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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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Debbie Gibson will join the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Book Festival to talk about her memoir, "Eternally Electric," which she hopes captures her resilience.
Atlanta radio adds Brian Moote, loses Jeremy ‘Otis’ Maher
While former "Bert Show" host Brian Moote has landed a new job on Star 94, his former Bull co-host, Jeremy "Otis" Maher, has lost his job at Power and The Bull.
Trans ‘13 Reasons Why’ actor says watching film she wrote is act of protest
Atlanta native Tommy Dorfman writes, directs and produces her first movie, “I Wish You All the Best,” a drama about a nonbinary teen.
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Fulton County, sheriff nine months late on required jail implementation plan
The legal agreement with the DOJ mandates jail upgrades, but leaves the deadlines to the implementation schedule.
Flight affected by FAA cuts? Here’s what to do.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the busiest airport in the world, is on the list of airports affected — and will also likely see cancellations and delays.
Arctic blast bringing cold shot to metro Atlanta, snow possible in mountains
Temperatures across North Georgia will plunge early next week and could even bring a taste of snow to the state’s tallest mountains.
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