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She may be just 13-year-old, but Marsai Martin is already an entertainment titan, whether you know it or not. Martin, who stars in the ABC hit TV show “Black-ish,” shot a film last yeaer in Atlanta called “Little.”
“Little,” which stars Issa Rae, Justin Hartley and Regina Hall is coming to theaters across the nation later this year.
‘Little’ movie starring Marsai Martin coming out in 2019
Marsai stars in the comedy in her first feature film role and also helped executive produce it. “Little” is about a woman who gets to relive her childhood after she struggles as an adult, according to The AJC.
Marsai came up with the idea for the film after her agent (since fired) told her to “just chill,” the newspaper reports. Issa Rae has also been attached to the project, which has been bought by Universal Pictures.
Based on Marsai’s concept, the original version of “Little” was written by Tracy Oliver, the screenwriter behind Girls Trip.
Many know Marsai from her role on “Black-ish,” which has gotten rave reviews. Marsai’s portrayal of her character Diane Johnson has been lauded for her comedic timing and effortless expressions.
She says she knew she wanted to act when she was a toddler. “At a very young age, when I was a baby, I used to mimic all of these movies, like ‘Dreamgirls’ and ‘Ray,’ the type of movies you wouldn’t think a little kid would know. But my parents thought I was great,” Marsai tells the L.A. Times.
“Little” is in post-production and may see the light of day in U.S. theaters in November 2019.
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if you’re looking to get some screentime in a major TV series, NBC’s “Good Girls” is looking to hire some “store employee-types” for an upcoming scene.
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If you have an older loved one in your life, whether it be your mother, grandfather or another relative, serious health conditions can severely limit your relationship with them. One of the issues is neuroinflammation, which is a complex process involving numerous ailments, including depression, obesity, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and more.
To better understand these illnesses, Georgia State University is announcing the Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, a research center focused on studying inflammation in the brain and its effects.
The center’s founding director will be Javier Stern, who joined GSU in 2017 as a leading expert in neuroinflammation.
“Under Stern’s leadership, the Center will unite faculty in areas of existing research strengths, including neuroscience, immunology, cardiovascular health and obesity,” James Weyhenmeyer, vice president for research and economic development at Georgia State, said in a press release. “In doing so, we have the potential to improve scientific understanding of critical disorders and how they develop.”
A priority for the center will be turning lab discoveries into clinical tools, GSU said.
“The translational approach is important because we’re tackling some very important questions related to diseases that are strongly prevalent not only in the state of Georgia but across the country,” Stern said.
For more information, visit the new research center online.
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After a dominating first half, the Georgia Bulldogs came up short against the Alabama Crimson Tide 26-23 on Monday night in the College National Championship game held in Merc-Benz Stadium.
The teams seemed to be evenly matched heading into the contest, but Georgia — in the early going — made a lot of the little plays that teams fail to do against Bama, which led to a 13-0 lead at halftime.
Bama simply made more plays than UGA in the end. But, as with any loss, there are some burning questions that deserve further contemplation.
Where was Sony Michel in the fourth quarter? Michel had torched the Tide in the first half and again in the third quarter, only to be left on the bench in the final stanza and overtime. Why?
Did Georgia adjust its gameplan for Tagovailoa? The Dawgs beautifully nullified Tide QB Jalen Hurts after the two-year starter was shut out in the first half. In the second half, Bama went with Tua Tagovailoa, a true freshman from Hawaii. He is powerfully built like Hurts, but has a bullet for an arm. Most freshmen are adequately confused with zoned coverages, the Dawgs played a lot of man to man against him. Why?
Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after the game they had looked at tape on Tagovailoa and felt that he would be in the game at some point. “We told everybody at halftime that there was no question they were going to him, because they were struggling. They needed some momentum.” Yet, it seemed like the Dawgs defense didn’t know how to rattle the youngster.
In the end, Jake Fromm, the Dawgs’ true freshman who played beyond his years all season, was upstaged by Tagovailoa, another true frosh, who finished the game completing 14 of 24 throws for 166 yards and three touchdowns and a national title.
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Alonzo Herndon, born into slavery in 1858 in rustic Walton County, Georgia, had a dream while many African-Americans were still living a nightmare. A mulatto born of a white man, Frank Herndon, who never acknowledged him, and black slave named Sophenie, Herndon set out after Emancipation to make something of himself.
Many blacks, happy to be free but befuddled about its ramifications, took to staying on their former masters’ properties as hired help since they didn’t know much about business. Herndon tried his hand as a laborer and peddler before moving to Senoia to learn barbering.
His barbering business grew quickly, making Herndon a small fortune. He would soon move to Atlanta, helming three barbershops and counting among his customers many of the city’s elite.
He then turned his attention to real estate and banking, investing in Atlanta’s black community. AS one of America’s first black millionaires, Herndon founded the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company.
In October 2017, the Georgia Historical Society unveiled a new historical marker as part of the Georgia Civil Rights Trail.
Those on hand for the dedication included ince Dooley, Chairman of the Georgia Historical Society Board of Curators; Dr. Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University; Lonnie C. King, Jr., Atlanta Student Movement veteran; Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Councilman, District 2; Dr. Sarah Cook, Honors College, Georgia State University; and Dr. W. Todd Groce, President and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society.
“The epicenter of the civil rights movement was situated in Georgia,” Dr. W. Todd Groce, President and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society, said, according to a press release. “So it’s appropriate that the Georgia Historical society has created the Georgia Civil Rights Trail as a way to encourage the public to learn more about the vital role that our state and its people played in securing full citizenship for African Americans. It’s a legacy we all share as Georgians. For anytime that one group gains its civil liberties, we all are that much more free.”
