Andrew Italia is a Quince Orchard High School graduate and MoCo resident. When he was in college at the University of Maryland, he was the movie critic for The Maryland Diamondback. During his time as the movie critic, he began making Oscar predictions for all 24 categories. His all-time record is 21 out of 24, but he usually falls in the 18-20 range. Last Week we shared his Top 12 movie list for 2023. For more movies on Twitter/X, see @italia_budo
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.
“The Greatest Night in Pop,” premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 19 and on Netflix ten days later, on Jan. 29. It is directed by Bao Nguyen, who was born and raised in Silver Spring, MD., and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 2001. The movie debuted as the #1 movie on Netflix in its first week out with almost 12 million views.
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.
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.
This Friday, January 12, will be the final broadcast of “The Donnie Simpson Show” on MAJIC 102.3.
“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.
