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VIDEO: The 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

My Thanksgiving tradition: Waking up early, walking a few blocks to Central Park West, chatting with some friends who are performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and snapping a few photos and videos the floats. A big thanks to Macy’s along with Rachel Platten, Pat Monahan, Brendon Urie, Questlove, Shawn Mendes, Prince Royce, Trey… Read more »

#WWOBackstage At The AMAs: Day 2 With DNCE, 5SOS, Charlie Puth And More

The second day of a backstage broadcast is usually a bit more hectic, and while the entire weekend was busier with our “Malibu Mansion Live” event, Saturday was no different from previous day two experiences. Notables that I spoke with included Charlie Puth, Alessia Cara, Michael and Luke from 5 Seconds of Summer and Joe… Read more »

#WWOBackstage At The AMAs: Day 1 With Walk The Moon, Pete Wentz And More

It was a nice welcome to our Westwood One Backstage broadcast for the 2015 American Music Awards: my first interview of the day was the venerable Pete Wentz, bassist for one of my favorite bands Fall Out Boy. Another favorite of mine, alt-pop outfit Walk The Moon stopped by as well. Also swinging through our… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Alessia Cara On New LP, Taylor Swift And Shawn Mendes

Justin Bieber and One Direction are both quite successful. If you’re a new artist, you would probably love to be mentioned in the same conversation as those artists. With perhaps maybe one exception: sharing an album release date. Alessia Cara, a soulful 19 year-old singer/songwriter who like Bieber hails from the Toronto, Canada-area, dropped her… Read more »

VIDEO: #ItsNotTheHolidaysUntil, Justin Bieber, One Direction And More On HLN’s ‘The Daily Share’

From #ItsNotTheHolidaysUntil and the Republican Presidential Debate ratings to the release of Justin Bieber and One Direction’s new albums, there was a lot to talk about on HLN’s “The Daily Share” Thursday.

VIDEO: Ellen, Hocus Pocus, Being Single And More On HLN’s ‘The Daily Share’

On HLN’s “The Daily Share” ahead of Halloween – we chatted about Ellen DeGeneres’ costume, a possible Hocus Pocus reboot, the trend #YouMightBeSingleIn5Words, Empire, the U.S. deficit and the death of model Sam Sarpong.

VIDEO: Sandy, 3 Years Later

Thursday marked the three year anniversary of Sandy devastating the tri-state area. Many people were affected in a number of different ways; some are still experiencing the aftermath. We remember. Watch the full video here. A video posted by 95.5 PLJ (@955plj) on Oct 29, 2015 at 5:34pm PDT

VIDEO: Richard Gere, #WhatZombiesDoForFun And More On HLN’s ‘The Daily Share’

Lots of headlines covered on HLN’s “The Daily Share” – from the Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots to Richard Gere, #WhatZombiesDoForFun and a new rift between the U.S. and Chinese governments.