Talk about being on a roll, professionally. If ever an actor, writer, producer, comedian, singer and television host has been on one, it’s James Corden, and he has been on a nice long ride. He’s been the host of CBS’s The Late Show for over a year and has garnered significant attention for his viral videos, especially Carpool Karaoke, garnering over 410 million views and 1.84 million subscribers for the show’s YouTube channel. The Late Show has more social media buzz than any other program in its time period […]

Success rules at the Billboard Music Awards. Popularity isn’t a factor. This awards show is based solely on gross sales, total airplay and performance pay. You can’t be a nobody with a cool haircut to cut it at the Billboard Awards. You have to be somebody–somebody who’s sold a lot of CDs; somebody whose songs have been downloaded many, many, many times; somebody who just got back from a sold-out world tour. You have to be that kind of somebody. When you realize the criteria for being a Billboard […]

Are you ready for music’s biggest family event of the year, The Radio Disney Awards (RDMA)? If you’ve been waiting impatiently, the date will soon be upon us. The red carpet event is going down on April 30 at the Microsoft Theater inLos Angeles, so you don’t have long to wait. News about the show is breaking day by day. Ariana Grande and DNCE are scheduled to perform live on the show. Phil Guerini, vice president, Music Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide and general manager, Radio Disney Networks, said that […]

Naturally, you know all about the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. You know it’s a three day annual celebration at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. Actually it’s a six day affair stretching over two incredible weekends with the same lineup of musicians from April 15 to April 17 and April 22 to April 24 for 2016. Golden voice organizes the entire affair, and it’s about as cool as the gold trimmed zebra print pants that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was wearing when he arrived in […]

Blake Shelton might have been snubbed in the nominations for this year’s ACM awards, but he’s scored the biggest honor of his life. He gets to be slimed! That’s right–mega-country star Blake Shelton, who is also a judge on The Voice, is going to host the Kids Choice Awards. Shelton has had his ups and downs this year. He suffered through a very public divorce from his fellow ACM perennial award nominee Miranda Lambert. They were like the Prince William and Kate Middleton of country music. They were like […]

Since 2002, television viewers have cheered on their favorites on the American Idol TV show. It had an unheard of weekly number one shows stretching from 2003 to 2011. The series was so popular that even the wanna-be’s wound up with recording contracts. Many stars got their big break on the wildly popular program. The show also spawned several shows that tried to copy its successful formula but were never able to capture the magic of American Idol. But all things must pass, as George Harrison said on his solo […]