By Ben Crandell May 23, 2012 09:45 AM Comedy icon Don Rickles will perform at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood on June 21, with tickets on sale Friday, May 25, at 1 p.m. Priced at $49, $59 and $69, the reserved-seat tickets will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone (800-745-3000). There are many reasons to appreciate an evening with Rickles, but here are 10 that come to mind: 10. First made a name for himself in show business at a Hollywood nightclub by insulting Frank Sinatra.9. Honed his act at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and then the U.S. Navy, back when those institutions didn’t seem so mutually exclusive.8. ... Continue reading →
Robin Gibb performs his timeless hit about memory and mortality, "I Started a Joke." Away from the spotlight, longtime Miami Beach residents Robin and Barry Gibb, opposites in temperament and creative impulses, had a relationship that was extraordinary even for two brothers. “They had a magical connection,” said John Merchant, veteran producer and engineer at the brothers' Middle Ear Inc. recording studio in Miami Beach. Robin Gibb, who with Barry and twin Maurice was one-third of the global pop superstar trio the Bee Gees, died on Sunday of complications from cancer at age 62. Merchant began at Middle Ear as an intern in 1988, and through 2004 worked on many late-career Bee Gees albums, including “One,” “Size Isn't Everything,” several live recordings and projects produced ... Continue reading →
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d'orazio Jennifer Lopez is playing nice with American Idol. The superstar has finally spoken out on my exclusive report earlier this week that she has decided not to return to A.I. for a third season… READ: Jennifer Lopez's American Idol Shakeup: It's Not About the Money "There is no truth to reports that say I am definitely leaving Idol," Lopez tweeted last night. "All I said was I haven't decided what I am doing next year. #mediaremix." She followed up with another post, "When I know for sure what I'm doing I will let the #LOVE!RS know!" Even so, my sources insists she wants out. So why the denial? One source insists it's not a negotiating ploy to squeeze more money out of Fox, but ... Continue reading →
The elegantly silky "Sacar La Voz" by Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, who will perform on a bill with ArtOfficial Saturday night at PAX in Miami. This is the weekend you cough up your swede, right? Yes, remember, your swede — the no-budget, mega-hilariously awful remake of a Hollywood film? Remember, you were talking about that mash-up of “Downton Abbey” and “Showgirls”? How much did you have to drink, anyway? OK, to recap: We have until July 13 to make our movie, under three minutes and PG-13 rated, to enter in the first Swede Fest Palm Beach. It doesn’t cost us anything to enter, and we get free admission into the July 27 swede film festival at Midtown’s Borland Center for the Performing Arts (4801 PGA ... Continue reading →
Perry Farrell draws from the darkest moments of his life just after fleeing South Florida for Jane's Addiction's "Twisted Tales." Jane’s Addiction’s 1988 debut studio album, “Nothing’s Shocking,” was cloaked in brown paper by many retailers to shield delicate sensibilities from its cover artwork — nude Siamese twins with their heads on fire — created by the band’s androgynous and mercurial lead singer, North Miami Beach High School ex Perry Farrell. Likewise, the Los Angeles-based band’s second album, 1990’s critically lauded “Ritual de lo Habitual,” came emblazoned with Farrell’s rendering of a nude trio in embrace, a cover that prompted the release of an alternate, text-only “clean” version. Later, when Jane’s Addiction succumbed to the pressures of rock stardom in the early ’90s, Farrell formed ... Continue reading →
