Rodney Ho
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I’m an entertainment reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and have been covering all sorts of topics over the past 20-plus years from comedy to TV to film to music.
Atlanta ‘Parent Trap’ actress Elaine Hendrix lives out dreams on ‘Dancing with the Stars.' A car hit her when she was 21 and derailed her dance career but 33 years later, she is now competing on DWTS! 'I love the hard work this takes. This brings me joy.' www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Atlanta ‘Parent Trap’ actress lives out dreams on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Atlanta's Elaine Hendrix ("The Parent Trap") was once a pro dancer. After a car accident in 1992, she pursued acting. With "Dancing With the Stars," she can dance again.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Atlanta ‘Parent Trap’ actress Elaine Hendrix lives out dreams on ‘Dancing with the Stars.' A car hit her when she was 21 and derailed her dance career but 33 years later, she is now competing on DWTS! 'I love the hard work this takes. This brings me joy.' www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director Chris Appelhans dubs success ‘a little trippy' and 'sort of meta' given its dominance on the Billboard Hot 100. He will be at #SCADAnimationFest this Saturday.
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director dubs success ‘a little trippy’
Co-director Chris Appelhans, who will speak at SCAD AnimationFest on Saturday, is one of the co-directors for Netflix's most popular movie ever.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ co-director Chris Appelhans dubs success ‘a little trippy' and 'sort of meta' given its dominance on the Billboard Hot 100. He will be at #SCADAnimationFest this Saturday.
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Atlanta actor Michael Aaron Milligan who bared it all in Netflix's ‘Hunting Wives’ calls role a gift. "I got to be a loose cannon," he said about his crazy Kyle role. Sophie appeared to kill Kyle during the season finale but is he really dead? We don't know.
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Atlanta actor who bared it all in ‘Hunting Wives’ calls role a gift
Atlanta Michael Aaron Milligan made a splashy entrance in Netflix's surprise hit "The Hunting Wives" as Kyle, the wild crackhead brother of Margo, a lead character.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Atlanta actor Michael Aaron Milligan who bared it all in Netflix's ‘Hunting Wives’ calls role a gift. "I got to be a loose cannon," he said about his crazy Kyle role. Sophie appeared to kill Kyle during the season finale but is he really dead? We don't know.
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What’s filming in Georgia in September 2025? Millie Bobby Brown is back and 'Scary Movie 6" is coming. Business is slow but it may be the "new normal" that is maybe half the level of productions the state had back in the late 2010s.
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What’s filming in Georgia in September 2025? Millie Bobby Brown is back
"Stranger Things" actor working on Netflix rom-com; in metro Atlanta, while "Scary Movie 6" begins filming with many of the original stars.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What’s filming in Georgia in September 2025? Millie Bobby Brown is back and 'Scary Movie 6" is coming. Business is slow but it may be the "new normal" that is maybe half the level of productions the state had back in the late 2010s.
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#CBSNewsAtlanta is debuting its first newscast Sept. 15 at 6 and 11 p.m. with Jobina Fortson-Evans and an AV/VR newsroom.
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In a local first, CBS Atlanta has a new virtual and augmented reality newsroom
CBS Atlanta (WUPA-TV) is launching its first newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, using what it’s dubbing a fully augmented and virtual reality newsroom.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#CBSNewsAtlanta is debuting its first newscast Sept. 15 at 6 and 11 p.m. with Jobina Fortson-Evans and an AV/VR newsroom.
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Dogwood Festival needs $250K by Nov. 1 or it will have to shutter. I talk to the exec director about rising costs and reduced sponsorships that have forced the long-running free festival at Piedmont Park to run through reserves since the pandemic hit. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Atlanta Dogwood Festival needs $250K or it will have to shut down
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, which began in 1936 and is now an annual three-day shindig at Piedmont Park, needs $250,000 by Nov. 1.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Dogwood Festival needs $250K by Nov. 1 or it will have to shutter. I talk to the exec director about rising costs and reduced sponsorships that have forced the long-running free festival at Piedmont Park to run through reserves since the pandemic hit. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Only virgins on a dating show? It finally happened on Hulu. The name: "Are You My First?" There are jokey references to "V-Cards," "virgin sacrifices" and cherries. And there's an Atlanta man, 28, who was one of the 21 singles on the show. I spoke to him.
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Did Atlanta virgin lose his 'V card' on Hulu dating show? Tune in to find out.
Atlanta’s Hakeem Kiser is a 28-year-old virgin who decided to make it public to the world by joining a new Hulu dating show full of other self-reported virgins.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Only virgins on a dating show? It finally happened on Hulu. The name: "Are You My First?" There are jokey references to "V-Cards," "virgin sacrifices" and cherries. And there's an Atlanta man, 28, who was one of the 21 singles on the show. I spoke to him.
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Is Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole joining "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"? It's possible...
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'Real Housewive of Atlanta' will feature Pinky Cole in an episode
On Friday, Slutty Vegan founder Aisha “Pinky” Cole shot scenes with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta," fueling speculation she might be joining the show.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Is Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole joining "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"? It's possible...
