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Source: [ DeseretNews.com ]
NEW YORK — There are a number of theories on why “Blue Bloods” has been able to carve out such a substantial audience on Fridays, a night when viewers are hard to come by.
Some say the CBS series, now in its second season, is attracting an average of 13.6 million viewers because of its stellar cast, headed up by TV royalty, Tom Selleck.
Some say it’s the gritty, streets-of-New York crime stories.
The sentimental majority opinion holds that it’s the show’s weekly dinner scene, during which four generations of Reagans — presided over by the patriarch (Len Cariou) — bicker, spar and celebrate one another.
“That scene is the favorite of so many people,” says “Blue Bloods'” executive producer, Leonard Goldberg. “Italian people, Jewish people, Greek people — they all say the same thing: ‘That’s my family.'”
On this morning, as the cast runs through take after take at the long dinner table, one thing is abundantly clear: Donnie Wahlberg, who plays flinty NYPD detective Danny Reagan, can really put it away.
While the other actors are saying their lines, playing to the cameras, Wahlberg is shoveling in forkfuls of apple pie. With gusto. There’s a crew member devoted to refilling Wahlberg’s plate every time the director yells “Cut!”
Afterward in his dressing room, Wahlberg notes, “In the very next scene, which we already shot last week, I eat another slice of pie. The whole show is going to be me eating pie.”
When you grow up, as Wahlberg did, the eighth of nine children in a poor working-class family in Boston’s hardscrabble Dorchester neighborhood, the prospect of all-you-can-eat never loses its appeal.
So how would Sunday dinner at the Wahlbergs differ from the atmosphere at the Reagans?
Source: [ KDWB.com ]
101.3 KDWB presents Jordan Knight “Live & Unfinished” at the Cabooze Thursday, January 26th and you can win tickets ALL WEEKEND! All you have to do is listen to 101.3 KDWB in the hours listed below, then be the 10th caller to 651-989-KDWB (5392) and you’re in!
Tickets to this 18+ event on sale now at ticketfly.com.
Doors @ 6pm
Show @ 7pm
[ WINNING HOURS ]
FRIDAY: 5P, 8P
SATURDAY: 11A, 12P, 1P, 2P, 3P, 4P
SUNDAY: 1P, 2P, 3P, 4P
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Source: [ Louisville.com ]
Remember 12?
Twelve years old and the quivering, nearly nauseous feeling that would develop in the pit of your stomach when you favorite singer came on the radio. Rhiannon Meyer, 34, remembers. “I was 12 years old, absolutely loved New Kids on the Block. I got the chance to see them concert, I was loving the music, the dancing and when they did that pelvic thrust”, she giggles like she’s right back there, “something happened, I didn’t even really know what that thrust meant, but my knees got weak and my stomach starting quivering.”
For Louisville thirty-somethings, part of that quivering feeling is coming back to town. Jordan Knight, one of the NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – #NKOTB for the hipsters, is doing a show at The Hard Rock Café on 4th Street Live on Saturday, February 11th.
Knight has a new CD project (Unfinished) due in May, 2012 which brings about the solo tour. Tickets are on sale now,
[ CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS ]. For fans like Rhiannon and her friend Erin Ryan, 27, who have been to 19 concerts and 3 New Kids Caribbean Cruises, they’ve already starting making plans.
These two ladies and other BLOCKHEADS, as they’re known, are preparing for a wild night, living and re-living those teenage dreams. Something I talked to Jordan Knight about by phone.
Continue reading [ Interview ] The NEW KID in Town – Jordan Knight’s solo tour comes to town
Source: [ StuffBoston.com ]
He lives with his wife and kids in LA, but Joey McIntyre remains one beloved Boston boy. At 38, the Jamaica Plain-raised musician makes grown women swoon like the teenage girls who worshipped his poster during New Kids on the Block’s ’80s heyday. That was the scene when he stopped by Woodward at the Ames Hotel to play an intimate set from his new holiday album, Come Home for Christmas, after his public performance for the city’s Christmas tree lighting.
We chatted with him about his busy year touring with the Backstreet Boys (as part of the boy-band super-group NKOTBSB) and recent television work on Psych and CSI. He also has a small role in New Year’s Eve, the new flick starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Ashton Kutcher, and just about everyone else in Hollywood. But NYE is a big day for him off-screen, too. December 31 is McIntyre’s birthday, and this New Kid is counting down to the last year of his 30s.
How was it being back in Boston for the tree lighting?
It was a great way to kick off the season. You appreciate it all so much more when you’re older – especially having kids and wanting them to have Boston in their lives.
What do you miss most about Boston?
Jamaica Pond. And the Golden Temple Mai Tai. You know, that place in Brookline? But not the regular mai tai! The Golden Temple Mai Tai.
Why was this the year for a holiday album?
I got off the road in August from the NKOTBSB tour. It was amazing, loads of fun. Then I came home and jumped into daddy land. But creatively, I got itchy. I had this album on the back burner for a while. . . . So I jumped right into it with Rob Lewis, our musical director from the tour. I decided to do it in October, which is rushing it, but in this digital age I was able to turn it around in time. I’m really proud of it.
Continue reading [ INTERVIEW ] Get Close with … Joey McIntyre
Jordan recently announced 3 new dates of his [ LIVE & UNFINISHED ] tour. They read as follows:
Thursday, February 09, 2012 – Atlanta, GA
Venue: Loft @ Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Doors: TBA
Tickets on sale!
[ TICKETS ]: TicketWeb.com
Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Toronto, ON
Venue: The Opera House, Toronto, ON
Doors: TBA
Tickets on sale!
[ TICKETS ]: TicketWeb.com
[ PLEASE NOTE ] VIP tickets will appear as an Upgrade. So if you don’t get tickets, you can’t get VIP!