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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana will be the sponsor of New Orleans's bike share program when it returns to the streets. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana was the original sponsor of the Blue Bikes program that started in 2017 by Lime, the former program operator. Lime ended bike share in New Orleans in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This ended Blue Cross's original sponsorship commitment, and Blue Cross then...

When I took my first plane flight to London, Paris, and Rome in 2016, I took my Martin Backpacker guitar, which I had gotten from late Advocate Contributing Journalist Mark Hunter, on board. I'd never had a beer on a flight before, so I figured that I would relax for the long trip. They didn't have a "Dixie," or whatever it will be called now, for this native Yat, so I settled for a Michelob! It was neat that Maryanne, a...

Writer/director Chloe Zhao's Nomadland is getting a lot of Oscar buzz. It may not be my pick for the best of 2020, but it is a strong effort that's worth a look from moviegoers. Frances McDormand plays Fern, a widow who lost everything during the Great Recession. She starts living out of her van and traveling from odd job to odd job across the country. Along the way, she meets and befriends other people living like...

Fans of NCIS: New Orleans received the earth-shattering news that their action crime drama of choice was getting canceled. Season seven of the drama began in November, and now the season finale will be the series finale. It's still early to eulogize—NCIS: New Orleans will continue airing until May 16th—but we'd like to take this chance to, ahem, investigate the show. A quick debrief: NCIS: New Orleans premiered in...