By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Before One Direction, the Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, and the New Kids on the Block conquered the boyband genre; New Edition paved the way for their success. Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Travis Pettus, and Corey Rackley started the group in 1978 in Boston. However, their lives changed forever […]
Jake’s Take Fifth Anniversary: The Top 30 Greatest Female Singers Discovered on Reality TV-Part Three
January 17, 2017 By
Missed reading part two of this series? Click here to read it! This is it! Here are the ten female singers whose spectacular voices not only shaped singing competitions but also played a significant role in inspiring people to pursue a career in the music industry. #10: Gerphil-Geraldine Flores (Asia’s Got Talent: Season One) Pack […]
Warren Buffett & Gemma Godfrey visit “The New Celebrity Apprentice”
January 16, 2017 By
Two talented entrepreneurs visited Arnold Schwarzenegger and his New Celebrity Apprentice candidates this evening: the legendary Warren Buffett and Gemma Godfrey, Founder and CEO of Moo.la, a digital investment service. Throughout his legendary career, “the Oracle of Omaha” has grown his company, Berkshire Hathaway, into a force to be reckoned with the business world. With […]
Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews (Week of January 13, 2017)
January 13, 2017 By
Welcome to Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews! We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get this party started. No Plan by David Bowie It is hard to believe that David Bowie passed away one year ago this week. To commemorate this occasion, Sony and Columbia Records released a new four-song EP […]
Jake’s Take’s Fifth Anniversary: The Top 30 Female Singers Discovered on Reality TV-Part Two
January 10, 2017 By
Did you miss part one? Click here to read it! Part two of my countdown features some of the extraordinary women from the past ten years of singing competitions. #20: Stacy Francis (X Factor USA: Season One) I will never forget where I was when I heard Stacy Francis sing for the first time. […]
Schwarzenegger’s “New Celebrity Apprentice” gets hungry
January 9, 2017 By
Last week, The New Celebrity Apprentice debuted with a new location (Los Angeles, California), new candidates and a different boss: former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Under the leadership of Boy George, Carson Kressley, Jon Lovitz, and Matt Iseman, Team Arete dominated the first two tasks for Tyra Banks Cosmetics and Trident. Sadly, the women of […]
Jake’s Take: New Music Reviews (Week of January 6, 2017)
January 6, 2017 By
Welcome to the very first Jake’s Take’s New Music Reviews of 2017! Let’s get the party started. Trent Harmon EP by Trent Harmon I was very fortunate to meet Trent Harmon last year when I visited the American Idol set during Top Five week. He was very gracious, humble and had two spectacular performances: “Chandelier” […]
Jake’s Take’s Fifth Anniversary: The Top 30 Female Singers Discovered on Reality TV-Part One
January 4, 2017 By
For most of my life, I have watched talent competition television shows. I loved seeing ordinary people chase their dreams and become music superstars. In this new Jake’s Take: Fifth Anniversary series, I will salute the fine men and women who were discovered on Reality TV and made an impact on popular culture. I spent […]
Schwarzenegger ushers in “The New Celebrity Apprentice”
January 2, 2017 By
A new era began in Celebrity Apprentice history as Arnold Schwarzenegger took over the keys to the franchise from President-Elect Donald J. Trump. Schwarzenegger also elected to relocate the show to Los Angeles and will have a brand-new boardroom at Silicon Beach, where the latest group of celebrities will compete for the $250,000 check and […]
Jake’s Take: 17 Things I Am Looking Forward to in 2017
January 1, 2017 By
Happy 2017! Here are some of the things that Jake’s Take is looking forward to this year: Arnold takes over The Celebrity Apprentice (January 2017) Now that series creator Donald Trump is about to take over the Oval Office, NBC has picked out the new man to take over the Boardroom…former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. […]
