When Archie Williams was freed last spring after serving almost four decades for crimes he didn't commit, his mind kept returning to the thousands of men he was leaving behind — an untold number facing wrongful convictions and excessive sentences …
Archie Charles Williams spent more than 36 years of his life at Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit until he was exonerated last March.
And it's brass for the win.
Editor's note: As Americans continue to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, we're catching up with some Louisiana actors to find out how the crisis is affecting them, and what they're doing during this unprecedented upheaval in our daily lives.
An hour and a half into director Justin Kurzel's "True History of the Kelly Gang," a lanky Ned Kelly grimaces at his longtime friend Joe Byrne.
Renowned drag personalities Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley are headed to Ruston for Thursday's episode of HBO's "We're Here."
Shawn Buell, a civil engineer from Zachary, will be a contestant on the syndicated quiz show "Jeopardy!" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday on WBRZ, Channel 2.
The next "American Idol" won't be from Louisiana, but the current titleholder, 19-year-old Laine Hardy, of Livingston, will make an appearance on the ABC singing competition's finale Sunday night.
Imagine having chef's table reservations every Saturday as some of New Orleans' most impressive and innovative cuisiniers do their thing. Then imagine they're all women.
Gonzales native Jovin Webb's time as a contestant on "American Idol" ended Sunday night when the 29-year-old singer did not make the singing competition's Top 7.
Former Louisiana death row inmate Corey Williams will be the subject of "Death Row Stories" at 8 p.m. Sunday on HLN.
"Ya'll givin' this Louisiana boy his dream," a joyous Jovin Webb said in a Facebook video on Tuesday.
Editor's note: As Americans continue to stay at home to help flatten the curve on the coronavirus pandemic, we're catching up with some Louisiana actors to find out how the crisis is affecting them, and what they're doing during this unprecedented…
Baton Rouge native Louis Herthum will guest-star on CBS' "FBI: Most Wanted" at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
History repeated itself on "American Idol" Sunday night, as once again a Louisiana singer made the Top 10, this time Baton Rouge's Jovin Webb.
True to their laid-back Louisiana roots, singers Jovin Webb and Faith Becnel invited "American Idol" viewers into their jazzed up garages on last week's episode.
After surviving to the "Battle of the Sixes" episode, Louisiana's Hunter Hayes, aka The Astronaut, made his final orbit around "The Masked Singer" stage on Wednesday night.
At the start of stay-at-home orders, the series on the tip of everyone's tongue was "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness." Netflix's hit true crime/documentary series investigates a zoo owner named Joe Exotic and his rival, Carole Baskin.
As the coronavirus crisis continues, I’ve cycled through genres in waves as a movie catches my attention.
As it moves on to live shows, "American Idol" is Louisiana Strong.
Could JiggAerobics be the next big thing?
Editor's note: As Americans continue to stay at home to help flatten the curve on the coronavirus pandemic, we're catching up with some Louisiana actors to find out how the crisis is affecting them, and what they're doing during this unprecedented…
With uncertainty on the lifting of the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, the new movie release calendar has shifted.
In its 18-year history, the iconic singing competition "American Idol" has switched networks, shuffled judges and shaken up formats.
Editor's note: As Americans continue to stay at home to help flatten the curve on the coronavirus pandemic, we're catching up with some Louisiana actors to find out how the crisis is affecting them, and what they're doing during this unprecedented…
Louisiana "American Idol" winner Laine Hardy's "Ground I Grew Up On" tour will stop at the Texas Club in Baton Rouge on July 10, according to a new schedule released Wednesday morning.
Livingston Parish native and current "American Idol" title holder Laine Hardy will perform his new songs on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Thursday night is ShaqNight on TNT starting tonight.
From classic football moments relived on ESPN to British dramas on PBS, you have another stay-at-home, albeit it holiday, weekend of TV watching in front of you.
"The winner of this battle is Mandy."
Eleven months after winning ABC's "American Idol," Livingston Parish native Laine Hardy will release two new songs and a music video on Friday.
"Vocal gymnastics," as judge Lionel Richie classified it, turned out to be Donaldsonville singer Robert Taylor's downfall on Sunday night's "American Idol," taped in Hawaii in January.
