented by the Independent...
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