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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 June 2025?
As of this past weekend, the Georgia Film Office has 25 active film and TV productions on its list, which has been typical over the past 12 months.
5 Southern beach reads for your summer reading
Summer is upon us, time for some beach reading. Here are five possibilities.
All reality shows Porsha Williams has been on before ‘The Traitors’
‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star will be on Season 4, following Sheree Whitfield and Phaedra Parks from Season 3.
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Juneteenth Atlanta fest goes on despite near-cancellation amid ‘DEI attack’
Pullback by military and corporate sponsors amid the goverment's anti-DEI initiatives put this year’s Juneteenth event in difficult straits, organizer Bob Johnson said.
Study finds high ‘forever chemical’ levels in some Georgia residents’ blood
Emory University researchers have announced the results of a study that found many residents of two northwest Georgia cities have high levels of PFAS in their blood.
27-year-old drowns in Lake Lanier amid birthday celebration
27-year-old Ramon Diaz-Soria drowned in Lake Lanier when he jumped into the water with his unsecured life jacket. He didn't resurface.