From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment The Danish actor brings icy precision, manicured menace, and a very specific sense of humor to NEON’s The Wrong Girls—while proving there’s a lot more to him than playing villains. There are easier ways to make an entrance in Hollywood than climbing into a car with Kristen Stewart in the backseat, trying not to fanboy while simultaneously pretending to be a terrifying Danish criminal. For Thomas La Barbera Christensen, that was day one on The Wrong Girls. “I had to remind myself to stay in character,” he says. “Not fanboying. Focus Thomas!”…
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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Savannah Steel’s Lasha Petree named to All-UPSHOT League TeamThe Detroit native averaged 13.7 points per game, the seventh-highest mark in the UPSHOT League.SAVANNAH, Ga. —Savannah Steel guard Lasha Petree has been selected to the All-UPSHOT League Team following the league’s inaugural season.The Detroit native averaged 13.7 points per game, the seventh-highest mark in the UPSHOT League. She also averaged 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 assist while shooting 41.3% from the field.Petree, a Purdue alum, appeared in 29 of the Steel’s 34 games during the team’s debut season. She was the only…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Most fans know Jesse Cole transformed baseball.Far fewer know that one of the biggest influences behind Banana Ball wasn’t another baseball executive, coach or sports league.It was Dave Matthews Band.On the eve of the iconic band’s annual pilgrimage to the Gorge in George, Washington, it seemed fitting to look at the impact Dave Matthews Band has had on the phenomenon that is Banana Ball.During a recent podcast appearance, the Savannah Bananas founder explained how one of the world’s most successful touring bands helped shape many of Banana Ball’s defining ideas—from…
Local Voices. Statewide Impact. Stay Informed with North Florida News Experience little-known corners of the First Coast with this guide to quirky, unusual and intriguing places and spaces across the region.Fabrizio Gowdy and Timothy Gilmore contributed to this story Think you know Jax? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t. Regardless, living in a city of this size—840 square miles or so—means there is always somewhere new to explore, something new to discover. From the rickety docks of Mayport at the mouth of the St. Johns River to the dusty hiking trails of Cary State Forest on the far Westside, we…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Jennifer Lawrence opened up to Vogue about her relationship to cosmetic procedures and said she resists going overboard when it comes to botox because she is a working actor and facial movement is of the upmost important. The Oscar winner’s comment was published just a few weeks after Olivia Wilde put the industry on blast, telling Vogue that “it’s not easy” to find actresses to cast in movies because many of them can no longer move their faces. “I can’t really get very much done,” Lawrence told Vogue. “I need to have movement…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Story Links SAVANNAH, Ga. – With the Savannah State football team on a bye this week and the cross country season set to begin next week, the spotlight belongs to the Lady Tigers women’s volleyball team. Savannah State volleyball officially opens its 2026 campaign with five matches on the road, beginning Tuesday night. Here’s a look at the Lady Tigers’ opening week in the latest installment of “This Week In Tiger Athletics.Volleyball After a successful preseason training camp that culminated with the annual Orange & Blue Intrasquad Scrimmage…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to take the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse to trial again. The deliberations took a dramatic turn late in the week when the judge said he was going to declare a mistrial Friday before suddenly changing course and giving her…
The University of Lynchburg will host a virtual presentation by Marquetta L. “Queen Quet” Goodwine, chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29.The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled “We de Land and de Land da We: Sustainable Solutions of the Gullah/Geechee.” It is co-sponsored by the University of Lynchburg’s Office of Inclusive Excellence and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.The Zoom meeting can be joined here.Queen Quet is a lecturer, historian, columnist, preservationist, environmentalist, environmental justice advocate, mathematician, computer scientist, and film consultant. She is the elected chieftess…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward A floodlight can be a great way to keep intruders at bay, as can a good security camera. So the idea of putting those two things together seems like the obvious solution. The same can be said for this deal, which slashes the price of Ring’s Spotlight Cam 2K to just $119.99. This spotlight and security camera normally retails for around $170, so you’ll save 29% if you take advantage of this limited-time deal. Remember that we don’t know for sure when this deal is going to come to a close, so…
Commissioner Alyson McCullough, left, presented a proclamation designating this week as Gullah/Geechee Appreciation Week in Nassau County to Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet, middle, and Yulee resident and local representative of the nation Glenda Simmons-Jenkins. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader Commissioner Alyson McCullough and Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet together read the proclamation designating this week as Gullah/Geechee Appreciation week in the county. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader Commissioner Alyson McCullough, left, presents a proclamation designating this week as Gullah/Geechee Appreciation Week in Nassau County to Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet, middle, and Yulee resident and…