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1/17/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Frank Sinatra With The Count Basie Band

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Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Band, this concert took place about a month before his A Man and His Music special.   Continue reading

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9/18/17 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: George Carlin- Seven Words You Can Never Can Never Say On Television

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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

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1/11/16 O&A NYC With WaleStylez: Baz Luhrmann’s New Netflix Series Explores the South Bronx in the 1970s

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The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Netflix musical series, have many drawing comparisons to HBO’s Vinyl, FOX’s Empire and of course West Side Story. Insiders are saying that its saving grace is that it doesn’t look like is a Baz Luhrmann production! The director has always had a keen eye and a sharp ear for musical numbers, but, recently, his taste for spectacle has tended to overshadow the Luhrmann touch that made a small film like Strictly Ballroom so charming. Continue reading

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1/8/16 O&A NYC EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce And Bruno Mars Will Join Coldplay for Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

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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.

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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.