Christmas Eve: Apollo Run

It's Christmas Eve time for a song for the Holiday Season. Oh Holy Night Batman! On this evening before the day, comes Apollo Run with their cover of Mariah Carey's "Oh Santa" !

Since I am not familiar with the original version (I am an AMCAAC's type of guy) Translation: Avoid Mariah Carey At All Costs. This is quite "entertain"ing and you can see the fun poked at Ms. Carey in it.  Hey "Entertain Me" is the name of the blog and that's what I aim to do.

Levity to all and to all a good night....

Mariah Christmas from Apollo Run: http://www.apollorun.com/

Farrah Burns: "New York State of Mind"

"90% chance that the fans going to hate/ but hates the new love that's all I gotta say"-Mey Mey Star

With that statement Ms. Farrah Burns, after taking some time to re-define herself is back and bolder than ever with her latest track "New York State of Mind".

Need more proof check out the buzz on Farrah's current single: "New York State of Mind" was a tribute to the different elements of Hip Hop. Each character represents an era from Hardcore, Westcoast, Old skool, Backpack, Mainstream, Abstract and Eastcoast. Farrah Burns taps into the different dimensions over a classic Nas track, setting the stage and revolutionizing the sound of music. Creative director Dominick Troy and Videographer Camko visually stimulates in a rare portrait/documentary style of video. The natural born Actress/Artist plays 7 different characters, each packing a lyrical punch sending shocks waves in the Hip Hop industry. Watch the "New York State of Mind" video.

Are you fluent in Hip Hop? Let Farrah present the "7th Element" to you...

"I'm in a New York State of Mind"

Farrah Burns is in the house at: https://www.facebook.com/farrah.burns?fref=ts

"Diamonds" NYU

Here is a gem (pun intended) of a song that a friend sent me for my Birthday they thought I would like, it's a cover of the Rihanna song "Diamonds" by students attending the Clive Davis Institute at New York University.

Rihanna could learn a thing or two, OK a whole lot from these talented musicians.

A very inspired cover from this group of students, and since it is my Birthday and I liked it, I am posting it on "Entertain Me".

Happy Birthday to me and to the rest of you an early Christmas present from me....ho ho ho... ; )

NYU: http://www.nyu.edu/

It's A Pentatonix Monday...

PTX on The Tonight Show

In case you missed it, the PTX gang rode in on Santa's sleigh this past week and landed on The Tonight Show stage.

Their present to Jay Leno's enthusiastic audience was yet another great arrangement of a classic Christmas song: "Angels We Have Heard On High".

Smashing job as usual gang.

With Christmas a week and a one day from now, let's kick off Monday December 17, 2012 with some
PTX!

Christmas is coming people....are you ready?

Have yourself a Merry Little PTXmas: http://www.ptx-official.com/

KROQ + No Doubt = Almost Acoustic Christmas

A tradition for years here in the good ole LA, CA - is KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas. This year there was a "surprise" performance from, in my opinion one of the greatest bands of all time...No Doubt..!

They came, they sang, "Push and Shove" get used to it!

So for my Holiday season yuletide almost friggin Christmas Friday treat to you all here they are, almost acoustic, No Doubt - singing the title track off of "Push and Shove", called...WTF do you think?!

"Push and Shove"...don't be a doubter, just say "No".....

"Doubt" nothing at: http://www.nodoubt.com

15 Minutes: Honey Boo Boo

One day while I was having a conversation with my friend Jennifer DiMartino one half of the band "The Drews" and the topic turned to "Reality TV" she said she hated to admit she was a fan of Honey Boo Boo.

Cut to me, WTF is a Honey Boo Boo?! As she proceeded to explain all that is Boo Boo - the imp was in my consciousness, and all of the sudden it became Boo Boo's world, I just lived in it.

Andy Warhol, who must have been psychic stated it best: "In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes"....Yeah Andy knew his stuff and apparently saw the Internet coming.,

That's what writer/artist and fame whore Michael Troy captures in his dead on comic "15 Minutes: Honey Boo Boo".

