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‘Superman’ returns: Sequel to 2025 hit appears set to film in Georgia again A sequel to the 2025 “Superman” movie directed and written by Fayette County part-time resident James Gunn appears to be coming to Trilith Studios in Fayetteville in spring.

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Atlanta ‘Parent Trap’ actress lives out dreams on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Atlanta's Elaine Hendrix ("The Parent Trap") was once a pro dancer. After a car accident in 1992, she pursued acting. With "Dancing With the Stars," she can dance again.

Atlanta ‘Parent Trap’ actress Elaine Hendrix lives out dreams on ‘Dancing with the Stars.' A car hit her when she was 21 and derailed her dance career but 33 years later, she is now competing on DWTS! 'I love the hard work this takes. This brings me joy.' www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Headkrack, Gary With Da Tea bid farewell to 13 seasons of ‘Dish Nation’ “It became very hard to make the finances work,” said Dish Nation's Atlanta-based executive producer Joaquin Ferreira.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director dubs success ‘a little trippy’ Co-director Chris Appelhans, who will speak at SCAD AnimationFest on Saturday, is one of the co-directors for Netflix's most popular movie ever.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director Chris Appelhans dubs success ‘a little trippy' and 'sort of meta' given its dominance on the Billboard Hot 100. He will be at #SCADAnimationFest this Saturday.

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Atlanta actor who bared it all in ‘Hunting Wives’ calls role a gift Atlanta Michael Aaron Milligan made a splashy entrance in Netflix's surprise hit "The Hunting Wives" as Kyle, the wild crackhead brother of Margo, a lead character.

Atlanta actor Michael Aaron Milligan who bared it all in Netflix's ‘Hunting Wives’ calls role a gift. "I got to be a loose cannon," he said about his crazy Kyle role. Sophie appeared to kill Kyle during the season finale but is he really dead? We don't know.

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‘Tulsa King’ Season 3 preview: Marietta native Robert Patrick plays a baddie Marietta's Robert Patrick plays a liquor kingpin in Season 3 of ‘Tulsa King,’ filmed in metro Atlanta and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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WABE nixes arts culture show ‘City Lights’: ‘We can’t afford to sustain it’ WABE made the decision to end "City Lights Collective" in the face of the station losing $1.9 million in annual federal funding this fall.

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Trilith teams up with comedy hitmaker to expand focus beyond blockbusters The partnership will allow American High to scale its output and guarantees Trilith a steady slate of productions occupying its stages.

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What’s filming in Georgia in September 2025? Millie Bobby Brown is back "Stranger Things" actor working on Netflix rom-com; in metro Atlanta, while "Scary Movie 6" begins filming with many of the original stars.

What’s filming in Georgia in September 2025? Millie Bobby Brown is back and 'Scary Movie 6" is coming. Business is slow but it may be the "new normal" that is maybe half the level of productions the state had back in the late 2010s.

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‘Bert Show’ host Bert Weiss gets engaged Bert Weiss, the veteran syndicated talk show host out of Atlanta, announced his engagement to Amanda Coker earlier this week on air and on social media.

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In a local first, CBS Atlanta has a new virtual and augmented reality newsroom CBS Atlanta (WUPA-TV) is launching its first newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, using what it’s dubbing a fully augmented and virtual reality newsroom.

#CBSNewsAtlanta is debuting its first newscast Sept. 15 at 6 and 11 p.m. with Jobina Fortson-Evans and an AV/VR newsroom.

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Snellville’s BoykinZ on ‘America’s Got Talent’ lassoes country girl group vibe Country music lately has been largely generating solo artists, not groups, much less a group made up of Black women. But now there is The BoykinZ.

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Atlanta Dogwood Festival needs $250K or it will have to shut down The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, which began in 1936 and is now an annual three-day shindig at Piedmont Park, needs $250,000 by Nov. 1.

Dogwood Festival needs $250K by Nov. 1 or it will have to shutter. I talk to the exec director about rising costs and reduced sponsorships that have forced the long-running free festival at Piedmont Park to run through reserves since the pandemic hit. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Did Atlanta virgin lose his 'V card' on Hulu dating show? Tune in to find out. Atlanta’s Hakeem Kiser is a 28-year-old virgin who decided to make it public to the world by joining a new Hulu dating show full of other self-reported virgins.

Only virgins on a dating show? It finally happened on Hulu. The name: "Are You My First?" There are jokey references to "V-Cards," "virgin sacrifices" and cherries. And there's an Atlanta man, 28, who was one of the 21 singles on the show. I spoke to him.

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'Real Housewive of Atlanta' will feature Pinky Cole in an episode On Friday, Slutty Vegan founder Aisha “Pinky” Cole shot scenes with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta," fueling speculation she might be joining the show.

Is Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole joining "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"? It's possible...
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It's official: Moe Mitchell leaves ‘Bert Show’ after 7 years Q99.7 host Bert Weiss confirmed on air that Moe Mitchell, who had been part of the "Bert Show" since 2018, is no longer part of the cast.

Moe Mitchell leaves ‘The Bert Show’ after 7 years. Why? Nobody is saying. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Marietta native taks about Bob Odenkirk, producing 'Nobody 2' The Bob Odenkirk action comedy sequel is ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ meets ‘John Wick,’ Marietta native and Wheeler grad says.

