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Totally blown away by Feist – Juno Awards

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I’m watching the Juno Awards – that’s Canada’s music awards which are our equivalent to the Grammy’s and Feist is taking a lot of awards.

The Juno’s are held over two days. There was a private dinner ceremony on Saturday night where the bulk of the awards were handed out. Feist pretty much took the big awards – Artist of the year and Song writer of the year.

Other than seeing her perform her song 1234 for the itunes/ ipod commercial on TV I’ve never really seen Feist perform.

I can’t say that anymore! She performed at the Juno’s and totally blew me away. In some ways she reminded me a little bit of Bjork but with a much more mainstream sound. I’d love to go to one of her concerts. I’m sure she’d be a performer worth seeing.

Avril Lavigne also performed at the Junos. She sang Girlfriend. Her backup dancers where sturdy looking girls. It a way it was nice to see more “every woman” type dancers highlighted in an area where usually only the thin and skeletal get to play.

Other big winners at the Juno’s were Finger Eleven for Rock Album of the Year – Them Vs. You Vs. Me.

Here’s the list of Saturday Nights winners. I’ll add the official Sunday night telecasts winners shortly.

• International Album of the Year — Good Girl Gone Bad — Rihanna

• Artist of the Year — Feist

• New Artist of the Year — Serena Ryder

• Songwriter of the Year — Feist

• Adult Alternative Album of the Year — Small Miracles — Blue Rodeo

• Alternative Album of the Year — Neon Bible — Arcade Fired

• Rock Album of the Year — Them Vs You Vs Me — Finger Eleven

• Vocal Jazz Album of the Year — Make Someone Happy — Sophie Milman

• Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year – Almost Certainly Dreaming – The Chris Tarry Group

• Traditional Jazz Album of the Year — Debut – Brandi Disterheft

• Instrumental Album of the Year — The Utmost — Jayme Stone

• Francophone Album of the Year — L’echec du material — Daniel Belanger

• Children’s Album of the Year — Music Soup — Jen Gould

• Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble — Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano — Marc-Andre Hamelin

• Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) With Large Ensemble Accompaniment — Korngold, Barber and • Walton Violin Concertos — James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

• Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance — Surprise — Measha Bruggergosman

• Classical Composition of the Year — Constantinople — Christos Hatzis

• Rap Recording of the Year — The Revolution — Belly

• Dance Recording of the Year — All U Ever Want — Billy Newton-Davis Vs. Deadmau5

• R&B/Soul Recording of the Year — Revival — Jully Black

• Reggae Recording of the Year — Don’t Go Pretending — Mikey Dangerous

• Aboriginal Recording of the Year — The Dirty Looks — Derek Miller

• Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo — Right of Passage — David Francey

• Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group — Key Principles — Nathan

• Blues Album of the Year — Building Full of Blues — FATHEAD

• Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year — Holy God — Brian Doerksen

• World Music Album of the Year — Agua Del Pozo — Alex Cuba

• Jack Richardson Producer of the Year — Joni Mitchell — Hana/Bad Dreams — Shine

• Recording Engineer of the Year — Kevin Churko — I Don’t Wanna Stop/God Bless The Almighty Dollar — Black Rain — Ozzy Osbourne

• CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year — Tracy Maurice (Director/Designer) and Francois Miron (Photographer) — Neon Bible — Arcade Fire

• Video of the Year — C’mon — Christopher Mills (Director) — Blue Rodeo

• Music DVD of the Year — 666 Live — Pierre & Francois Lamoureux, Billy Talent, Pierre Tremblay, Steve Blair — Billy Talent





Do you look like a star?

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If you’ve been told many times that you look like someone famous you might be interested to know that there’s a television show for people like you. It’s called Look-A-Like and they are going to be holding auditions for upcoming shows this weekend.

Come to Toronto and audition this weekend for the production team from Kaleidoscope Entertainment and Star. They’ll be looking for regular people who look like actors, famous personalities and rock stars. The auditions will take place this Saturday, January 20th, from 11 am – 5 pm and Sunday January 21st from 10 am – 5 pm at 299 Queen Street West. The production team is looking for people who standout so dress to impress the team.

Selected contestants will be given make overs by Stylists Paul Venoit – make up, and Jeffery Altenburg – Hair, and Alissia Marciano – fashion in order to transform the lucky winners into their celebrity look-a-likes Fashion photographer richard Sibbald will take photos as the winners transform.

Look A like is aired on Canada’s Fashion Television and Star TV.

New York bid Fairwell to James Brown

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James Brown On Thursday, thousands of fans lined up to pay their respects and bid farewell to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, at the Apollo Theater where the singer first made his mark 40 years ago.

Brown was 73 when he passed away early Christmas morning of congestive heart failure in Atlanta.

His body traveled on a horse-drawn carriage through New Yorks Harlem streets to the famous theater – The Apollo, on Thursday. “James Brown means everything to the black community,” said Brenda Baskin, 50, from Brooklyn, as she stood outside.

“Brown’s lyrics ‘Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud,’ opened up the doors for black people to have more pride,” she said. “He told his people to hold their heads up and that there was something for them to be prideful in — themselves.”

Browns body was taken back to his hometown of Augusta, Georgia after the New York viewing. A private service was to be held today, and an additional public viewing will be held on Saturday prior to Browns burial.

Brown was a Grammy Award winner who stood out as one of America’s greatest showmen and band leaders. His revolutionary mix of funky rhythms and staccato horns will not soon be forgotten.

The line to view James Brown’s body was the length of three city blocks. People slowly proceeding to the theater were given an inpromptu street performance by a Brown impersonator, while others sold T-Shirts and photos of Brown to those in the line.

“I came out for soul brother No. 1. That’s who he is — James ‘Butane’ Brown, the man who set the stage on fire,” said fan Fred Chinnery, 50, from New Rochelle, New York. “This man was the baddest man who ever put on a pair of dancing shoes and slid across the stage.”

Brown had been scheduled to perform in New Yorks Time square on New Years Eve. He had more than 119 singles on the charts and recorded over 50 albums, as well as performing live at events at least 100 times a year. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, and had received a lifetime Grammy achievement award.

James you will be missed.

James Brown Memorial

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James Brown A public service for the late Godfather of Soul will be held today at the Apollo Theater in New York City. James Brown died suddenly in the early hours of Monday morning after being admitted to the Emory Crawford Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He’d been diagnosed with pneumonia, but Heart Failure is the reported cause of death. Brown was 73 years old, and he’s survived by his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, who was one of his back-up singers, and at least four children.

James Brown’s fans are pouring into New York city to say their final farewell to the music great. His body will be on view for the public at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. It’s been reported that a private ceremony will be held in Augusta GA on Friday, and then on Saturday, fans will be able to honor the music legend at a public funeral, to be officiated by Reverend Al Sharpton, that’s slated to be held at the James Brown Arena in Augusta.

BET Networks chairman and CEO Debra Lee said “We have lost the most inspirational force the music world has ever known, James Brown’s impact across all genres of music — especially funk, soul, disco and rock — is immeasurable, and will never be duplicated. He was one of the few individuals who truly merited recognition as an American legend. Without question, today’s musical artists worldwide owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to James Brown for his influence on lyrics, dance and stage presence.”

Brown first came to the publics attention with his 1956 single “Please, Please, Please” which quickly hit the R&B charts. He later went on to record such well known classics as “Out of Sight,” “(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine,” “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud.”

Brown was honored with a lifetime achievment Grammy in 1992, and he was one of the first performers ever to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He also won two Grammys. One in 1965 for “Papa’s got a brand new bag” and the second in 1987 for “Living in America”.

Michael Jackson was quoted as saying in 2003 when James Brown was being Honored at the BET awards, “Nobody has influenced me more than James Brown, At 6 years old, he was the one I looked up to more than any other entertainer.” It’s also said that Eddie Murphy’s role as James Thunder Early in Dreamgirls was inspired by Brown.

This weeks celebrity birthdays

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Who’s having a Birthday this week? December 17th – 23rd

It must be a busy week for these stars what with having birthdays and all of the various holiday celebrations that they are likely attending- just as we are at this time of year. I actually don’t think I’d want to have a birthday at this time in December. Perhaps early December but not near the end of the month.

Do any of you share a birthday with one of the celebrities listed below? Which one? If you do share a birthday with one of the stars, do you think your personality is similar to theirs- from what you know of them anyway?

Leave me a comment and tell me about it.

Dec. 17:

  • “Penthouse” publisher Bob Guccione is 76.
  • Actor George Lindsey (“The Andy Griffith Show,” “Mayberry R.F.D.”) is 71.
  • Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 70
  • Keyboardist-singer Art Neville of the Neville Brothers is 69.
  • Actor Bernard Hill is 62. Actor Ernie Hudson (“Ghostbusters”) is 61.
  • Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 60. Drummer Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries is 58.
  • Singer Paul Rodgers is 57.
  • Singer Wanda Hutchinson of The Emotions is 55.
  • Country singer Sharon White of The Whites is 53.
  • Actor Barry Livingston (“My Three Sons”) is 53.
  • Actor Bill Pullman is 53. Director-producer Peter Farrelly (“There’s Something About Mary,” “Dumb and Dumber”) is 50.
  • Bassist Mike Mills of R.E.M. is 48.
  • Singer Sarah Dallin of Bananarama is 45.
  • DJ Homicide of Sugar Ray is 36.
  • Actor Sean Patrick Thomas (“The District”) is 36.
  • Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 32. Actress Milla Jovovich (“Zoolander,” “The Fifth Element”) is 31.