It portrays the Boo Boo and her family the way they were meant to be immortalized, as a comic book.

Michael Troy

Troy employs his astute sense of humor and considerable artistic skills with great aplomb.

Yep, when all is said and done Andy Warhol, Honey Boo Boo will be remembered as she should be, a cartoon.

So, pick yourself up a copy of this sure to be collector's item.

As Porky Pig would say "That's all folks"...!

Pour some Honey on yourself at: http://www.comicfleamarket.com/servlet/the-231/15-Minutes-cln--Honey-Boo/Detail

This Season Give The Gift Of Margaret Cho

Cho Ho Ho...and Margaret Christmas Everyone....

MARGARET CHO’S  “CHO DEPENDENT- LIVE IN CONCERT” 

NABS GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR “BEST COMEDY ALBUM”

CHO READIES HER 2013 “MOTHER” STAND UP TOUR DATES

MARGARET TO GUEST ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON AND THE RICKI LAKE SHOW IN JANUARY

Los Angeles, CA – December 2012 -  Critically acclaimed comedian, Margaret Cho  is set to return to the road in January for a string of dates in support of  her brand-new stand up show bringing audiences her unflinching brand of comedy called MOTHER.   MOTHER offers up an untraditional look at motherhood and how we look at maternal figures and strong women in queer culture.  It’s probably her edgiest show to date, filled with riotous observations on race, drugs, sexuality – gay-straight-everything in between, celebrity, culture, politics – nothing is sacred-least of all this MOTHER.

The cornerstone of MOTHER revolves around Cho’s long-suffering Korean mom and a staple of her shows, Seung-Hoon Cho.  “It’s great because I get to put a lot of emphasis on my own mother,” Cho explains.  “My mother did not prepare me for the world.  First - I was named the poetic korean name "moran" which was perfect for the kids at school to call me "moron" and set me up for a good quarter century of therapy.  However, I can clean a fish with my bare hands.  So there are pros and cons of being from an Asian immigrant family.”

Margaret toured various U.S. and UK markets in late 2012 with Bust magazine attending her show in Paris.  “Ms. Cho put on a hysterically funny 90-minute set.  It was the most explicit and painfully honest performance I’ve ever seen from her giving it 100%.”  MOTHER  will visit intimate clubs & theatres beginning January 23 in Asheville, NC.  All dates are posted on http://www.margaretcho.com/

Margaret was also nominated for her third Grammy Award this past week.   Cho Dependent – Live in Concert  nabs a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Comedy Album category.  Cho was also nominated for Grammy’s for her 2010 Cho Dependent  music cd release and for 2004’s Revolution concert cd release.  The Grammy Awards will be handed out on February 10, 2013. 

In addition, Margaret will make various television appearances in January.  Look for Margaret to guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Thursday, January 10 and The Ricki Lake show in mid- January.

Margaretcho.com features some of the most sincere, fiery and laugh-out-loud funny blogs you will find on the Internet. A must-read,  not only on her website, but as a three times weekly download from the Kindle Store, readers find out a lot about what’s going on in the mind of Margaret Cho via her insightful blog posts. Her blogs are not only funny, but also smart and perceptive. Download them here:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006M4WWMM and here: http://www.margaretcho.com/category/blog/.

2013 Mother Tour dates

January 2013:

Wednesday, January 23 - Orange Peel, Asheville, NC 
Thursday, January 24 - Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC                                                       
Sunday, January 27  – Raymond Kravis Center - West Palm Beach, FL
February 2013

Friday, February 1 - Fox Theatre @ Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, CT
Saturday, February 2 – Tropicana, Atlantic City, NJ
Friday, February 8 – Maui Arts and Cultural Center,  Maui, HI
Saturday, February 9 – Hawaii Theater – Honolulu, HI  - 2 shows
Wednesday, February 13 - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Friday, February 15 - Tulalip Resort Casino - Marysville, WA
Saturday, February 16 - Vancouver Comedy Festival - Centre for the Performing Arts – Vancouver, BC

For complete info on Margaret Cho please visit:

http://www.margaretcho.com/

Have Yourself A "Ponyboy" Christmas

After their last dark foray "Pussy Killer" which  gave us a dialogue about the sensationalism of violence and man's desire for fame at any cost, as seen through the eyes of gay porn star and serial killer Luka Magnotta.