‘Nobody 2′ producer and Wheeler High School grad Marc Provissiero returns to Atlanta hometown: ‘We celebrate family.' The film is 'National Lampoon's Vacation' meets 'John Wick.' I spoke to Provissiero at the screening about Bob Odenkirk and the film's origins. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Why is Moe Mitchell of ‘The Bert Show' off the air this month? Moe Mitchell has been off the air from the syndicated Atlanta-based morning program "The Bert Show" this month with no explanation.

Bert Show fans are wondering: where is Moe Mitchell? www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...

WANF to start out with 91 hours of news a week as it loses CBS WANF, which goes independent and drops CBS affiliation Aug. 16, is doubling down on local news, offering more than 91 hours a week. up from 66 now.

Without CBS programming, WANF to start out with 91 hours of news a week. Monica Pearson calls it 'CNN for local news' with daily sports, lifestyle and weather shows and weekend shows about politics and investigative work. WANF will also air some Braves, Hawks, Dream games. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Atlanta playwright’s VR-themed show ‘Demascus’ finds new life on Tubi "Demascus," a sci-fi comedy shot in Atlanta and set in D.C. in 2022, was nixed by AMC in early 2023 but licensed to Tubi, which began airing the series in August.

Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, an Atlanta-based creator, shot six episodes for AMC of his twisty sci-fi comedy "Demascus" in 2022. But in early 2023, AMC nixed it before it even aired in a cost-cutting move. But surprise! Tubi picked it up & it is now available.

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WSB-TV shuffles Drew Barrymore, Tamron Hall and Kelly Clarkson WSB-TV is making daytime changes starting Aug. 18, dropping “The Tamron Hall Show,” adding " The Drew Barrymore Show" and moving “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”

Starting next Monday, August 18, "The Tamron Hall Show" moves to WUPA and will compete against "The Kelly Clarkson Show" at 3 p.m. on WSB-TV. "The Drew Barrymore Show" moves from WUPA at 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. no WSB-TV (filling Kellys spot.)
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Nick Cannon taps into Atlanta's star power for podcasts, filming projects Nick Cannon shoots multiple shows in Atlanta for a specific reason: "It's where the culture is."

Nick Cannon loves shooting shows in Atlanta. His latest: "We Playin' Spades." And I got to hang out and talk to him. www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Georgia man shatters 'American Ninja Warrior' age record at 61 Flowery Branch's Glenn Davis became the first person in their 60s to make the semifinals on "American Ninja Warrior," which debuted on NBC in 2009.

"American Ninja Warrior" features mostly teens and 20somethings nowadays. But a Flowery Branch ninja gym owner Glenn Davis, at age 61, made it to the semifinals this season, the oldest person to ever make it that far in the show's 17 season history!

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner tribute to be held at City Winery Wednesday Just nine days after Warner’s shocking death, Tamika “Georgia Me” Harper and her friend Bethsheba “Queen Sheba” Rem are organizing a three-hour tribute to his life.

The Atlanta poetry and music community will gather tomorrow at noon at City Winery Atlanta to honor the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an active poet and bass guitarist in Atlanta in recent years on top of his regular job as an actor. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Atlanta jazz station hopes donations will make up for federal cuts Although 91.9 WCLK-FM is a full-fledged jazz music station, it faces the same financial challenges as its news/talk brethren WABE and Georgia Public Broadcasting.

The end of federal funding for NPR and PBS doesn't just impact news/talk stations but some music stations like jazz station 91.9 WCLK. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Inside ‘Amplified,’ Illuminarium Atlanta’s new immersive rock music experience Watershed rock and roll moments like these are explored in detail at Amplified, a new immersive experience that opened earlier this month at Illuminarium Atlanta.

If you love rock music, you'll get an audio and visual shot in the veins with the new immersive show "Amplified" at the Illuminarium Atlanta featuring 1,000 photos, 250 videos and 30 songs covering the entire rock era. ajc.com/arts-enterta...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner of 'The Cosby Show' reportedly died in drowning Long-time Atlanta resident Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known as Theo Huxtable in the 1980s sitcom “The Cosby Show,” reportedly died in a drowning in Costa Rica.

I've crossed paths with Malcolm-Jamal Warner a few times over the years in different contexts and he was always kind and truly passionate about the arts, whether it was music, poetry or acting. He moved here around 2018 on the Fox show "The Resident."

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‘Africa’ still reigns as Toto rides yacht rock wave Toto co-founder Steve Lukather talks Atlanta tour stop, yacht rock and why “Africa” still connects with fans across generations.

Toto was once reviled by critics and mocked for "Africa." Yet that song is more popular than ever and Toto's Steve Lukather told me how thrilled he is by the multi-generational appeal of his music.

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Uptown Comedy Corner closing Sunday, citing increased competition Uptown Comedy Corner, which caters largely to African American audiences, has had several metro Atlanta homes during its 30-plus year existence.

It's never easy to run a comedy club. I heard today that Uptown Comedy Corner, facing increased competition, is calling it quits this weekend in Hapeville.
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Shaq’s likability fuels his ubiquitousness as a TV commercial spokesman Basketball Hall of Famer and longtime "Inside the NBA" co-host Shaquille O'Neal has been doing commercials for more than 30 years and 300-plus ads.

Shaq is one of the most popular pitchman on TV. I explore why. “I try to use a lot of humor,” Shaq told me for this story. “I try to redefine how a commercial should be done. When I do a commercial, I try not to just make it about selling stuff."

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