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3/8/16 O&A NYC COMEDY: CNN Election Center Cold Open – Saturday Night Live
Jake Tapper (Beck Bennett) covers the outcome of Super Tuesday, including Donald Trump (Darrell Hammond) and Hillary Clinton’s (Kate McKinnon) big wins, Ted Cruz’s (Taran Killam) second place showing and Mitt Romney’s (Jason Sudeikis) feud with Trump. Continue reading
3/1/16 O&A NYC ENTERTAINMENT: Screen Guild Awards – Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live mocked how no black actors were nominated for Oscars with a sketch about the fictitious Screen Guild Awards, where not one person up for an award was black, even though many of the films were about African-Americans. Continue reading
2/29/16 O&A NYC ENTERTAINMENT: Chris Rock Opening Monologue At The 2016 Oscars
Chris Rock takes Hollywood to task for race and sexism. Continue reading
2/27/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Erykah Badu Live At Java Jazz Festival (2012)
Erykah Badu, the reigning first lady of neo soul gave a hypnotizing appearance at the 2012 Java Jazz Festival. Her performance became one of the most shining highlight for the festival’s first day. Continue reading
2/22/16 O&A NYC ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: Natalie Cole’s Family Outraged Over GRAMMYs’ ‘Disrespectful’ Tribute to Late Singer
Robert Yancy, Natalie Cole’s son says the first African-American to win a Grammy for Best New Artist deserved a better tribute. Yancy says he’s outraged his mom didn’t get a star-studded tribute. “She has deserved so much more than that because she has done so much,” he said. “It was really insulting,” he added. Sisters Timolan and Casey Cole agreed. “Not even verbally mentioned. It was not something we felt was worthy of such an iconic star.” Continue reading
2/16/18 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Whitney Houston- I Have Nothing- Bodyguard World Tour (South Africa)
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, singer, actress, producer and model. In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. Houston was one of the world’s best-selling music having sold over 200 million records worldwide. She released six studio albums, one holiday album and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. Continue reading
9/18/17 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: George Carlin- Seven Words You Can Never Can Never Say On Television
George Carlin’s best-known routine, Seven Words You Can Never Can Never Say On Television, resulted in arrest after performing this routine at Milwaukee’s Summerfest and charged with violating obscenity laws. The case prompted Carlin to refer to the words as The Milwaukee Seven. Continue reading
1/9/16 O&A NYC Saturday Morning Concert: D’Angelo at AFROPUNK FEST 2014
Enigmatic R&B recluse D’Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on the evening of Sunday, August 24. Continue reading
1/8/16 O&A NYC EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce And Bruno Mars Will Join Coldplay for Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show
Pepsi confirms that Queen Bey herself, Beyonce, will join Coldplay at the Super Bowl on-stage during their performance at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show on Feb. 7. Presumably, the group will deliver a live rendition of Hymn for the Weekend, featured on their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, and features vocals from Bey. Bruno Mars is also expected to take the stage with Coldplay at some point during the show. The Uptown Funk singer previously headlined the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show in 2014, while Beyonce ran the show in 2013.
Something tells us that Bruno and Bey aren’t the only VIPs we’ll be seeing on that stage, at least one more act is expected to join the halftime show. “Today, it’s about how do we stage our special guests. Yesterday, what I was nervous about, it was all about the set list,” Harvey remarked. Super Bowl 50 will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, airing live on CBS.
