Coming back from break, Fox News ran a video clip that I recorded of Bobby Brown. The piece was taped at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday February 18, 2012, before Brown and New Edition performed their last song of the evening.
Earlier in the day, Brown attempted to attend Whitney Houston’s funeral in Newark, NJ.
In the first report I’ve ever filed for MTV News, I recapped New Edition’s show and reaction to it on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT.
The show took place hours after Whitney Houston’s funeral service in Newark, NJ. Click here to read the full article.
Early Thursday morning I’m back at my apartment. My usual routine involves sitting at my work station, blogging content from that night’s show and working on new material for the following evening. More times than not I’ll have my TV on in the background. Usually I just let SportsCenter loop over and over, but the other morning I turned on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” I remember years ago sitting in my old studio apartment and watching Fallon’s first episode. It has been really fun to see his evolution as a host, and the “Saturday Night Live” alum is one of my favorite’s to watch on TV now. Anyways, Fallon was interviewing Vanessa Hudgens, of High School Musical fame. He asks the actress what she is currently listening to, and they exchange a few bands before she says this:
I began to laugh because I think “Rack City” is one of those so-bad-it’s-amazing tracks. Plus I find it hilarious that a former Disney star is talking about “throwin hundids” on late night television. However, I was a little shocked that Fallon’s house band, The Roots, didn’t take full advantage of this opportunity to belt in to Tyga’s song. So, Isent a tweet over to drummer Questlove.
What do you know, he responds. And my initial reaction was justified.
Questo is one of those guys that you never hear a bad thing about in media circles. I interviewed him the day “Late Night” premiered, and you can still download that interview here.
So, in addition to my column, there’s a full page about me in the latest edition of The Weekender. I wish they would’ve published my response though to the question “(What is your) claim to fame?” I simply replied, “Nope.”
I caved and signed up for Tumblr – probably my most personal endeavor yet on the Interwebs. Click here for the fun and for more lovely pictures like the one below, haha.
I feel like I’ve been talking, Facebooking, and Tweeting about this a lot. But, if you still haven’t heard – last weekend I was honored to serve as one of six judges for the Miss Connecticut USA 2012 pageant in Farmington, CT. I’ll also be judging Miss Pennsylvania USA, set for this December in Pittsburgh. The competition serves as one of the state qualifiers for the Miss USA pageant, which will be televised nationally next summer on NBC. The venture is a co-op between NBC Universal and Donald J. Trump. Of course, Miss USA then goes on to compete for the title of Miss Universe.
I stopped by WBRE’s “PA Live!” for my weekly segment, “The Ralphie Report.” This week, I chatted about the season premiere of “The X-Factor” and Demi Lovato’s new album, Unbroken.
I will appear every Thursday on “PA Live!” – a new, daily show on WBRE that airs weekdays at 4 p.m. The show is co-hosted by Dave Kuharchik and Monica Madeja.
I stopped by WBRE’s “PA Live!” for my weekly segment, “The Ralphie Report.” This week, the topics included the break-up of Pia Toscano and Mark Ballas, along with the announcement that I will be judging this year’s Miss Pennsylvania USA pageant. I’ll also serve as a judge for the Miss Connecticut USA competition.
I will appear every Thursday on “PA Live!” – a new, daily show on WBRE that airs weekdays at 4 p.m. The show is co-hosted by Dave Kuharchik and Monica Madeja.
If you missed the news, I announced Thrusday evening on “The Ralphie Radio Show” that I will be judging both the Miss Connecticut USA and Miss Pennsylvania USA pageants. This is my first real venture in to the pageant world… once my parents enterted me in Lewiston, NY’s “Peach Festival” when I was about 4 years old. I cried on the stage, didn’t win… hot mess. Anyways, I’m excited to be working with this joint venture between NBC Universal and Donald Trump – the state competitions feed to Miss USA, which then determine who will compete for Miss Universe.
In Rhode Island this weekend, a new Miss Rhode Island will be crowned. The outgoing crown holder, Kate McCaughey, called in to “The Ralphie Radio Show” to offer some tips on what type of questions I should ask potential winners.
The Miss Pennsylvania USA pageant is set for December 2-4 in Pittsburgh. Last year, Wilkes-Barre’s Kerry Hogan took home “Miss Congeniality.”
