Since the Potomac version of Real Housewives premiered, the stars of the show have been spotted filming at various places across the county, but in last night’s episode they visited a locally owned and operated self-defense gym in Poolesville.
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This Friday, January 12, will be the final broadcast of “The Donnie Simpson Show” on MAJIC 102.3.
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“The Greatest Night in Pop,” is an upcoming Netflix documentary (available to view on January 29th, trailer below) that revisits the moment when 46 of the biggest names in pop music, led by Michael Jackson, came together for a single night to record a song to raise money for African famine relief. The documentary is directed by Bao Nguyen, who was born and raised in Silver Spring, MD., and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 2001.
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Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, a Montgomery County native and 2011 graduate of Good Counsel in Olney, stars as young Celie in the remake of The Color Purple, which is now out in theaters. The actress held a private screening that was attended by many Good Counsel staff members at Regal in Germantown (video below).
Wisdom Martin joined the FOX 5 News team in 2003. 20 years later, he celebrated his last broadcast with FOX 5 with the network where he has recently been the morning anchor, starting the day at 4 a.m. through 6 a.m. and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Good Day DC (his goodbye video is available below). Martin has not yet disclosed his next chapter. (more…)
As 2023 winds down, we wanted to share with you some of the most-read articles of 2023. This article was originally published on December 2, 2023.
Jeannette Reyes has announced that she will be stepping away from the anchor desk after three years at FOX5.
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Myles Frost graduated from Wootton High School in Rockville in 2017. In December of 2021, he took over the role of Michael Jackson on Broadway’s MJ and in 2022 won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Now, the young man has graduated from Bowie State University with a degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in Music Technology after being on Broadway for a year.
The 24-year-old was born in Silver Spring and spent time growing up between Montgomery County and DC. Per The NY Times, Frost was raised by his mother, Charmayne Strayhorn, a systems engineer, and his grandmother, a school teacher, he developed two enduring passions early in life: golf, beginning at the age of three, and piano, beginning at the age of five. He grew up singing and playing the piano and drums at church, and he performed in an R&B cover band in middle school at local shopping centers. While attending Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, he performed in school productions of the musicals Hairspray (as Seaweed), Legally Blonde (as Warner), and Cinderella (as Lord Pinkleton). In 2017, while still in high school at Wootton, he was a contestant on The Voice but was not selected by any of the coaches to move further in the competition.
WWE wrestler LA Knight will receive a key to the City of Hagerstown, MD the city announced on Wednesday.
Sydney Montgomery, a graduate of Clarksburg High School who has helped over 7,ooo students with the college and law school admissions process, has been listed in this year’s 30 Under 30 in the social impact category.