Because 2017 has not been ridiculous enough, now comes word that U.S. Sen. John Kennedy’s tendency to make quippy sound bites has earned him a new enemy: the parents of Lindsay Lohan, who are threatening to sue the senator over a quip he made about their daughter:
Here’s the setup: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee was questioning the former head of credit reporting company Equifax, which was hacked last month, leading to the releasing of users’ personal information.
There’s no denying music is a uniquely collaborative art form. The history of rock ‘n’ roll, in particular, makes clear that even the most accomplished solo artists require talented sidemen and producers to achieve artistic success and connect with audiences.
Early voting starts this Saturday, Sept. 30, across Louisiana – but nowhere is that date more important than in metro New Orleans. Voters in New Orleans will elect a new mayor, at least three new City Council members, and two judges.
At a small but lively rally and march Sept. 16 that ended across from New Orleans tourism ground zero Jackson Square, New Orleans Hospitality Workers Committee (NOHWC) and supporters stood up for the rights of the city’s service industry workers.
About 75 people attended the event, which was NOHWC’s first rally supporting predictable scheduling, higher wages, sick pay, paid breaks, freedom from harassment, access to health care and other benefits – many of which are standard in many other industries, but denied to service industry workers.
Speakers called for more equitable treatment for the employees who support the city’s $7.41 billion tourism industry.
New Orleans bail bond companies have charged defendants illegally high bond rates to get out of jail, according to an investigation by the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC), which revealed roughly $5 million in excessive fees was collected from nearly 50,000 people over 12 years.
The SPLC’s announcement was released the same day Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell said he plans to cut the hours that his office will process bail bonds, meaning people locked up after office hours will likely remain in jail despite having met the bond set by a judge.
There’s no escaping the influence of the 1970s on today’s popular culture, especially American independent film. It’s not hard to see why: the New Hollywood filmmakers of that era prized autonomy and authenticity, blazing a trail that many young filmmakers find impossible to resist.
The gritty realism and alienated characters of 1970s crime stories – such as Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon – seem to cast an especially strong spell.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently announced its card-carrying membership reached 25,000, its biggest assembly yet, as the organizationprepared to host its Chicago conference this weekend with hundreds of representatives from chapters around the U.S. It’s likely the largest gathering of socialists in the country in decades.
Among those chapters is New Orleans, which went from a few dues-paying members to more than 70 within a few months after being formally recognized earlier this year. Hundreds of others regularly attend its chapter meetings.
Interest in DSA groups follows significant momentum following Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign, as well as frustration with status quo politics and moderate and center-leaning Democrats in the wake of the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s administration.
Why would an A-list director keep a star-studded film secret until it was finished and ready to debut at the Sundance Film Festival? And how does one maintain that level of secrecy in a world full of talent agents, publicists and obsessive fans with access to the internet?
Dallas-based filmmaker David Lowery graduated from making one of the most accomplished recent independent films (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) to directing a 3-D adventure for Disney (last year’s Pete’s Dragon), when he had a strange idea for a film that he knew might not work at all.
Time to dump out the kiddie pool. New Orleans’ Mosquito and Termite Control Board has discovered West Nile virus in mosquitoes in the parish for the first time in 2017, according to an announcement from City Hall.
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