By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com To quote YouTube singer Rebecca Black: (Singing voice): “It’s Friday! Friday! It’s Friday, Friday Gotta get down on Friday Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend Friday, Friday Gettin’ down on Friday Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend” (End of singing voice) It’s Day Two of the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con! […]
Jake’s Take: 2016 San Diego Comic-Con (Thursday edition)
July 21, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com (Singing voice) “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con is this weekend, and thousands of pop culture aficionados are about ready to dive into the pop culture pool! As always, Jake’s Take offers every San Diego Comic-Con attendee (and wannabe attendees) a guide to the […]
Jake’s Take: The 2016 Big Slick Weekend
June 18, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Kansas City’s biggest charity event took place this weekend. Since 2010, the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend has raised over $3.25 million for Children’s Mercy Hospital’s Cancer Center. The weekend is co-hosted by KC natives and Hollywood heavyweights Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis, who were joined by fellow actors […]
A Tribute to Christina Grimmie (1994-2016)
June 11, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Multiple news outlets such as CNN, USA Today, and E! News have confirmed that Voice alum and YouTube sensation Christina Grimmie is dead. The Season Six third place finisher was shot outside of her Orlando, Fla. concert while she was signing autographs for fans at the Plaza Live theatre. Orlando police […]
Jake’s Take: 2016 Planet Comicon Wrap-Up
May 22, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com If I had to describe 2016 Planet Comicon in one word, that word would be EXCELSIOR! Planet Comicon wrapped up its three-day celebration of all things pop culture on a high note. I have been attending Planet Comicon on and off since it was a small boutique convention that was held […]
Jake’s Take Previews Planet Comicon 2016
May 18, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Planet Comicon kicks off in TWO days! I have always enjoyed going to Kansas City’s largest pop culture celebration and since it moved from the Overland Park International Trade Center to Bartle Hall, the convention has gotten bigger and better. Jake’s Take has several tips and reveals his picks of what […]
A Tribute to Prince (1958 to 2016)
April 21, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The world has lost another music icon. According to numerous media outlets such as Billboard, CNN, PopWrapped and Rolling Stone, the artist known as Prince has passed away at age 57-year-old. TMZ reported that Prince’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound earlier Thursday morning and also noted that the […]
Jake’s Take: Thank you, American Idol!
April 7, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Tonight, American Idol will air its final episode. The FOX singing juggernaut has been a part of my life since I was an eighth-grader at Oxford Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas. Ok, I missed the great Kelly versus Justin battle during the summer of 2002, but thanks to my mother, […]
The 12 Greatest Talent Competition Judges of All-Time
April 6, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com (Article originally was written: April 6, 2016; Updated on May 29, 2016) Starting this Tuesday, America’s Got Talent creator Simon Cowell will join Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Mel B at the AGT judges table for the NBC talent competition’s eleventh season! In honor of Mr. Cowell’s return of judging […]
Piff the Magic Dragon visits Kansas City
April 2, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It was almost a year ago when I saw a 34-year-old magic dragon named Piff to walk onto the America’s Got Talent (AGT) stage. He was cheeky, and I almost thought that the King of All Media would buzz him immediately. However, it wasn’t until he called judge Heidi Klum to […]
