New Year, New...

You Make Me Feel, Mighty Real
Michael Shinafelt

Well it's here, New Year's Eve has arrived! 2018 here we come! So let's cut to the chase, if there is one completely asinine NYE sentiment it has to be: "New Year, New Me" - Ummmmmmm, OK how in the F#ck is that going to happen?!

The things going on with you from last year aren't going to magically disappear at the stroke of midnight, they will carry over. Not to mean that is a bad thing, it simply means you are still going to be you. Sure you can work to improve yourself, in many ways like your health, taking a class and learning something new or being the change you want to see in the world. But new you, WTF?!

All we can do is the best we can by constantly striving to become our authentic selves in service to a better world to inhabit. Thus I never make New Year's resolutions they are only a recipe for failure and I am constantly working on bettering my world all year long. 

Basically all NYE means is it's a different year. Nothing more. 

Happy 2018 and may you you strive to become a better you everyday! 

Celebrate yourself with me at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt   

Choose Love

Husbands
Michael Turchin & Lance Bass

With all the uncertainty and chaos in the world, when I spied this photo of Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin I couldn't help but smile.

Lance & Michael are getting in the spirit for a good cause, releasing a T-Shirt to support "(RED)’s fight to end AIDS"  and to honor his friend George Michael’s "love of life and celebrate the reissue of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1."

"Yes" these "Choose Love" T-Shirts gave me the feels for the 80's again. With that confession out of the way, the simple power of the message is one we should all rise to this Holiday season. Hey why not all year round while were at it.

Everyday we wake-up we have a choice. I think we should all make that to "Choose Love" it's simple to give, doesn't cost a thing and will mean the world to those who receive it.

Werd!

Lance on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/lancebass/?hl=en  

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day
Michael Shinafelt

Happy Mother's Day! Yep, this is the day we celebrate all you Mother's out there, you've earned it!

This is going to be a short column, because I am a short man. I would simply like express my gratitude to my Mother Jan Landburg-Shinafelt. 

No matter how many tough times there have been, and there have been many, Mom I have always been able to count on you to be there. 

I custom made the image above and posted it on her Facebook wall exclusively for her. Oh, and I have also included my favorite pic of her and myself in this blog and posted it on Facebook and Twitter in celebration of the big "M."

My Favorite Mother

Ain't Social Media grand? Also this will be the first and last time you will ever hear me use the term "ain't" in my writing. I know it is now recognized by Webster's as an actual word, but it wasn't when I was a kid growing up.

In fact my Mother used to say, when I uttered it: "Ain't, ain't fell in the paint" - I rest my case.

Wishing all the Mother's out there a happy, happy, joy, joy!!!

I Ain't Your Mama, but you can follow me here:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/mshinafelt?lang=en  

Shopping From A - Z

Poser
Jennifer Lopez

Today we are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and that means most of you out there are rejoicing as it is another three day weekend. Cheers to that!

So I thought why not celebrate it with the time honored three day weekend tradition of, what else? Shopping...!!!

Witness one hot Mama, Jennifer Lopez posing for photos while out shopping in Los Angeles. It appears that she ditched the swag to play mannequin for the paparazzi. She gives good face, you must admit.

You just know she can shop 'till she drops too! 

Since shopping has never been my thing I plan on doing some cleaning & organizing today.

What are your plans?

In memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and in celebration of having an extra day to yourselves, have a good one!

JLO on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/jlo/?hl=en  

"You Didn't Give Them A Chance"

Hello Everyone, we all know what today is don't we? Why it's Christmas Eve and the first day of Hanukkah. Yes, that's right peeps this year they both fall on the same day, which is pretty cool actually.

Which brings me to an E-mail I received the other day from my buddy Tom Connan, it goes something like this...

Hi Michael,

Hope you're well! As you may have noticed, I just released my new single 'You Didn't Give Them A Chance' and the music video is doing great on YouTube already. 

I'd be more than happy to have a post about this on your blog.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,

Tom Connan

But of course I will and just have. Thanks Tom for alerting me to your hot new song, oh and the look, that look you've got going on, very, um, edgy, not to mention sexy.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a giver! Let's kick off the Holidays with Tom's latest single "You Didn't Give Them A Chance."

