'NCIS' expands reach to New Orleans | USA Today

Two of TV's memorable leading men, NCIS star Mark Harmon and Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise), are joining forces to push a third series in the CBS law-enforcement franchise, NCIS: New Orleans (Sept. 23, 9 p.m. ET/PT), into the spotlight. New Orleans will have the benefit of following NCIS, TV's most-watched show scripted series last season, and also the experience of people like Harmon and Gary Glasberg, an executive producer of both series.



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Peter Fonda to star in New Orleans movie The Runner | Entertainment Weekly

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Peter Fonda is set to play Nicolas Cage‘s father in The Runner, a political drama about a New Orleans congressman whose career is in turmoil following a sex scandal and the 2010 BP oil spill. Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) has also boarded the project as Cage’s character’s wife, while The Wire‘s Wendell Piece will play his chief of staff. Indie producer Austin Stark (Infinitely Polar Bear) wrote and will direct the pic.

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Sandra Bullock delivers a 'funny & gross' commencement speech in New Orleans | 93.7 The Bull

Sandra Bullock was asked to give the commencement speech at Warren Easton High School in New Orleans. Her speech was both moving & gross at the same time...that's why we love Sandra Bullock!



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Can Star Power Make New Orleans' Food Deserts Bloom? | NPR

Troy Henry (from left), Jim Hatchett and Wendell Pierce, co-owners of Sterling Farms grocery store, meet at the store's soft launch on March 21. Pierce, an actor, gained fame through his starring roles in David Simon's The Wire and Treme. David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/Landov

Plenty of celebrities leverage their star power to raise awareness of complicated food issues. Some of the biggest names include Michelle Obama, Jamie Oliver, Prince Charles and Paul McCartney.

Down in New Orleans, actor Wendell Pierce, who stars in David Simon's Treme and, previously, The Wire, has been taking on food insecurity in low-income communities with brand new convenience stores. Pierce has received plenty of attention for his efforts and appeared this week on NPR's Tell Me More to talk about the opening of the first grocery store in his New Orleans-based Sterling Farms chain earlier this spring.


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'Top Chef': Season 11 heading to New Orleans | Entertainment Weekly (blog

Bravo Media’s Top Chef, in partnership with the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation and the Louisiana Office of Tourism, are pleased to announce that the new season of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning show will take place in New Orleans. The vibrant food scene of New Orleans will be a welcome addition in the 11th season of the series...

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Anthony Bourdain on New Orleans food | Gambit Magazine

"In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. ... With the best restaurants in New York, you'll find something similar to it in Paris or Copenhagen or Chicago. But there is no place like New Orleans. So it's a must-see city because there's no explaining it, no describing it. You can't compare it to anything. So, far and away New Orleans."
   —Anthony Bourdain, host of the CNN travel show Parts Unknown

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Chef John Besh hosts new cooking show at La. home | AP

John Besh has cooked for thousands in his restaurants. He has cooked for millions on TV. But he recently realized he'd lost sight of cooking for the most important diners of all — his family.
Besh, who owns eight restaurants in south Louisiana and one in San Antonio, said that for years he was working to feed the public but "wasn't feeding the people as a father I was called to feed, and my wife called me out on it."


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Guy Fieri "Threw a Fit" After Being Rejected From VIP Super Bowl Party | US Weekly

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On Saturday evening (Feb. 2), Guy Fieri headed to a bash at Second Line Studios in the party-friendly Louisiana city, a source tells Us Weekly. "He couldn't get into VIP," the insider says. "He threw a fit and was kicked out!" …

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Travel Channel's Adam Richman Talks About His Appreciation for New Orleans | NewOrleansSaints.com

DT Akiem Hicks took part in the filming of the Travel
Channel's "Super Bowl Tailgate Takeover" in New Orleans
on Monday, January 21, 2013. Photos taken by Alex Restrepo.

The Travel Channel is in New Orleans this week to film a “Super Bowl Tailgate Takeover” special.

Host Adam Richman, from the Travel Channel show “Man v. Food”, is filming a number of spots for the show around the Crescent City. DT Akiem Hickstook part in a boudin ball tasting session with Richman for the show on Monday. The special will premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 8 pm CT on the Travel Channel.

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Mayor Landrieu, Spike Lee launch 'Flip the Script' campaign | WVUE

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and film director/producer Spike Lee want to change the attitudes of young African-American men heading down a path of destruction.

