‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Ups Chelsea Field To Series Regular For Season 7

Niall Doherty In late 2019, British producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith travelled to New Orleans to meet Albert Woodfox, the former Black Panther who spent over 40 years in solitary confinement.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Last Ship star Travis Van Winkle and NCIS: New Orleans alumna Shalita Grant are set as series regulars opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti on the upcoming third season of Netflix series You.Developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, You is based on Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling books You and Hidden Bodies.

NEW ORLEANS — A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court was granted parole Thursday. The 3-0 vote during an online meeting of the Committee on Parole means freedom, with conditions, for Fair Wayne Bryant.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski CBS has set the first airdates for scripted series from its regular fall lineup.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNeon has snatched the domestic theatrical rights to Justin Simien’s new horror film “Bad Hair.”The Oscar-winning distributor behind “Parasite” will take the film out to drive-in theaters nationwide before it debuts October 23 on Hulu in October, Variety has learned.Markets will include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit, Austin, Sacramento and Las Vegas.

The archbishop of New Orleans on Friday called the report of an alleged sex act between a priest and two women inside a church "demonic" and ordered the altar removed from the church and burned, he said. Meanwhile, a Louisiana lawyer representing the two women linked to the alleged threesome called their arrests “appalling." “The fact that this involved a priest or took place in a church is completely irrelevant,” attorney Bradley Phillips said, according to the New Orleans Advocate.

George J. Steiner Jr., a onetime head of the Louisiana Film Commission and founding president of the now-shuttered Filmworks New Orleans production facility, has died.

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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorOWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is set to resume production in New Orleans on the remainder of the 10-episode season 5 of Queen Sugar, shut down in March due to COVID-19.Since filming came to a halt nearly seven months ago, creator Ava DuVernay decided to completely revamp the remainder of the season to reflect the very real issues our country is facing through the lens of the Bordelon family and the fictional community of St. Josephine.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Queen Sugar” is getting back in action.The OWN series is officially returning to set for production on season 5 in New Orleans to shoot the remainder of its 10-episode season.Production on the fifth season had previously begun in March, but like almost every show it the planet, it was forced to shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt was a good win for the Green Bay Packers, but maybe even a bigger win for Sunday Night Football last night – at least compared to last week.As well as breaking news from the New York Times of the reality of Donald Trump’s taxes and finances, Green Bay’s match up with the New Orleans Saints faced the determining game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on ESPN on Sunday.

coronavirus pandemic, Elton John is saying hello to the yellow brick road of touring.The pop icon announced Wednesday that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will return to North America on Jan. 19, 2022, in New Orleans.

Peter White, Dino-Ray Ramos EXCLUSIVE: Freedia Got A Gun, a documentary about hip hop star Big Freedia’s focus on gun violence, has landed at Peacock.The feature-length doc, which sees the artist use her platform to shift focus on gun violence after her brother Adam was murdered, will launch on the NBCU streamer on October 15.Directed by Chris McKim, the doc follows Freedia, known as the Queen of Bounce, as she shares her journey from growing up gay in the projects through Hurricane Katrina and

Emergency Call, is a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when everyday people find themselves in emergency situations.

Elton John is pushing back his tour amid the pandemic.

Elton John is returning to the road after postponing several North American tour dates due to the coronavirus pandemic, but not right away. The pop icon announced Wednesday that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will return to North America on Jan.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorElton John has announced the rescheduled North American dates for his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.” Following his recently announced dates in Europe, beginning September 1, 2021 in Berlin (tour dates here), the tour will kick off again in North America on January 19, 2022, in New Orleans, making stops in major markets, including Houston, Chicago, Toronto, New York, Miami and more.