Mike Scott
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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The tale of dazzling art deco General Laundry building, finally named a New Orleans historic landmark
It started with a fire, and a spectacular one at that, spraying a shower of otherworldly sparks and embers into the New Orleans night over the old Independent Laundries building → Read More
With Elvis' granddaughter Riley Keough in lead, New Orleans-shot ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ rocks
Yes, it feels like stunt casting. Let’s just put that out there. → Read More
A second 'real' Napoleon House? History makes it clear which is the imposter
Last week in this space, we chronicled the history of New Orleans’ famous Napoleon House, that building at Chartres and St. Louis streets that — as legend holds — was → Read More
History’s G.O.A.T.S.: New Orleans native Peyton Manning hosts new series for History Channel
Regular viewers of ESPN2’s Monday-night “Manningcast” — the best thing to happen to nonfans of football since the Puppy Bowl — already know that Peyton Manning isn’t exactly a Saints → Read More
Since 1949, Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar has served drinks while taking imbibers on a spin
In this space last week, we described the old City Park carousel as “the go-to merry-go-round for locals.” But upon further review, that description needs a qualifier. → Read More
A tale that goes round and round: The dizzying history of the City Park carousel and its antique horses
Audubon Zoo’s Hurricane Ida-damaged carousel recently was removed for repairs, but there's another option in New Orleans for those determined to get dizzy. The go-to merry-go-round for most locals has → Read More
What didn’t make it and what surprised us in the Oscar nomination announcement
The 2023 Oscar nominations have been revealed, and, as predictable, there were as many pleasant surprises as there were noteworthy snubs. → Read More
A front stoop? Parade platform? Nope, the mysterious New Orleans structure is a portal to icky history
For 300 years, mysteries of all sorts have abounded in the marshy patch of land between the Mississippi River and the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. → Read More
10 movies to look for in 2023: What's coming for film fanatics in the new year
With the changing of the calendar, a new year awaits, ripe with possibilities. → Read More
‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’ has that New Orleans magic — or just enough of it
They pop up almost exactly 13 minutes into the first episode of AMC’s “Mayfair Witches,” just as two of her characters enter the haunted New Orleans house at the story’s → Read More
Why does New Orleans love Joan of Arc? The history behind the connection will surprise you.
Every year, on the evening of Jan. 6, members of the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc gather at the gilded Decatur Street statue of the French warrior-saint who's their namesake to → Read More
The top 10 films of 2022: Movie critic Mike Scott reflects on the movie year that was
It started inauspiciously enough, with a slap — The Slap, in fact, delivered by Will Smith to Chris Rock onstage at March’s Oscars. → Read More
Top 10 New Orleans films and TV projects of 2022: Critic Mike Scott counts down the year’s best
It’s been an interesting 15 years to say the least. → Read More
Brad Pitt's new 'Babylon’ is as mesmerizing as it is self-indulgent
At a crucial point in writer-director Damien Chazelle’s old-Hollywood epic “Babylon,” Brad Pitt — playing a former silent film star trying to make a go of things early in the → Read More
The curtains went up in 1792 on New Orleans' first theater, on a site next to Preservation Hall
As a city of spectacle, New Orleans has long loved the theater in all its forms, with such revered names as Bernhardt, Barrymore and Booth having at one time or → Read More
A toast to Fabacher’s: Family-run restaurant had national reputation
Throughout New Orleans history, you’ll always find a handful of family names that are synonymous with food and beverage of the time. Today, for example, there are the Brennans, the → Read More
Strings aren’t the only thing Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ is missing
There’s not necessarily anything wrong with audacity. → Read More
A tale of Prohibition, Louis Armstrong and a 1905 German beer hall that became a New Orleans hotspot
Last week’s column about the old Academy of Music on St. Charles Street, which burned and was replaced around the turn of the century by the Rathskeller restaurant, brought up → Read More
Holiday movie preview 2022: Crowd pleasers, Oscar hopefuls promise a magical season in theaters
Want to hear a good story? → Read More
Lynchings, an assassination and some great shopping: Canal St. building sees 121 years of distinction
It’s called the Macheca Building, and even if you don’t know that particular seven-story Canal Street building by name, most New Orleanians of a certain vintage almost certainly know it → Read More