Michele Amabile
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is heading to Brooklyn next week, and he is taking Bruce Springsteen with him. Springsteen–who is busy promoting the premiere of his film, Western Stars–is scheduled to appear on the ABC late night program, which will begin broadcasting on Oct. 21. Other guests next week include: Eddie Murphy, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Alicia Keys, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Ripa,…
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Amanda Roberts of Hopatcong, New Jersey was crowned the champion of the Six Flags Great Adventure 30-Hour Coffin Challenge on Monday (Oct. 14). Roberts fearlessly plowed through a variety of harrowing challenges, survived her claustrophobic coffin, endured limited bathroom and phone breaks and earned the most points to win the competition. She ate pork brains, fished items from a jar…
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The Ocean County Mall is going to get a lot sweeter with the opening of Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in the Spring of 2020. The new location will open as part of the redevelopment at Ocean County Mall, it was announced today. Wei and Lisa Bee founded the first Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in 1993 in downtown Ann Arbor near…
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Pat Benatar, The Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy and Judas Priest are finally getting their due, as all three acts are in the running to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020, the Hall announced today. The late Chris Cornell, who passed away in 2017, has a chance to be posthumously inducted as his band,…
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Bruce Springsteen is in London promoting the premiere of his new film, “Western Stars,” and made a stop on The Graham Norton Show to chat about it. When Springsteen–who is seated next to actor Robert De Niro on the couch–was asked about that time he jumped over the fence at Graceland to pay a visit to Elvis Presley, he obliged…
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Bruce Springsteen released another clip from his forthcoming film event for Western Stars today (Oct. 4). The clip–featuring Springsteen and a string orchestra–highlights the track, “Sundown,” from the album, released earlier this year. The documentary film–set for widescreen release on Oct. 25–weaves archival footage and Springsteen’s personal narration with songs to tell the story of Western Stars. Set under the…
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Foreigner’s “Double Vision: Then & Now” show will go on at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this Friday (Oct. 4), but without Lou Gramm. Gramm is unable to appear due to medical issues, the band announced on Facebook. Gramm was hospitalized at the Unity Hospital at Park Ridge in Rochester, NY last week with a severe respiratory infection, dehydration…
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Three Ocean county women are set to compete in the 30-Hour Coffin Challenge at Six Flags Great Adventure, the park announced today. Platt, who hails from from Forked River and the mother-daughter team LynnAnn Joyce and Alairra Craven, Seaside Heights, were picked out of nearly 6,000 people to compete in the contest, set for Oct. 13 and 14 at the theme…
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As a songwriter, Bruce Springsteen is also a gifted storyteller-and the story begins in Freehold. “The story started here,” Springsteen’s cousin, Glenn Cashion, says in a short film “Bruce Springsteen: Hometown,” directed by Emmy-Winning Asbury Park fillmaker Adam Worth. “We are so close to the stories.” The film is part of the new exhibit, “Springsteen: His Hometown,” which officially opens…
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Billy Joel is saying hello to Hollywood. MGM Television is teaming with Universal Music Publishing Group for a new “arc-ology”–titled “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant.” The show will feature episodes based on lyrics of his hits and characters from his songs, including the Stranger, the Piano Man, Mamma Leone and Sgt. O’Leary. The series will be created by Kevin Fox…
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