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Moe Mitchell leaves ‘The Bert Show’ after 7 years. Why? Nobody is saying. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
It's official: Moe Mitchell leaves ‘Bert Show’ after 7 years
Q99.7 host Bert Weiss confirmed on air that Moe Mitchell, who had been part of the "Bert Show" since 2018, is no longer part of the cast.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Moe Mitchell leaves ‘The Bert Show’ after 7 years. Why? Nobody is saying. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
‘Nobody 2′ producer and Wheeler High School grad Marc Provissiero returns to Atlanta hometown: ‘We celebrate family.' The film is 'National Lampoon's Vacation' meets 'John Wick.' I spoke to Provissiero at the screening about Bob Odenkirk and the film's origins. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Marietta native taks about Bob Odenkirk, producing 'Nobody 2'
The Bob Odenkirk action comedy sequel is ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ meets ‘John Wick,’ Marietta native and Wheeler grad says.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘Nobody 2′ producer and Wheeler High School grad Marc Provissiero returns to Atlanta hometown: ‘We celebrate family.' The film is 'National Lampoon's Vacation' meets 'John Wick.' I spoke to Provissiero at the screening about Bob Odenkirk and the film's origins. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Bert Show fans are wondering: where is Moe Mitchell? www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Why is Moe Mitchell of ‘The Bert Show' off the air this month?
Moe Mitchell has been off the air from the syndicated Atlanta-based morning program "The Bert Show" this month with no explanation.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Bert Show fans are wondering: where is Moe Mitchell? www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Without CBS programming, WANF to start out with 91 hours of news a week. Monica Pearson calls it 'CNN for local news' with daily sports, lifestyle and weather shows and weekend shows about politics and investigative work. WANF will also air some Braves, Hawks, Dream games. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
WANF to start out with 91 hours of news a week as it loses CBS
WANF, which goes independent and drops CBS affiliation Aug. 16, is doubling down on local news, offering more than 91 hours a week. up from 66 now.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Without CBS programming, WANF to start out with 91 hours of news a week. Monica Pearson calls it 'CNN for local news' with daily sports, lifestyle and weather shows and weekend shows about politics and investigative work. WANF will also air some Braves, Hawks, Dream games. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, an Atlanta-based creator, shot six episodes for AMC of his twisty sci-fi comedy "Demascus" in 2022. But in early 2023, AMC nixed it before it even aired in a cost-cutting move. But surprise! Tubi picked it up & it is now available.
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Atlanta playwright’s VR-themed show ‘Demascus’ finds new life on Tubi
"Demascus," a sci-fi comedy shot in Atlanta and set in D.C. in 2022, was nixed by AMC in early 2023 but licensed to Tubi, which began airing the series in August.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, an Atlanta-based creator, shot six episodes for AMC of his twisty sci-fi comedy "Demascus" in 2022. But in early 2023, AMC nixed it before it even aired in a cost-cutting move. But surprise! Tubi picked it up & it is now available.
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Starting next Monday, August 18, "The Tamron Hall Show" moves to WUPA and will compete against "The Kelly Clarkson Show" at 3 p.m. on WSB-TV. "The Drew Barrymore Show" moves from WUPA at 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. no WSB-TV (filling Kellys spot.)
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WSB-TV shuffles Drew Barrymore, Tamron Hall and Kelly Clarkson
WSB-TV is making daytime changes starting Aug. 18, dropping “The Tamron Hall Show,” adding " The Drew Barrymore Show" and moving “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
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August 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Starting next Monday, August 18, "The Tamron Hall Show" moves to WUPA and will compete against "The Kelly Clarkson Show" at 3 p.m. on WSB-TV. "The Drew Barrymore Show" moves from WUPA at 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. no WSB-TV (filling Kellys spot.)
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Nick Cannon loves shooting shows in Atlanta. His latest: "We Playin' Spades." And I got to hang out and talk to him. www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Nick Cannon taps into Atlanta's star power for podcasts, filming projects
Nick Cannon shoots multiple shows in Atlanta for a specific reason: "It's where the culture is."
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August 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Nick Cannon loves shooting shows in Atlanta. His latest: "We Playin' Spades." And I got to hang out and talk to him. www.ajc.com/arts-enterta...
"American Ninja Warrior" features mostly teens and 20somethings nowadays. But a Flowery Branch ninja gym owner Glenn Davis, at age 61, made it to the semifinals this season, the oldest person to ever make it that far in the show's 17 season history!
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Georgia man shatters 'American Ninja Warrior' age record at 61
Flowery Branch's Glenn Davis became the first person in their 60s to make the semifinals on "American Ninja Warrior," which debuted on NBC in 2009.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"American Ninja Warrior" features mostly teens and 20somethings nowadays. But a Flowery Branch ninja gym owner Glenn Davis, at age 61, made it to the semifinals this season, the oldest person to ever make it that far in the show's 17 season history!
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The Atlanta poetry and music community will gather tomorrow at noon at City Winery Atlanta to honor the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an active poet and bass guitarist in Atlanta in recent years on top of his regular job as an actor. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner tribute to be held at City Winery Wednesday
Just nine days after Warner’s shocking death, Tamika “Georgia Me” Harper and her friend Bethsheba “Queen Sheba” Rem are organizing a three-hour tribute to his life.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Atlanta poetry and music community will gather tomorrow at noon at City Winery Atlanta to honor the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an active poet and bass guitarist in Atlanta in recent years on top of his regular job as an actor. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
The end of federal funding for NPR and PBS doesn't just impact news/talk stations but some music stations like jazz station 91.9 WCLK. ajc.com/arts-enterta...
Atlanta jazz station hopes donations will make up for federal cuts
Although 91.9 WCLK-FM is a full-fledged jazz music station, it faces the same financial challenges as its news/talk brethren WABE and Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The end of federal funding for NPR and PBS doesn't just impact news/talk stations but some music stations like jazz station 91.9 WCLK. ajc.com/arts-enterta...