By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt 1981….I was 13 years old and my late father, Alvin, and I were in a record store in North Miami Beach Florida called Coconuts. Dad, was an avid record collector for many years, so I would usually accompany him as we sifted through bins looking for those rare gems and especially […]
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Paul Williams: A Little On The Windy Side – CD Review
June 30th, 2015 
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June 29th, 2015 CEO By Ian Murphy In the summer of 1968, popular music was in the midst of an enormous growth period where seemingly every day some artist or another broke new ground. Within this sonic evolution, there was an undercurrent of (often in the Blues tradition) “ax-manship”, or a competition between top guitarists to push the boundaries […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Songs That Shook Up the World, Vol.1- "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" Comments Off on Songs That Shook Up the World, Vol.1- “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”Discovery Family Acquires Dream Defenders from Tiny Island Productions – Breaking Entertainment News
June 29th, 2015 CEO Discovery Family has acquired the US rights to the 26-episode series, DREAM DEFENDERS, from Tiny Island Productions. The series follows 14-year-old twins Zoey and Zane Mercer through their dual dimension adventures—in both the ‘Realworld’ of Meridian, and the fantastical universes of the ‘Dreamworld’. A premiere date for the series will be announced at a later […]
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June 27th, 2015 CEO By Ian Murphy When you look at what constitutes a truly great pop song, you need to ask yourself: what are the criteria? For me, it has much less to do with historical significance or chart position but has more to do with the caliber of composition and what is actually going on in the […]
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June 26th, 2015 CEO American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike (Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: AMERICAN ULTRA In Theaters August 21- Breaking Entertainment News Comments Off on AMERICAN ULTRA In Theaters August 21- Breaking Entertainment NewsDestination America Kicks Off Fourth of July Week with an All-Week Programming Stunt RED, WHITE AND YOU WEEK!
June 25th, 2015 CEO – Tune into American themed stacks from Jun. 29 – Jul. 3 from 8-11pm on Destination America- With a few days before Destination America’s inaugural Red, White and You, the network that brings you all-American entertainment is stacking the national holiday week with all-American themed programming each night of the week with RED, WHITE AND […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Destination America Kicks Off Fourth of July Week with an All-Week Programming Stunt RED, WHITE AND YOU WEEK! Comments Off on Destination America Kicks Off Fourth of July Week with an All-Week Programming Stunt RED, WHITE AND YOU WEEK!Evil With Power: ID’s New Series Untouchable – Breaking Entertainment News
June 24th, 2015 CEO A powerful résumé and a charming smile can be the keys to success—but they can also be beguiling tools to mask a cold-blooded killer. Investigation Discovery’s (ID) new series UNTOUCHABLE: POWER CORRUPTS offers an inside look into how a taste for power can turn into a thirst for blood, featuring the perplexing journeys of seemingly […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Evil With Power: ID's New Series Untouchable - Breaking Entertainment News Comments Off on Evil With Power: ID’s New Series Untouchable – Breaking Entertainment NewsDick Van Patten DEAD at 86 – Beloved Actor Succumbs from Complications of Diabetes – Breaking Entertainment News
June 23rd, 2015 CEO By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Dick Van Patten a veteran character actor has died at the age of 86 from complications of Diabetes. He made his debut on stage at the age of 7 in 1935 and over the next 70 years, he would become beloved by millions of fans. I personally adored him on Eight […]
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June 23rd, 2015 CEO Destination America, part of Discovery Communications family of networks, and the only television channel dedicated to all-American entertainment, is bringing spectacular Independence Day celebrations to the two winning towns of its RED, WHITE AND YOU contest – Waveland, Miss., and Oroville, Calif. The line-up of fun in each town will encompass all the elements of […]
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June 22nd, 2015 CEO Starring: Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody Written & Directed By: Daniel Lee Synopsis: A massive success this year in its native China, “Dragon Blade” brings action spectacle on a grand scale to US audiences. Featuring an international cast led by Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody, the film features the […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Dragon Blade In Select Theaters & On Demand on September 4th - Breaking Entertainment News Comments Off on Dragon Blade In Select Theaters & On Demand on September 4th – Breaking Entertainment NewsKumiko The Treasure Hunter: On VOD & Digital HD Today & Coming to Blu-ray on June 30th
June 19th, 2015 CEO In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she’s mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Kumiko The Treasure Hunter: On VOD & Digital HD today & Coming to Blu-ray on June 30th Comments Off on Kumiko The Treasure Hunter: On VOD & Digital HD Today & Coming to Blu-ray on June 30thHappy Birthday to Frank Sinatra on his 99th Birthday – December 12, 2014 (Looking Back)
June 19th, 2015 CEO Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra on his 99th Birthday - December 12 Comments Off on Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra on his 99th Birthday – December 12, 2014 (Looking Back)Grandma – In Theaters August 21, 2015
June 18th, 2015 CEO Starring: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott Written & Directed by: Paul Weitz —————————- Synopsis Lily Tomlin is Elle Reid. Elle has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage […]
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June 16th, 2015 CEO Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni and Kristen Wiig Written & Directed by Marielle Heller Based On the Novel by Phoebe Gloeckner
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: 2015 (Breaking Movie News), THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL - In Theaters August 7 Comments Off on The Diary Of A Teenage Girl – In Theaters August 7, 2015 (Breaking Movie News)Investigation Discovery Joins the Manhunt in Prison Break: Killers On The RUN
June 16th, 2015 CEO Fear swept over the state of New York on the morning of Saturday, June 6, 2015 when news broke of the escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from the Clinton Correctional Facility. As the desperate search for the escapees spreads across the region, Investigation Discovery (ID) joins the manhunt in the one-hour special […]
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June 14th, 2015 CEO NewzBreaker Press Release You know him from Ringside Report where he writes under the byline of Ian “The Boxing Historian” Murphy. But what you didn’t know, is he even knows more about music. With that said, he is the newest Feature Entertainment Writer on NewzBreaker. On behalf of the team, we welcome him aboard.
