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D&G asks its employees to take mental health day

By Reel360 Oct 16, 2018

In honor of 'National Mental Illness Awareness Week,' agency hopes to de-stigmatize mental health within the agency One in five people living in the U.S. experience...

Film

‘Venom’ dominates second weekend box office

By Reel360 Oct 16, 2018

Despite a 31% Rotten Tomato rating, audiences are ignoring critics and flocking to see anti-superhero Venom. The Tom Hardy launch of Sony's Spider-verse, dropped a respectable 5...

REEL ATLANTA

RA Sushi serves up first-ever Spiked Saki Roll

By Reel360 Oct 11, 2018

Time to drink our spicy tuna! In celebration of nationwide sushi brand RA Sushi’s 21st anniversary, it has joined forces with Atlanta-based full-service agency, Chemistry t...

In memoriam

Legendary Chicago anchor Warner Saunders

By Reel360 Oct 11, 2018

Longtime journalist spent almost 30 years at NBC 5 before retiring in 2009 The Chicago broadcasting community has lost an icon. Award-winning journalist, WMAQ (NBC 5) anch...

TNT to air scariest eps of ‘Supernatural’ on Halloween

By Reel360 Oct 10, 2018

The Winchesters are about to scare the crap out of you. TNT, the syndicated home to the hit TV series, Supernatural, has announced it will air an all-day marathon of Sam and ...

BREAKING NEWS

Dentsu Aegis Network acquires B2B International

By Reel360 Oct 10, 2018

B2B International will join gyro to create the world’s largest specialist B2B agency network Dentsu Aegis Network has announced the acquisition of B2B Internationa...

REEL LA

Gv.grace asks their fans to give golf the f-word

By Reel360 Oct 10, 2018

Golf has never appealed to me that much, though I hear if you play it is addictive. However, I have never gone as far as synthpop band gv. grace asking people to well... give th...

Laughlin names Lisa Bennett as new Chief Creative Officer

By Reel360 Oct 9, 2018

Former Chicagoan Lisa Bennett is getting a homecoming of sorts. Laughlin Constable announced Monday that it had hired Lisa Bennett as its Chief Creative Officer. Bennett arri...

REEL LA

Today I’m Brave holds 100Roofs gala for Puerto Rico

By Reel360 Oct 3, 2018

Rosie Perez and Ramon Rodriguez kickstarted project to rebuild roofs for Puerto Ricans whose homes were destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria Los Angeles-based non...

Leo appoints Chris Bergen EVP/Business Director

By Reel360 Oct 2, 2018

Chris Bergen was today named Executive Vice President, Business Director at Leo Burnett Chicago. Bergen joins the agency from We Are Unlimited, where he oversaw business leaders...

Film

‘Night School’ scores a soft #1 spot at weekend box office

by Reel360 Oct 2, 2018

Turns out even if you have the country's top performer in Tiffany Haddish, who you can see in everything from Group-on spots to every other movie out, and America's top comedian...

REEL LA

Jack in the Box names Cashmere social AOR

By Reel360 Oct 1, 2018

AgencySpy is reporting that San Diego-based fast food giant, West Coast burger chain Jack in the Box has appointed L.A. entertainment agency Cashmere as its social media AOR aft...

REEL ATLANTA

Checkers & Rally’s asks, “What would you do for a burger?”

By Reel360 Oct 1, 2018

For National Cheeseburger Day, which was September 18, Tampa-based Checkers & Rally’s introduced an idea so big, it couldn't fit into our 945 x 681 window. The brand asked...

McDonald’s moves McCafé project to TBWA\Chiat\Day

By Reel360 Oct 1, 2018

That didn't take long. When Reel Chicago first reported in 2017 that McDonald's was consolidating its account at newly formed Omnicom agency, We Are Unlimited, the team wondered...

Trailers

Jean Grey goes Dark in first official ‘X-men’ trailer

By Reel360 Sep 28, 2018

Disney-Fox merger what? Kevin Feige who? Despite the upcoming merger, which is supposed to be finalized by next Summer, Twentieth Century Fox continues its Marvel's X-men fil...

REEL MOVES/LA

Lena Kazar leaves Chicago for Danger in LA

By Reel360 Sep 28, 2018

Umm, exactly how many former Chicagoans are currently working in LA? Count Lena Kazar among them now. After representing an A-list roster of production companies, editorial a...

72andSunny to send five young people to 3% Conference

By Reel360 Sep 28, 2018

Here's a sad fact about women in power when it comes advertising. Only 3% of women are creative directors. Even less are people of color. To bring more diversity to the agenc...

REEL PR WIRE

Girl Scouts team up with DC Super Heroes

By Reel360 Sep 28, 2018

Hera! In just a few months, Girl Scouts of the USA will team up with the likes of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl and others from the DC Super Hero Girls to inspire more gir...

In memoriam

Gary Kurtz, Producer on ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Empire Strikes Back’ dies

By Reel360 Sep 24, 2018

He was the man who came up with the title, The Empire Strikes Back. Not George Lucas. Gary Kurtz. And today, The BBC is reporting that the producer on Star Wars and The Empire S...

BREAKING NEWS

SiriusXM to pay $3.5 billion to acquire Pandora

By Reel360 Sep 24, 2018

Deal will create the world's largest audio entertainment company The home of Howard Stern, Trevor Noah, Billy Idol, Jenny McCarthy and the NFL will now become the new h...