By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last night, America’s Got Talent: Season Nine’s Semifinals began! Some of the acts (Andrey Moraru, Emily West and Sons of Serendip) brought the house down! Other acts (Mara Justine, Miguel Dakota and Mike Super) had no business being on the Radio City Music Hall stage in the first place. But, it […]
Moraru, Emily West and Sons of Serendip deliver on packed “AGT” Semifinals
August 26, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Tonight, 12 of the rising stars in the talent world faced the Radio City Music Hall audience for the second time! Who impressed the judges (Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howard Stern) and the audience? Read on to find out: Flight Crew Jump Rope: Heidi brought back the Flight […]
New Music Releases: Week of August 25, 2014
August 26, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com This week’s edition of New Music Releases packs some serious star power! My Everything by Ariana Grande For the past couple of years, sophomore albums have played an important part in how artists survive in today’s music industry. My Everything showcases why Ariana Grande is one of the most talked […]
Beyoncé runs the 2014 VMAs!
August 24, 2014 By
Beyoncé Knowles is gunning for Madonna’s “Queen of Pop” crown! With 17 Grammy Awards and 15 MTV Video Music Awards, the Dreamgirls triple threat received one of the show’s most coveted awards: the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She joined fellow Jackson acolytes and superstars Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake as the only three members […]
Jake’s Take On…Pop Bytes (Week of August 18, 2014)
August 21, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to Pop Bytes! This new segment is dedicated to my thoughts on the latest breaking news in the world of pop culture! Here’s what happened this week: Julianne Hough Returns to “DWTS”: The two-time Dancing with the Stars champ is back in America’s favorite ballroom as the full-time fourth judge! […]
“AGT” reveals its final set of semifinalists
August 20, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Last night, the last group of quarterfinalists left it all on the Radio City Music Hall stage. Tonight, we learned which four acts were sent straight through to the Semifinals and the last two acts, whose fates would be decided by the judges (Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and future […]
Katy Perry “Roars” into the Sprint Center
August 20, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One of today’s biggest pop princesses, Katy Perry, is in the midst of her third world tour: The Prismatic World Tour. After conquering the United Kingdom, Canada and most of the continental United States, the two-time American Music Award-winning songstress took her show to Kansas City’s Sprint Center. As ecstatic KatyCats […]
New Music Releases: Week of August 18, 2014
August 19, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am so excited to welcome everyone to the latest edition of New Music Releases! We have a lot to get too…so let’s get this party started! Smokey & Friends by Smokey Robinson The Motown icon gathered an A-list of singers to tackle some of soul music’s greatest tracks. Each […]
Jesse Kinch dominates “Rising Star” Final Six
August 17, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com When Jesse Kinch first sang “I Put A Spell On You” during his first audition, he became the artist that redeemed this show! His old school vocals gave everyone chills and now…he has a one-in-five shot to make it to the Rising Star finale! But, did Jesse’s winning streak stop tonight? […]
A Word From The Publisher: Jake’s Take’s Third Anniversary
August 14, 2014 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is hard to believe that it has been three years since I started my blog! On August 14, 2011, I wrote my first article as jacobelyacharjournalist.com (now known as Jake’s Take). I started my blog in hopes to bring my point of view to the World Wide Web. Like almost […]
