The Kennedy Center Honors-The 20 Best Performances, Part One

One of the specials that this author enjoys every year is CBS’ The Kennedy Center Honors.   Since 1978, the ceremony honors men and women who have given contributions to American Culture through music, movies, television and theater. Past honorees have included Neil Simon, Aretha Franklin, Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett and the late Lucille Ball and […]

The Top 10 Moments in 2011 TV-Part Two

  Nine days before the world says goodbye to 2011, re-expierence the best moments in television from this year.   5. J.R. Martinez-From All My Children star to DWTS Champion   As actor and Army Veteran J.R. Martinez left All My Children behind in the sunset, he began a new journey on Dancing with the […]

Jacob interviews…Josh Skinner part two

In the second part of my interview series with Internet host Josh Skinner, the WithJosh.com host talks to me about his most memorable interviews.   Jacob Elyachar: Could you name your three most memorable interviews? Josh Skinner: I’ve done almost 50 interviews with 50 interesting people in pop culture.  Marc Summers was a big one […]

The Top 10 X Factor Performances from Season One

After thousands of auditions, tragic eliminations, temper tantrums and brilliant performances…. either Chris Rene, Josh Krajcik and Melanie Amaro will walk away with a $5 million recording contract and the title of The X Factor Season One Winner.    Here are the Top 10 best performances from each stage of the competition from the auditions […]

The Top 10 Moments in 2011 TV-Part One

    2011 brought us incredible moments in television.  This is the first of a two-part series of blog posts. 10. Rachel Crow’s Shocking Elimination on X Factor   One of the very first auditions that Americans saw from the first season of The X Factor was from 13-year-old Colorado native Rachel Crow.  Crow wowed […]

Jacob Interviews…withjosh.com Host Josh Skinner Part One

Since he was 11 years old, actor, withjosh.com host and songwriter Josh Skinner has been all over the entertainment industry.   Recently this triple-threat sat down with me for a series of interviews. Jacob Elyachar: You started your show business career when you were 11-years-old as a children’s radio host.  Why did you start that early? […]

The Top 10 Albums of 2011

              2011 has seen incredible albums from amazing artists.  However only 10 albums will have received the jacobelyacharjournalist.com stamp of approval.  Here are the elite albums from popular music. 10. LOVE? -Jennifer Lopez Despite being in the tabloids for her personal life including her break-up from Marc Anthony, Jenny […]

Jacob Interviews….From Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit’s Drew Manning

  It takes a lot of spirit and determination to go from fit to fat and back to fit.   Personal Trainer Drew Manning has been on that journey for eight months.  Since the start of his journey, Drew has made appearances on Good Morning America, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Dr. Oz […]

Throwback Tuesday-Legends of The Hidden Temple

Every kid growing up in the early 1990s remembers coming home from school to watch of Nickelodeon’s most successful game shows: Legends of the Hidden Temple.    For three seasons, countless of preteens and teens arrived at Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios Florida, with four objectives on their mind:  try to cross The Moat, correctly […]

The Top 20 Songs of 2011, Part Two

This is it! Here are the best songs of 2011… 10.  Pumped Up Kicks-Foster the People This song has been playing non-stop on Top 40 radio stations across the country since its’ September 2010 release.   “Pumped Up Kicks” has been used in different forms of media including popular T.V. shows Entourage and Gossip Girl.   The […]

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