Stars on 45

John Travolta Steps Out in NYC

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:02:00 +0000

Lindsay Lohan treated for exhaustion

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:17:00 +0000

'Carlton Dance' Flash Mob!!! -- Alfonso Ribeiro LEADS

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Boxing Champ Mayweather Reports to Jail

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:24:00 +0000

Today in History for May 28th

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000

Wendy Williams Makeunder Shoot!

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott Headed For Divorce?

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Rick Springfield On Touring During The Vietnam War

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Disease Killing Millions of Bats

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes up from coma

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:37:00 +0000

Terry Fox

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Alicia Silverstone Defends Her Mouth-to-Mouth Feeding

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Country Royalty at the ACMs

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:28:00 +0000

Justin Bieber - Boyfriend (Audio)

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:11:00 +0000

Arianna Huffington On Christopher Hitchens, God And Politics

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:08:00 +0000

Jessica Simpson Celebrates Her Baby Shower

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:11:00 +0000

42nd Street: Silver Coins | Behind the Scenes | Stratford Shakespeare Fe...

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Olivier Martinez Confirms Engagement to Halle Berry.

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Raw Video: Ancient Cemetery Found in Mexico

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:41:00 +0000

The Queen visits Fortnum and Mason

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:09:00 +0000

Bobbi Kristina opens up about Whitney Houston on Oprah's Next Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:00 +0000

ShowBiz Minute: Houston, Sheridan, Box Office

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:50:00 +0000

Avril Lavigne & Brody Jenner Split

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Union picketing "Biggest Loser"

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:49:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – A union drama unfolded Wednesday in the Santa Monica Mountains high above Malibu, CA.

A small group of below-the-line workers picketed at the state park where NBC's "The Biggest Loser" is produced.

LaborCrew members and their International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees supporters are demanding a union contract for the reality show.

Wages and working conditions are not the issue, sources told THR; pension and health benefits are.

"Loser," now in its 10th season, is a show about nutrition and fitness. Erin Barrow, the show's wardrobe supervisor, commented that "on a show that's about health, to not offer a health plan flies in the face of what (the show) is doing."

In a statement, IATSE confirmed that it is on strike against "Loser" and its production entities, Reveille Prods., 25/7 Prods. and 3 Ball Prods.

Said IATSE international president Matthew D. Loeb: "This is a top-rated primetime television show, and the crew remains unified. The strike is the result of a unanimous decision by members of the production crew that they get a contract similar to others covering these types of productions, and we are resolute in getting it for them."

The show has about 50 crew members, some of whom are union members. All voted to walk off the production and have done so. Sources told THR that production of the show has been halted.

The picket lines at two gates amounted to only about a dozen people, most of whom were not members of the "Loser" crew. However, sources indicated to THR that picketing was likely to resume Thursday and continue until a union contract is obtained.

According to the IATSE statement, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Directors Guild of America already have agreements with the production.

Representatives for NBC and Reveille declined to comment.

The Doobie Brothers can still rock after 40 years

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:40:00 +0000

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Doobie Brothers had a real simple goal for their first album in a decade.

"The main thing is you want somebody to hear the damn thing," singer Tom Johnston said. "You really want to get their take on it and make as many people as possible happy."

Judging by the response to "World Gone Crazy," the enduring band's 13th album and first since 2000's "Sibling Rivalry," they've achieved that goal. The album debuted at No. 39 on Billboard' album chart and has received excited reviews from critics since its release this fall.

Some bands are resting on their back catalog after four decades together, and the Doobies have quite the history with hits like "Black Water," "Listen To The Music," "Long Train Running" and "China Grove" — all still radio mainstays. But they didn't want to make an album just to make an album.

The band, which now includes founding members Johnston and Pat Simmons and longtime cohorts John McFee and Michael Hossack, labored over "World Gone Crazy" for three years, the longest they've spent recording an album. They paid their own way in the studio this time and that afforded them the kind of freedom they'd never experienced before — the freedom to be perfectionists.

"We ran into a couple of songs, personally me speaking for myself, I said this is not what I had in mind," Johnston said. "So we went back in and got it where it needed to be. That's the blessing of taking the time. At the time it didn't seem like a blessing, but in hindsight I'm glad it took this long. Now that we got here, wow, it came out a lot better than we ever thought it would."

The Doobies went back to the future on the album, bringing in former producer Ted Templeman. Templeman worked on some of the band's best albums in the 1970s, but hadn't collaborated with the Doobies as a group since 1983. They also brought in former lead singer Michael McDonald and Simmons' good friend Willie Nelson to guest on songs.

The band members experimented with new recording techniques that weren't around the last time they put together an album, even employing drum loops on a few tracks. In the end the album was a highlight for a band that's achieved a lot of them.

"We appreciate it," Simmons said. "I know I do personally because I have a lot of friends in this business that have fallen on some hard times and here we are out still making a living playing and having fun."

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Online:http://www.doobiebrothers.net