The "Ponys" are back to the levity of their "Little Dick" EP with a Christmas song that the whole family will love! OK, maybe not the whole family "I'm Gonna Kill Myself On Christmas"

Put across with their sly wit and usual commentary "IGKMOC" is the funniest Holiday song since "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" - although not nearly as sophomoric.

So this Christmas when someone says they want a pony, go one better and give them a Ponyboy !

"I'm gonna kill myself on Christmas, just to spite you"....

Buy a pony for Christmas on iTunes: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/im-gonna-kill-myself-on-christmas/id585030569

Follow "The Boys" on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/GodHatesPonyboy?fref=ts

Grammy Nominee: Margaret Cho

Margaret & Me

Here's hoping the third times the charm for Margaret Cho - yep, Margaret is now a three time Grammy Nominee for her comedy album: Cho Dependent (Live Concert)! 

A favorite here at "Entertain Me" Margaret tweeted this from Austria upon hearing the news:

 "Omg I'm still in badgastein Austria and I just heard I got my 3rd Grammy nom wow I'm about to yodel #yodeling #gratitude#grammys2013"

Yodel away Margaret, you've earned every last octave! Now what kind of a bird dress will you wear this year?

Here's a clip of  Ms. Cho performing the song "Gimme Your Seed" live from her album "Cho Dependent" at Here Bar in Los Angeles, CA - Enjoy!

Have a "Cho Time" at: www.margaretcho.com

Sandy Zacky: "White Christmas"

Everybody has a Holiday tradition, well here is the one I have at "Entertain Me". Just like Christmas, once a year, around, well Christmas time I post a cover of  "White Christmas" by one of my fave singers, Ms. Sandy Zacky.

Well this year Sandy with a "Y" not "E" also has another Holiday gift for you too. She has a new show up an running on "Show Me Talk Radio".

So, double your merriment with twice the Sandy this special time of year. Stop, look and listen to the video for "White Christmas" and tune into to her new show on the radio.

As Sandy puts it: "The Holidays are a special time of year full of love, family & magic".

Kick it Sandy!

Tune into: www.showmetalkradio.com
Follow Sandy Daily on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sandy-Zacky-Fan-Page/142692019103428
Always listen to her at: http://www.myspace.com/sandyzackymikeclifford

Jim Fall: Holly's Holiday

Director & Writer Jim Fall is best known for his classic movie "Trick" and as the man who brought Lizzie McGuire to the big screen in, what else? "The Lizzie McGuire Movie".

Tis' the season and Jim's latest "Trick" is the Christmas movie "Holly's Holiday" set to air on Lifetime December 8th.

Jim popped by "Entertain Me" for a chat with yours truly, read on and see what he had to say...

MS: You know "Trick" is going to be the film you'll be remembered for don't you?

JF: I assume so, I'm happy that is the one. (laughs)

MS: Most people don't have a signature film, it's nice that you do.

JF: It is nice. That movie was such a labor of love, if someone had told me that twelve years later people would still  be thinking about it, enjoying and loving it, I wouldn't have believed them. I love it, it's amazing!

MS: The performance you got out of Tori Spelling was amazing!

JF: Everyone always asks me that. To be honest I gave her an opportunity and she took it. It was the right part at the right time and she was game. I mean of course I directed her, but the performance was all Tori.

Jim Fall

MS: Being a fan of horror and science fiction why is it you haven't directed a movie in either genre?

JF: Yeah, I'm kind of surprised that I didn't start out trying to direct those kind of things, but I just don't.

MS: Well you were a Production Assistant on the horror flick "Bad Dreams".