Celebrate Below!

Tom on Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/tom.connan/

https://twitter.com/tomconnan

https://www.facebook.com/tomconnan/

Happy Birthday To Me!

Baby It's Cold Outside
Michael Shinafelt

Since today is my 51st Birthday I thought: "why should I celebrate anything but myself?" Especially since the past four years have been the most challenging of my life and I have survived them. Which has made me stronger, it has also brought me to the best place I have ever been in my entire life. 

Yes, it is a day for me to celebrate indeed. I am someone who has went through a clinical depression and came out the other end of it. It took a lot of work, therapy and self examination. There were a lot of times I never thought my life would ever be good again. 

Let me say to those of you out there who may be in the same situation. Never give up! It may seem bleak, but if you hang in there and give it time, care and mostly be kind to yourself, it will get better. Sure there are things I still want that I don't have, but I know I will get them. Why? Because when you overcome it you will have the power to achieve anything! 

It's 44 degrees at 5:03 ayem here in Los Angels, CA on December 18th 2016, the day of my 51st Birthday. I am thankful for my Family, Friends and most of all my amazing Life! 

My wish for my Birthday is for all of you to have one of the best days of the rest of your lives.

Happy Birthday Everyone!

Follow me at:
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/

Saturday Schwing! Josh Brolin

Solid As A Rock
Josh Brolin

Oh Josh, your booty's so fine, your booty's so fine, it blows my mind, hey Josh...!!!

This is the second time Josh Brolin has made Entertain Me's weekend schwing. Why? Because I am an ass man, an ass connoisseur an ass...fill in that blank.

Brolin has one of the more delectable ones and is quite fond of getting naked and baring it. This time in support of Standing Rock.

Asses and pipelines, the connection is real. Yes Joshie Boy  decided to celebrate the tribe's victory in blocking the Dakota Access pipeline from messing with their land, by baring his supple butt and worked out body.

Victory deserves a bold statement! Thanks Josh may your ass forever get behind justice, in other words keep it up dude!

Josh "Booty" Brolin on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/joshbrolin/?hl=en 

Welcome Back, Durbin!

James Durbin left a lasting impression placing fourth on season ten of American Idol. Not only because he was one of the few contestants who performed rock to perfection, he was the only contestant ever on the show to have autism.

His debut album the rock oriented Memories of a Beautiful Disaster was a hit, which was followed up with the pop flavored album Celebrate, which was a departure from what Durbinators were hungry to hear from their idol. 

Well James is back and ready to rock with his first new music in over two years Riot On Sunset. 

In my opinion this is James best work as an artist to date mainly because the music is 100% pure Durbin. Durbinators rejoice, here's James!

JD: Hey Michael, how's it going?

MS: Fine, I love your latest Riot On Sunset, after Celebrate it's great to hear you rocking out again!

JD: Not to take anything away from Celebrate it's a great album. But it's more of a studio album and it's not something that I like to play live too much. It still holds up, it's just not a James Durbin album necessarily.

MS: I was going to ask how you felt about it, and you beat me to it. (laughs) Are you still going to experiment with different types of music in the future?

Ready To Riot
James Durbin
Photo: Heidi Durbin

JD: Yes. I am influenced by a wide array of music genres and artists. Everything from James Brown, Maroon 5 to Judas Priest. You might even find a Bieber track on my iTunes. (laughs) It's different songs for different reasons. The Bieber song in question has incredible production. As far as the kind of music I am making now, I am definitely back in my comfort zone. 

MS: My favorite song off of Riot On Sunset is the title track. Was that inspired by your performing at the The Viper Room?

