The following appears in the latest edition of The Weekender.—Pop went Chris Brown’s bubble this week, in oh-so-many aspects. In the confines of a weekend, the R&B singer lost an endorsement deal, a Grammy Awards performance, a girlfriend, and a squeaky-clean image – all while gaining a criminal record. The downfall began on Sunday morning,… Read more »
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RALPHIE REPORT: Soulja Boy’s Tie To Scranton
The following will appear in this week’s edition of The Weekender:—Last week, Scranton officially became an all-encompassing city. I couldn’t even interview Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em without drawing a connection to The Electric City. The “Crank That” artist will visit Northeastern PA on February 26, when he performs at The Scranton Cultural Center. Soulja already… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: Rod/Office, Barack-Berry, New Music
The following will appear in The Weekender, a weekly arts and entertainment publication in NEPA with a circulation of over 175,000.—Rod Stewart watches “The Office.” TMZ caught the “Forever Young” singer outside a restaurant in Los Angeles with his wife, model Penny Lancaster. When Stewart’s spouse went to snag the car, he told her, “Pull… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: The Cab/Demi Lovato; Obama
The following will appear Wednesday in The Weekender.—Surely it was uncomfortable enough in the back of that Posten Taxi, even before I asked the question about his alleged girlfriend… Don’t get the wrong idea, nothing shady going on. Just another genius (read: cliché) idea conjured up by the 97 BHT staff (shout out Adam!): Let’s… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: Partying Priest leads to Daily News Collab
The following will appear in this Wednesday’s edition of The Weekender.—An appearance by a disgraced pastor at a 97 BHT event led to a major collaboration between The Ralphie Report and the New York Daily News. As of late Sunday evening, a reporter from the Daily News and me were in contact, exchanging e-mails. A… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: Father Party-er of Wilkes-Barre
REVISED 12/30/2008The following will appear this Wednesday in The Weekender.—Turns out that one of the most extravagant partiers that calls The Valley their residence, doesn’t even party within Northeastern PA. He is 43 year-old Gregory Malia – but many in the area as well as the bar staffs he so generously tips simply know him… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: T.I. Exclusive…
The following will appear in The Weekender, which hits newsstands this Wednesday.—His jail sentence may be imminent; his music and acting career may be flourishing; but don’t think for a second that rapper T.I. may have mixed up his priorities. The platinum-selling artist called up The Ralphie Radio Show exclusively last week, talking about a… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: AAR/NBC Drops The Ball Early…
The front man of The All-American Rejects might have a dirty little secret regarding his throat. Ailments hampered Tyson Ritter a couple of years ago while AAR toured. Bassist Nick Wheeler decided to all-but-skirt the issue last week, when I asked him about it on The Ralphie Radio Show. “(Tyson’s) doing good,” replied Wheeler, before… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: Ne-Yo, T.I.
A thankful and surprised Ne-Yo received a Grammy nomination last week for Album of the Year – but if you listened to the singer at the press conference and on The Ralphie Radio Show, you wouldn’t know who should receive the credit. Ne-Yo’s Year of the Gentleman marked somewhat of a departure from the crooner… Read more »
RALPHIE REPORT: T.I., Hinder…
T.I. and Young Jeezy will perform in Northeastern PA before the end of the year, a show officially announced last week and first heard of on The Ralphie Radio Show two weeks ago. The Wachovia Arena plays host to the big show, scheduled for Monday, December 29. E&R Entertainment, the same promotions group behind the… Read more »