(CBS Local)– The Midnight Society is back for season two of “Are You Afraid of the Dark” on Nickelodeon. The new season begins on Friday, February 12 and actor Malia Baker is excited for fans to check out all of the crazy things that are about to happen this year. The popular 1990s hit was rebooted in 2019 with a brand new cast and the show tells the story of a group of kids calling themselves the Midnight Society that meets and tells horrifying stories to one another. Their love of horror stories is put to the test when the real world starts to become as spooky as their stories. Baker plays Gabby Lewis and she is excited to have the runway to develop this character. RELATED: 'Clarice' Prepares Tonight On CBS At 10PM: 'The Silence Is Over' “The experience was amazing and it was my first little taste of the horror genre,” said Baker, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “It was such a great opportunity to grow and see the other work I can do. The most surprising thing was that I thought it was going to be scarier on set. I play Gabby who is a smiley, sporty town sweetheart and she is super over this town. On the weekends, she even has a job, so she can pay for college to get away from this town. I found with Gabby that I wanted to make her arc really clear. At the beginning she is very tight and doesn’t really want to have fun. She’s kind of like the mother of the group. She’s very rule-oriented and by the end, she finally lets loose. She’s able to be a kid and have some fun.” Baker loved the opportunity to work with kids her own age after doing a few other shows where she was the youngest person on set. The actor’s father has worked in the film industry for years and she learned a lot from him before her career even began. RELATED: Philip Moeller Shares How The Coronavirus Exposed US Healthcare “I would hear stories about his set and how he climbed his way to almost the top,” said Baker. “It was very inspiring and I’ve been watching movies ...
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Author David Ritz On New Book ‘KG: A-Z’: Kevin Garnett Is A ‘Force Of Nature’
(CBS Local Sports)– Kevin Garnett was one of the most ferocious and dominant players of his generation. The man known as the Big Ticket on the basketball court was an NBA Champion, league MVP and a 15x All-Star. Garnett recently collaborated with author David Ritz on a new book from Simon & Schuster about his life and basketball career called “ KG: A-Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between .” Unlike the typical athlete autobiography, Ritz and Garnett go from topic to topic and the book is broken up into tons of little vignettes by letter as opposed to typical chapters. While Ritz has collaborated with music icons like Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and Janet Jackson, he was fascinated by the many layers of one of the league’s best big men to ever play the game. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: More Than 2M Vaccine Doses Administered To Date “I’m a fan, so this was a joyful experience. He’s really an intelligent man,” said Ritz, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “His intelligence is idiosyncratic. He’s got his own way of thinking and processing ideas. My biggest changeover was not to go with a straight ahead narrative. At the suggestion of our editor, I did it by topic. The challenge becomes can you get a reader hooked on story, even though it’s a truncated story to a degree.” In the book, Garnett provides details on his childhood in South Carolina and Chicago, winning a championship with the Boston Celtics and his takes on things like sneaker culture, Family Guy and Mark Cuban. Ritz wanted to make the reader feel like KG was sitting across the table talking to them. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 274 More Coronavirus Cases, 1 Additional Death “I have such great admiration of him as a storyteller,” said Ritz. “This guy is a force of nature. If you’re in a room with him and he’s telling a story, you ain’t going anywhere. He’s extravagantly charismatic. His ...
Bretman Rock On ‘MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock’: ‘When I First Started, The Word Influencer Wasn’t Even A Thing’
(CBS Local)– Bretman Rock has been creating content since he was an eight-year-old kid messing around with is mother’s phone. Today, Rock is one of the biggest influencers in the world and has over 5 million followers on Twitter and over 15 million followers on Instagram. The social media phenom and beauty influencer is the subject of a new series called “MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock.” MORE FROM CBS: RELATED: Cress Williams Promises The Final Season Of 'Black Lightning' Will Take Fans On A Ride Kale Culley On The CW’s ‘Walker’: ‘They Told Us Not To Watch The Original Walker, Texas Ranger’ Lorraine Toussaint On CBS’ ‘The Equalizer: ‘I’ve Always Admired Queen Latifah’ The six episode series began this week and will air every Tuesday on MTV’s social platforms for the next several weeks. Rock will take people behind the scenes of his life as an influencer, living on a small Hawaiian island and his new business ventures. Rock hopes the series will provide his fans with a more extensive look at who he is as a person and influencer. “It was interesting because I didn’t think I’d be filming a reality show during the middle of a pandemic,” said Rock, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “It was weird and really new. I think we filmed a great show, even though I don’t feel my nose anymore with all those cotton swabs that have been up there. I’m obviously used to my own cameras pointing towards my face, but I’m not used to other cameras pointing at me for such long periods of time.”RELATED: CBS Sports Airing Seven Hours Of Pregame Coverage For Super Bowl LV Across TV, Streaming Platforms Rock is used to having the control over his own content, but for this show he had to relinquish control and allow MTV to capture the good, the bad and the ugly of his life. The influencer says he had full trust in the ...
