A guy playing for money on my radio show was planning to have quite the time with it, then I had quite the time to celebrate my buddy’s birthday.
VIDEO: Red Carpet At The 70th Tony Awards
Some news and notes from my fourth consecutive Tony Awards red carpet: – There was a major scene change this year as the biggest night on Broadway moved uptown from 6th Avenue to… Broadway! The Tony’s were held at the venerable Beacon Theatre, the sister-venue of previous host Radio City Music Hall. Both buildings are… Read more »
INTERVIEW: RedOne Produced Eight New Songs With Lady Gaga
The rumor is that new music from Lady Gaga is coming later this year, and producer RedOne did nothing to quell that speculation. “Yes, let’s hope,” the GRAMMY Award winning producer responded when I brought up said rumor recently. “Yeah, let’s see what happens. We did eight songs so far and we’ll see what happens,… Read more »
PHOTOS: Throwing Out A First Pitch For My 31st Birthday
Yeah, I would definitely have to say that throwing out the first pitch and kicking back in the Yankees’ farm team’s dugout pre-game was the highlight of my 31st birthday weekend. Disclaimer: my birthday weekends almost always involve the Yankees. Ironically, the most memorable was the year people seem to forget the most: 21. I… Read more »
INTERVIEW: Lythgoe Surprised By Talent In New Season Of ‘Dance’
The latest installment of the Fox competition “So You Think You Can Dance” has taken co-creator and judge Nigel Lythgoe a bit by surprise. “I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy it as much as usual,” the former “American Idol” producer told me over the phone, calling in from Los Angeles. “We were asked… Read more »
INTERVIEW: DNCE Talks Trump, Album Update, Selena Gomez And Ashley Graham
DNCE is one of the more unlikely pop music success stories of the past 12 months. The band is comprised of a Jonas Brother, the brothers’ former backing drummer, a member of Semi-Precious Weapons and a woman who moved to the US from her native South Korea speaking no English and traveling with only her… Read more »
PHOTOS: So, I Had Myself A Week
What a week. The eight or so days leading up to Memorial Day have proven to be some of the craziest since I moved to New York, and this year proved no different. The 2016 version of this stretch differed from previous years in that it didn’t begin until the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend;… Read more »
AUDIO: What Artists Are Looking Forward To This Summer
Keeping with my own Summer Kick-Off tradition, I hung back in the meet-and-greets with the artists that performed at the 95.5 PLJ concert and asked them what they were looking forward to this summer.
Here’s What Happened When A Father Asked Russell Wilson To Meet His Son At BBMAs
I am fortunate in that I have the opportunity to witness and/or experience a lot of cool moments due to my line of work. However, one moment sticks out from the rest, and it took place a few weeks ago at the Billboard Music Awards. The fact that this happened weeks ago and I still… Read more »
Backstage News And Notes From The 2016 Billboard Music Awards
Some news and notes from my weekend in Las Vegas covering the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. – If you saw a photo of me on stage at last Sunday night’s BBMAs, it was not an illusion. For the third consecutive year, dick clark productions hired me to fill the role of “warm-up act” for the… Read more »