About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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Bookshelf: 5 nonfiction books we can’t wait to read in 2026
A memoir from Tom Junod and essays from Jesmyn Ward and Anjali Enjeti are among upcoming releases.
‘Stranger Things’ has cast a spell on metro Atlanta for a decade
As final season debuts, Jackson and other filming locations hope the residual power of fandom lingers.
Atlanta’s Savannah wins ‘Survivor’: ‘My game play was very loud, very bold’
The AJC spoke with Savannah Louie, the Atlanta resident who won the 49th season of "Survivor." She explained her game play and why she won over most of the jury.
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Metro Atlanta’s worst times, days for traffic this holiday season
If you must travel on one of the busy days, consider leaving outside peak traffic hours.
Leader of Alpharetta firm accused in $300M Ponzi scheme pleads guilty
The former chief operating officer of an Alpharetta company at the center of an alleged $300 million Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to an associated fraud charge.
Georgia mom may sue state patrol after chase killed her teen son
A 19-year-old was killed when a driver fleeing a state trooper smashed into his vehicle in Atlanta. His family braces for a holiday season without their beloved son.