Rihanna Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, PA – September 3 & 4, 2016 Made In America headlined at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for what may be the last time this past labor day weekend. 2016 marked the end of a five-year contract Budweiser had with the city of Philadelphia, leaving whether or not the event will return up for debate. Regardless, more people than ever showed up to attend – over 150,000, beating last year’s high of close to 12

Stephen Amell at the Philadelphia premiere of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” Photo by Nick Bergmann. Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed by Jay S. Jacobs What is cooler than playing a beloved character from an iconic comic franchise?  How about playing two? For several years, Stephen Amell has been making his bones playing the title character in the hit CW series Arrow, which was the cornerstone in the network’s current all-DC-Comics all-the-time strategy

Game of Thrones Dance of the Dragons at Dilworth Plaza in Philadelphia on March 16, 2016. Photo copyright 2016 Nick Bergmann. Game of Thrones Releases the Dragons on Philadelphia Dragons took flight over the skies of Center City Philadelphia on Wednesday. People showed up by the thousands, filling Dilworth Park and the streets surrounding City Hall to catch a glimpse at this spectacle. All of this to mark the release of Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season on DVD. Game

Jake Marcionette in New York. Photo by Nick Bergmann © 2016 Jake Marcionette Surviving in the YA World by Jay S. Jacobs When you hear the term Young Adult books, you tend to think of these younger people as being the readers of the books, not the writers. Jake Marcionette is doing his part to change that conception. Marcionette was only 12 years old when he wrote his first book, Just Jake.  At thirteen, that book was in book store and on the New York Times best-seller list ma