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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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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.
Author changes approach to John Prine book after musician’s death
Plus two more new books this month on music: ‘Meridian Rising’ about Jimmie Rodgers and ‘The Perfect Tuba.’
‘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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A Braves fan took a ball to the face. The team may be liable, judges say.
The Atlanta Braves and former right fielder Jorge Soler face a lawsuit by a fan hit in the eye with a ball during a World Series game at Truist Park in 2021.
Joro spiders multiply across Georgia, spinning their pesky webs
The invasive species has multiplied rapidly in Atlanta in the last three years, research shows.
Ford settles billion-dollar Georgia lawsuits over fatal wrecks
Ford Motor Co. has settled two Georgia lawsuits that elicited record-setting jury verdicts of $1.7 billion and $2.5 billion, ending more than a decade of litigation.