JD: You know I actually wrote that song when I was twenty. Probably a good year and a half before all the "Idol" stuff happened. I had started a band with some friends called Hollywood Scars and I was looking up different things about the Sunset Strip I wanted to embody that in a song. That ended up being Riot On Sunset which was an actual event that happened in the 1960's basically it was about kids wanting to have freedom of expression, to be yourself whether "the man" has anything to say about it or not. I kept pushing for the song to be on my other two albums and the label kept saying it's not good, we don't like it, it's not going on your album. When I was in Nashville working on my second album with James Michael, we had a talk about it, he said to me: "This is one of those songs that you write once in your lifetime, it's on of those songs that comes from somewhere else." That message spoke to me to open myself up to letting songs pass through me. 

MS: Seriously?! I can't believe the label said those things to you about that song.

JD: There ended up being a struggle with it actually, after I left the label. They were going to keep it and not give it back to me. It fell in with my publishing deal with them. The fact that somebody can say they own a song that they don't think is good enough to go on a record is just stupid. We fought really hard and that's the one thing I got out of my termination deal with the label. This incident falls right in line with the story and vibe of the song, standing up for what you believe in, regardless of the fact that somebody tells you "No."

Photo: Heidi Durbin

MS: Your single Smackdown is doing really well, congratulations!

JD: Yeah, yeah it's doing pretty good right now on the Loudwire Battle Royale. It's gone up to number one, it's still in the top five on the liter board. That's all thanks to my awesome adoring fans, they're truly something else. 

MS: They sure are! Every time I tweet about you, whoever runs J.D's Outcast Army is on it! They re-tweet me within five minutes usually.

JD: When I was in Florida on a layover I went to Walmart at one in the morning and tweeted something about it. Immediately after I did it there were like four or five responses to it. It's a blessing to have such devoted fans.

MS: Here's a somewhat off the cuff thing that I've always wanted to ask you. Have you ever been skydiving?

JD: I have not. They were trying to get me to skydive to promote my single Parachute off of the Celebrate album, yeah, that wasn't going to happen. Now I would have totally done the indoor skydiving at Universal City Walk. 

MS: Does skydiving scare you?

JD: It depends on what mood I'm in. (laughs)

James  Performing
@ Universal City Walk
Photo: Michael Shinafelt

MS: Speaking of City Walk the last time I saw you was there performing for the organization Autism Rocks. It was a great show, you are always good live, how did you feel about that night?

JD: It felt great! The idea of the organization is to bring awareness to autism. That it is not something to be feared. All we want is to be loved and accepted just like everyone else.

MS: Personally, I accept people as they are, things like that don't scare me.

JD: Good. People may look at us and think we act funny, but we could be looking at you thinking the same thing. (both laugh)

MS: Thanks Buddy!

JD: Thank You Michael!

Riot On Sunset is out...now!

Follow James at:

Official website: http://www.jamesdurbinofficial.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/durbinrock

Facebook: http://facebook.com/durbinrock

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/durbinrock/

Get Riot On Sunset at: 

CD Baby

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jamesdurbin3

Riot on Sunset by James Durbin

https://itun.es/us/CPpFdb

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01I629H70/ref=dm_aw_dp_sp_bb_sfa  

Celebrate Gay Pride!

Michael Shinafelt
Prop 8 Overturned!
Photo: Bob Drapeau

As many people know, and for those who don't, June is officially Gay Pride month.

There are a lot of people that feel it has lost it's meaning. I am not one of them. No matter how "commercial" or "mainstream" it becomes it is always a special celebration. Imagine being a young boy in a small town and never feeling like you fit in. "Yes" I am talking about myself. Only to grow older, more worldly and to find individuals like yourself, who made you feel accepted and loved.

I will always attend the Gay Pride Parade for me it gives me a sense of community & friendship. It reminds me of my struggles and how I overcame them and that I am not the only one. Mostly it is a chance to be free and enjoy my hard earned identity as a Gay Male who deserves to be happy, healthy and content with who he is.

Above is a photo taken of me celebrating the overturning of Prop 8 - the anti gay marriage law in the state of CA. When it happened I dashed immediately to the rally in West Hollywood, CA for the historic moment on June 26, 2013.

Today I will be attending the parade in Los Angeles, with my many friends and acquaintances  I have made through the years I have lived here to celebrate...Happy Pride all. Have a Super Sunday! 

Tweet With Me at:
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Me & Mrs. Bones

Who's That Dead Couple?

Three more days 'til Halloween/ Halloween/ Halloween/ Three more days 'til Halloween/ Silver Shamrock.

With only three days left 'till Halloween there is a plethora of celebrities springing up all over the Internet in their finest Holiday attire.

Can you guess who this couple is? The Bone Ranger & Tonto? Mr. & Mrs. Bones? ....if you guessed Mr. and Mrs. Josh Duhamel then you guessed well! Throw yourself a, you guessed it, bone! Ha!

Don't Fergie and Josh look great as a Day Of The Dead couple? They would both look good wearing paper bags over their heads honestly.

Wonder when Fergie is coming out with some new music?

Happy Halloween Countdown Wednesday! 

Celebrate the Season of the Witch with 

Fergie: https://instagram.com/fergie/

Josh: https://instagram.com/joshduhamel/?hl=en  

Halloween, Durbin Style

James & Jack Skellington
 Mugging for the Camera!

Hey you guys, of course you all know James Durbin was the rocker with the most cake, placing 4th on American Idol season 10.

And he also made two successful albums: Memories of a Beautiful Disaster and Celebrate. But did you Durbinators know that James is crazy for Halloween? Well he is damn it! Here with his five favorite spooky traditions is my buddy Mr. James Durbin!

1. We always begin decorating early. 

2. We DIY our costumes. If not the entire costume at least customizing it in some way to make it better. 

James & Heidi Durbin
DIY! Halloween

3. My wife & I always have multiple costumes. Our family costume & our couples costumes. 

4. After trick or treating is over, my wife & I get a sitter, go out in full Day of the Dead makeup & have some drinks. 

5. We grow our own pumpkins. 

Do you smash your own pumpkins too...???

Celebrate Halloween with James and his Family at:
https://twitter.com/DurbinRock
https://www.facebook.com/DurbinRock
https://instagram.com/durbinrock/?hl=en   

Frisky Friday With Gerard Butler

Who Let The Dog Out?
Gerard Butler That's Who!

Yipeeeeeee! It's the weekend peeps and I though to celebrate I would post a photo of the yummy Gerard Butler.

Why? Because you can never have enough GB, right author M.E. Franco? I know you are feeling this.

Here is Gerard looking all yummy and perfect walking his widdo doggy Lolita in Beverly Hills, CA. Lucky dog, woof!

It's true the hills really are alive with the Sound of Music!

The Butler did it on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124930/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

Who Wore The American Flag Best?

Look, It's The Star Spangled Banner(s)

Happy 4th of July people!

To honor the 4th I am featuring five famous females (say THAT three times fast) - in a Catherine Malandrino designed American flag shirt/dress. 

So who do you think wore Old Glory better?

Halle Berry? Meryl Streep? Tatyana Ali? Wendy Williams? or perhaps Miss USA?

Celebrate your independence and cast your vote.

Have fun and be safe today! 

Need something new to wear check out Catherine on the Internet at:

http://catherinemalandrinousa.com/

Andie MacDowell Gets XXL

Andie MacDowell Feels Up Matt Bomer
Oh My!

Since the Supreme Court has declared Marriage Equality in all fifty nifty United States. I thought to myself, let's celebrate the love by posting this image of the eternally beautiful Andie MacDowell getting hands on familiar with a life size poster of her openly gay co-star Matt Bomer at the Magic Mike XXL premiere in Hollywood.

Hey nothing says equality like a straight woman copping a feel off a gay man in my opinion. It's safe and no one gets hurt.

Have a terrific weekend!

Magic Mike XXL on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1

Father's Day With James Durbin

James Durbin & Family

Happy Father's Day to all of you Dads out there! I thought I would honor the day here on Entertain Me with a photo of one of my favorite people, James Durbin, his wife Heidi and their son Hunter and daughter Kinzee.

James as you will recall was a runner-up on season 10 of American Idol.

With two albums under his belt, the head banging Memories of a Beautiful Disaster and the pop oriented Celebrate, James is hard at work on his third outing, and like all of you Durbinators out there I can't wait to hear what he comes up with.