JF: That was my first Hollywood job, I got it because Andrew Fleming who directed it and I went to school at NYU (New York University) I stood around the Port-A-Potty with a walkie talkie (laughs) Being that it was my first Hollywood job I was thrilled to have it. Years later, I kind of owe my career to Andy, I was trying to find the money for "Trick". I was a little embarrassed to ask him, but I finally did tell him that I could not find the money to get it made and I would just die if I couldn't. So, I sent him the script and he gave it to his agent at UTA (United Talent Agency) who gave it to Howard Cohen gave it his partner Eric who ended up putting up the money, Howard became my agent, I got the movie made and it ended up going to Sundance, and I kind of owe that to the fact Andy helped me that it happened that way.

MS: It was funny to me how you like genre films and you have never done one yourself.

JF: Funny you should mention that, the company that made "Holly's Holiday" also makes other genre movies, I told them I want to make a disaster movie. I've always loved disaster movies, my favorite movies were "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno". I pitched them, here's hoping.

MS: So, "Holly's Holiday" is about a mannequin that comes to life, they have a habit of doing that this time of year it seems. (laughs)

JF: One of the main reasons I was excited to do "Holly's Holiday" was when I was young I made a short film about a woman who falls in love with mannequin. I had just broken up with my very first boyfriend, and I was bitter and angry. So, the mannequin really was him, because at the end of the movie the mannequin ends up being an asshole, and leaves her for someone that is more his type. Since I wasn't ballsy enough to make it my first gay film, although in my movie he is literally a mannequin the whole time and in this movie you're not sure whether it is just a dream that he comes to life or not. Lifetime is going to air it on Christmas Eve as well.

MS: Let's hear what your five favorite Holiday Movies, including New Year's as there is a certain New Year's Eve disaster movie that you love, are.

JF: One of the obvious ones is "A Christmas Story" I never get tired of watching that it's so fucking funny! It's just such a wonderful film.

MS: It is.

JF: "It's A Wonderful Life" makes me cry.

MS: Me as well and I'm a hard cry.

JF: Of course "The Poseidon Adventure" (laughs) The strokes in the movie are broad, but the tone is consistent and the characters are so lovable. You love these people and you care when shit happens to them.

MS: True.

JF: "Female Trouble" well it's not really a Christmas movie, but there's that wonderful scene where a Christmas tree falls on the mother. (laughs) There is a tree falling on someone in "Holly's Holiday" too, so maybe that's a homage to "Female Trouble".

MS: Give me one more pick.

JF: "Auntie Mame" that movie has a whole Christmas sequence in it. It's amazing.

MS: What was the shoot for "Holly's Holiday" like?

JF: We shot it in thirteen days, which is really short for a shoot.

MS: Yeah, that is.

JF: It comes out to nine scenes a day which is nuts. It looks really great though you would never know it was a low budget TV movie.

"Holly's Holiday" airs on Lifetime Saturday December 8th and encores on Christmas Eve.

World AIDS Day

"Science has brought the world to the point where the end of AIDS – though not necessarily HIV – is in sight" according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

And, she added, "It is science that will allow us to finish this job."

The job, she has famously said, is to create an "AIDS-free generation" – something that once seemed like a pipe dream and now, after more than 30 years, seems increasingly possible.

This statement was made just yesterday by my President - Ms. Hilary Clinton, in honor of World AIDS Day December 1, 2012.

In honor of today I am posting an amazing video that was and still is way ahead of it's time and is inclusive of everyone AIDS has touched.

Neneh Cherry's brilliant cover of "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Cole Porter off of the first of it's kind CD to benefit AIDS "Red Hot + Blue" 

"No knowledge of the facts, kept in the dark, Scolds my soul and it hurts my heart, the young and elderly just running blind, Hurts so bad they denied their own kind, Papa turned around and said that ain't mine, It just made it hard for life on the line, and it's a shame to see a little child mature, Growing up knowing that there ain't no cure" Neneh Cherry "I've Got You Under My Skin" Red Hot + Blue