Partying, Oscar 2010 Edition

What better time to throw a party than Oscar Week?  Venues all over town were booked with soirees—and if the  bashes didn’t really have anything to do with the Academy  Awards, that was fine, too. A lack of heat lamps didn’t put a damper on the QVC party  in the “backyard” of the Four Seasons. Women’s heels sinking into the grass? Everyone dealt. The champagne-soaked, glitzy bash featured reams of bite-size appetizers and an extremely...

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Locking Up the Oscars

An historic win, a sin of omission, a rude interruption, tears of joy and some killer  one-liners—all part of the lengthy live telecast of the 82nd annual Academy Awards  on ABC. Opening the show with Neil Patrick Harris doing a song and dance number was inspired and attention-grabbing right out of the gate, but the tune disappointed. Still, it won’t hurt his well-deserved new rep as the go-to guy for awards show hosting duties. The...

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Nashville: Music City Tunes Up For Tourism

Though its tagline, “music city” conjures up what the city is famous for, Nashville is so much more. From the low brow — the city’s fabled honky-tonks — to the highbrow — an impressive array of historic mansions and art institutions, Nashville has something for everyone looking for something different, unique and memorable. And you will never go hungry, nor tire of the good old-fashioned Southern...

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“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”–Minus MJ

Judith Hill belts it out in Beverly HIlls The occasion: a glitzy luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel honoring the nominees of  the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards, to be broadcast live on FOX Friday Feb. 26 at 8 p.m.—but tape-delayed on the West Coast from the Shrine Auditorium.   The highlight: singer Judith Hill, Michael Jackson’s duet partner on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” in “This is It,” gave a solo, gut-wrenching performance...

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Burning Grammy Questions

Where was Kanye West when you needed him?  Perhaps he could have mitigated some of the Taylor-phoria at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which many people are complaining was more like the Country Music Awards, what with the Zac Brown Brand (who?) winning for best new artist. Ricky Martin—did you get the heat you asked for twice? Kaley Cuoco—was your dress on backwards? Bon Jovi—why did the fan-chosen “Living on a Prayer” only run about...

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