“Our hearts are with the people of New Orleans after the despicable attack of the early morning hours,” President Joe Biden said today in response to an incident in which a driver rammed the vehicle through New Year’s Day crowds along New Orleans‘ Bourbon Street. “I grieve with you,” he continued. Biden thanked law enforcement “who […]
Read moreUPDATED, with new death toll The FBI has identified the driver of a Ford pickup truck who rammed the vehicle through New Year’s Day crowds along New Orleans’ Bourbon Street. The coroner said that 15 people were killed, per the AP, and authorities said more than 30 people were injured. The driver, identified as Shamsud-Din […]
Read moreUPDATED, 11:32 AM: Today’s Sugar Bowl college football matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been postponed for 24 hours until Thursday night, Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley has just announced. The game had been planned for tonight at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, only hours after the deadly carnage […]
Read moreThe NFL today continued to build out its offering around Super Bowl LIX, announcing that Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Ledisi will provide pregame entertainment. The game will take place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 and air live on Fox. The star-studded lineup announced today is meant to […]
Read moreOne of Rob Reiner’s greatest filmmaking credits is the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. But he became the maker of an actual documentary – not a faux one – with Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. This morning (while working on the sequel to Spinal Tap in New Orleans) he learned he’s become an Emmy […]
Read moreMichelle Obama is giving a boost to American Symphony, the Oscar-contending documentary about musician Jon Batiste and his wife, musician Suleika Jaouad. The former first lady introduced the Matthew Heineman film at a special screening Thursday night in New Orleans, a place of special significance for Batiste, who was born in nearby Metairie, Louisiana and […]
Read moreNew Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was arrested in Southern California on Friday night after his erratic behavior attracted attention by police. Graham suffered a “seizure,” according to a Saturday statement from the NFL’s Saints. He was briefly hospitalized after his arrest and is back with the team. “New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Lail has joined the cast of Blumhouse’s feature take of videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s, which is currently shooting in New Orleans. Lail can currently be seen in the comedy film Mack & Rita opposite Diane Keaton and Taylour Paige. She also recently wrapped the film Gonzo Girl directed by Patricia Arquette and […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Kat Conner Sterling has been cast in Blumhouse’s film adaptation of the popular video game Five Nights at Freddy’s. Cameras are rolling on the film in New Orleans. As previously announced, Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard and Mary Stuart Masterson also have been cast in the film, which is being directed by Emma Tammi (The […]
Read moreA new Miss Universe was crowned in New Orleans, Louisiana from the 84 beauty queens that entered the pageant. Harnaaz Sandhu, the representative from India and the titleholder from the previous year, crowned R’Bonney Gabriel of USA as the new Miss Universe. The second runner-up went to Andreina Martinez Founier of the Dominican Republic and […]
Read moreNew Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum has joined ESPN as an NBA analyst. McCollum will make his debut on ESPN2’s alternate broadcast of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors on Thursday. In addition to his work on the NBA Finals, McCollum will work on a podcast with […]
Read moreRio Hackford, an actor whose credits include The Mandalorian, Swingers and Treme who also owned a popular club in New Orleans and was Taylor Hackford’s son, has died. He was 51. He died Thursday in Huntington Beach, CA, after an undisclosed illness. His stepmother Helen Mirren and friend D.V. DeVincentis posted remembrances on social media (see them below). Hollywood […]
Read moreAvenger and New Orleans native actor Anthony Mackie is building a film and television studio on 20 acres of land in the southern city. Nola.com reports that Mackie bought the land near the Little Woods neighborhood which is close to the I-10 service road. Current New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell expressed her excitement on the […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: NCIS: New Orleans alum Charles Michael Davis, Jay Ali (Magnum P.I.) and Fiona Rene (I Know What You Did Last Summer) have been cast as series regulars opposite Alice Eve in CBS’ drama pilot Early Edition, a gender-swapped reboot of the late-1990s series headlined by Kyle Chandler. Written by Melissa Glenn, the new Early […]
Read moreSony Pictures Classics announced today that its feature documentary Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, co-directed by five-time Oscar nominee Frank Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) and Ryan Suffern (Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records), will hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles on May […]
Read moreThe NBA has postponed 5 upcoming games involving 9 teams due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Affected Sunday matches include the Denver Nuggets against the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers against the Atlanta Hawks, and the New Orleans Pelicans against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers had 5 players enter the NBA’s health and safety […]
Read moreThursday evening was a busy one as primetime offerings ranged from the usual sitcoms on CBS and dramas on CW to live musical performances on NBC, football on Fox and a dramatic tell-all on ABC. Of the varied primetime offerings, however, Fox’s coverage of Thursday Night Football’s Dallas Cowboys-New Orleans Saints game took the spotlight. […]
Read moreThe eye of dangerous storm Hurricane Ida has now reached land on the southeastern coast of Louisiana, near Port Fourchon. “Within the past hour, sustained winds of 43 mph and a gust to 67 mph were reported at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans. A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge in Shell Beach, Louisiana, recently […]
Read morePre-production on the upcoming NBC/Blumhouse limited series The Thing About Pam, starring Renée Zellweger and Josh Duhamel, has been suspended, a rep for Blumhouse told Deadline. Based on a the real-life, stranger-than-fiction story behind the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, the series has been in final stages of pre-production in New Orleans, with filming slated […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: The National Hurricane Center said Friday afternoon that a Category 4 hurricane is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, which marks the exact day Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans 16 years ago as a Category 3 storm. New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell has called for all those who live […]
Read moreTwo more local SAG-AFTRA presidencies have been decided: Jim Gleason won a squeaker in New Orleans, and Rik Deskin won handily in Seattle. Both elections are setbacks for Matthew Modine, who’s running against Fran Drescher for national president. Modine supported Olga Wilhelmine in New Orleans, where she lost to Gleason by only eight votes, 120-112. […]
Read moreThe New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, popularly known as “JazzFest,” has been canceled for fall 2021, festival organizers announced Sunday. It is the second year in a row the major entertainment event has been canceled by the pandemic. The event, planned for October, was axed because of rising Covid-19 cases in the New Orleans […]
Read moreA quarter-century ago, Will Smith’s Capt. Steven Hiller was “a little anxious to get up there and whoop ET’s ass” and save Earth from alien invaders in Independence Day. In 2021, the actor paid it forward in a less-dramatic but equally cool way: He paid a reported $100,000 to save New Orleans’ Fourth of July fireworks […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics has taken all global rights to the documentary Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story co-directed by five-time Oscar nominee Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern (Finding Oscar). Marshall recently directed the HBO documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart which is in consideration for this Emmy season. The New Orleans Jazz […]
Read moreSPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the series finale of NCIS: New Orleans. On Monday, NCIS: New Orleans came to the end of its seventh and final season, going out on a celebratory note. The series finale, titled “Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler,” picks up with Pride (Scott Bakula) on the eve of his wedding […]
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