Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies

Marta Balaga Haley Bennett, the first recipient of EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s New Generation Acting Award, will follow Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” with Whoopi Goldberg-produced “Till,” about the infamous murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of “offending” white woman Carolyn Bryant.

Mississippi then went on to become an advocate for justice, has died of COVID-19. Jamie Scott died Nov.

Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80.

LOS ANGELES -- Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80.The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed Edge’s death Thursday on the group’s website.

Coronji Calhoun Sr., the actor who played Halle Berry‘s son in the Oscar-winning movie Monster’s Ball, has sadly died at the age of 30.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Ealy is set as a lead opposite Kristen Bell and Tom Riley in Netflix’s eight-episode limited series The Woman in the House, from Gloria Sanchez Productions (Dead To Me, Hustlers). The series is expected to premiere in early 2022.

NEW YORK -- Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap” and in a string of indelible performances in film, including David Lynch's “Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders' “Paris, Texas” and Jonathan Demme's “Married to the Mob,” has died.

EXCLUSIVE: Here are your first look images of Jeremy Irons (House of Gucci) and Saw star Tobin Bell in recently-wrapped horror movie Cello, which we brought you news of last week.

A Lyft driver in Mississippi is fortunate to be alive and recovering after being shot seven times and left for dead this week.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Peacock’s “Saved by the Bell” reimagining drops its second season on Nov. 24, it will pay tribute to original cast member Dustin Diamond right from the premiere episode.Diamond played Samuel “Screech” Powers beginning in “Good Morning, Miss Bliss,” the prequel to “Saved by the Bell” in 1988.

“Lost City of the Monkey God,” which airs Oct.

Marta Balaga Kelly Duane de la Vega is putting the finishing touches to her documentary “In the Bones” (previously known as “Mississippi Red”), set to premiere in January. The film is set in Mississippi during a legislative session when equal pay for equal work and abortion rights are being decided, and zooms in on the lives of 12 protagonists – including a prominent Republican politician teaming up with a Democrat activist to create bipartisan pressure.

EXCLUSIVE: Virgil Films has acquired 100 Years from Mississippi, a documentary portrait of Mamie Lang Kirkland, who died in 2020 at age 111 after a remarkable life.

Twitter page.“FYI - I will be singing our National Anthem for Game 6 of the NLCS in Atlanta tonight between the @Braves and @Dodgers,” he wrote, adding an American flag to his post.The 58-year-old Tritt is a native of suburban Marietta, not far from the Braves' stadium.

The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement experts and a civilian who was recognizable by his voice if not by his face: Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman.