OMG! The 2019 American Music Awards were relentless, weren't they? How can you beat the live lineup including Selena Gomez doing 2 of her latest hits, Ciara, Lizzo, Thomas Rhett, Shawn Mendez/Camillo Cabello collaboration, Kesha, Toni Braxton, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Green Day and the Jonas Brothers. As if that wasn't enough, Taylor Swift, the de facto queen of pop music captivated us all as she accepted her Artist of the Decade award. It must [...]

We all know that the best country songs share a couple of the same ingredients--three chords and the truth. But what does it take to make a Country Music Association's Award show?

Coachella is the latest victim of the novel coronavirus. Even the ubiquitous Coachella--the darling of late night talk shows and spawner of what seem like 10,000 skits--is no match for the pandemic. Fortunately, the weather in California is as pleasant and perfect for a music festival in October as it is for April, so the new dates are now: First weekend:  10/09 through 10/11 Second weekend: 10/16 through 10/18 Considering how much publicity Coachella [...]

The Academy of Country Music announced that it has rescheduled the ACM Awards due to the novel coronavirus. Everybody living in Nashville is hunkered down, self-isolated to prevent a worsening of the potentially deadly pandemic that has already claimed the life of Joe Diffie, the beloved long term Grand Ole Opry member who penned many songs that made the charts for many artists, including himself. The 55th annual ACM Awards will now go [...]

You and I and most good people work all day for a paycheck that arrives every other week. Country stars work all year hoping to snatch a few accolades during awards season, and the Academy of Country Music Awards is among the most coveted. All the real fans have a few dates marked on their calendar, and every year, the night that the ACM awards are bestowed on the best of the best is prominently [...]

Are you a Fashionista? Stay on top of the game. Be here, there and everywhere for your first glimpse of the upcoming 2021 Fashion Weeks.  Could they have possibly made it harder to see them all?  It used to be that the U.S. show was not expected to be as grand as the road-warrior version of the French.  So we skipped the U.S. dates and went for the Paris and Milan shows, just because [...]

The nice thing about having your own awards show is that you can decide what awards to give and what a person or group would have to do to earn said award.  Some award shows are little more than excuses for a good party (heck, all of them are, in reality), and toward that end, when a show needs a little kick to get started or to reach a higher gear, it can always [...]

2019 Award Show Faves: The Lowdown   I've loaded up my Magic Eight Ball, and I'm ready to give my predictions for which films and TV shows should do well in the upcoming season of awards.    Getting recognition from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, SAG, EMMY or Oscars always has a big effect on box office longevity and overall profitability, which is what the business called "Show" is all about.    So, without [...]

Wanted: Dead or Alive Awards shows are all about emotions, and emotions run high.    When you choose a single winner from a deep pool of deserving first-time candidates or a group of career performers, there are bound to be repercussions in the form of hurt feelings, a change in income for the actors and their families, and even a little quid pro quo in the form of "nominate me, and I'll act in [...]

Every April for the last 20 years, Coachella outdoes itself. Just when you think there's no way that the music and arts festival can possibly even match the sway or catch the same buzz as the lineup from the year before, they put it on a familiar-looking poster--right there in your face. This year, Rage Against the Machine agreed to reunite for the two weekend show on the 10th and 18th. They played at [...]