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New Orleans native Jon Batiste narrates stunning nature documentary coming to theaters in November (opens the original)
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As the opening scene of the nature documentary âAmerican Amazonâ unfolds, a pirogue enters the frame on Lake Maurepas. Then the narration begins. âA secret wilderness is hiding,â the voice-over said. Itâs the guy on the pirogue playing his melodica â Jon Batiste, the eight-time Grammy, Academy and Emmy award-winning singer, musician, composer and native New Orleanian. Apart from narrating this sweeping documentary about the Southâs vast array of wetlands and wildlife, Batiste also
Dive into a 2004 rom-com with Richard Gere, JLO at NOMA film series with one of the producers (opens the original)
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Escapist fare is what filmgoers are looking for in these days of soaring gas prices and rising interest rates. Thatâs why award-winning producer Meryl Poster, who curates the films to be shown at the New Orleans Museum of Artâs popular Producers Choice Film Series, has chosen 2004âs romantic comedy âShall We Dance?â for Wednesday eveningâs screening. As a previous co-president of production for the former Miramax Films, Poster founded Superb Entertainment in New Orleans, where she no
See all the Louisiana nominees for the 2026 Emmy Awards, from ‘The Pitt’ to ‘The Librarians’ (opens the original)
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When Jeremy Woolsey was nominated for last yearâs Emmy Award for Supervising Art Director for HBOâs âThe White Lotus,â the Baton Rouge and New Orleans native was part of an ongoing tradition of Louisianansâ contributions to the ever-expanding genre of television in the arts. The 2026 nominations are even stronger and include an array of folks from all over the state, in categories that range from stunt coordination to lead actor and actress. There are also two documentaries nominated w
New film coming to New Orleans is a romp through Hollywood’s Golden Age via a fake documentary (opens the original)
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If necessity is the mother of invention, then writer/director Scott Fivelsonâs need for a new documentary subject has led him into both fantastical and historical territory. Fivelson (âAmerican Reel,â â3 Holes and a Smoking Gunâ) wanted to do a documentary about a famous director, but discovered most of them had already been profiled on film. So, he invented one. His new âstarâ arrives in the persona of Oskar Knight in âNear Myth: The Oskar Knight Story.â Fivelsonâs main char
With movie studio shoots scarce in Louisiana, New Orleans actor films Netflix show in Nashville (opens the original)
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It's a time of crisis once again for Hollywood South. There are no studio films currently shooting in New Orleans, and survival for those in the film industry can be challenging. But actor Lance Nichols has an edge thanks to decades of experience and a résumé that includes over 235 film and television roles, from âThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ and âTreme,â to âThe Burialâ and âHouse of Cards." He has acted alongside everyone from Brad Pitt and Wendell Pierce to Jamie Foxx
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