You can check out a new track titled: Santa Cruz below -

 Have a terrific FD people!

Keep Rockin' With James at:
https://instagram.com/durbinrock/
https://twitter.com/durbinrock
https://www.facebook.com/DurbinRock

Frock Off! Dragstrip 66

There's a "Frokumentary" brewing about the legendary club Dragstrip 66. Why they passed up a chance to call it Dragstrip 69 is beyond my comprehension.

Wanna party? There's a fundraiser tomorrow night at Akbar in Silverlake, CA to kick it all off and, to celebrate the crowdfunding page. As you know crowdfunding is all the rage these days.

So rather than my prattling on, hit the links below.

Happy Throwback Thursday, indeed!

Party at Akbar: https://www.facebook.com/events/499352446771669/

Crowdfunding Page: https://www.tubestart.com/projects/dragstrip-66-the-frockumentary/7996 

Congratulations Caitlyn Jenner

Hello Gorgeous 

The backlash is already here and Caitlyn's official Vanity Fair cover only came out yesterday.

While I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion, honestly I am over all the cynicism and negativity that comes from someone being brave enough to be themselves.

Shouldn't we celebrate the fact that she is happy? Rather than harp on her politics and privilege?

As my friend Ian Harvie puts it, "this will save lives" and isn't that what we should all be focusing on?

Follow Caitlyn at: 

https://twitter.com/caitlyn_jenner

Jazz Baby Jessi Teich Is #1!

All That Jazz: Jessi Teich

JESSI TEICH HITS #1 IN PHILLY ON WRTI-FM ‘JAZZ HOT 11 COUNTDOWN’:

‘Real Jazz That’s Fresh and New’ 

 I wanted to send a shout out to one of my favorite artist Jessi Teich. She went number one recently on 420 -  Check out our full length interview below, congratulations Jessi!!! 

http://mshinafelt.blogspot.com/2015/02/jessi-teich-has-twisted-soul.html

10-time international songwriting award-winner JESSI TEICH  hit a major milestone this week in her hometown of Philadelphia when “Sunday Morning,” from the New Jersey native’s stylish new Paris-recorded album, TWISTED SOUL (Madame Freak), landed at No. 1 this week (April 20) on tastemaker jazz station WRTI-FM’s (90.1) listener-voted“Jazz Hot 11 Countdown.”

“I’m really glad that someone’s doing something that’s real jazz, that’s fresh and new,” says WRTI program director Maureen Malloy. “It’s things like these that are going to get young people interested in the jazz genre.

Celebrate with Jessi at:

https://www.facebook.com/jessiteichmusic

https://twitter.com/jessiteich

http://www.jessiteich.com/

Yee Haw! It's The Holiday Sweater Round-Up!

Shailene Woodley

What better way to celebrate the first day post Christmas than proving celebrities have tacky taste just like the rest of us.

Yes, they too wear Fugly Holiday sweaters. Most of us would be returning these today, but not these stars. 

Here are a few of my favorites, and from the looks of these sweaters it's not any of these famous people's first time at the rodeo. Happy gift return day y'all!

Jake Gyllenhall

Pharrell Willaims 

Kate Upton

Christmas Sweaters are Fugly at: http://www.uglychristmassweater.com/

Pentatonix Get A Platinum Christmas Gift

On A Roll: Pentatonix
Photo: Jiro Schneider 

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR GRAMMY NOMINATED

 PENTATONIX!

THAT’S CHRISTMAS TO ME SCANS OVER 1 MILLION ALBUMS IN THE US

Merry Christmas PTX! A platinum Christmas gift & a Grammy nomination, wow! That's way better than a lump of coal in your stocking...!

SURPASSES BEYONCE’S BEYONCE TO BECOME THE 4^TH BEST SELLING ALBUM OF 2014

#1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOLIDAY ALBUM CHART FOR 9 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS

#1 BEST SELLING CD AND MP3 ALBUM OF 2014 ON AMAZON

NOMINATED FOR 2014 GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA – “DAFT PUNK”

Celebrate With The Gang at: http://ptxmas.ptxofficial.com/