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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 May 2025?
Georgia's current rate of TV and film production is much slower than during its peak times in the late 2010s and early 2020s as more films move to Europe.
Atlanta’s Slater Nalley thought he could win ‘Idol’ until ‘momentum shifted’
Slater Nalley of Vinings, a Lovett senior, thought he had a shot to win partway through the competition but sensed the momentum shifting during the live shows.
Amazon quickly axes Kevin Bacon’s ‘The Bondsman’
Kevin Bacon's "The Bondsman," shot in metro Atlanta, was quickly axed by Amazon just six weeks after its debut despite decent reviews.
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3 dead, 6 wounded in mass shooting outside Macon bar
Bibb County sheriff's officials have not said if they have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting outside the Midtown Daiquiri Bar and Grill on Macon's west side
EPA to roll back regulations on some toxic chemicals found in Georgia
Federal data reveals 48 Georgia public water systems have reported the presence of these “forever chemicals.”
Gridlock Guy: How quick response mitigated one of Atlanta’s most memorable accidents
On May 8, 2015, a plane with four people on board crashed onto Interstate 285, killing all four but miraculously no one on the ground was injured.