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June 12th, 2015 CEO Don’t miss Dave Damiani & The NO VACANCY ORCHESTRA at the amazing DANTE HALL THEATRE in Atlantic City, NJ. Renee Olstead is fresh off of her successful film ” UNFRIENDED” and is making her Atlantic City debut with Dave Damiani & his incredible orchestra. TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK… http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=992409&presenter=STOCKTON&venue=DANTEHALL&event=&version=
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Dave Damiani w/ Special Guest Renee Olstead in ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Breaking Music News Comments Off on Dave Damiani w/ Special Guest Renee Olstead in ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Breaking Music NewsSaddle Up for More Wild West Showdowns with the Return of American Heroes Channel’s #1 Original Series GUNSLINGERS
June 11th, 2015 CEO The 19th-century territory west of the Mississippi was a rough place, swarming with outcasts, murderers, thieves, gamblers and bounty hunters. Throughout this lawless landscape, a few brave men protected the innocent from the endless torment of gun-wielding outlaws. On Sunday, July 19 at 10/9c, American Heroes Channel (AHC) tips its cowboy hat once again to […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: Saddle Up for More Wild West Showdowns with the Return of American Heroes Channel’s #1 Original Series GUNSLINGERS Comments Off on Saddle Up for More Wild West Showdowns with the Return of American Heroes Channel’s #1 Original Series GUNSLINGERSTHE LOOK OF SILENCE In Select Theaters July 17th – Breaking Entertainment News
June 11th, 2015 CEO The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to the Oscar®-nominated The Act of Killing. Through Oppenheimer’s footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named […]
Posted in BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tags: THE LOOK OF SILENCE In Select Theaters July 17th - Breaking Entertainment News Comments Off on THE LOOK OF SILENCE In Select Theaters July 17th – Breaking Entertainment NewsINVESTIGATION DISCOVERY PARTNERS WITH SAFE HORIZON AND DEADLINE: CRIME HOST TAMRON HALL TO “PUT THE NAIL IN” DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR GOOD
June 9th, 2015 CEO America’s leading crime and justice network, Investigation Discovery (ID), announced today its partnership with leading advocacy group Safe Horizon, the largest organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence in the United States. A partner in ID’s multi-platform public affairs campaign, INSPIRE A DIFFERENCE, Safe Horizon is the nation’s largest victims’ services agency that has […]
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June 4th, 2015 CEO DEAR WHITE PEOPLE: Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a social satire that follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but offensive black-face party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly […]
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June 3rd, 2015 CEO Destination America packs the heat TONIGHT with brand-new premieres of IMPACT WRESTLING and RING OF HONOR! RING OF HONOR premieres tonight, June 3 at 8/7c leading into IMPACT WRESTLING
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June 3rd, 2015 CEO In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds). But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body’s […]
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June 1st, 2015 CEO And they’re off! The cast of Discovery Family Channel’s MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC has their eye firmly on the prize of the 2015 Belmont Stakes. With a playful challenge on Discovery Family’s robust social media platforms beginning Monday, June 1, the Mane 6—composed of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and […]
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June 1st, 2015 CEO From a two-timing tutor to a backstabbing brother, Investigation Discovery’s popular series CRY WOLFE returns for a second season of sensational stakeouts with no-nonsense private investigator Brian Wolfe. Inspired by true accounts from his actual case files, each half-hour episode features Wolfe and his investigative team as they expose cheating spouses, dishonest employees, con artists, […]
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