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 »
Some news and notes from the red carpet and press room at the 2015 American Music Awards. The show was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles; I watched the show from Cumulus Media’s one-on-one room, which is contained in the L.A. Live Event Deck, right next to the venue and across from Staples… Read more »
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 »
Justin Bieber started the week not knowing who Shawn Mendes was. By the end of the week, he sang the fellow Canadian’s highest praises. In the words of Shakespeare, all’s well that ends well. Of course this all started Monday on “Ralphie Tonight.” During an interview that aired with Bieber, I asked him if he… Read more »
Monday night’s interview with Justin Bieber is creating headlines both in the States and abroad. Everyone is talking about it for the same reason: during my chat with Bieber I mentioned 17 year-old Shawn Mendes. I find a few similarities in the two: both achieved success as teenagers, both are talented and good-looking singers who… Read more »
The reports on Justin Bieber, and there were plenty of them, said that he was simply hanging with the wrong crowd. That explained the rumors of drug use and parties, the run-ins with the law and the rather reckless behavior. In an interview that aired Monday on “Ralphie Tonight,” Bieber admitted as much. “I just… Read more »
It seemed like a good idea: Mike Allan was interviewing Shawn Mendes in Midtown, so I said to ask Mendes a question about more fans baking him chocolate and blueberry muffins since our February interview. So much for that.
With his new album Handwritten debuting atop the Billboard 200, we figured it was a good time to revisit our chat with Shawn Mendes. The 16 year-old Canadian has amassed a huge and loyal online following, and will surely see many of “Mendes Army” out at Taylor Swift’s “1989 World Tour.” Mendes will serve as… Read more »
Sights and sounds from day 1 of “Ralphie Tonight” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Westwood One’s “Red Carpet Radio” at The 57th GRAMMYs. GRAMMY winners, award-winning directors, up-and-coming stars and everyone in between stopped by to chat on “Ralphie Tonight.”