MTV News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
"American Idol" alum Taylor Hicks says he's channeling Elvis and Liberace for his "Grease" gig as Teen Angel.
Dickiebo (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
BOB HOPE REMEMBERS THE OLDEN DAYS For those of you too young to remember Bob Hope, ask your Grandparents!!! And thanks for the memories………… Long ago and far away, in a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, and they were you and me, For Ike was [...]
THE STEEL DEAL (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Hollywood - Howard Brandy, a publicist in film and music over a career spanning nearly five decades and known as the model for the cartoon character Dudley Do-Right, died last Monday after a long illness. He was 79. In the...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
From Variety : Howard Brandy , a publicist in film and music over a career spanning nearly five decades and known as the model for the cartoon character Dudley Do-Right , died last Monday after a long illness. He was 79. In the 1950s, Brandy represented teen heartthrobs Fabian and Frankie Avalon before going on to work with Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye , Sam Cooke , the Fifth Dimension , Lionel Richie...
Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
After winning "American Idol" a couple years back, Taylor Hicks didn't go on to sell nearly as many records as fellow "Idol" champs Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. But the silver-haired singer from Birmingham, Ala., remains upbeat and is following...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Ex-American Idol season 5 winner Taylor Hicks made his official Broadway debut in NYC this past Friday night starring in the new production of Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Hicks plays the Teen Angel in the production (a role made famous on the big screen by Frankie Avalon) ... here are a few pics from his opening night performance: Photo credit: Wireimage "American Idol" winner
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Vin Diesel 64 Nitro-burning Funny Cars This Sunday-Sunday-Sunday Best Drivers In The World Love It Or Leave It The Fast And The Furious The Fast And The Furious 2The Fast And The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift Fabian Forte The Monkey Mobile Kick Their Ass Take Their Gas Ass Grass Or Gas From My Cold Dead [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Learning to surf, adolescent friends get caught up in a very grown-up world.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
For Brucie Pike, the adolescent protagonist of Tim Winton's darkly exhilarating ninth novel, surfing doesn't promise endless summers of beach blanket bingo. It's is a path of spiritual and aesthetic upward mobility.
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Bo Diddley passes Yeah man you were a legend long before you played that final single chord, known for the Bo Diddley Beat you were the “Originator”. Wow, what an influence you had on the progression of rock and roll from it’s origins in the blues and skiffle. Instantly recognisable with that rectangular box of a [...]
Hollywood Crap (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
79-year-old rock and roll legend Bo Diddley died at his home in Archer, FL, Monday of heart failure. More than 35 family members were at the musician’s home when he died around 1:45 a.m. Diddley’s grandson Garry Mitchell said, “There was a gospel song that was sang and he said ‘wow’ with a thumbs up,” [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Mea culpa. All this time, Store Gazing has been labouring under the misconception that stores catering to height-challenged men are short on style. Wrongo.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
AMERICAN IDOL winner TAYLOR HICKS will join the Broadway production of GREASE next month (06Jun08) for a three-month stint as THE TEEN ANGEL. The 31-year-old singer, ...
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
AMERICAN IDOL winner TAYLOR HICKS will join the Broadway production of GREASE next month (06Jun08) for a three-month stint as THE TEEN ANGEL. The 31-year-old singer, whose Idol fan base was dubbed The Soul Patrol, plans to add "soulful flavour" to his performance of the song Beauty School Dropout, a tune originally made famous by Frankie [...]
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The Ramones, "Surfin' Bird" So, everyone knows that the greatest film ever made is 1987's Back to the Beach, starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, and Uncle Jesse's wife from Full House. But until I rewatched it last week, I'd kind...
