February 4, 2013 Brilliant. Maybe it was using a decades-old speech by Paul Harvey - one of my all-time favorite broadcasters. Maybe it was the topic. But the Super Bowl ad for Dodge Ram trucks put a lump in my throat.
Jennifer Hudson not only turned in a surprise performance at the Super Bowl tonight, but she fronted a choir of 26 children from Sandy Hook Elementary School, site of the one of our nation's most tragic shootings.
Beyonce blew us all away (and the electricity as well) at the Super Bowl halftime show tonight. Already, GIF artisans from all over the internet are hard at work documenting every breath, bump, and bootylicious beat. Here are some of the best so far! (And of course, we save the best for last.)
Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes, and the Baltimore Ravens withstood a stadium power outage and a furious 49ers' rally to beat San Francisco, 34-31, at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Sunday night.
February 1, 2013 The Phantom of the Opera is one of my wife's favorite musicals. I think that by association is has become one of mine too. So when we found out that Hamburg High School was going to do it as this year's student musical we both decided that we had to go and see it. Last night was opening night.
Beyonce decided that the time to address whether or not she was lip-syncing the national anthem at the presidential inauguration is now. You know, when everybody's already forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder.
24-year-old singer Micah Johnson astonished the judges on 'American Idol' by delivering a note-perfect rendition of Zac Brown Band's 'Chicken Fried' -- despite the fact that his voice has been damaged by a surgical mistake.
If Blake Shelton really wants to make up for his recent comments about classic country fans being "old farts," it looks like he's going to have the chance. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year has been offered a gig opening for country legend Ray Price, who publicly took him to task after his comments went viral.
In Taco Bell's 2013 Super Bowl commercial we meet Bernie Goldblatt, an older gentlemen who is being wished good night by an aid at the Glencobrooke Retirement Home. Or so she thinks he is going to sleep. In fact, Bernie's night is just beginning.
January 29, 2013
Lady Antebellum brought their new brand spanking new single 'Downtown' to 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' on Jan. 29, closing out the show after midnight. The threesome, who will headline the Taste of Country Festival this June, delivered the upbeat, uptempo and undeniably catchy song flawlessly via the late night platform.
