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...
Chez Pazienza, 11.14.2009
Editor of Deus Ex Malcontent, Author, Ex-Network News Producer, New Media Consultant
The reality is that Susan Boyle is unattractive. She's really unattractive. And guess what? The event that catapulted her to stardom in the first place capitalized on the fact that just about anyone who sees her believes this.
James Gavin, 10.06.2009
jamesgavin.com
As I watched the transfixed faces of Judy's Carlyle fans, I had to wonder: What long and winding road took them here? Did they ever roll around in the mud at Woodstock? Take LSD?
Joan E. Dowlin, 11.25.2009
Freelance musician (French hornist) from the Philadelphia, PA area.
Susan Boyle's voice is stronger and more beautiful than Paul McCartney's and she sings better in tune. Someday she will be as big a legend as the Beatles.
David Dean Bottrell, 11.21.2009
blogs at www.partsandlabor.tv
It's not much of a surprise when megastars like Kanye West land in some kind of trouble. Whatever their moral compass may have been, it no longer works in the upper stratosphere.
Mike Ragogna, 11.17.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
Peter, Paul & Mary helped mold the opinions of millions, persistently trying to open the minds of everyone who listened to their recordings or saw them perform live.
Mark Pasetsky, 10.17.2009
Editorial Director, CoverAwards.com
Journalists' experience is just what many ad agencies are looking for in 2009. One of their specific needs is experienced journalists who are great story-tellers.
Betwa Sharma, 09.12.2009
Betwa is the NY/UN correspondent for the Press Trust of India.
Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?
Cedric Perrier, 09.01.2009
Columnist
Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.
Nick Jefferson, 08.07.2009
Consultant - Business Improvement and Leadership
Beyond the very small number of Axelrods, Emmanuels and the like, which of the people staffing the great and the good right now feel empowered, duty-bound even, to give honest, unvarnished feedback?
Kevin Downey, 07.25.2009
editor: onTVonlineReviews.com
America's Got Talent last night proved once again that it's a pretty good antidote to the country's woes.
Jim Watkins, 07.20.2009
Anchor, PIX News at 10
It's time for someone to say "enough." Ms. Boyle's rags-to-riches story is taking a turn toward tragedy, even faster than what we've seen from others traveling the arc of sudden fame.
Bella DePaulo, 07.20.2009
Author of "Singled Out" and the "Living Single" blog
When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.
Joan E. Dowlin, 07.05.2009
Freelance musician (French hornist) from the Philadelphia, PA area.
What is the appeal of Susan Boyle? Is it that she is "one of us"? She is humble? Shy? Unassuming? Why has her performance on Britain's Got Talent, been viewed over 25 million times on YouTube?
Stanton Peele, 07.05.2009
addiction expert, psychologist, raconteur
Susan Boyle's breakdown in the aftermath of "Britain's Got Talent" illustrates two perplexing areas of human behavior: depression and procrastination. Why do people get stuck in unhappy life spaces?
Dr. Cara Barker, 07.04.2009
author, artist, analyst, speaker, pioneering Voice for the Sacred Feminine
How wise the body is! As the 7th floor L.A. Radisson Hotel doors opened, I walked smack into a conversation some women were having about "...how terr...
Tracey Jackson, 07.03.2009
Screenwriter
We have turned into a society that sits night after night glued to the TV to find out who's going to the prom. Yet instead of gossiping the next day at recess we can now tweet, Facebook and blog, making the humiliation instantaneous and permanent.
Dr. Irene S. Levine, 07.02.2009
The Friendship Doctor
The emotional fallout of Susan Boyle's unexpected and disappointing defeat on Saturday night was clearly devastating. The front-runner failed to take ...
Shelly Palmer, 07.02.2009
President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY
Internet sensation Susan Boyle lost Britain's Got Talent. As I mentioned last week, while Boyle has enjoyed success online with more than 90 millio...
Lea Lane, 07.02.2009
Author, six books; editor, sololady.com
"I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed."
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