The 2007 Super Bowl XLI halftime show featured Prince. The 12 minutes performance included both original songs and covers. He even made the Foo Fighters’s Best Of You sound amazing.
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Tag: Television
4/13/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Dave Chappelle – Fuck Ashton Kutcher And How I Got the Lead On Jeopardy
Comedian Dave Chappelle tries his hand at poetry on Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam Continue reading
4/10/16 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Miles Davis- So What
So What is one of the best known examples of modal jazz, the song is first track on the 1959 Miles Davis album Kind of Blue. The actor Dennis Hopper, in an interview in 2008 with Men’s Journal, claims that Davis named the song after intellectual conversations with Hopper, in which Hopper would reply, “So what?” Continue reading
3/30/16 O&A NYC DANCE: The Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers: Rise Of The Drifts- Episode 30
For the LXD, one moment changes everything: the promise of eternal love, the legacy of family bonds, and the destiny of two brothers. Continue reading
3/28/16 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY- CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Halle Berry- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (excerpts)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is the 1999 biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best Actress Nomination in 1954 for Carmen Jones, to her death from prescription drugs, which remains debated whether it was suicide or accidental. In 2000 production won five Emmy Awards including Outstanding Art Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, Hairstyling and Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie—Halle Berry. Continue reading
3/21/16 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Rufus- Tell Me Something Good
Tell Me Something Good, a song by Rufus and Chaka Khan, written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1974. Rufus won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for the song at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards in 1975. Continue reading
3/14/16 O&A NYC TELEVISION: Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Marvel’s Luke Cage Series
Mike Colter revealed at the red carpet opening for the second season of Daredevil that Netflix’s Luke Cage series will the premiere on September 30th. Continue reading
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
3/7/16 O&A NYC DANCE: The Legion Of Extraordinary Dances: RA GAMES- Episode 27
Spex and the Observers go head to head with the LXD recruits in an action-packed training exercise to channel their Ra. Continue reading
3/4/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Jackie Wilson- Baby Workout (Live 1965)
Baby Workout by Jackie Wilson (from the album of the same name) is about urging a girl to dance (work out) all night with him. It was Wilson’s biggest hit. A tenor with a four octave vocal range, he was nicknamed “Mr. Excitement”, and was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Continue reading
