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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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Could DC Comics be Georgia’s new resident superheroes?
James Gunn first came to metro Atlanta in 2016 when he directed “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.″ He fell in love with the area, so he bought a home in Fayette County in 2018.
How Atlanta saved the Fox Theatre 50 years ago
The Fox Theatre was saved 50 years ago through a grassroots campaign that kept it from turning into yet another parking lot.
Classic rock trifecta can’t fight this nostalgic feeling at Alpharetta show
Classic rock trifecta can’t fight this nostalgic feeling at Alpharetta show
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Burt Jones loans himself $10M to launch bid for Georgia governor
Flush with $14 million in a campaign account, Jones is vying to become the GOP front-runner — and land President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
Could DC Comics be Georgia’s new resident superheroes?
James Gunn first came to metro Atlanta in 2016 when he directed “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.″ He fell in love with the area, so he bought a home in Fayette County in 2018.
Georgia Tech pulls from SEC school for new athletic director
Ryan Alpert, 37, will come to Atlanta from Tennessee, where he is currently the deputy athletics director and chief operating officer.