Crossover Friday

March 6 — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s longtime CEO Donna Hyland announced her retirement, with Dr. Patrick Frias, co-president and CEO of Rady Children’s Health in Southern California, named as her successor. Hyland oversaw the system’s growth from the merger of Scottish Rite and Egleston to the recent opening of the Arthur M. Blank Hospital in Brookhaven.

☔ The spring temperatures continue with a high of 82° today, with potential showers this evening.  

🗓️ Today is Crossover Day under the Gold Dome, when lawmakers race to get bills out of their originating chambers before they die.

  • Closely watched legislation includes tax reform, data center growth, housing policy, and environmental regulation.
  • The House unanimously passed a bill that gives taxpayers a one-time rebate of $250 for single filers, $500 for joint filers, and $375 for heads of households.
  • A bill that would allow women to get birth control directly from pharmacies cleared the Georgia House.

🗳️ An anti-Muslim campaign video by Sen. Greg Dolezal drew bipartisan condemnation and prompted Democrat Sen. Nabilah Parkes to drop her bid for insurance commissioner to join the lieutenant governor race.

👋 Democratic State Sen. Elena Parent announced yesterday that she will not seek re-election after serving in both chambers for 15 years. 

🏗️ The Norcross City Council approved the transfer of $5 million for the construction of the new public safety building.

🚒 The Sandy Springs Fire Corps is looking for community members to serve in vital, non-firefighting roles. 

ELSEWHERE

🗣️ President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following bipartisan criticism of her handling of the department. He said hewill nominate Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to succeed her.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 Here are some headlines from the war in Iran:

🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:

• Cosm tickets on sale

• Film Review: ‘The Bride”

• Young Bae’s new memoir

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• Top Stories of the Week 

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1. Tickets on sale for first events at immersive venue Cosm Atlanta

🔆 Immersive entertainment venue Cosm will open at Centennial Yards on June 10 with Game 4 of the NBA Finals as its first public event.

Adjacent to State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the third Cosm location follows the company’s first two venues in Los Angeles and Dallas.

Tickets are on sale now for Cosm Atlanta’s initial slate of programming, which includes live sporting events and “Shared Reality” productions of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Matrix,” and Cirque du Soleil’s “O.”

🎟️ Get more information and see the programming here.  

Don’t miss THE event of the spring – Move For Grady!

SPONSORED BY GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION

🏃 It’s time to register for Move For Grady on April 25, Atlanta’s best ride/run/walk event supporting Grady! Choose one of three fully supported cycling routes or 5K or 10K run/walk courses that will show you Atlanta from a new point of view. Then stay to celebrate with great food, drinks and music at Georgia State’s Center Parc Stadium.

❤️ Move For Grady raises funds to support Grady’s mission to build a healthier Atlanta. Register today, start training and join the party on April 25!

Photo by Niko Tavernise

2. ‘The Bride!’ is a convoluted, hollow exploration of violence against women

WEEKLY FILM REVIEW | BY SAMMIE PURCELL

🎞️ There are moments in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” that feel like they’re trying to get at something revelatory about the female condition. For the most part, unfortunately, the film is much like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster – haphazardly stitched together.

“The Bride!,” inspired by the 1935 film “Bride of Frankenstein” and, by extension, Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein,” feels a bit like 2019’s “Joker” – but this time, for girls! Not only does the world Gyllenhaal has built feel like Gotham, but the film also makes similar thematic choices and mistakes – namely, throwing a bunch of ideas at the wall without sticking to any of them. 

“The Bride!” begins with a deceased Shelley (Jessie Buckley) telling the audience she has another story yet inside of her. And this time, it’s a love story. Shelley’s spirit then shoots over to 1930s Chicago and possesses the body of Ida (also played by Buckley), a gangster’s moll type who quickly dies by way of tumbling down a staircase. Meanwhile, Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) – or Frank, as he calls himself – has found a new mad scientist in Dr. Euphronius (Annette Bening) and wants her to help him create a companion. 

🎥 Click here to read Sammie’s review.

MORE MOVIES

🦫 Also check out Sammie’s review of the endearingly quirky new Pixar film “Hoppers,” which follows a young woman mind-controlling a robotic beaver to help endangered animals save their habitat from destruction. 

😱 Thirteen SCAD students received credits on the new “Scream” movie, which was filmed in part at SCAD Film Studios. 

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3. Brandon Deyette co-authors memoir ‘Young is Blessed’ with tattoo artist Young Bae

📖 Brandon Deyette is set to host a signing for his new book “Young is Blessed,” which he co-authored with tattoo artist and reality star Young Bae, at A Capella Books on March 8.

Deyette helped Young Bae, who stars on the VH1 show “Black Ink Crew: New York” and owns Diamond Tattoos in New York City, craft the story of her gritty upbringing and rise to celebrity during pandemic-era Zoom calls.

Their sessions ended up becoming a therapy of sorts, as Young worked through feelings she had kept locked away since childhood, and Deyette saw glimpses of his own story in hers.

📚 Read more about the collaboration and book signing event.

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4. Top stories of the week

A look back at this week’s most-read stories from our website. Follow @RoughDraftATL on Instagram for regular updates.

① Avondale Estates receives anonymous $1 million gift ‘thanks to Waffle House’

② Wrong turn leads to chaos in Publix Atlanta Half Marathon women’s race

③ Avondale Estates restaurant Rising Son closing at the end of March

④ Beloved salon dog Archer recovered 20 miles from Dunwoody a month after his disappearance (Pictured)

⑤ MARTA will launch on-demand transit service March 7

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