FOX News sought out my opinion this past week for an article that compared Taylor Swift and Adele, two titans in the pop music world. “Who’s the most powerful woman in pop music?” the outlet inquired. “Adele is making a case for herself. They both now have top celebrity squads and share a similar subject… 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 »
Another award show, another night poised to center around music’s biggest name: Taylor Swift. As details about this year’s American Music Awards continue to be revealed, the inescapable number is 6. That is the number of nominations that Swift scored this year, and if she sweeps, the “Wildest Dreams” singer will have more AMAs than… Read more »
He was tired and calling in from another time zone, but given the past week and a half he had, you would never know Omi was a little worse for the wear. Let’s rewind to August 29. There’s Taylor Swift, performing in front of a sold out crowd in San Diego’s Petco Park. In true… Read more »
A celebrity beef squashed while another was allegedly started. A host spewing many expletives but for most of the show, not wearing nearly as many articles of clothing. A crying pop star. A presidential campaign announced. And in between, a few solid performances and a couple of awards. The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards contained… Read more »
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” was a breakout hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Based on a novel, the plot alone raises eyebrows and piques curiosity: a 35 year-old man takes the virginity of his girlfriend’s 15 year-old daughter. The movie is set in 1970’s San Francisco. Predatory? Sure. But director Marielle Heller… Read more »
Even when Taylor Swift is wrong, she eventually gets it right. The pop star is no stranger to controversy, deservedly or not. But we’ve grown accustomed to Swift not only entering the fray on her own terms: penning a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, removing her music from Spotify, opining to Apple Music via Tumblr… Read more »
For the latest Weekend Scoop, we returned to our friends at Life and Style Weekly. Reporter Melissa Roberto talked about stories that the magazine was covering on Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna.
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Rachel Platten “has experienced a lot in 2015.” And that was before she performed her hit “Fight Song” in front of 50,000 people with Taylor Swift. The latest chapter of the fairy tale that has been Platten’s year might trace back a little further in time, but for… Read more »
In Friday’s Weekend Scoop, InStyle Magazine Senior Editor Sharon Clott Kanter called in to chat about a new movie, ‘Dope,’ executive produced and music supervised by Pharrell Williams. We also talked about Laura Marano, a Disney star who was recently signed to Big Machine, the same label as Taylor Swift.