• Taraji P. Henson Move Seeks Atlanta Actors For Spring Wedding Scene

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    “What Men Want,” a new film starring Taraji P. Henson, is casting for male and female actors of all types for specific scenes to be shot in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 30 and Thursday, May 31.

    The new movie, based off the remake of the 2000 movie starring Mel Gibson, begun production this spring and will continue into the summer. In this version , Henson gets to play the protagonist finding out what makes men tick.

    New Taraji P. Henson film ‘What Men Want’ casting in ATL

    The film will partially be shot in the ATL and because of that, casting directors are looking to fill some roles to be filmed across multiple days.  Here’s what they wan

    YOU MUST USE THE SUBJECT LINE!

    WMW!
    SPRING IS HERE and SO IS A WEDDING!
    What a “HILARIOUS (2)days this will be.

    UPCOMING WEDDING!
    This is a SPRING WEDDING,
    Wardrobe: “LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING/ PASTEL ATTIRE.” SPRING/SUMMER LOOKS/COLORS (SEE PHOTOS)
    See photos.

    This is a 2DAY shoot due to continuity.
    WEDNESDAY May 30th and THURSDAY May 31st
    Age: 28 and OVER!
    RATE: $75/8
    Location: DOWNTOWN, ATLANTA, GA

    **If you are an AGENT** or have been sent a BOOKING as an agent. Please do not submit.

    MEN: you may wear separates (pastel colors)
    Blazer, button down, light colored slacks, TIE(optional) or light colored suit.
    You may wear button down/VEST/slacks (no jacket/blazer)

    You will wear one option and bring (2-3)

    This is a 2DAY shoot due to continuity.
    WEDNESDAY May 30th and THURSDAY May 31st

    Email (3) photos in ATTIRE (spring/summer colors)
    That will be worn in the scene. (HOLDING A SIGN WITH THE DATE)

    Name
    Age
    Number
    Ht
    Wt
    Distance to Downtown, Atlanta, GA
    ***
    Sizes
    Ladies:
    Shirt
    Bra/cup
    Skirt
    Dress
    Shoe
    ****
    MEN:
    Shirt
    Sleeve
    Neck
    Pant
    Waist
    Jacket
    Shoe

    Aa=African American
    Subject Line: AA Female Wedding
    Subject Line: AA MALE Wedding

    C= Caucasian
    Subject Line: CF Wedding
    Subject Line: CM Wedding

    A=Asian
    Subject Line: AF Wedding
    Subject Line: AM Wedding

    H=Hispanic
    Subject Line: HF Wedding
    Subject Line: HM Wedding

    L=Latina Latino
    Subject Line: LF Wedding
    Subject Line: LM Wedding

    Subject Line: IndianF Wedding
    Subject Line: IndianM Wedding

    Email: WMW.Mhc@gmail.com

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  • Mother’s Day Happenings In Atlanta: Restaurants, Specials And More

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    If you don’t know what Sunday, May 13, 2018 is, (yes, it’s the Lord’s day) then you’re not living right. It’s Mother’s Day and there are a bunch of things going on, all of them catering to the woman that gave birth to you (or yourself).

    Many families will take the matriarch out on the town, feasting downtown, Midtown in Buckhead and all over. There are a number of specials on tap for Mama as well. Here are some of the best ones we’ve seen.

    Which Restaurant To Take Mom For Mother’s Day In Atlanta

    Mom can enjoy the Midtown Atlanta skyline while partaking in a brunch buffet at 5Church Atlanta from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The menu will include Champagne deviled eggs; coffee-rubbed prime rib; honey-glazed spiral ham; Belgian waffles with maple syrup; shrimp and grits with roasted red peppers, pork belly and tomato gravy; blackened salmon; and pecan-smoked pork shoulder eggs Benedict. $40 for adults, $18 for children 12 and under (tax and gratuity not included). A limited dinner menu is offered from 6-10 p.m.

    C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar will be opening its doors early at 10 a.m. and serving a special brunch menu. The eatery will stay open through dinner, serving at 3 p.m. Some faves will be the Maine Lobster Cocktail, Steamed Sea Bass, Snapper Picatta and more. Paired with a delicious, new spring cocktail, C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar has everything Mom needs this Mother’s Day! Reservations can be made on Opentable.

    Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar will host a special pop-up Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Offerings include deviled eggs, bourbon-cured salmon, peaches and cream French toast, pan-seared Gulf grouper and wood-grilled steak and eggs.

    Livingston Restaurant + Bar in The Georgian Terrace will have a lavish display for their Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. featuring a  breads and pastries, omelet and carving stations, a cold buffet with fruits and salads, a hot buffet, a children’s buffet and a dessert station. $38 for adults, $15 for children ages 6 to 12 (complimentary for children ages 5 and under). Additionally, The Grand Ballroom also is open for Sunday brunch. Complimentary three-hour parking.

    In North Fulton, take mom to Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails for a three-course, seed-to-fork prix fixe dinner priced at $40 per person. From 4 to 9 p.m., the menu will have such faves as pickled Royal Red shrimp toast, Southern fried chicken breast, grilled wagyu sirloin and blueberry-lavender panna cotta.

     Ray’s in the City will give patrons a taste of the sea right in downtown ATL. Treat mom to such items as seafood-stuffed lemon sole and braised short rib pot pie from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. $45.95 for adults; $22.95 for children ages 5 to 10.

     The Big Ketch Canton Street will serve up Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. for $34.95 (adults) and $19.95 for kids 12 and under. Mom will get to choose between the blue crab mac & cheese, New Orleans jambalaya, two carving stations and more will wow mom. Regular dinner will be served alongside chef specialties from 4-9 p.m.

     Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours will treat Mama like a queen this Sunday. She’ll have her pick of inspired seasonal dishes alongside sweets and carving stations while you sip a French 75. Reservations are highly recommended; $50 for adults, Children 13 -17  are $30, Children 7 to 12 are $12 and children, 6 and under eat free.

    TL Taco, the new Lenox Square taqueria will offer Mommy a brunch menu from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. — enough time to do some shopping afterward!

    Wait, there’s more ATL deals for Mom

    If you have a sporty mom, take her to downtown because she’ll get free admission on Sunday, at the College Football Hall of Fame, 250 Marietta St. NW. There’s a Moms and Mimosas deal that will give each mama a complimentary massage, manicure and mimosa.

    It’s a jungle out there. That’s why moms will get in free at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday with the purchase of any regularly-priced child or adult general admission ticket.

    Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: TJohnson@AtlantaFi.com. See what’s poppin’ in the ATL! Subscribe to our  news alerts here, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

     

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  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in Red Notice

    Now Casting ‘Handsome’ Men In Atlanta: The Rock’s ‘Jungle Cruise’

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    Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” starring Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson is casting in Atlanta in anticipation of filming in middle to late May 2019.

    The film is based on Disneyland’s theme park ride, where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles. In addition to the Rock the cast features Emily Blunt and Jack Whitehall.

    Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ movie is looking for actors in Atlanta

    Casting for a New Feature Film “ELIXIR” (working title)’

    Please READ CAREFULLY- especially the photos that are requested.

    “ELIXIR” (working title)

     

    We need  SEXY , HANDSOME MEN to be FEATURED in a scene!

    THIS IS FOR PROFESSIONAL MODEL MEN $$

    – Age 20 to 40

    – ANY ethnicity!

    – Clean cut handsome, MODEL MEN

    – JACKET SIZE RANGE 40 to 42

    – HEIGHT RANGE: 5’10 to 6’2″

    ——————————————————–

    – Working THURS 5/16

    – Fitting on Fitting  FRI 5/10 or TUES 5/14

    Fitting and filming in ATLANTA, GA

    Pay rates: $300 for 8 hrs with OT after that

    Fitting pay is $75

    ———————————————————-

    SUBMIT TO: projects1@tscasting.com

    SUBJECT LINE:  MALE MODEL

    ———————————————————-

    PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOTS / ZED CARDS ALSO:

    Please send good CURRENT face photos: 1 from the chest up, and 1 full length photo from the knees up. Please send photos in neutral attire.

    AND

    PLEASE INCLUDE:

    FIRST and LAST NAME

    PHONE NUMBER

    EMAIL ADDRESS

    CITY and STATE where you llve (especially if you have an out of state number

    AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, and SIZES (Jacket, collar, sleeve, waist, inseam, shoe)

     

    Atlanta has become a movie mecca in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.

