Bastille – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – June 15, 2022 British pop-rock band, Bastille, took the stage of the iconic The Met Philly on June 17th for their second-to-last show of the Give Me The Future Tour . The powerhouse that is Bastille consists of lead singer Dan Smith, drummer Chris Wood, bassist and guitarist William Farquarson, and pianist Kyle Simmons. Since the release of their first album Bad Blood in 2013, the band has gone on to top the charts with “Happier” with

Bastille – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – September 16, 2019 – Photo by Emma Cameron © 2019 Bastille & Joywave – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – September 16, 2019 Bastille, a British indie/pop rock band, began making waves in 2010. Originally, Bastille was a solo project involving Dan Smith, now lead singer. Eventually the lineup gained Chris Wood on drums, Kyle Simmons on keys, and William Farquarson on guitar and bass. Bastille started gaining popularity following the release o

Q102 Jingle Ball at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA December 5, 2012 OneRepublic, The Wanted, Karmin, Bridgit Mendler, Hot Chelle Rae, Ed Sheeran, Cher Lloyd and Olly Murs Backstage at the 2012 Q102 Jingle Ball – Rockin’ in Philly By Jackie Speiss and Deborah Wagner When Q102’s Jingle Ball holiday concert rocked Philadelphia the other night, some of music’s big stars hit the stage in front of nearly nineteen thousand screaming fans. The star-studded lineup brought B

THE ROOMMATE (2011) Starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka, Danneel Harris, Frances Fisher, Tomas Arana, Billy Zane, Nina Dobrev, Matt Lanter, Cherilyn Wilson and Katerina Graham. Screenplay by Sonny Mallhi. Directed by Christian E. Christiansen. Distributed by Screen Gems. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sometimes it is amusing to imagine how movies actually get green-lit – what reasoning went into creating a film. However, sometimes you can almost pictu

Amy Adams stars in “Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day.” Amy Adams Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams by Jay S. Jacobs It is way too obvious to say that Amy Adams is having an enchanted year – and yet at the same time it is absolutely, inescapably accurate. Since her first appearance on film in the 1999 beauty pageant comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous with Kirstie Alley, Adams has worked pretty steadily in film, often doing well in films what were not quite up to her talents, like The Ex, T

Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer and Parker Posey Consider This by Jay S. Jacobs Working on the outskirts of the Hollywood movie community, actor-writer-director Christopher Guest has put together the most consistently funny troupe in films. Specializing in improvisational movies – many which are hilarious turns on documentaries – Guest has made some of the great comedies of the last twenty-five years. It all started when he and his partners Ha

Five for FIGHTING It's not EASY by Jay S. JACOBS Remember when popular music could actually say something? A tune was a mirror that we held up to our world. The lyrics were humorous or tragic or whimsical or heartbreakingly sincere. Songs spoke of love, war, relationships, politics, lust, and death. They would climb the heights or plunge the depths. John Ondrasik, the lead singer and songwriter of Five for Fighting, remembers. In his own small way, he’s trying to contin