Dax Shepard recently revealed during an interview with my friend Leigh Blickley for AOL’s BUILD Series that he pitched Michael Peña to be his co-star in the movie “CHIPS” without even meeting, let alone consulting the actor first. That’s certainly a break from the Hollywood-norm; so were the comments Shepard made about Los Angeles while… Read more »
I joined The PIX11 Morning News on Tuesday with Scott Stanford, Sukanya Krishnan and Ojinika Obiekwe to talk about new music from Pitbull, Drake and Rick Ross along with potential songs of the summer. We also chatted about an album that will be released posthumously by Chuck Berry’s family. Then at the end, Scott compared… Read more »
I joined “Chasing News,” which airs weeknights on Fox in New York and Philadelphia as well as weeknights on My 9 in New Jersey to chat about my recent interview with Vinny Guadagnino. The fine folks in the newsroom there were most-interested in the part of our conversation where we dove in to the current… Read more »
I spent all of last week silent on Facebook, which no one probably noticed for a number of reasons: I was active on other social networks, I was still frequently in touch with family and friends and of course I was on live on the radio every weeknight. To me, it felt weird. Last weekend… Read more »
I don’t like holding on to a lot of physical mementos, especially ones that would require a UPS label or a potential over-packed suitcase. This is primarily in reference to the award shows that I cover but extends to any other trip I make or event I attend. First, I have the priceless memories of… Read more »
A few weeks ago while I was in Los Angeles for The GRAMMYs, I received a Facebook message from Mary Friona. She is from my hometown of Niagara Falls and was a reporter at the NBC affiliate in Buffalo, WGRZ. Mary now runs a website called “Totally Buffalo” which features people, places and events throughout… Read more »
I still can’t believe they spent five-and-a-half minutes in the middle of a four-hour radio show talking about my two fingers. Okay, let me backup and explain. Monday night I was searching through photos on my BlackBerry (go ahead, roll your eyes) and I came across this shot I took of the skyline when I… Read more »
I don’t need many excuses to book a weekend trip when the destination is a city I’ve never visited before. This proves exceptionally true if the city lies within a state that I haven’t been to. Wait and a buddy is throwing his bachelor party there? Click. Click. Booked. I took a long weekend ahead… Read more »
So I was eating brunch on Wednesday with my friend and long-time show contributor Jordi Lippe at one of my favorite restaurants in the city, the West Village’s Monument Lane. Sorry but I need to pause this story for a second: a colleague gave me grief when I was telling him this because apparently “brunch”… Read more »
My first trip of 2017 involved both people and places that I am quite fond of along with a method of transportation that I find very enjoyable. For me, an outing on Amtrak that is four hours or less is one of the best ways to travel. You don’t have to deal with TSA, the… Read more »