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08/08/22

Black-Owned Chocolate Brand Wins Fans With Margarita, Truffle Flavors

Phillip Ashley Rix started out by selling his chocolates from the trunk of his four-door sedan. Now he’s got a partnership with one of the most legendary names in automotive history: In June, Rix was named the exclusive chocolatier of Cadillac. The Phillip Ashley brand, based in Memphis, has built its success on unorthodox flavor…

08/08/22

Memphis author Mark Greaney talks about massive Netflix movie

When “The Gray Man” — based on a book by Memphis novelist Mark Greaney — made its screen and streaming debut last month, it earned one of Netflix’s top five launch weeks. The Netflix film stars Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans and, with more than 88.5 million viewing hours over its first three days, it remained…

08/01/22

Reinventing Memphis

October 5, 2021 is a day Brett Batterson will never forget. That’s when Come From Away opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Memphis, marking the return to live performance after 18 months of pandemic shutdown. “That opening night is one of the greatest nights I’ve ever experienced in my career,” says Batterson, the Orpheum’s president and…

07/29/22

Black theater in Memphis plans tuition-free school

A Black repertory theater in Memphis says it plans to open a tuition-free school for at-risk students and other groups in a historic church that will be renovated after falling into disrepair. Hattiloo Theatre said the new program is expected to begin in late 2023. Students will be accepted based on auditions, and two-thirds of…

07/26/22

New festival targets aspiring, established filmmakers

After going to film festivals for more than a decade, Memphis-based filmmaker Chassidy Jade Woods has now created one of her own, and her goal is to bolster the number of Black and brown creatives in the entertainment ranks. Enter Woods’ Crown Me Royal Film Festival, which takes place Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July…

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