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02/01/21

Redesigned hotel would rise over Beale’s east end, renderings show

Developers have unveiled new renderings for a six-story hotel occupying an important corner for Memphis: Beale at Fourth. Developer Nick Patel of Knoxville, owner of Turkey Creek Hospitality, submitted the plans for a 145-room hotel at 380 Beale, which is the now-vacant northeast corner with Fourth. No name for the boutique hotel has been chosen,…

02/01/21

Sundance Film Festival to kick off at Memphis satellite site

The Malco Summer Drive In will be one of the host locations for Sundance Film Festival premiering movies over six nights. Filmmakers and film lovers won’t be flocking to Utah this week for the Sundance Film Festival. Instead, some of the films will be coming to Memphis. The in-person festival was canceled this year due…

02/01/21

Two Memphis companies named to Top Workplaces USA in award’s inaugural year

Two Memphis companies have earned 2021 Top Workplaces USA honors, recognizing companies receiving high marks from their employees. Evolve Bank & Trust and Cornerstone Systems received the awards in the national program’s inaugural year. Top Workplaces USA is built on the program’s 14-year history surveying more than 20 million employees across 54 markets — including Memphis — for…

02/01/21

Are you a filmmaker? Memphis is a great place to live & work

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is considered a top city to live and work in as a moviemaker in 2021. “Movie-Maker Magazine” ranked the bluff city as 16th out of 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada. The cities were chosen based on surveys, research on tax incentives, recent productions, and how they are coping with the…

02/01/21

Strickland unveils $200 million in projects to revive the city’s neighborhoods. Here’s where Memphis will spend the money

Memphis will see a lot of moving dirt these next few years. The dirt will move at rebuilt parks, historic schools turned into libraries, and, maybe, razed skyscrapers. During his state of the city speech Thursday evening, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced a $200 million spending plan intended to rehabilitate Memphis’ aged park system, change…

02/01/21

Once More, with Feeling: Justin Timberlake’s Sensitive-Guy Role

Days before the singer performed for Joe Biden’s Inauguration extravaganza, he checked in with Fisher Stevens, his director in the movie “Palmer.” On an evening in mid-January, two friends caught up over Zoom: the actor and director Fisher Stevens, from the set of “Succession,” and the actor and musician Justin Timberlake, from a remote location, in…

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