Dec. 18:

  • Actor Roger Smith is 74.
  • Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks is 73.
  • Guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is 63.
  • Director Steven Spielberg is 60.
  • Movie critic Leonard Maltin is 56.
  • Guitarist Elliot Easton of The Cars is 53.
  • Actor Ray Liotta is 51.
  • Actor Brad Pitt is 43.
  • Country singer Tracy Byrd is 40.
  • Actress Rachel Griffiths (“Brothers and Sisters,” “Six Feet Under”) is 38.
  • Country singer Cowboy Troy is 36.
  • Rapper DMX is 36.
  • DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit is 34.
  • Actress Katie Holmes (“Dawson’s Creek”) is 28.
  • Singer Christina Aguilera is 26.

Dec. 19:

  • Singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan is 91.
  • Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens is 86.
  • Actress Cicely Tyson is 73.
  • Singer Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire is 65.
  • Actor Tim Reid is 62.
  • Singer Alvin Lee of Ten Years After is 62.
  • Musician John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 61.
  • Actress Elaine Joyce is 61.
  • Country singer Janie Fricke is 59.
  • Actor Mike Lookinland (“The Brady Bunch”) is 46.
  • Actress Jennifer Beals is 43.
  • Actor Robert McNaughton is 40.
  • Actress Kristy Swanson is 37.
  • Actress Alyssa Milano is 34.
  • Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (“Brokeback Mountain,” “October Sky”) is 26.
  • Actress Marla Sokoloff (“The Practice”) is 26.
  • Rapper Lady Sovereign is 21.

Dec. 20:

  • Comedian Charlie Callas is 79.
  • Actor John Hillerman (“Magnum P.I.”) is 74.
  • Drummer Peter Criss (Kiss) is 61.
  • Musician Alan Parsons is 57.
  • Actress Jenny Agutter is 54.
  • Actor Michael Badalucco (“The Practice”) is 52.
  • Actress Blanche Baker (“Shakedown,” “Holocaust”) is 50.
  • Singer Billy Bragg is 49.
  • Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 49.
  • Country singer Kris Tyler is 42.
  • Singer Chris Robinson of Black Crowes is 40.
  • Actor Jonah Hill (“Accepted”) is 23.
  • Singer JoJo is 16.

Dec. 21:

  • Country singer Freddie Hart is 80.
  • Actor Ed Nelson (“Peyton Place”) is 78.
  • Talk show host Phil Donahue is 71.
  • Actress Jane Fonda is 69.
  • Singer Carla Thomas is 64.
  • Guitarist Albert Lee is 63.
  • Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 58.
  • Singer Betty Wright is 53.
  • Actress Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 51.
  • Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 50.
  • Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 50.
  • Actor-comedian Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 49.
  • Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 44.
  • Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 42.
  • Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson) is 41.
  • Actor-comedian Andy Dick (“Less Than Perfect,” “Newsradio”) is 41.
  • Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 40.
  • Actress Karri Turner (“JAG”) is 40.
  • Actress Khrystyne Haje (“Head of the Class”) is 38.
  • Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 38.
  • Actress Julie Delpy is 37.
  • Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 35.
  • Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova (“Rock Star: Supernova”) is 30.

Dec. 22:

  • Actor Hector Elizondo is 70.
  • TV anchor Diane Sawyer is 61.
  • Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 60.
  • Singer Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees is 57.
  • Actress BernNadette Stanis (“Good Times”) is 53.
  • Rapper Luther Campbell is 46.
  • Country guitarist Chuck Mead of BR549 is 46.
  • Actor Ralph Fiennes is 44.
  • Actress Lauralee Bell (“The Young and the Restless”) is 38.
  • Actress Heather Donahue (“The Blair Witch Project”) is 32.
  • Actor Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”) is 26.

Dec. 23:

  • Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove”) is 70.
  • Actor James Stacy (“Lancer”) is 70.
  • Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 66.
  • Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 65.
  • Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) is 63.
  • Actress Susan Lucci (“All My Children”) is 60.
  • Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is 50.
  • Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 42.
  • Actor Corey Haim is 35.

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