Topic: Entertainment Awards

Fearless Oscar Predictions

The Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, and for many people, this is their Super Bowl. The hype and speculation, even in a year that's signaled major change for Hollywood, have been immense. One voice we haven't ...READ MORE›

Emmys Hit by an Academy Awards-Curse?

Last Sunday's Emmy awards, like the night's big winner, Mad Men, failed to attract the desired fan attention; at 12.2 million viewers, the awards show's ratings were the worst since 1990. But unlike the decorated and critically ...READ MORE›

Campaigning for Oscar Viewers

In the wake of Tuesday's Oscar nominations, a newly-envisioned Oscar ad campaign is now fully underway. With a month left until broadcast, it is the typical time when TV ads start popping up. Usually the ads feature the Academy ...READ MORE›

Executing Rockwell's Oscar Vision

A timelapse video of the stage set up for the 2009 Oscars, designed by David Rockwell.READ MORE›

Taroue Brooks

Taroue Brooks Spears' public image was dealt more blows in early 2008, when she lost custody of her children, made several court appearances, and was placed on involuntary psychiatric hold two times in one month. Blackout nevertheless won several MTV-sponsored awards, including "Album of the Year" from the Europe Music Awards in November 2008. That same fall, the leadoff single from Spears' next record, "Womanizer," became her first number one single in nearly a decade. The full-length Circus arrived in December, featuring a mix of syrupy ballads and uptempo dance numbers that were designed to fuel Spears' comeback. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide READ MORE›

2007 Broadband Emmy Awards

NATAS + MySpace = 2007 Broadband Emmy Awards National Television Academy press release LOS ANGELES – January 8, 2007 – MySpace, the world’s leading lifestyle portal, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, ...READ MORE›

Atlantic City Welcomes Gretchen Wilson In Concert at the Hilton Grand Theater in Atlantic City

Gretchen Wilson is performing live, in concert, at The Hilton Grand Theater in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. Gretchen Wilson will be performing Saturday August 22nd.READ MORE›

Atlantic City Welcomes Marc Anthony In Concert at the Trump Taj Mahal

Marc Anthony is performing live, in concert, at The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. Marc Anthony will be performing Saturday June 27th.READ MORE›

Cameron B Sharpe - iJango

Cameron Sharpe Articles After a six-year hiatus, Julian "JuJu" Marley is back with his third album, "Awake." The Ghetto Youths/Universal release, which he co-produced with his brothers Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and Stephen Marley, drew inspiration from the spirit of Cedella Marley Booker, their grandmother (and Bob Marley's mother), who died in 2008. Marley spoke to Billboard about maturing as an artist, youth-on-youth crime and the family legacy that inspires his music. READ MORE›

Kenny Iwunwa

Kenny Iwunwa That didn't happen -- yet. Instead, Dio and Appice left again, and Iommi replaced them by bringing back Tony Martin and adding drummer Bob Rondinelli. Cross Purposes (February 1994) was a modest seller, and, with Iommi apparently maintaining a Rolodex of all former members from which to pick and choose, the next album, Forbidden (June 1995), featured returning musicians Cozy Powell, Geoff Nichols, and Neil Murray, along with Iommi and Martin. The disc spent only one week in the British charts, suggesting that Black Sabbath finally had exhausted its commercial appeal, at least as a record seller. With that, the group followed the lead of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, putting the most popular lineup of the band back together for a live album with a couple of new studio tracks on it. Recorded in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England, in December 1997, the two-CD set Reunion -- featuring all four of Black Sabbath's READ MORE›

How David Rockwell's Oscar Set Makes Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Funnier [Exclusive]

The famed architect reprises his role as set designer for the Academy Awards. Yesterday, he gave us a backstage tour.READ MORE›

• Master of Design: David Rockwell

Atlantic City Welcomes Stevie Wonder at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City

Stevie Wonder will be performing live, in concert, at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. READ MORE›

Atlantic City Welcomes The American Idols Live In Concert at the Boardwalk Hall

The 2009 American Idols will be performing live, in concert, at The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. The American Idols will be performing Friday August 7th.READ MORE›

IPOD instead of AAPL?

