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Sammy & Buddy at The Sands: The Inside Story of the Las Vegas Live Recording You’ve Never Heard

According to Jimmy Bowen, one the best live albums ever recorded in Las Vegas nearly didn’t happen. The Reprise Records producer who had just delivered chart-topping hits for his boss […]

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How Atlanta’s 54-Year-Old Mary Shotwell Little Case Helped Inspire Mary Kay Andrews’ Latest Novel

Mary Kay Andrews Atlanta author Mary Kay Andrews was a fifth grader in St. Petersburg, Florida when Atlanta C&S bank secretary Mary Shotwell Little vanished without a trace from the […]

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‘After Forever’ Wins 5 Emmys, Including Best Digital Drama

"After Forever," the Amazon Prime digital series co-created by Kevin Spirtas and Michael Slade and co-starring Atlanta's Mitchell Anderson netted five Emmy Awards Friday and Sunday night in Pasadena, California […]

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How Creature Comforts Beer Scored That Starring Role in ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Creature Comforts CEO Chris Herron and co-founders David Stein and Adam Beauchamp couldn’t have asked for a better way to mark the fifth anniversary of the acclaimed Athens-based craft beer […]

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Cuisine & Cocktails

Thoroughly Modern Libby: With ‘Confessions of Hallmark Addict’ and a New Website, Libby Whittemore Embraces the Future

Nearly 20 years into the new millennium, Libby Whittemore cracks that she’s finally embracing the 21st century. With “Confessions of a Hallmark Addict,” her funny new social media video series […]

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The 11 Most Marvel-ous (And Spoiler-Free) Moments in ‘Avengers: Endgame’

With a running time of over three hours, the Pinewood Studios-filmed “Avengers: Endgame” is as stuffed and as sprawling as the 11-year Marvel Cinematic Universe that inspired this series finale. […]

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William S. Murphey Shares His Recipe For Becoming James Beard in ‘I Love to Eat’

For actors, it’s the stuff of nightmares. At the final preview performance of “I Love to Eat,” the one-man James Beard culinary comedy by James Still, currently savoring its Atlanta […]

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That Time I Cold-Called James Beard at Home and He Gave Me His Cherished Onion Sandwich Recipe!

By Susan Puckett for Eldredge ATL Seeing the Theatrical Outfit production of “I Love to Eat” rekindled my memory of interviewing James Beard. As a food writer at the Cleveland […]

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Cuisine & Cocktails

Meet Peggy Musgrove, the Woman You’ll Hate to Love in Topher Payne’s ‘Angry Fags’

In a single sentence during a WABE-FM “City Lights” interview with Myke Johns last week, “Angry Fags” playwright Topher Payne aptly explains the appeal of the play’s ascending political figure […]

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‘A Journey of Love and Loss’: Jamie Chung Discusses Her New Film ‘1985’

In the new critically acclaimed AIDS period drama “1985,” actress Jamie Chung, who’s perhaps best known for playing Blink on the hit Fox Marvel series “The Gifted” and portraying Mulan on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” is demonstrating her considerable talents for serious drama. In the beautifully shot black and white indie film now playing […]

‘A Journey of Love and Loss’: Jamie Chung Discusses Her New Film ‘1985’

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VIDEO: Robert De Niro, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa Attend Nobu Atlanta Ground-breaking at Phipps Plaza

Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro and Nobu namesake Chef Nobu Matsuhisa gathered for a ceremonial “ground-breaking” with a Styrofoam wall, hardhats and sledgehammers.

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‘After Forever’ Wins 5 Emmys, Including Best Digital Drama

“After Forever,” the Amazon Prime digital series co-created by Kevin Spirtas and Michael Slade and co-starring Atlanta’s Mitchell Anderson netted five Emmy Awards Friday and Sunday night in Pasadena, California at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The series also picked up Emmys for Outstanding Writing for Slade and Spirtas, Outstanding Direction for Jennifer Pepperman, […]

Thoroughly Modern Libby: With ‘Confessions of Hallmark Addict’ and a New Website, Libby Whittemore Embraces the Future

Nearly 20 years into the new millennium, Libby Whittemore cracks that she’s finally embracing the 21st century. With “Confessions of a Hallmark Addict,” her funny new social media video series dedicated to her favorite cable channel being shared and re-tweeted by popular Hallmark actors, including Barbara Niven and Kristoffer Polaha, the veteran Atlanta singer and […]

How Atlanta’s 54-Year-Old Mary Shotwell Little Case Helped Inspire Mary Kay Andrews’ Latest Novel

Atlanta author Mary Kay Andrews was a fifth grader in St. Petersburg, Florida when Atlanta C&S bank secretary Mary Shotwell Little vanished without a trace from the parking lot of Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead. Andrews and her sisters knew the South’s largest covered mall well. Each summer on the way to family vacation in […]

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Cocktails With Vanessa No. 3: Manhattan Cafe’s Orange Blossom Special

Vanessa Briscoe Hay first became acquainted with the Manhattan Cafe when she ducked into the bar in 2005, attempting to ditch an overzealous Pylon fan who had followed her from the 40 Watt club. Recalls Hay, laughing: “I walked over to the table where Michael and Curtis were drinking PBR tallboys and said, ‘Oh, look! […]

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About Richard L. Eldredge

With lengthy stints at both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta magazine, Richard L. Eldredge has been covering Atlanta’s arts, entertainment, political, dining and charitable fundraising scenes since 1990. In 2015, he launched Eldredge ATL, a daily digital magazine dedicated to the city’s ever-evolving arts, entertainment, cuisine and cultural landscapes. Since 2011, he has worked as senior editor at VOX Teen Communications, supporting Atlanta’s next generation of journalists. In recognition of this work, Eldredge received the Atlanta Press Club Impact Award in 2015.

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