Sochi sure looked pretty for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games last night. So much had been reported in the run-up to the start of this convention of the world’s best athletes in winter sports that I wasn’t totally sure what to expect as NBC broadcast (on delay) the event from Fisht Stadium.…
Kaitlyn Jackson has made it through the notorious group night on “American Idol.” The only way I know this is because the 15-year-old country music singer from Norwich posted the news on her Facebook open fan page. She told the world that the Shotgun Angels — the name the trio of singers gave themselves for…
A big batch of Syracuse musicians are gathering Saturday night at the beautiful Landmark Theatre to celebrate the wonder that is the Beatles. A couple of players of international note, Joey Molland from Badfinger and Phil Solem from The Rembrandts, will join in the festivities, too. It is sure to be special, a long and…
Art will imitate life on the silver screens this weekend. George Clooney’s historic project “The Monuments Men” opens. It tells the tale of the good soldiers tasked with saving so many treasures of the art world from the grasp of the Nazi regime, so they won’t be destroyed. There was a book about it first.…
One of the most maddening pursuits in “American Idol”-land is the hunt-and-search for a favorite contestant during Hollywood week. After the successful audition by Kaitlyn Jackson, the teen country singer from Norwich, N.Y., I promised here more to come about her progress in season 13. I could not spot her last night as FOX made…
Funny thing about Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle. Every day, no matter the season, she wakes up with sunny-and-70 in her doggie brain. A trip out the back door and out the porch should always bring her greener pastures, right? Or at least, her grassy backyard in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Then she…
OK, more snow in Syracuse is a no-news item. Even when it’s come down all day, since overnight. Even when I just got done clearing the driveway for the second time this Feb. 5. Yet I couldn’t help but snap this shot with my iPhone 4 after this most recent flurry of snow-throwing. The white…
When Rachel Frederickson came to the stage near the end of the finale for NBC show “The Biggest Loser” last night, I truly did a double-take. The 24-year-old from Los Angeles looked thin. And it wasn’t just when they had her stand next to that hologram of herself at the start of the season, a…
Isn’t it quite a good thing when a community comes together in spirit? The Syracuse men’s basketball team is 22-0, and the unanimous Associated Press poll choice as the No. 1 college team in the nation. The Central New York community is rallying around this squad. And it has been one huge wave of support.…
All it took was the voice and keyboard work of Ronnie Leigh to get me excited about the Syracuse Area Music Awards all over again. In Syracuse, jazz singer Leigh has been The Voice for many decades before NBC started a singing competition named “The Voice.” To start the festivities to announce what’s-what for this…
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