Celebrity
Jack Johnson: The Last Rock Star?
Is wimpy Jack Johnson the last rock star? Or is it Leif Garrett-wannabe Justin Bieber, the marketing sensation of 2010?
Sales for the top 50...
Media
Madonna: Lady GaGa Either Rips Her off or Salutes Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqrrmev4mA&feature=player_embedded
Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery?
Madonna must be trying to control all of her emotions right now on this subject. Photographer Steven...
Movies
Billionaire Producer Still Shooting Jazz Movie, Three Years Later
Dan Pritzker is the heir to the Hyatt fortune. He's also a jazz fan, and a big one. He's been writing and directing his...
Celebrity
Empire State of Blog: Claudia Cohen Remembered, J Geils Extolled
The great gossip columnist, friend and mother Claudia Cohen was remembered yesterday with the launch of her C2 Research Foundation. Claudia's daughter Samantha, ex...
Music
Paul Simon May Record with Bob Dylan, Taking Catalog Back to Sony
Paul Simon is going back to Columbia Records.
After three decades with Warner Music, Simon tells me he's moving his whole solo catalog back to...
Celebrity
MIA aka Edgar Bronfman’s Daughter-in-Law: Phony, Yet Catchy
I can't overemphasize how much I loved Lynn Hirschberg's piece on rap singer M.I.A. in the May 25th New York Times Magazine. It is...
Music
Janet Jackson Was Great on “American Idol.” Period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6CCacSAVY
Janet Jackson was just super Wednesday night on "American Idol." Looked great, sounded great. If this is the new direction for her career, she's...
Celebrity
Don Hill’s Redux; Bebe Buell; African Scorseses; Memphis Toast; Soap Scrub
Rock club Don Hill's in the news. I told you on April 19th that Paul Sevigny and Nur Khan of Kenmare restaurant fame were...