Mike Ragogna, 12.12.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
Six years later, the newest installment of the series passes the torch to a younger stable of artists who, along with series initiator Vicki Iovine and Timothy Shriver, shared their thoughts about the album.
Hélène Brenkman, 12.09.2009
Literary agent
Mark the historical date and place: Saturday, November 14, 2009, at MOCA's 30th annual gala, Lady Gaga threw Madonna off her throne as queen of pop.
Lawrence Iser, 12.09.2009
Partner, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
Wake up, record companies. Keep in mind that your adult contemporary audience likes to buy and own physical CD's more than iTuning or stealing.
Deborah Calla, 12.03.2009
www.theloveprojectinc.com creator, writer/producer of feature films and TV programming
Two weeks ago Madonna was in town collecting money for 'Spirituality For Kids' and her 'Raising Malawi' charity. SFK is a Kabbalah Center effort and Raising Malawi is a Madonna, Michael Berg project.
Charles Karel Bouley, 12.03.2009
Talk Show Host, Entertainer, Author, Reporter, Comic
Grammy has always walked a tightrope between what is commercial and what is artistically satisfying, but the 2010 nominees show that commercialism and corporatism have a strong hold on the awards.
Dr. Logan Levkoff, 11.30.2009
Sexologist and AASECT-certified sexuality educator
What is it about Adam Lambert that infuriates and scares people? Is it that he is both masculine and feminine enough to be considered sexually attractive to many of us, regardless of how we identify?
David Finkle, 11.25.2009
Writer, Drama Critic
Let's talk a minute about my idea of this season's best and the worst television series: Glee.
James Gavin, 11.27.2009
jamesgavin.com
In the world of rock, passing 50 is seen as a betrayal, and it can turn critics' pens into machine guns.
Mike Ragogna, 11.25.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.
Shawn Amos, 11.22.2009
Pop Culture Pundit and Host of 'Retro Minute'
Today is Susan Boyle's coming out party. Her debut album, "I Dreamed a Dream," is in stores, she's going to meet America on Monday's "Today Show," a...
Shawn Amos, 11.07.2009
Pop Culture Pundit and Host of 'Retro Minute'
As performers, gay icons are the great uniters. All of you closeted jocks singing "We Will Rock You" at the stadium -- you feel a little gay, right? No? Is that just me?
Richard Walden, 11.03.2009
President, Operation USA
I appreciate the Gates family's, Oprah's, and Madonna's philanthropic work, but they're missing a huge world full of local talent, new ideas and smaller-scale projects crying out for funding.
Regina Weinreich, 10.31.2009
Co-producer/ director, Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider
What fascinates is remembering the B-52s as in George DuBose's 1978 photograph, or Ike and Tina in 1962, as in Ernest C. Withers' photo, or Amy Arbus' 1983 Madonna before Kabbalah.
Ben Eagle, 10.30.2009
Blog intern for the Huffington Post
The rock photography exhibit "Who Shot Rock" explores intimacy, passion and the countless other reasons we all love rock and roll in the first place.
Johann Hari, 10.29.2009
Columnist, London Independent
The great cliché of our age is that we are sinking into a lobotomized celebrity culture where we worship the worthless. But is it true?
Madonna, 10.28.2009
Entertainer, singer, and humanitarian
I am making a straightforward request. I'm writing to urge you to join me in saving the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. And I'm asking you to do it right away.
Jay Michaelson, 10.15.2009
Columnist, activist and author of "Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism"
Despite all the fame, or maybe because of it, it's often quite hard to get a clear answer to what Kabbalah actually is. It seems to depend on who you ask.
Tim Mohr, 10.14.2009
Writer, translator, former Berlin club DJ
The northwesternmost outpost of the Hanseatic league--the drizzly harbor town of Bergen, Norway, nestled on the country's craggy west coast--is an unlikely hotbed for new music.
Zandile Blay, 10.13.2009
Zandile Blay is Fashion Market Editor at Paper Magazine in New York City
I was raised a good old fashioned Christian. But, alas, living in New York has converted me into a faithful follower of two other religions: Fashion and Food.
Rachel Sklar, 10.05.2009
Mediaite.com
What's more important to SNL, comedy or buzz? When the parade of cameos is over, at the end of the day there's got to be something else there to keep viewers giving a damn.
Mike Ragogna, 11.28.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
Sounding warmer and the most at home with her recordings since the mid-seventies, Barbra Streisand, the 67-year-old vocalist-supreme, at last reclaims the musical territory she reigned over in the sixties.