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A portrait of a blonde woman with Dolly Parton

Arts & Culture

A Natchitoches local shares behind-the-scenes details about the iconic film—and the star’s Southern snack of choice

Reba McEntire being carried on a throne

Music

A full 85 percent of the chosen contestants—and don’t forget judge Reba!—are Southern…and Michael Bublé cannot stop practicing a dramatic Southern accent

A portrait of a man against a black background

Arts & Culture

With Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage set to premiere tonight, we caught up with the Cooper family’s lovable breakout star

A man holds a fish in a marsh setting

The Wild South

From redfish to wild hog, the avid hunter and fisherman’s new series showcases game-cooking outdoors and the region’s bounty

A black and white portrait of Eudora Welty

Arts & Culture

Eudora, a documentary premiering this month at the Mississippi Book Festival, reveals the fierce, fun-loving side of the literary icon

Two men crouch by a tree

Arts & Culture

A new documentary showcases how Andy Sarjahani melds his Ozark roots and Iranian heritage to create powerful films

A lounge with a green velvet sofa and a mural

Travel

Opened last month south of Atlanta, it’s a bucket-list stay for Southern film buffs

Forrest Gump sits on a bench

A G&G QUIZ

Twenty questions to cement your cinephile status

A collage of characters from Forrest Gump

Arts & Culture

Three decades after the release of the film, a collective story of its making reveals Gump still looms large in the lives of the stars and the locals who helped turn a movie no one wanted into an Oscar-winning smash

Arts & Culture

With a surprise appearance by Maya, the father-daughter team delved into their lifelong fascination with the Georgia literary icon and iconoclast

A man paints Mr. Kermit the Frog.

Arts & Culture

May’s standout series and movies with Southern ties

Former Bachelorette star Tyler Cameron stands in a landscape with palm trees.

Arts & Culture

April’s standout series and movies with Southern ties

A still from Steel Magnolias of two women holding hands

Travel

The film—and its Southern setting—mark thirty-five years of laughter through tears

A woman with sunglasses smiles and sits by a pool

Arts & Culture

March’s standout series and movies with Southern ties

A group of teens look up at the sky

Arts & Culture

Visitors still travel to the little West Virginia town that inspired the film and the book, Rocket Boys

Actors as Priscilla and Elvis Presley by a wedding cake

Arts & Culture

February’s standout series and movies with Southern ties

Three photos, one showing June Carter Cash, one showing Sofia Vergara as Griselda Blanco, and one showing Willie Nelson

Arts & Culture

January’s standout series and movies with Southern ties

A woman with her hand under her chin

Arts & Culture

There’s no role the Florida native can’t make her own

A boy stands on a rock in a forest

Arts & Culture

December’s standout series and movies with Southern ties