Robert B. “Bob” Steuer, a film production and distribution executive for more than 50 years, died Friday, Feb. 5 of dementia complications at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, CA. He was 86. Born in New Orleans on November 18, 1934, he graduated from Tulane University and joined the U.S. Army, ending his service with the rank […]
Read moreThe news has already been grim for the 2021 concert scene just one month into the new year. Glastonbury canceled. Coachella canceled. Stagecoach canceled. Next? SXSW, set for March 16-20, has already announced it’s going online. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been bumped to October from its traditional late April-early May dates. […]
Read moreThe New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings game on Christmas Day proved a strong lure for sports fans isolated from their typical family gatherings by the pandemic. The game drew a 10.1 demographics score and provided an NFL record performance, as Saints running back Alvin Kamara scored six touchdowns. Kamara, wearing a red shoe […]
Read moreCarol Sutton, whose half-century long acting career spanned stage, movies, and television, died Thursday at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. She was 76 and died of complications of coronavirus infection, said Tommye Myrick, a friend and local theater director. “Among actors in New Orleans, there was Carol Sutton – and there was everybody else,” said […]
Read moreOf the titles debuting in the specialty box office space this weekend, Well Go USA’s Synchronic had a decent showing, opening in 326 theaters to the tune of an estimated $225,070, averaging $690 per theater for its opening weekend. Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi pic follows two best friends Steve […]
Read moreOWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is set to resume production in New Orleans on the remainder of the 10-episode season 5 of Queen Sugar, shut down in March due to COVID-19. Since filming came to a halt nearly seven months ago, creator Ava DuVernay decided to completely revamp the remainder of the season to reflect the […]
Read moreAlan Donnes, who worked as a stand-up comic before producing films, acting, doing radio, writing about sports and running National Lampoon, died July 8 of bacterial meningitis in Los Angeles. He was 57 and had been hospitalized for three weeks. His longtime friend Ken Trahan confirmed the news. A native of New Orleans, Donnes fairly […]
Read moreMore TV series are stopping production as the US is grappling with efforts to slow the proliferation of the coronavirus outbreak. I hear that CBS TV Studios has stopped production on several drama series, including the three NCIS dramas for CBS, the mothership, NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, as well as Bull, also […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: TNT has put in development Liars Club, a one-hour dramedy/thriller from actress and writer Amy Rutberg (Netflix’s Daredevil), Paul Giamatti and Dan Carey’s Touchy Feely Films, NCIS: New Orleans showrunner Christopher Silber and CBS TV Studios, where Touch Feely Films and Silber are under deals. Written by Rutberg, Liars Club is a show about […]
Read moreNew Orleans sports reporter Carley McCord was one of five people killed when a small plane crashed Saturday near Lafayette Regional Airport in Lafayette, Louisiana. McCord’s husband, Steven Ensminger Jr., confirmed her death to the Associated Press, and said the plane was en route to the Peach Bowl playoff game in Atlanta between LSU and […]
Read moreThe 2019-2020 college football bowl game schedule kicked off Friday with a pair of games, launching a slate that wraps up Monday, January 13 with the College Football National Championship Game live on ESPN from the New Orleans Superdome. A total of 40 bowl games — ranging from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in its […]
Read moreThe opposition party at SAG-AFTRA’s local in New Orleans has won a resounding victory in a re-run of the August election that was mandated by the local’s election committee. Olga Wilhelmine, who won the original contest for a seat on the national board, won again in the re-run, as did all of her running mates […]
Read moreMayor LaToya Cantrell has declared a state of emergency in New Orleans, which has ordered the shutdown of most of the city’s computer network following a ransomware attack. The attack started at 5 a.m. CST on Friday, according to the City of New Orleans’ emergency preparedness campaign, NOLA Ready, managed by the Office of Homeland […]
Read moreThe Soul Train Awards are taking place tonight at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The annual celebration recognizes the best in Soul, R&B and Hip-Hop music from both industry legends and the next generation of performers. The awards will air on BET and BET HER, with Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold returning as hosts […]
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: The New Orleans local of SAG-AFTRA has been ordered to re-run its recent election. The order, handed down by the local’s election committee in a 12-page decision, found that the winning NOLA Slate for Change candidates had accepted “unlawful contributions” from employers at a campaign event held on June 29. Matthew Modine, who finished […]
Read moreUPDATE, 3:37 PM: There was a lot of drama last night on Sunday Night Football as the New Orleans Saints cliched a very hard-fought victory over the previously unbeaten Dallas Cowboys. Now, in a 100th NFL season that has already had some solid results its first few weeks, we see if was exactly what America […]
Read moreSeveral prominent National Football League quarterbacks have gone down from injury and illness in the first two weeks of the season. But still, no one has called on former 49er Colin Kaepernick. Despite his agents contacting such teams as the Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets, all of whom had […]
Read moreFilm production is shutting down completely in New Orleans in advance of Tropical Storm Barry, which is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday. “All shows here are shut down but one, and that one is shutting down at noon,” said Cory Parker, business agent of New Orleans IATSE Local 478. […]
Read moreESPN generated its highest-rated NBA Summer League game ever across networks on Friday night, according to Nielsen. The telecast featuring former Duke stars Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans vs. R.J. Barrett and the New York Knicks drew a record 1.2 metered market rating on ESPN, up 33 percent from the previous record set in 2017 between […]
Read moreLeah Chase, who taught the nation about Creole food at her Dooky Chase’s restaurant in New Orleans and was a celebrity chef who appeared in numerous TV shows and film documentaries, has died. She passed Saturday at her son’s home near her New Orleans restaurant. Chase and her husband, Edgar “Dooky’ Chase, had the first […]
Read moreUPDATE: Actress Lisa Sheridan died as a result of chronic alcoholism, according to a coroner’s report. The report arrives three months after the 44-year-old actress died in New Orleans. The cause of death was listed on the report as due to “complications of chronic alcoholism” and had suffered a “remote brain injury” from an unspecified fall. […]
Read moreIn another devastating blow to the newspaper industry, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has laid off its entire staff following a sale to rival publication, the New Orleans Advocate. The 182-year-old Times-Picayune and its website nola.com were acquired Thursday, The Advocate announced on its website. The article said Advocate owners Dathel and John Georges purchased their award-winning […]
Read moreLaurie Arent (NCIS: New Orleans) has signed on as writer and executive producer on Kelly Ripa’s Freeform project based on Jasmin Rosemberg’s book How The Other Half Hamptons, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Milojo Productions. The project, which is currently in development, explores the Hamptons sharehouse, an annual ritual with […]
Read moreJerry Lee Lewis, the 83-year-old rock ‘n roll pioneer known as “The Killer,” has suffered a minor stroke but is expected to be make a full recovery.
A statement issued by his publicist, Zach Farnum, said the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist had the stroke Thursday night, but is recuperating in Memphis. So far, no scheduled shows are affected, Farnum said. Lewis is scheduled to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April.
Lewis is best known for…
UPDATED, 12:55 PM: The numbers for the Los Angeles Rams' overtime win on Fox against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday are good, but they are not as good as the results of the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.
The late Sunday AFC battle in the BBQ Capitol of the World pulled in a massive audience of 53.9 million viewers for CBS. The earlier Rams' win snared 44.08 million sets of eyeballs for the Rupert Murdoch-owned network.
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