About the Author
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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Gothic short stories and a comic crime thriller for spring reading
Check out two new books, a collection of eerie short stories and a novel about gentrification in Atlanta, plus a celebration of books for young readers.
Usher concert film set in Paris to debut on BET+ in May
Usher’s first concert film, “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris," will stream exclusively on BET+ beginning May 8.
Atlanta actor Ahmed Lucan finds home on Hulu’s comedy ‘Deli Boys’
Atlanta resident and Pakistani-American Ahmed Lucan is thrilled to have a recurring role on the Hulu comedy "Deli Boys," shot in Chicago but set in Philadelphia.
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Jon Ossoff turns Trump’s CDC cuts into 2026 rallying cry
Mass layoffs at the Atlanta-based CDC have become a symbol in Georgia of Trump's second-term push to shrink the federal government and dismantle government agencies.
TORPY: Bikes, scooters and walkers collide in Beltline free-for-all
Why Atlanta’s popular path needs a parallel trail.
Cunningham: Falcons hit home run in draft by finally making big investment in pass rush
The Atlanta Falcons have a chance to produce a good pass rush for the first time in a decade.