Posts Categorized: ralphie aversa

MTV NEWS: Bobby Brown ‘Blesses’ Whitney Houston At Show

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.

Questlove Responds on Twitter to My Vanessa Hudgens/’Rack City’ Comment

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… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Miss Connecticut USA 2012, Marie-Lynn Piscitelli

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…. Read more »

WBRE ‘PA LIVE!’: ‘X-Factor’ and Demi Lovato’s New LP

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… Read more »

WBRE ‘PA LIVE!’: Pia Toscano/Mark Ballas, Miss PA USA Announcement

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… Read more »

AUDIO: Miss RI USA 2011 Offers Advice For My New Judging Gig

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… Read more »

How I Coped With the Tragedy of September 11, 2001

Everyone has a different method for coping with tragedy. Some pray, some rest, others show a range of emotions. For the most part, I usually turn to some type of work for dealing with the negative. My thought is that taking negative energy and creating something positive with it is a win-win situation. You’ve coped… Read more »