By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a true shame that DaNica Shirey is the last female artist standing! Anita Antoinette, Alessandra Castronovo, Toia Jones and Jean Kelley should be in the places of Chris Jamison, Taylor John Williams, Luke Wade and (especially) Ryan Sill. However, we learned from last season’s X Factor UK, you can […]
Catching Up with Kim Yarbrough
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a privilege to welcome back my friend, Kim Yarbrough, to Jake’s Take! This quadruple threat has been extremely busy this year. Many readers might recognize her as the villainous Madame Lebeuf from Nickelodeon’s hit show The Haunted Hathaways or her guest appearances on Hot in Cleveland, Jane the Virgin […]
The Spell of Shattered Sight takes over Storybrooke
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Ingrid the Snow Queen is about to unleash the greatest evil Storybrooke has ever seen! The Snow Queen’s infamous Spell of Shattered Sight brings out the darkness in anyone. She even transformed Anna from one of the nicest characters in the Disney franchise into a mini Cora during the two-hour episode: […]
The 12 Defining Performances from Reality TV (the 2014 Edition)
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I enjoy this time of year! Around the holiday season, I unleash several countdowns of epic proportions. Up first…the 12 defining Reality TV performances from 2014! I have looked all over the globe for the best up-and-coming artists that appeared on the Idol, Got Talent, Voice and X Factor franchises. For […]
Taylor Swift takes over “The Voice: Season Seven” Top 10 Results Show!
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last night, music legends Clive Davis and Diana Ross along with longtime coach Christina Aguilera advised the Top 10 and it was clear that there were three frontrunners that could possibly be in the Final Three. If they continue to deliver…fans can expect Team Blake’s Craig Wayne Boyd, Team Adam’s Damien […]
Music legends advise “The Voice-Top 10”
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The Voice: Season Seven Top 10 are extremely lucky for three reasons! First, they are on one of the best singing competitions of all-time. Second, they made it passed the thousands of artists that auditioned for a chance to be mentored by Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams. […]
New Music Releases: Week of November 24, 2014 (Thanksgiving edition)
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Is your home going to be overrun by relatives this Thanksgiving weekend? Do not worry because this week’s New Music Releases has tunes that satisfy even the pickiest of music listeners! Listen by David Guetta It has been three years since David Guetta released his massive CD: Nothin’ But the […]
Pitbull, Swift & Booties rock the 2014 AMAs!
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last year, one of my lifelong dreams came true: attend the American Music Awards! I sat at the top of the Nokia Theatre with my cousin, Mike Elyachar, as we watched the 2013 American Music Awards! I got goose bumps as Justin Timberlake, A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera sang […]
The Five Question Challenge with Shreddy Brek’s Adam Foster
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome Shreddy Brek’s Adam Foster to Jake’s Take! What makes Adam and his organization so incredible is their innate ability to combine fitness, fascinating facts and humor into incredible articles on his blog and superb YouTube videos. With over 1,020,000 views on YouTube and an ever-growing […]