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Director from Detroit Makes Movie Debut with “One of Them Days”

Your roommate’s boyfriend living rent-free in your apartment is one thing. That same boyfriend stealing your rent money the day it’s due to create...

From West Coast to the Great Lakes State

After WDIV-TV's Devin Scillian does his last newscast this Friday, Dec. 13, Ty Steele, who has been appearing on Local 4 for a few...

An Exit Interview With Devin Scillian

It’s been almost 30 years since Local 4’s Devin Scillian exited Oklahoma City where he was a news anchor at an NBC affiliate to...

Geeking Out: Paul Feig Discusses his Career and Ties to Michigan

The name Paul Feig may not ring a bell with most people, but the producer/director/writer from Mount Clemens has been working steadily in Hollywood...

An Interview with Tim Robinson

Editor's note: When Hour Detroit published its interview with comedian Tim Robinson in our September issue, he told us when we chatted in a...

Recent WDIV Retirees Discuss The Future

Sometimes it's beneficial — even necessary — to rely on your “second family” at work. Bernie Smilovitz knows.WDIV’s nighttime sports anchor for nearly 40...

Culture Convo: Back to the Movies, or What’s Left of Them

I love skipping work to go to the movies — ditching responsibility, grabbing some brunch on a weekday when the crowds are slim at...

Documenting Detroit’s City of Chefs

Keith Famie is really putting this 84-year-old man through his paces. It’s like an acuity test for seniors.When the gentleman begins to answer one...

50 Years of Film

A half-century ago, Elliot Wilhelm, then the news director at radio station WCHD, had for some time pestered the Detroit Institute of Arts about...

Made in Michigan: CNN’s Ryan Kadro

Today, his name is attached to six Emmys. But when Ryan Kadro graduated from Seaholm High School in 1993, he had no aspirations to...

Independent Filmmaker Roger Corman Dies at 98

American film director Roger Corman died surrounded by family in his Santa Monica home on Thursday, May 9, according to a statement posted on...

HGTV’s Cristy Lee Opens a Design Studio in Metro Detroit

Cristy Lee may be known best for her television career — but recently, she added “metro Detroit business owner” to her resume. MotorCity Built,...

New Series with Diarra Kilpatrick and John Salley Premieres Thursday, March 21

Have you ever been ghosted? It's okay; most of us have (unless you're the one always doing the ghosting). But have you gone so...

This Upcoming Documentary Highlights Detroit’s Chefs

You may have dined at one of Farmington Hills-born Keith Famie’s renowned metro Detroit restaurants in the ’80s or ’90s (Chez Raphael, Les Auteurs,...

Detroit at the Oscars

March 10 marked the 96th Academy Awards. To celebrate, we’re looking back at a handful of metro Detroit and metro Detroiter appearances at the...

Assembled in Hollywood: Producer Roger Corman

For Roger Corman, it was only natural to bring assembly-line practices to Hollywood as he became king of the B pictures. By 1954, when...

Cristy Lee Returns to HGTV Amid Health Battle

Cristy Lee, a former Detroiter and home renovation expert, is returning to HGTV for the first time after being diagnosed with Graves’ disease and...

Emmy Nominees with Michigan Ties

After being postponed for the writers’ and actors’ strikes in September, the 75th annual Emmy Awards will broadcast a three-hour show at 8 p.m....
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6 Christmas Movies with Michigan Connections

Cozy up with hot cocoa – or a cocktail — and stream these flicks at home

Eric Saarinen Returns to Bloomfield Hills

When your last name is Saarinen and your father (Eero) and grandfather (Eliel) were internationally renowned architects who helped usher in the modernist movement,...

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