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Columnist: Colin Costello

Colin Costello is a biracial award-winning Creative Director, Senior Copywriter and Content Creator who loves to explore the human condition through advertising and content creation.

He’s has conceived and written for a wide range of clients including most recently, Honcho Hard Seltzer, Disney, Marvel and AT&T. Because of his background, Colin understands that ‘emotion’ is one of the most important communication tools of them all. His website showcases the range of solutions he’s helped create with amazing global teams, over the years – from reinventing The Los Angeles Dodgers’ image to working with the Gatorade Sports Lab in Barrington, IL to reach brown and Black audiences.

Colin has been writing for Reel 360 since joining Reel Chicago in 2014. Colin started as a Social Media Manager, but then soon moved up to contributing writer. Colin eventually was given his own column covering the Los Angeles advertising and film scene called Reel LA.

When Reel LA became Reel 360, Colin Costello was the natural choice to become West Coast Editor.

Who will win the Oscars? Here are our picks
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Who will win the Oscars? Here are our picks

By Colin Costello Feb 23, 2019
Awards season finally comes to a curious, confounding and sometimes confusing end this Sunday when the Oscars announce their winners at the Dolby Theater. This year, there i...
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‘Eighth Grade’ & ‘Forgive Me’ shock at WGA Awards
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‘Eighth Grade’ & ‘Forgive Me’ shock at WGA Awards

By Colin Costello Feb 19, 2019
Thank you, Writers Guild. You had to go and make the Oscar predictions even more confusing. Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who endures the a...
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‘Gotham’: Here comes Jeremiah’s Joker
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‘Gotham’: Here comes Jeremiah’s Joker

By Colin Costello Feb 15, 2019
"What this TV season needs is an enema!" Had to throw that infamous line from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman in there. Gotham has presented us with an insane (pun intended) and ...
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New AMC/Michael B. Jordan-produced series ’61st Street’
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New AMC/Michael B. Jordan-produced series ’61st Street’

By Colin Costello Feb 11, 2019
Potential new series 61st Street to be exec-produced by Jordan's Outlier Society Here's potential good news for the Chicago production community. According to The W...
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The Best and Worst of Super Bowl LIII commercials
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The Best and Worst of Super Bowl LIII commercials

By Colin Costello Feb 4, 2019
And so ends another Super Bowl season. The build up of anticipated commercials is finally (and mercifully) over until next January. If one were to say yesterday, "Well, that ...
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Chance and Backstreet Boys drop hot Doritos spot
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Chance and Backstreet Boys drop hot Doritos spot

By Colin Costello Feb 1, 2019
#NowItsHot Doritos campaign kicks off with the hip-hop and pop superstars remixing "I Want It That Way" Well, at least something is hot during these ridiculous...
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Watch Devour’s racy food porn Super Bowl spot
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Watch Devour’s racy food porn Super Bowl spot

By Colin Costello Jan 23, 2019
“Some may say our new commercial is too hot for TV. We’ll let the audience decide.” - Katy Marshall, Marketing Lead for Springboard The Reel 360 team was n...
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Christina Applegate gets locked out in M&Ms teaser
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Christina Applegate gets locked out in M&Ms teaser

By Colin Costello Jan 23, 2019
"Unlock the door, please." LOL M&M'S is back in the big game and this time they have pulled in Emmy award-winning actress, Christina Applegate for one of the brand's mad funn...
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‘Favourite’ and ‘Roma’ lead 91st Oscar noms
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‘Favourite’ and ‘Roma’ lead 91st Oscar noms

By Colin Costello Jan 22, 2019
Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced at dawn Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) and Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) unveiled the list of nominees in the 24 ...
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Michael C. Hall goes to Broadway with Skittles
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Michael C. Hall goes to Broadway with Skittles

By Colin Costello Jan 21, 2019
Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical created by DDB Chicago has found its star in Michael C. Hall Skittles, which made a lot of Super Bowl noise last year with Fr...
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Flamin’ Hot Doritos ‘collabs’ with Chance & Backstreet
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Flamin’ Hot Doritos ‘collabs’ with Chance & Backstreet

By Colin Costello Jan 17, 2019
The snack brand brings together the hottest rapper & iconic boy band According to PepsiCo's Doritos new Flamin' Hot Nachos, the Super Bowl is going to be hot. How hot ...
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Fast Horse enlists ‘SNL’ alum Oteri for Fiber One
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Fast Horse enlists ‘SNL’ alum Oteri for Fiber One

by Colin Costello Jan 17, 2019
Minn agency Fasthorse turns to Cheri Oteri to cheer on Fiber One According to "Food Navigator" for some consumers, digestive health is about avoiding foods that make t...
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Joe Burke promoted to CCO of MARC USA

Joe Burke promoted to CCO of MARC USA

By Colin Costello Jan 16, 2019
Chicago creative vet has been leading campaigns for 25 years+ MARC USA President Cari Bucci Hulings has announced that Joe Burke has been promoted to EVP/ Chief Creative...
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Gillette’s powerful short film is divisive to say the least
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Gillette’s powerful short film is divisive to say the least

By Colin Costello Jan 15, 2019
Gillette faces backlash and boycott over '#MeToo advert' A long time ago kiddies, at an agency far, far... okay it was in Chicago, I worked on a commercial, actually three ...
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Marvel  drops ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ teaser trailer
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Marvel drops ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ teaser trailer

By Colin Costello Jan 15, 2019
Aw yeah! After premiering last month at CCXP in Brazil and causing all kinds of chatter, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have finally released the first trailer for Spider-M...
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BBDO Atl wraps school buses to stop child trafficking
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BBDO Atl wraps school buses to stop child trafficking

By Colin Costello Jan 9, 2019
Here's a horrifying fact from Street Grace, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that seeks to end the demand for domestic minor sex trafficking - more than 3,600 children a...
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Fusion92 launches hilarious RedBox online campaign

Fusion92 launches hilarious RedBox online campaign

By Colin Costello Jan 6, 2019
Indie innovation marketing agency, Fusion92, has launched Redbox’s first-ever national campaign ever. The brand, best known for their bright red kiosks, dropped two minute...
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Netflix asks ‘Bird Box’ fans to please stop  challenge
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Netflix asks ‘Bird Box’ fans to please stop challenge

By Colin Costello Jan 4, 2019
Let me take my blindfold off now! Netflix has issued a warning to fans of the streaming giant's original horror film Bird Box - please do not participate in the "Bird Box Cha...
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Equinox launches new 2019 campaign about life
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Equinox launches new 2019 campaign about life

By Colin Costello Jan 2, 2019
Campaign marks "Season of Collaboration" with visionary Nick Knight Just in time for our New Year's resolutions (that most of us will forget about in a couple of week) ...
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Reel Ad of the Week: Kool -Aid
  • Reel Ad of the Week

Reel Ad of the Week: Kool -Aid

By Colin Costello Dec 18, 2018
Earlier this year, we did a story on what we believed to be the oddest pairing we had ever witnessed - Donny Osmond and L'il Yachty for Chef Boyardee. Together, they created the...
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