Archive | January, 2014

American Idol Season XIII Preliminary Auditions Week Three: Salt Lake City and Omaha


Picture Credit: American Idol We are almost there folks! One more week of preliminary auditions before the cast and crew head off to Hollywood for the most gruelling part of these American Idol auditions. This week, the judges audition singers in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Jan. 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT); and Omaha, Thursday, Jan. 30 […]

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56th Annual Grammy Awards To Air Sunday, January 26th On CBS.


And the award shows keep on coming! Ya gotta love this time of year. One awards show after another – a fantastic way to chase away these very cold, winter blues. The Grammy Awards show will be televised live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 26th at 8:00 PM on CBS. […]

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[Video And Mini Spoiler]American Idol Season XIII Preliminary Auditions Week Two: Detroit And Atlanta


Picture Credit: AmericanIdol.Com Well, we are off and running! This season, American Idol is shaping up to be a very good season. Some very promising talent was revealed last week and the chemistry and rapport between the judges worked extremely well. As a musician, I love all the musical terminology spilling out of Harry Connick’s […]

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A Masterclass Performance Of Smile By Kristen Chenoweth On the Tonight Show With Jay Leno


I had three reasons to smile when I watched the sublimely talented Kristen Chenoweth perform Charlie Chaplin’s Smile on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday, January 16th. This song is one of my absolute favorites and, for whatever reason, I needed to hear this song at this precise moment. The message it brings […]

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American Idol Season XIII Premieres With A Two Night Extravaganza Beginning In Boston, Austin and San Francisco


Picture Credit:AmericanIdol.Com American Idol Season XIII premieres on Fox with a four-hour, two-night extravaganza on Wednesday, January 15th and Thursday, January 17th. And, I am hoping beyond hope that Executive Producer Pers Blanken and his team of Idol specialists can deliver as promised. Personally, the biggest coup in this nicely tweaked format this season is […]

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71st Annual Golden Globes Is Set To Rock Your World.


Picture Credit: Golden Globes Sunday, January 12th, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the 71st annual Golden Globes. The show will be aired on NBC at 8:00 PM Eastern. This is always a fun night! I love watching Tina and Amy spin their comical magic! They are a brilliant duo. However don’t ask me […]

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Spoiler Alert For American Idol Season XIII Courtesy Of MJs Big Blog


There are spoilers and there are SPOILERS! There are changes and there are CHANGES! And, with American Idol Season XIII, the two go hand in hand. Last evening, MJSBigBlog.Com released major spoilers and schedule changes for this year’s season of American Idol. And, I was flabbergasted! And confused! There is a lot going on with […]

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Happy New Year. Masterclass Lady Is In The Building!


Welcome to the Year 2014! And I hope the Holiday Season was a bright and magical for you. I had a wonderful Christmas and it was very difficult to tuck away my Christmas decorations. However, all good things must come to an end as we prepare for an even better year ahead of us. There […]

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David Archuleta Retrospective Series Part 22 – Broken


By Pamela Pike and Rosanne Simunovic Pamela Pike’s Recollections As their sun sets, fear rises in Africa. “Broken” written by Jon Hunt and David Archuleta aims to draw attention to the devastation of a lost generation of children in a long civil war in Africa being abducted, used as soldiers and slaves. Jon Hunt, a […]

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