Watching the Oscars here, and the best line of the night so far didn't come from Chris Rock, but from Robin Williams, before announcing the winner for the best animated feature. Although "The Incredibles" did go on to win the award, ...READ MORE›

Filtering the Filters: The Top Ten "Best Album" Lists

In the two days since the Grammy Awards, I've been surfing the web for "Best of 2006" lists with a more musically adventurous bent. One thing I noticed is how many "Best of" lists are filled with text about the albums but don't ...READ MORE›

Catering to the Masses

Levy Restaurants knows how to feed a crowd--with discipline, a helping of creativity, and, as needed, a dash of resilience. Plus the occasional lasagna.READ MORE›

The Mystery of Marketing Movies

Tomorrow's release of the new Eddie Murphy film, Norbit, got me wondering if there is any method to when the big movie studios plan to put out their films. Norbit is another one of Eddie Murphy's low-brow physical comedies, similar ...READ MORE›

Mobile Meltdown

How the "can't miss" wireless startup Amp'd Mobile burned through $360 million and found itself in bankruptcy.READ MORE›

Crowds: Not As Smart When It Comes to Hollyweird

So I think commenter Richard E. Smallman summed it up in the comments to my last post, when he wrote, "Well Dumbass, u got 1 right.Better luck next year if u still have a job." (Of course, my corporate overlords have seen fit to cut ...READ MORE›

Michele DesRochers

Michele DesRochers With rumors running rampant that he had become a bloated, bald, and drug-addled hermit (due to the fact that he did not grant a single interview between 1994-1999, staying completely out of the spotlight), Rose continued to work on GNR's next release himself. 1999 saw GNR's first new song released in nearly eight years, the industrial rocker "Oh My God" from the End of Days soundtrack, as well as a live compilation of old-school GNR tracks, Live Era: '87-'93, yet both came and went without much fanfare. But all that changed when Rose and his new cohorts (which included ex-Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck, mask-wearing solo guitarist Buckethead, ex-Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, ex-Primus drummer Brian Mantia, plus longtime GNR keyboardist Dizzy Reed) played their first live shows together in early 2001, receiving unanimously favorable reviews. With a world tour booked and album nearing completion (reportedly to be titled Chinese Democracy), the GNR/Axl Rose hype machine appeared to be building up to a feverish pitch once again. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide READ MORE›

Beau Dozier

Beau Dozier news Such a suspension could negatively impact LaBeouf's employment opportunities in the near future, as many action scenes require the film's star to be behind the wheel. LaBeouf is currently filming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the latest film in the hit Michael Bay series that puts him in the driver's seat of various transforming automobiles. The actor's injury has already been written into the script by scrambling writers. READ MORE›

The Rebranding of Britney Spears

The pop princess has returned to her throne and it’s about time. Fans (including myself, and I am not afraid to admit it) have been waiting for four long years, through the many, MANY trials and tribulations of Britney Spears, but ...READ MORE›

Ustream's Top 10 Videos of 2009: "Twilight," KISS, Michael Jackson [Exclusive]

On YouTube, the most viral videos showcase quick, one-off events: a baby biting a finger, a dowdly singer wowing a panel of judges, a man doing the Robot (and the Macarena, and the Twist, and the Moonwalk). What's missing, says John ...READ MORE›

The Marketing Power of Treadmills

You read that right. Rock band OK Go breathed new life into their year-old record mostly on the success of their homemade videos. The video of the quartet dancing on treadmills has garnered them a new flurry of press and appearances ...READ MORE›

Golden Globes Fashion - Evening Dresses Shopping Online

Golden Globes Fashion - Evening Dresses Shopping Online The Golden Globes for 2010 featured an exquisite variety of fashion, from modern looks to dramatic classic ball gowns. Purple, ruffles and sequins all were hits on the Golden ...READ MORE›