6 important things you learn at DragonCon
Don’t be quick to dismiss DragonCon—the annual Labor Day convergence of geeks, freaks, sci-fi fans, video game enthusiasts, and other niche subcultures in downtown Atlanta—as a mere freakshow.
All about Ted (tonsil hockey included!)
To commemorate CNN founder Ted Turner’s 75th birthday on Nov. 19, the 24/7 global cable news network will air a new documentary, Ted Turner, The Maverick Man, hosted by Wolf Blitzer on Sunday night at 7. CNN reps sent Atlanta magazine an advance peek at the special. Here are 12 things we learned from the doc.
Alison Krauss (and NeNe Leakes fan!) dazzles attendees at sold-out Captain Planet Foundation gala
As Ted Turner arrived at the Captain Planet Foundation gala private reception for major donors Friday night at the Georgia Aquarium, he made one final tweak to the fundraiser's decor. He ordered the environmental non-profit's trademark green carpet taken up and re-rolled in order to fix a potentially dangerous buckling issue on the floor. It's little wonder then when CNN's Nadia Bilchik introduced the smog-fighting cartoon character's dad to attendees at the sold-out dinner in the Oceans Ballroom, she described Turner as "media mogul, philanthropist and a guy who still picks up trash on the sidewalk."
Stopping crime by making it illegal
I was drawn to this 11 Alive online story by the appalling headline "Transvestite prostitutes becoming more violent in Midtown." For Pete's and Patricia's sake, the headline isn't just offensive because it uses a term many consider an epithet. It's also constructed in a way that a) implies transgendered prostitutes are an organized unit perpetrating violence b) assumes the people allegedly involved in a particular alleged attack were, in fact, prostitutes and c) conjures a delicious mental image of a planning meeting where a group of men dressed as women plan a raid on Mary Mac's.
Do we really want Justin Bieber to move back to the ATL?
After egging his neighbor’s house in Los Angeles, reportedly drag racing a Lamborghini while under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs, and illegally spray-painting a building in Rio, Justin Bieber may be moving to Buckhead.
Dumb and Dumber To transforms Cabbagetown into … Rhode Island?
At some point, I suppose, it will stop being a surprise that movie folks ask Atlanta to stand in for so many other places. Odd enough that Woodruff Park was a facsimile of seventies-era NYC complete with overflowing garbage cans and yellow cabs for Anchorman 2. But today, while strolling around our neighborhood, my husband and I came across a crew hard at work constructing a faux Rhode Island streetscape on a long-vacant lot at the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Pearl Street in Cabbagetown, about the most quintessentially Southern pocket of Atlanta you could hope for.
Video of the Day: Monica Kaufman interviews Oprah
As the countdown continues leading up to this week's Oprah series finale, Chann
John Lewis’s memoir comes alive as a graphic novel
Lewis’s collaborators started the project with some trepidation. “There was definitely a certain level of anxiety once I realized the scope,” says illustrator Nate Powell. The artist is no pushover, however; his graphic novel "Swallow Me Whole" earned an Eisner Award, the comic industry’s highest accolade.
The Walking Dead Haiku Recap: Tunnel of Love?
Oooh! Creepy tunnel / Zombie obstacle course / for Glenn and Tara
3 ways the BuzzFeed partnership will influence CNN
Atlanta-based CNN (the world’s first 24/7 global news network) has formed a partnership with BuzzFeed (purveyor of cat GIFs and nineties nostalgia) to launch a video channel on YouTube.
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