Marc Anthony

EMP 2013: A Shadow of Its Former Self

Better Than: Watching two full days of rock docs. 
 At the 12th annual EMP Pop Conference at Tisch School of the Arts on Friday afternoon, Princeton professor Alexandra Vazquez was presenting on Superstorm Sandy, remaining structures of colonialism, and Cuban-American salsa singer La Lupe, also k ... More >>

The Top Eight Celebrity Tax Evaders

After clutching at the spotlight, a lot of stars learn how to evade things--like parapazzi, fans, and especially the IRS. Here's a very timely summation I was just sent which details the top celebrity tax evaders of all time. It's free, so don't even think of writing it off! Top Celebrity Tax Evad ... More >>

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Porn Star Convicted Of Attempted Murder

Don't hit your ex-girlfriend over the head with a toilet tank lid. That's the heady message behind Ryan Idol's plight.

Live-Blogging The 2012 Grammys: Tributes, Tribulations, Skrillex, And The Return Of Adele

via Cats Who Look Like SkrillexWill this cat win Best New Artist?​Welcome to Sound of the City's liveblog of the 54th Annual Grammys, coming to you live from a couch in Astoria. There are quite a few questions lurking around tonight's ceremony. Will Adele sweep the three major categories in wh ... More >>

Radio Hits One: The Always Exciting, Sometimes Difficult Climb Back To The Top Of The Charts

Following up a hit song, especially a big chart-topping hit, can be one of the best moments in a pop act's career. But it's also one of the most difficult; you could be Katy Perry, scoring five No. 1s in a row, or you could be Daniel Powter, who missed the Hot 100 entirely with the follow-up to "Bad ... More >>

Jennifer Lopez's Awful Choices Of Men, Ranked In Order Of Badness

​ Jennifer Lopez has good taste in music, as witnessed by her judging skills on American Idol, but when it comes to men, the woman is clueless! Marc Anthony was actually her best choice so far, judging by the way he helped get her career back on track and the fact that they stayed together so ... More >>

"American Idol" Drags Itself Into The 21st Century

Michael Becker/FOX​Last night's episode of American Idol started as this gramatically ridiculous question flashed on the screen: "Do you remember when they were just a face in the crowd?" No, I don't. I don't remember when they were all just one face. That would've been some weird David Cronen ... More >>

American Idol Season 10: The Kids Honor People Who Are A Bazillion Years Old

Michael Becker/FOXC'mon, dude, you probably never even had detention. ​ Gwen Stefani was on this week's American Idol because somebody paid somebody so she could hawk the clothing line that she apparently still has. But this wasn't Ska Week or New Wave Week or Neptunes Week, as awesome as eve ... More >>

American Idol Season 10, Elimination Recap: Casey Abrams Speaks In Tongues, Hulk Hogan Speaks With His Fists

Casey Abrams, in the jaws of a shark. Photo by Michael Becker / FOX. ​A pretty goddamn dramatic results show! First off, a few dozen comments-section psychopaths must have lost their minds when Thia Megia turned up in the bottom three. But Thia didn't lose, which is good for me, since whipping ... More >>

Playbills For Bomb Shows, Part II

​Welcome to my show-and-tell of printed proof that I've seen a whole mess of turkey trots and even kept the evidence. This time, I'm showing the dreaded Playbills for: Shogun, the Musical, which boasted a shipwreck and an earthquake, all inside a big bomb;

My 10 Favorite Concerts Of 2010, Starring Jay-Z, Pavement, And Michael Bolton

Stephen Malkmus, at the first of Pavement's 50 shows here. Pics by Rob unless noted otherwise.​The 100-plus shows I saw this year spanned from the Cake Shop to Radio City Music Hall, from Williamsburg block parties to Michael Bolton's house in Connecticut, the events that occurred therein all ... More >>

Angelina Will Play Cleopatra!

​Claudette Colbert was divine as Cleopatra in 1934, but nothing can top Liz Taylor wearing '60s style togas and makeup, croaking "Caesar, what's boinin'?" Seriously, La Liz was amazing--and well worth lifting--even if all the on-set gossip and hoopla surrounding her and Richard Burton tended ... More >>

Millions Flood New York City Streets For National Puerto Rican Day Parade

​Either you're a part of it or you're in their way. Beginning this morning at 11 a.m., the National Puerto Rican Day Parade started crawling up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue with equal, if not more, fervor than your average World Cup goal celebration. Scheduled for the second Sunday in June of ever ... More >>

Tales From Aventura Land

An enchanted evening with the Latin-pop superstars, and the ladies who adore them

Bulls on Parade: Live From MSG's Arena Rock Rodeo

Where the soundtrack is more Jock Jams than Red State

Post: Ray Kelly Dined With J-Lo on New Year's Eve

​Well, here's a celebrity pairing we didn't expect: the Post's Page Six says after her cat-suited performance on New Year's Rocking Eve, Jennifer Lopez had dinner with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. J-Lo's husband Marc Anthony was also in attendance, which slightly spoils it for us, but the Post ... More >>

Q&A With Cute Person Justin Tranter

Justin HyteJustin Tranter is a rock star (he's lead singer of the glammy Semi Precious Weapons) AND a jewelry designer (his sexy FETTY line sells at Barneys NY and Barneys COOP). He's ALSO a perfect subject for this widely read blog! So, in between bouts of rubbing sea kelp into my hair, I cornered ... More >>

Things I Learned Watching El Cantante

Can You Top This?

Unrelated: the city's sex life bottoms out; Hillary's gal Friday; Dean among the Queens

El Cantante

Gilty Pleasures

Stopping, looking, and glistening at the Maria Felix bash; wondering what colors Michael Moore will paint on his rainbow.

Mr. Colón's Opus

The heyday of Johnny Colón's venerable East Harlem Jazz School may be yet to come

Summer Movies: Free Air-Conditioning at the Cineplex

Too hot to deal? Take shelter in the cool and dark of the matinee.

Deep Sea Dining

Peruvian seafood restaurant casts a wide net in Queens

Orgy of Sequels to Climax in 2007

Will the public get off, or just the studios?

Let the Music Play (Again)

Latin freestyle's dreamboys and dreamgirls dance back into the spotlight

Austin and Brooklyn Songsters, Appreciated by the A-list

A Hot Little Weirdo

Spunky, brainy Colombian sexpot rides her bicycle down the cobblestone street of your mind

The Mother and the Whore

Maternal affairs: Fonda smolders as soul-freezing witch; Huppert sluts it up on autopilot

Showstoppers

The Booths once knocked 'em dead. Not anymore, though

NY Mirror

Latin Swing's Last Lion

Johnny Pacheco Returns To The New York His Salsa Once Changed

NY Mirror

South American splendor: A Latin bar heats up midtown

Listings

Guadalajara Won't Do

Close-Up on East Harlem

The Young, the Hot, and the Horny

R. Kelly, Snoop, and Some Other Peeps!

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Rock: One-Offs

Disappearing Acts

Labels and Labeling

Five Corporations Cope With Content

Nation

Reverse Crossover

Señoritas' Choice

Señoritas' Choice

Girls Interrupted

Cole Comfort

NY Mirror

''In Rounders, John Malkovich chewed so much scenery that it's a wonder there were any card tables left.''

'Mega' Mania

New York's new number 1 radio station leads frenzied market drive