Montgomery County native Steven Rales won an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film as producer of the film, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Rales was born in Bethesda in 1951. He founded Danaher Corporation in 1984 with his brother Mitchell Rales (part owner of the Washington Commanders and founder of Glenstone), where Steven Rales is chairman of the board.
Natalie Jasmine Harris is a Black, queer filmmaker who is a native of Montgomery County, MD (Silver Spring). Her film, Grace, was selected for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. According to a kickstarter for the finishing funds of the movie, it is described as “A Black Southern Gothic narrative short film set in the 1950s about a young girl named Grace coming into her womanhood and sexuality.”
Kelly Clarkson has been “highlighting folks from across the country who are stepping up in big ways for their local communities and neighbors.” Her show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, continued its search for 2024 Good Neighbor of the Year with Dana Marlowe, founder of I Support The Girls, a Washington D.C. area-based (Wheaton, MD) non-profit that collects and distributes millions of bras and feminine hygiene products for women in need. Marlowe herself is a resident of Montgomery County.
Veteran news anchors Shawn Yancy and Tony Perkins have anchored their first newscast together in six years. The pair will continue to do so all week on News4 at 5pm on NBC4.
Since the Potomac version of Real Housewives premiered, the stars of the show have been spotted filming at various places across the county. In last night’s episode, they visited Clover Boutique at 502 Main Street in Gaithersburg’s Kentlands neighborhood.
Saturday Night Live’s Heidi Gardner will be performing at Montgomery College’s Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville on Friday, March 22. The stand-up comedy show was rescheduled from its original date of Thursday, February 15. (more…)
Bar Rescue stars Jon Taffer, a long-time food and beverage industry consultant specializing in nightclubs, bars and pubs. Taffer offers his professional expertise, renovations and equipment to desperately failing bars in an effort to save them from closing. (more…)
On Saturday, during ABC’s Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour, ABC confirmed that The Golden Bachelorette is official and in the works following the massive success of The Golden Bachelor. Montgomery County’s very own Joan Vassos is in the running to be the star of the show.
Six-time UFC champion Stipe Miocic will be holding a free Meet and Greet event at Sports & Social Maryland at Live! Casino & Hotel (7002 Arundel Mills Cir #7777, Hanover, MD) on Saturday, February 17 from 8:30-9:30pm.