David Boreanaz – Earning His Bones by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on September 9, 2006. Most actors go their entire career looking for a role on a long-running series. With the second season premiere of his popular FOX forensic drama Bones, David Boreanaz is now making his mark on his third multi-year show. Boreanaz knows … Continue reading
KATHRYN MORRIS COLD CASE, HOT CAREER by Jay S. Jacobs Unlike the cases investigated by her TV alter ego, Detective Lilly Rush of the Philadelphia PD, there is nothing cold about Kathryn Morris. She is the face of Cold Case, the Sunday night police drama which has quietly become one of television’s biggest hits. The solidly crafted … Continue reading
Live 8 (Capitol Records-2005) The television coverage for the massive Live 8 concerts on MTV and VH1 was awful. It was all about the personalities, not the music. This was supposed to the most important concert experience of the decade, and yet very little of the performance footage actually ended up on screen. The viewer … Continue reading
Live Aid (Warner Strategic Marketing-2004) It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There is no better example of this than the agonizingly sixteen-hour-long Live Aid broadcast on July 13, 1985 (now available on DVD). The official excuse for the concert was to raise money to feed the starving people … Continue reading
Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing. They’re trying to find an artist that has the talent and the vibe and the chops to make a huge splash in the choppy waters of popular culture. It should be someone who has … Continue reading
fountains of wayne bright future in record sales by jay s. Jacobs When the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences released their 2004 Grammy nominations, Fountains of Wayne were one of the acts nominated as Best New Artist. This must have surprised the members of the band, who were under the impression that they’d been playing together for over a decade. They believed … Continue reading
Tom Verica American Dad by Ronald Sklar Tom Verica stars as family patriarch Jack Pryor on the NBC sleeper hit American Dreams. The role calls for the strong silent type: a challenge which is not always as appreciated as it should be in a medium that often displays the dad as the house fool. Here, Verica … Continue reading
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