‘Jimmy Carter Is The Un-Trump’: Jonathan Alter On Book ‘His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life’
(CBS Local)– President Jimmy Carter turned 96 years old earlier this month and the oldest living president has become more recognized in recent years for his faith and humanitarian work than for his presidency. The 39th President of the United States faded away from the national spotlight after his time in the White House, but he’s back in the news again as the subject of Jonathan Alter’s new Simon & Schuster book called “ His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life .” In his book, Alter tells the story behind Carter’s journey from growing up in the Jim Crow South to highest office in the land. A lot has been written about President Carter in the past, but Alter spent time with Carter, his wife Rosalynn, President Barack Obama, the late President George H.W. Busch and Vice President Walter Mondale in order to provide the full scope of the 39th President’s life. RELATED: Cress Williams Promises The Final Season Of 'Black Lightning' Will Take Fans On A Ride LAGRANGE, GA – JUNE 10: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn attach siding to the front of a Habitat for Humanity home being built June 10, 2003 in LaGrange, Georgia. More than 90 homes are being built in LaGrange; Valdosta, Georgia; and Anniston, Alabama by volunteers as part of Habitat for Humanity International’s Jimmy Carter Work Project 2003. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images) “It was one of the great experiences of my life,” said Alter, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “I went to Memphis with both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and I built a house with them for Habitat For Humanity. I spent time in Plains, Georgia, which is a very small community of just a few hundred. Most recently before he got a little sick, he [Carter] would mow the grass and eat off of paper plates at church suppers. It’s a very modest life. When they’re in Atlanta for one week a month, they sleep on a Murphy bed. This is a guy who after he left the presidency, he didn’t take any corporate ...
Laya DeLeon Hayes On CBS’ ‘The Equalizer’: Queen Latifah Is A ‘Powerhouse’ Actor
(CBS Local)– Laya DeLeon Hayes is only 16 years old, but she is now one of the stars of one of the most talked about shows on television in “ The Equalizer ” on CBS. Hayes has the privilege of working alongside Queen Latifah and plays Latifah’s daughter on the show named Delilah. While Hayes has been acting since she was five years old, being a series regular on “The Equalizer” represents a major moment in her career. RELATED: Wayne Brady To Host 'Let's Make A Deal's 2,000th Episode On February 19th “The response has been so crazy, it’s been really amazing. It’s been so much fun to be able to film this show,” said Hayes, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “This cast is a dream to work with. I’ve admired so many of these actors that I’m working with on the show. A lot of my scenes are with Queen and Lorraine [Toussaint], two powerhouses as actors. They have just been so amazing. They have really taken me in and nurtured me. It’s been really nice to be able to bond with the two. They are just so talented. I’m the youngest on the set, so I’m just trying to learn everything I can. I learn so much just by watching them.” RELATED: 'Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special' Set To Air March 7th This is the first time that Hayes is a series regular where everyone around her is an adult. The actor loves that she is treated as an equal on set despite the age difference she has with her colleagues. While Hayes is still early in her acting career, she realizes the importance of Black women being represented in starring roles on network television. “It’s so inspiring, that is what is so great about our show,” said Hayes. “We’re really pulling back the layers and showing you the complexities of women and women of color, which you don’t really get to see a lot on the TV screen. It definitely means a lot to me. When I was younger, like a lot of audience members, we look on the screen and see a character who looks like me and is going ...