    With more than 700 movie and TV projects just in the last few years, the film industry has generated more than $9 billion for the state of Georgia.
    There are so many movies filmed in Atlanta these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest movie casting calls, celeb sightings and Atlanta happenings delivered to your inbox.

    Want to work in Georgia film & TV? Here are the latest Atlanta casting calls

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  • Meet Author Lauren Groff At Atlanta Book Signing

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    Celebrated author Lauren Groff is coming to the ATL! Groff, a New York Times bestselling author of “Fates and Furies” is back with a new title.

    She will promote her new book “Florida” at a ticketed event Friday, June 8, 218 in the city. Things get started at 7 p.m.

    Come Hang Out With Author Lauren Groff In Atlanta

    “Florida” will be an array of stories about the author’s home state. She will treat a live audience at the lovely Midtown Atlanta theater, SCADshow. A book signing of a first edition copy of “Florida” will follow.

    A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.

    ABOUT THE BOOK

    In her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms, snakes, and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human, emotional, and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character — a steely and conflicted wife and mother.

    The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida — its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind — becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury — the moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.

    A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.

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  • Mike Epps at State Farm Arena in Atlanta

    Comedian Mike Epps To Visit A Cappella Books In Atlanta

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    Comedian and actor Mike Epps will be in Atlanta this weekend to promote his new book, visiting local store A Cappella Books, AtlantaFi has learned. Epps will sign his book “Unsuccessful Thug” and take photos and greet fans from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the book store located at  208 Haralson Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30307.

    Come hang out with comedian Mike Epps in Atlanta

    . There will also be a Platinum Comedy Tour giveaway. One fan will receive TWO FREE TICKETS to the tour, featuring Epps, DeRay Davis & Tony Rock.

    You must purchase the book from A Cappella Books to enter the signing line as well as enter the giveaway.

    About the Book

    From Naptown to Tinseltown—legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.

    Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo—before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard Pryor in a biopic—there was Indianapolis. And not the good part. Mike Epps is one of America’s favorite and funniest people, but the path to fame was paved with opportunities to mess it up. And mess it up he did.

    Growing up in “Naptown”—what people who live there really call rough-around-the-edges Indianapolis—Epps found himself forced to hustle from an early age. Despite his mother’s best efforts, and the love of his well-behaved brother, “Chaney,” and his beloved sister, Julie, Epps was drawn to a life of crime, but as he quickly discovered, stealing and dealing didn’t really fit his sweet sensibilities. Not to mention he wasn’t very good at it—take, for example, the day he had to call the cops on himself when a dog wouldn’t let him leave a house he was burgling. After several arrests and more than a few months in jail, Epps finally realized that he was an unsuccessful thug, and instead turned to the next most obvious career path: stand-up comedy.

    Heading first to New York, then all over the country, and finally to Hollywood, Mike Epps carved out a unique place in American comedy, combining hysterical tales of his family and friends with a mordant take on life in the Naptowns of America. Comedy saved Mike Epps, and here he reveals exactly how he finally grew up and got out, barely. And when describing how he survived when so many of his friends didn’t, Epps makes clear what he’s thankful for and sorry about. Unsuccessful Thug is about growing up black in America, facing down racism in Hollywood, and ultimately how it feels to fail at thugdom, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and end up selling out arenas and starring in movies across the country.

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  • Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Paperback Tour Comes to Atlanta’s Carter Center

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    Jesmyn Ward comes to Atlanta’s Carter Center this week as part of her Paperback Tour. The novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University has won many accolates, including the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and a 2012 Alex Award.

    She will be at the Carter Center on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The event starts at 7 and ends at 9 p.m. Get tickets here.

    Ward’s tour is in support of her newest book, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” published by Simon & Schuster. The book is about Jojo, 13-year-old is trying to become a man.

    Jesmyn Ward comes to Atlanta’s Carter Center

    From the website: “He doesn’t lack in fathers to study, chief among them his Black grandfather, Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won’t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager.”

    In August 2016, Simon & Schuster released the Ward-edited The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race,

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  • BBQ Commercial Casting Call for Models In Atlanta

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    If you’re a carnivore with model looks, casting directors are looking for you this weekend. Models are being cast to film an outdoor barbecue commercial on Friday, May 11th in Atlanta.

