MIAMI – Growing up in Miami in the ’80s and ’90s, Leo Brooks had a secret love that he always was afraid to share with his friends: He was a country music fan. While hanging out with his friends in high school, Brooks listened to rap, hip hop, alternative rock and other popular music, but … Read more
NEW YORK – Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at Chasen & Company. Moll played “Bull” Shannon … Read more
Shawn Levy knew he had to direct the Netflix limited series “All the Light We Cannot See,” when he read a scene between the main character Marie and her father. “I remember being knocked out emotionally and deciding, “’I don’t want to share. I want to do all these episodes myself and I want to … Read more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A judge removed himself from the Young Dolph murder case Friday after he was ordered to do so by a Tennessee appeals court, which questioned whether he could be impartial to a man charged with killing the rapper two years ago. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee asked the court clerk … Read more
There are two things Eminem is really good at: rapping and branding. Since he’s mastered the art of rap and got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, becoming a branding genius is the next logical step in Eminem’s career. He already opened Mom’s Spaghetti in his hometown of Detroit. If … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Accessibility can be an artist’s greatest asset. Listeners want to feel close to the musicians they admire and support — and most would jump at the chance to communicate one-on-one. But celebrity schedules rarely allow for that kind of intimacy. So what’s the next best thing? For Mark Tuan, whose new EP … Read more
ATLANTA – A lighting technician is mowing lawns. A camera assistant is teaching guitar again. An actor has thought about shifting careers. For more than a decade, work had been nonstop in Atlanta’s booming film industry thanks to Georgia’s extremely generous tax break. Dubbed the “Hollywood of the South,” metro Atlanta became a ubiquitous backdrop … Read more