Few have seen Louisiana's wetlands from the bird's-eye view landscape photographer Ben Depp gets when he flies over in his 21-foot, red-white-and-blue paragliding wing.
Louisiana is missing its music, or at least hearing it at local shows, concerts and spring festivals that normally would be taking place were it not for the coronavirus stay-at-home order.
From good comedies to garden DIYs, you have another stay-at-home weekend of TV watching in front of you.
As we continue quarantine protocol (an introductory phrase I never thought I'd write … ever), one of the best ways to pass the time is to have a laugh.
There’s no getting around the tension and worry of the past month. The world is a stressful place, and our daily lives have changed dramatically.
As long as the coronavirus is an ongoing concern preventing public gatherings, Captain Green won’t be playing in-person shows to promote “The Mack.”
Jovin Webb and Faith Becnel: Welcome to the "American Idol" top 20.
First they went to Hollywood, and now they're going to Hawaii.
The owner of a controversial truck stop in Grosse Tete once considered sending his former mascot — Tony the Tiger — to Joe Exotic, a flamboyant zookeeper at the center of Netflix's hit documentary series "Tiger King."
Tony Spell, pastor of Life Tabernacle church in Central, was interviewed on Thursday's episode of "Dr. Phil."
From educational docs to guilty pleasures, you've got another quarantined weekend of TV watching in front of you.
While in quarantine, one way to pass time (and forget about the craziness) is to put on a good movie.
As America continues to fight the coronavirus, Louisiana native and country superstar Tim McGraw will headline "The iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America" from … his living room.
He got his "ultimate redemption."
Emeril's of New Orleans pastry chef Jeremy Fogg walked away with the $10,000 prize from Monday night's episode of "Chopped: Sweets."
The series is a sugary spin-off of Food Network's popular savory-centric series, "Chopped." Thirty-one-year-old Fogg competed but didn't win on the original series in January 2018.
The "Sweets" episode, titled "Desserts on a Dime," challenged the four chefs to create a specified type of dessert in each of three timed rounds, using a bargain basket of off-the-wall ingredient combinations.
In Round 1, with a 30-minute deadline, the chefs were to make a fried dough dessert using sugar wafer cookies, sweet soda baked beans, McIntosh apples and "ants on a log" (celery sections filled with peanut butter and raisins). Total cost for the basket's contents: less than $7.
Fogg tackled a baked bean and sugar wafer fritter with peanut butter mousse.
"Pastry is my forté, it's my arena, it's where I really shine," he told the judge during that round's critique.
On to the frozen deserts round, where in 45 minutes the chefs were instructed to whip up a chilly treat from $9 worth of cheese sauce in a jar; red, white and blue frozen pops; pineapple; and potato chips.
Florida native Fogg fashioned a frozen chocolate mousse bomb with basil-potato chip crunch and pineapple compote.
"Chef, I feel like you made a $9 basket taste like 50 bucks, honestly," judge-host Scott Conant commented, specifically praising the basil-chocolate fusion.
With two contestants eliminated, it was down to the final round between Fogg and Saratoga, Wyoming pastry chef Gabby Sanchez.
The baked delights challenge gave the pair 45 minutes and $4 worth of tomato paste, graham cracker pies, plums and whipped topping.
Fogg's s'mores biscuit with marshmallow Chantilly and graham cracker pie with chocolate ganache put him over the top.
"It's acidic. It's sweet. It kind of has caramelized flavor that goes really nicely with those plums," said judge Samantha Seneviratne, a baker and cookbook author.
"I'm so excited I could just jump in the air," Fogg said after being named the night's champ.
And he did.
Emeril's of New Orleans pastry chef Jeremy Fogg will compete on Food Network's "Chopped: Sweets" at 9 p.m. Monday.
It was a night of triumph and tears for Louisiana's three "American Idol" contestants on Sunday's episode.
Jovin Webb, Robert Taylor III and Faith Becnel will all sing on tonight's episode of ABC's "American Idol," a show spokesman has confirmed.
Even though Sara Collins moved to Tennessee in May 2019, her Louisiana fans are still showing her some love.
In light of Gov. John Bel Edwards' ban on large gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus, plans for John Schneider's annual Bo's Extravaganza, scheduled for April 4-5 in Holden, have been put on hold.