INTERVIEW: Shawn Johnson On American Cup, Rio And Upcoming Wedding

Olympic Gold Medalist and Dancing With The Stars champion Shawn Johnson stopped by to chat about the upcoming AT&T American Cup. The event, which opens the calendar Olympic season for gymnastics, takes place March 4 and 5 at Prudential Center in Newark. Tickets are on-sale now. Johnson also talked about storing her gold medal and… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Yes, Mike Posner Took A Pill In Ibiza

Mike Posner really did take a pill in Ibiza with the intention of showing superstar DJ Avicii that he was cool. “One-hundred percent autobiographical,” the “Cooler Than Me” singer responded when I asked how true the song was. “(Avicii) didn’t take (a pill), but I took one to be cool.” SeeB, a Norwegian production duo,… Read more »

Why I Left My Dry Cleaning In LA, And Other Stories From The West Coast

There were a lot of “firsts” on my latest trip to Los Angeles: my first time running 14 miles while on the west coast, my first time leaving an item behind at the dry cleaners, my first time covering an award show weekend without attending said award show and my first time flying back and… Read more »

Remembering The Weekend I Spent With ‘Big Ang’

I walked out of my apartment on the Upper West Side to a SUV that had driven from Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Melissa, who works for the casino’s PR department and Angela “Big Ang” Raiola traveled from Uncasville to pick me up. We were headed to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, a property that Mohegan… Read more »

Taylor Swift Uses GRAMMYs Win To Send Kanye A Not-So-Subtle Message

The soap opera that is Taylor Swift and Kanye West took yet another turn Monday night, and of course it centered on an award show. This all began in 2009 at the MTV Video Music Awards and we thought that at last year’s GRAMMYs, bygones were bygones. During the commercial break, Swift and West along… Read more »

The 58th GRAMMYs #WWOBackstage: Day 2 With Hailee Steinfeld, Alessia Cara And More

Day 2 of the broadcast Backstage at The 58th GRAMMYs is always more hectic but also a lot of fun: you’re set up, in a groove and a lot of artists are coming by – usually more so than the previous day. It was great meeting ‘Idol’ winner Nick Fradiani, BØRNS and actress/singer Hailee Steinfeld…. Read more »

The 58th GRAMMYs #WWOBackstage: Day 1 With Tori Kelly, James Bay And More

For my fourth consecutive year, I broadcasted from backstage at music’s biggest night, inside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Day 1 is always the more difficult day because you’ve just arrived on site, you’re setting everything up and you’re trying to work your way in to a flow as artists move in and… Read more »