The two men introduced a multimedia, public awareness campaign called "Flip The Script" Tuesday evening at the Joy Theater. Mayor Landrieu partnered with Lee and his international advertising agency, "Spike DDB," in an effort aimed at changing the attitudes of -- and about -- young, black men across New Orleans.

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NBC Developing Marching Band Comedy Set In New Orleans | Deadline Hollywood

NBC has put in development The Swamp, a single-camera musical comedy from writer-director Tom Brady, Werner Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV. Set in musically rich New Orleans, The Swamp follows the misadventures of a scramble-style college marching band and its unlikeliest of mentors. Named after the name of the off-campus house where the band members reside, the show is described as a contemporary character comedy with social commentary and musical performances. Brady executive produces with Werner’s Tom Werner and Mike Clements.

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Lil Wayne opens skate park in hometown New Orleans | The Associated Press

Lil Wayne is returning to New Orleans, his hometown, for the opening of the Trukstop skate park in the Lower 9th Ward — one of the most devastated sections of the city after levees failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The Grammy-winning rapper, who recently launched a skateboarding-inspired clothing line called Trukfit, is scheduled to open the park Wednesday with his corporate partners...

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HBO Renews Treme for Fourth and Final Season | TVGuide

HBO's Tremé, the New Orleans-set drama, has been renewed for a shortened fourth and final season, creator and executive producer David Simon revealed at a Season 3 premiere screening Saturday, according to The Times-Picayune.


Tremé, which centers on the culture of New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, averaged 2.2 million viewers last year, far below the averages of other HBO dramas like Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones. The series airs on Sunday at 10/9c on HBO.

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Drew Brees & His Family Step Out In New Orleans (photos) | Growing Your Baby

Drew Brees and his pregnant wife Brittany were photographed enjoying lunch at the Grand Opening of his second Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant franchise in New Orleans with their boys Baylen and Bowen...


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Charges dropped against actor Cuba Gooding Jr. in New Orleans | Washington Post

Misdemeanor battery charges related to a bar dust-up in New Orleans’ French Quarter have been officially dropped against Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr...

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Actor Cuba Gooding sought after New Orleans bar dispute ‎| Reuters

New Orleans police issued an arrest warrant for Cuba Gooding Jr on Tuesday

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after the actor allegedly pushed a bartender twice during a dispute in the city's renowned French Quarter.

New Orleans police said the incident happened early on Tuesday morning at a bar on raucous Bourbon Street. A female bartender told police that Gooding became agitated when customers recognized him and asked him to take photos with them.

Gooding allegedly pushed the bartender when she asked him to calm down. She asked him to leave and he pushed her again, a police statement said...

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‘Swamp People’ auditions to be held Saturday, July 28, in Houma | NOLA.com

The History Channel TV show “Swamp People” is looking for new alligator hunters. They can be individuals, groups or families, but must have a license and at least 50 tags for the September alligator season in Louisiana. Auditions will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 28 in Houma...


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Joan Rivers to host New Orleans comedy show | MSN TV News

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Comedian Joan Rivers is hosting two stand-up shows in New Orleans to benefit an organization that has been aimed at rebuilding the city in the years since Hurricane Katrina.

The New Orleans Healing Center is run by a voodoo priestess, Sallie Ann Glassman, who is friends with Rivers. About 15 years ago, they met when Rivers thought her New York apartment was haunted. Rivers asked Glassman to perform a spiritual cleansing.

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Man v. Food's Adam Richman visits New Orleans | bestofneworleans

Adam Richman visits
Gambit with his
Jim Beam Red Stag
food truck items.

On his new show, Best Sandwich in America, Adam Richman picked Domilise’s shrimp po-boy as the best sandwich from the Gulf Coast. Richman is in town today, promoting his own menu for Jim Beam’s Red Stag food truck, which will make two stops in town this weekend (without Richman). Richman sat down with Gambit to talk about po-boys, his TV shows and his upcoming book.

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Tony Bennett visits New Orleans, plugs rebuilding ‎| 6abc.com

Grammy-winning jazz crooner Tony Bennett is championing a rebuilding effort to help New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. At the site of the 101st and final house built by Project Home Again, the 85-year-old singer said Friday that bringing people home is important to protecting the culture and traditions of New Orleans.

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