Jake’s Take’s 2018 Summer Hot List: A Pop Culture Preview

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com   May 25 kicks off Memorial Day weekend, which officially kicks off summer 2018! To commemorate the occasion, Jake’s Take is revealing its hot summer list! Here are the 12 events that will shake up the pop culture world this summer. Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25) Movie fans will […]

A Conversation With “Sexy Is Timeless: Ten Timeless Sexy Assets That Lie Within You” Luisa Diaz

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Luisa Diaz to Jake’s Take. Luisa is a remarkable woman with an impeccable career. The former Ms. Venezuela International was featured in several Oscar-winning movies such including The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook.  She also hosted and produced the first and longest running Spanish language […]

Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews: Week of May 11, 2018

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews is back! In this edition, I will look at new material from some of our favorite artists.   Year One by Clark Beckham I have been waiting for years for new music from a friend of the blog, Clark Beckham. The American Idol alum recently released […]

A Conversation With ‘The Art of Being Jonny” author James Sismanes

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome back James Sismanes to the blog! James Sismanes is an exceptional person to this media outlet as he was Jake’s Take’s very first interview.  He made his first appearance on the blog on November 27, 2011, under his producer alias “Simmy.”  My first interview with […]

The Five Question Challenge With Nikki’s Wives’ Nikki Whitehead

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a privilege to welcome Nikki’s Wives’ Nikki Whitehead to Jake’s Take. Since 2015, Whitehead and her fellow band members, guitarist and keyboardist Dylan Lauzon and drummer Nate Baylor have built up a following that started outside of Toronto.  Nikki’s Wives’ music caught the attention of several significant musicians such […]

Jake’s Take At The Movies-Avengers: Infinity War

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Warning! Minor spoilers are ahead. Six years ago, I went to see the first gathering of superheroes that the cinema world has ever seen.  That gathering was The Avengers.  For the first time, the world got to see Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black […]

Jake’s Take Pays Tribute To Once Upon A Time

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Seven years ago, I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.  When I returned home to Overland Park, Kansas to begin a new life and my job search, there was one television show that I started to watch that made me laugh, cry, and […]

Jake’s Take’s Music Bytes: Farewell to Avicii (1989 to 2018)

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The music world was shocked and saddened to learn of Avicii’s tragic passing at 28-years-old on April 20, 2018.  Avicii, whose real name was Tim Bergling, became one of his generation’s impeccable beat makers as he dominated the Electronic Dance Music scene with his outstanding collaborations and superb tracks. Jake’s Take […]

Jake’s Take Visits Big Apple Comic Con (The 2018 Edition)

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com When I arrived outside Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, dozens of pop culture aficionados were waiting to get to the venue to attend the Big Apple Comic Con. Once fans were lead into the show, they had the opportunity to meet with representatives from the Certified Guaranty Company to see […]

Jake’s Take Previews: The 2018 Big Apple Comic Con

By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com For over 20 years, thousands of pop culture aficionados have gathered together to celebrate the best in comic books, movies, science fiction, television, and anime at the Big Apple Comic Con. When New York City comic book maven Michael “Mike Carbo” Carbonaro started the Big Apple Comic Con in 1995, the […]

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