http://live-entertainmentblog.com Live Entertainment Blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:59:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rachael Yamagata is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. This is a little bit misleading, however, as her family came from Japan several generations ago. And since then, in very American fashion, her family has included people of German and Italian descent. Anyway, her music is known in a rather small circle of ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/12/02/yamagata-san/   After you lose your (second) husband and your children and the former career that once placed you in the realm of celebrity royalty...and you shave your head and smash cars and put on a little weight... and get photographed ad nausem and you try and make a comeback that falls ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/28/britneys-back-baby/   Puhlease People Magazine! It took you this long to declare Hugh Jackman as the sexiest man in the world? IT'S ABOUT TIME! This little dame right here has known this for years now. He's already won my personal "Dream Boat Award" for three years running, my "Bodacious Bod" award for ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/24/lets-chat-about-this-aussie-hunk/ The boys of Duran Duran have just recently put out a new album and are starting their multi-country tour starting tomorrow November 15th. They will start in Venezuela, ride on a makeshift boat to Panama City, rent mules en route to Brazil, hang glide to Mexico, and then swim their ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/14/duran-duran-dont-call-it-a-comeback/ Dancing with the Stars has repeatedly shown that it is a big favorite on American TV. Famous actors and actresses, singers and athletes, and all forms of celebrities are paired with real pro ballroom dancers in a competition to see who can learn the fastest and the best.  The audience ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/11/dancing-with-the-stars/   The show must go on just like the Cedric must entertain. After successful appearances on "It's Showtime at the Apollo," "Def Comedy Jam" and "The Steve Harvey Show," Cedric has solidified his place in hitory as one of the Kings of Comedy. But he's not ready to stop just yet. ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/07/cedric-still-entertaining/ Mamma Mia is still playing on Broadway.  People have loved this show all the time, and it's because Abba is still very popular among many different groups of people.  Abba makes just the kind of music to bring you up when you're down, to give you something else to think ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/11/03/abba-plays-mamma/ Madonna is on tour, but she's having some trouble at home.  A couple weeks ago, she and Guy Ritchie announced their divorce after 7.5 years of marriage.  The story got a little bit more complicated in the last few days, when Ritchie announced that he was turning down Madonna's offer ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/10/31/troubles-while-on-tour/ The Phantom of the Opera US tour, as staged by the Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc., has been touring for almost 16 years so far and is still playing to packed houses all over the country.  After celebrating its anniversary last December in Chicago, the producers and actors ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/10/28/phantom-of-the-opera-not-hiding/ AC/DC has begun an 18-month tour promoting their new album Black Ice.  The North American tour will begin on October 28th in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and continue until January 31, 2009.  Then the tour will move to other venues in South America, Australia, Europe and Asia.  Only some of the dates ... http://live-entertainmentblog.com/2008/10/23/black-ice-world-tour/