    Producers are looking for both males & females models, singles & couples ages 25-50, open ethnicity. If you’ve never modeled before this one might not be for you though. They’re seeking people with modeling or at least  background experience.

    Atlanta barbecue commercial seeks models

    Here are the details from the casting call. Any models chosen for this opportunity will be expected to eat on camera.

    Works: Friday, May 11
    Rate: 100/8
    Location: Atlanta, GA

    Casting Requirements:
    – You will potentially be eating burgers on camera, so you must enjoy meat (sorry vegan and vegetarian friends!!)
    – singles please send a professional headshot and 2 full length photos
    – couples please each send a headshot and photos together
    – please list if you’ve been in anymore BBQ commercials

    To Submit: Please send your name, phone number, age, height ,weight & modeling/bg experience along with your 3 photos to submissions@catrettcasting.com

    Subject for Couples: CHEESEBURGERS IN PARADISE
    Subject for Singles: MEDIUM RARE WITH AN ONION SLICE

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  • Beyonce concert in Atlanta

    ICON: A Celebration Of Beyonce + Destiny’s Child

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    Beyonce has some of the hardest stans in music. Called the Beyhive, they sting like nobody’s business when people criticize the Queen Bey. But will they come out and dance for her?

    Atlanta is the spot for a celebration of Bey and her former group. “ICON: A Celebration of Beyonce + Destiny’s Child is planned for Saturday, May 12 at The Deep End. The party, which will rock from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., is hosted by The Deep End, Barry Brandon and WUSSY MAG.

    Attendees can expect performances from LaRico, Brigitte Bidet, Michael Robinson,  Melissa Coffey, Diego Serna, JJ, Molly Rimswell, Phae Monae and more.

    Doors at 10pm
    Showtime after Midnite
    First Come, First Serve Complimentary Parking (90+ spots available)
    Arrive early to secure your spot!
    $10 pre-sale

    The Deep End is located at 621 North Ave. Atlanta, GA. 30308.

    Speaking of Bey and the gang, they recently performed at Coachella 2018. Here are the highlights.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwB9lN_3_oE

     

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  • Gypsy Kitchen patio in Atlanta

    Shots And Headshots At Gypsy Kitchen In Buckhead

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    If you want to go to a happening restaurant and get some excellent photographs taken of yourself, Buckhead will be the place this week.

    Join JCI Atlanta at Gypsy Kitchen for their annual Shots & Headshots event on Thursday, May 10 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

    Thursday, May 10: Shots And Headshots At Gypsy Kitchen

    . Network with Atlanta’s premier networking groups at one of the hottest venues in Atlanta. In addition to the Happy Hour, attendee’s also receive complimentary headshots on the rooftop patio taken by a professional photographer. Don’t miss this chance to network with Atlanta’s young leaders and also get a replacement for that outdated LinkedIn picture you have!

    Gypsy Kitchen draws inspiration from the culinary riches of Spain – infused with Moroccan traditions from across the Gibraltar and Indian influences that traveled West along the same seas. Centuries of interplay between these food traditions and lands inspire their Iberian fusion plates.

    Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: TJohnson@AtlantaFi.com. See what’s poppin’ in the ATL! Subscribe to our  news alerts here, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

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  • Hayley Kiyoko – Expectations Tour Comes To Buckhead

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    Hayley Kiyoko is coming to Atlanta this week to perform at the Buckhead Theatre. The former child actor who appeared in Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel, will bring her pop music to Atlanta on Friday, May 11.

    Hayley Kiyoko Comes To Buckhead Theatre

    Kiyoko, who used to sing in the music group The Stunners, struck out on her own after the group disbanded in 2011. In the following years, Kiyoko stayed busy by performing in three solo extended plays: A Belle to Remember (2013), This Side of Paradise (2015), and Citrine(2016).

    She blew up on the strength of her single “Girls Like Girls”, where she self-directed the video and sang of her love for girls. All grown up now, she told The Guardian “If I had to write that song again, I probably would make an edit on it.”

    Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: TJohnson@AtlantaFi.com. See what’s poppin’ in the ATL! Subscribe to our  news alerts here, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

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