“The recognition of this great man is long overdue,” said Lonnie King. “Alonzo Herndon succeeded against all odds and to see him honored by the Georgia Historical Society and the leadership of of Georgia State University is very fitting.”
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The Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama face off Monday night in the College Football Playoff Championship game in downtown Atlanta. The game pits the No. 1 and No. 3 teams, both from the SEC, for all the marbles.
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Date: Monday, Jan. 8
Location: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
The game will be broadcast on ESPN, but can be streamed at WatchESPN.
It's been 38 years since @FootballUGA won a national championship. Will the Dawgs be crowned champions tomorrow?#GoDawgs || #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/jAZSCmkSBJ
— College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) January 7, 2018
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As if the College Football Playoff Championships couldn’t get any more surreal, at the press conference for the title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Alabama Coach Nick Saban talked music.
Bama faces Georgia for all the marbles on Monday night in downtown ATL, but that didn’t stop the West Virginia native from getting into other things besides the gridiron when asked by reporters.
Saban made it clear that he’s an old-school coach who reps the music of yesteryear, which he clearly believes was a special time in pop culture.
Nick Saban on the music that moves his soul. pic.twitter.com/qvow5BitZY
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) January 6, 2018
Here’s what the coach said: “I have four favorites on a DVD in my car, all right? Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and Elton John. Now, for all you young’ns — see, one good things about my age is we grew up in a pop culture that no one else will ever have the opportunity to live through, from Elvis Presley all the way through hard rock, Motown, all the way through, soft rock, all that. So I lived all that, so I enjoy all that. And even though my son is 31 years old, he plays guitar. He plays all the stuff (from) when I was going to college. So that’s just proof in the pudding to me that they don’t make them like they used to.”
Fans in Alabama know how much of a fan Saban is of old-school music. In December, a local radio station debuted called Nick 97.5, a homage to the Alabama football coach.
“He is a big fan of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac and a lot of artists from the ’70s and ’80s,” David DuBose, market president and chief revenue officer for Townsquare Media, told AL.com. “We thought this was a great way to honor Coach.”
Saban’s penchant for soft rock probably means he won’t be enjoying the free Kendrick Lamar concert Monday night a few blocks away from the Merc-Benz Stadium.
To show that we’re good sports, here’s a little something more Saban’s speed.
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It wasn’t pretty, it was beautiful. The Atlanta Falcons put together another solid defensive effort down the stretch, this time to beat the Los Angeles Rams on their home turf for a 26-13 victory.
The crucial playoff victory, catapults the Falcons deeper into the playoffs and puts the rest of the NFC on notice: The Dirty Birds are back.
Quarterback Matt Ryan turned in a workman-like day while defensive stars such as Deion Jones and Desmond Trufant shut down the Rams’ high-flying running and passing attack. While the ground was giving way underneath neither team could get much going early in the game.
Hey ATL! @RockoRocky & @Takk have a message for you!#InBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/HftfBybLsE
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) January 7, 2018
But the Falcons’ first big break came midway through the first quarter when the Rams muffed a punt and the Falcons recoverd. The mistake would lead to a 3-0 lead, the first of four field goals by veteran Falcon Matt Bryant.
Matty Ice’s 218 yards was not much by his standards, but he did a great job of getting the ball to Julio Jones (nine catches for 94 yards).
We’re not here just to get here,” quarterback Matt Ryan told reporters after the game. “We want to make noise while we’re here.”
Hello, WorlAtlanta Falcons NFC Championship Gear!
With less than 11 minutes to play and the Falcons holding on to a precarious 19-13 lead, a short screen pass to Mohammed Sanu rumbled for 51 yards, setting up the Falcons’ last field goal and making the score unsurmountable for the Rams.
#MattyIce❄️ throws a RAINBOW to Julio Jones!!!#InBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/MginclPOVI
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) January 7, 2018
it’s official that the rest of the NFL does not want to see these Falcons in January, especially this defense, which is suffocating when it needs to be and impenatrable when it has to be.
“Our defense has played really well this season, particularly in the last six to eight weeks. For our defense to do that against the Rams was special,” Ryan was quoted as saying.
Now, the Philadelphia Eagles are next on the docket.
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The ladies of Delta Sigma Theta are celebrating 106 years of changing the lives of young women by throwing their Founders Weekend brunch soiree in Atlanta.
The Deltas’ Founders Weekend Brunch will take place Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Suite Lounge on Lucky Street in downtown Atlanta.
The Deltas were founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University in Washington D.C.
SATURDAY 1/12 @SuiteLoungeATL
10a – 5p | 375 Luckie St. Atlanta, GA
Reservations » www.getbrunchatl.com
or Call 404-577-2500
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A downtrodden East Atlanta apartment complex is about to be transformed, courtesy of an $18-million renovation, AtlantaFi has learned.
The Edgewood Apartments, located at 1572 Hardee St. SE, is being spruced up as part of a city of Atlanta plan to retain affordable housing. The renovation work will be done by Jonathan Rose Companies, in tandem with Columbia Residential, according to Curbed Atlanta.
Atlanta leaders, including former Mayor Kasim Reed, have long stressed that affordable housing would be the linchpin to a successful and thriving city. But wholesale changes to the city’s landscape, such as the Beltline and the torrid pace of commercial redevelopment, has boosted rents across the region.
While there is no firm word on when construction will start, work is expected to be done well into 2019.