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Best Oscar Show in Years — Fun, Apolitical, Engaging: Conan O’Brien Turns Out to Be the Host We Needed

Roger Friedman — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:51:50 +0000

It was almost four hours long, but tonight’s Oscar show was the best in years. Conan O’Brien was an exemplary host, totally funny, apolitical, and engaging. No one was made fun of and only a couple of declarations were made from the stage. Conan and his team including Jeff Ross, his longtime producer, won everyone […]

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Grammys Offer Second Chances to Ostracized Will Smith, Chris Brown

Roger Friedman — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:56:06 +0000

This year, the Grammys are offering seconf chances to two outliers. Chris Brown won Best R&B album this afternoon. On Grammy eve in 2009, Brown was arrested for beating Rihanna black and blue. He was convicted of domestic assault and received 5 years of probation and community service. Only in the Trump world could he […]

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Joni Mitchell Stunning Surprise Appearance Lights Up Clive Davis All Star Pre-Grammy 50th Anniversary Show

Roger Friedman — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 19:49:14 +0000

Clive Davis knows how to throw an incendiary 50th anniversary version of his pre-Grammy party. Performers last night included most of the top 10, showing that Clive still has finger in the pulse of the next generation. Post Malone Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Samara Joy, and Doechii rocked the Beverly Hilton ballroom with dynamic […]

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Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock to Lead Grammys All-Star Tribute to Quincy Jones on Sunday

Roger Friedman — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:10:08 +0000

The late great Quincy Jones is going to get a huge tribute from the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock lead the all star list of performers that includes Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Cynthia Erivo, Quincy’s protege Jacob Collier, Janelle Monáe, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Sheryl Crow, and […]

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Remembering Sam Moore, R&B Legend, at an Intimate Miami Funeral With Guests Gloria Estefan, Larry Little, Michael Bolton

Roger Friedman — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:50:20 +0000

The worst thing you can do is bury a friend, especially one who’s meant a lot in your life. But on a cold, rainy afternoon in Miami, I was there to say goodbye to R&B legend Sam Moore, who passed away at age 89. Sam was so vibrant and filled with life and humor that […]

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RIP Quincy Jones, 91, Legendary Composer, Conductor,Producer of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, “We Are the World” (Video)

Roger Friedman — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:50:23 +0000

“Q” is what everyone called him. Quincy Jones, the greatest of the great, composer, conductor, producer, has died at age 91. He was a giant. There’s no other word to describe him. He was music royalty. (Aretha Franklin even bowed down to him.) I was lucky enough to know him for many years. There’s a […]

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Oscar, Grammy Winner Henry Mancini, Dead 30 Years, Takes Numbers 1 and 2 on iTunes Albums

Roger Friedman — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:13:57 +0000

Henry Mancini is back on top. The legendary hit composer of movie soundtracks, TV themes, and hit records has the numbers 1 and 2 albums on iTunes today. Mancini died in 1994 at 70. There’s a 100th birthday celebration going on with an album of seven of his compositions reworked with the likes of Lizzo […]

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Oscars Gov Awards to Quincy Jones, James Bond Producers, “Love Always” Director, Famed “Schindler’s List” Casting Director

Roger Friedman — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:20:10 +0000

Quincy Jones is getting a Governors Award from the Oscars. It’s about time! The Academy has announced its Lifetime Achievement winners for this year, which will be handed out in the fall. Academy Honorary Awards will go to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Richard Curtis, and the Irving G. […]

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Tony Awards Nominations: “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Stereophonic” Tie for 13 Each, “Great Gatsby” Musical, “Wiz” Revival Shut Out

Roger Friedman — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:12:15 +0000

The 2024 Tony Nominations are out, and it’s not great for “The Great Gatsby.” The musical based on the famed novel by F Scott Fitzgerald received just one nod. Its death is secured. On the happy side, both “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Stereophonic” got 13 nominations respectively as Best Musical and Best Play. “Hell’s Kitchen’ nominations […]

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Sundance Review: How Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and 44 Superstars Created The Greatest Night in Pop with “We Are the World”

Roger Friedman — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 06:30:00 +0000

I’m not in Sundance. Netflix kindly sent me a link to Bao Nguyen’s “The Greatest Night in Pop” which is — I am sure — getting a huge, loud standing ovation right now at its premiere. The documentary of how the song “We Are the World” was made 39 years this coming week is incredibly […]

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