New Music Tuesday: Week of July 29, 2013

  By: Jacob Elyachar This week’s New Music Releases features new albums from the Backstreet Boys, Robin Thicke and Tech N9Ne…plus hot singles from Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida & Icona Pop! In a World Like This by the Backstreet Boys All five Backstreet Boys have released their first studio album together since 2005’s Never Gone. […]

Nina Howard returns as Jim takes a stand on “The Newsroom”

By: Jacob Elyachar Throughout the past two episodes of Season Two of the hit HBO drama: The Newsroom, viewers learned about a chain of events that led to the implosion of a story that News Night with Will McAvoy featured on their newscast. What clues did viewers discover tonight that led to their eventual meeting […]

Jacob’s Movie Review: The Wolverine

By: Jacob Elyachar 13 years ago, an unknown Australian actor named Hugh Jackman made his silver screen debut playing one of Marvel’s iconic heroes: Wolverine of the X-Men. After the original X-Men trilogy, a solo film and a cameo in the relaunched X-Men series, Jackman returned to play the feral superhero for a sequel that […]

Happy 70th Birthday Mick Jagger! The Best Collaborations

By: Jacob Elyachar Jake’s Take would like to wish Sir Mick Jagger a very “Happy Birthday!” The Rolling Stones front man has collaborated with hundreds of artists over his six decades in the entertainment industry. Here are some of his best collaborations: “Beast of Burden” with Bette Midler (1983) While Mick did not actually perform […]

AGT has its first results show at Radio City Music Hall

By: Jacob Elyachar Last night, the first group of quarterfinalists made their Radio City Music Hall debuts! Some of them soared to the heavens and mesmerized audiences.  Unfortunately, others hit sour notes and received tough love from the show’s judges Howard Stern, Mel B, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum. Only four acts were advanced to […]

A Night at the Theater: The Little Mermaid

By: Jacob Elyachar Last night, thousands of people dove “Under the Sea” at Starlight Theatre to see the stage adaption of Disney’s beloved animated feature the Little Mermaid. While it kept true to the original animated classic, The Little Mermaid musical adaptation added several new twists to the production that helped expand the story such […]

New Music Releases: Week of July 22, 2013

By: Jacob Elyachar  Welcome to another exciting edition of New Music Releases! This week, Jake’s Take dives into new albums from Marc Anthony, The Rolling Stones and Selena Gomez plus new singles from Chris Brown, Ariana Grande and Bonnie McKee.   3.0 by Marc Anthony Marc Anthony’s 3.0 should be in every Latino music lovers’ […]

Maggie & Jim’s problems highlight the second episode of “The Newsroom: Season Two”

By: Jacob Elyachar Over 2,200,000 viewers tuned in for the Season Two premiere that found the News Night with Will McAvoy team in hot water with the Atlantis World Media lawyers. So how did the News Night team landed in the hot seat? The flashbacks continued during this episode. Jim slowly began to get his […]

A Night at the Theater: Lucky Streak

By: Jacob Elyachar The 2013 Kansas City Fringe Festival is here! Each year, the Indie Arts and Culture event bring in artists, fashion designers and playwrights from around the Midwest to showcase the best in rising talent. One playwright that I admire is Vicki Vodrey. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the 2012 […]

San Diego Comic Con 2013: Day Four Panel Preview

By: Jacob Elyachar Between all of the big announcements of Superman meeting Batman on the Silver Screen, the Guardians of the Galaxy cast assembling for the first time and the latest from Futurama, How I Met Your Mother and Once Upon A Time, I bet you are still catching your breath! We are in the […]

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