"I was working with a company...about
doing a commercial using ‘...Country Roads,' Kent Well produced it," said Country artist Mary Sarah ("The
Voice") about her holiday single "Country Roads." "He produced a regular version and
it was around Christmas and Thanksgiving...I was saying this could be for Christmas because Christmas is about going home
for the holidays." So Mary Sarah and Kent Well made a remix of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country
Roads" as her new single "Country Roads" with jingle bells and other Christmas twists like lyrics from "I'll
Be Home for Christmas." Mary came to "fame" in 2016 on "The Voice" Season 10 as part of Team Blake
- finishing in 5th place. "There is a fine line to walk when doing a classic," she pointed out
to me. Aside from her Christmas "Country Roads" single she is also releasing music videos of four
other singles via Country Rebel Media. The "Boys in Bars" aired November 10, 2021, "Without You" on... Read the full column at December 3, 2021>
The Pulse of Entertainment: Bishop Frederick and Dr. Erica Barr Release ‘Christmas with the Barrs'
"I don't want to loose
the traditions of Christmas," said Dr. Erica Barr when discussing the release of her new album,
"Christmas with the Barrs" (The Barr's Tiger Records), recorded with her husband Bishop Frederick
Barr. "Bringing family together especially with what the world is going through now." The
"Christmas with the Barrs" album features vocal assistance from Grammy winning Dr. Bobby Jones, Mark Kibble (Take
6), Kyla Jade ("The Voice"), and Anne Taylor-Slaughter. "Our project has Dr. Bobby Jones
on ‘Jesus, What a Wonderful Child'," Bishop Barr informed me. "We traveled with Dr. Bobby Jones. I told him
I never knew he'd be on own project. He said, ‘I been asked before but said no.' We have Mark from Take 6 on two songs...does
a duet with my wife on ‘Favorite Things.'" The project is produced by Bishop and Dr. Barr, with
Lance Lucas (Jekalyn Carr, Lisa Knowles). The "Go Tell It on the Mountain" track is a single and features... Read the full column @ November 30, 2021>
NEWS
Nickelodeon Forms New Girl Group, Good Newz Girls, Releases Debut
EP 'Winter Getaway'
(Hollywood, CA) -Nickelodeon, in collaboration with Ty Ty and Jay Brown Productions,
has formed a new girl group called Good Newz Girls. Their debut debut EP "Winter Getaway"
is now available. The members include Mikaela Astel (17 years-old from Queens, NY); Nayah Damasen (17 years old,
from Burbank, CA); Isabel Gonzalez (16 years old from Teaneck, NJ), and Baylee Morrison (17 years old from Macedon, NY).
The Good Newz Girls also released their first-ever music video of "Let It Snow"
on the Nickelodeon YouTube channel and on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021 at 12 p.m. (ET), the group will premiere their second music
video, "Holiday Gift," on the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel.
LeBron James' Executively Produced Second Season Docu-Series 'Uninterrupted's
Top Class' Returns to IMDB TV December 17, 2021
(Culver,
CA) - IMDb TV to air the second season of "Uninterrupted's Top Class: The Life and
Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers," Friday, December 17, 2021 exclusively on Amazon's free streaming service.
In this emotionally charged second season, the story picks up after a quiet 12 months without prep sports. The six-part
docuseries will take viewers on a journey as the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers emerge to resume their quest for victory after
the abrupt end of their 2020 campaign to repeat as California state champions. Sierra Canyon will look to earn their third
straight Southern California regional title with a squad of top Division-I prospects that include Amari Bailey, Shy Odom,
Ramel Lloyd Jr., Bronny James, Ryan Grande, and Dylan Metoyer.
LeBron
James and Maverick Carter will return as executive producers with their Sports Emmy Award-winning athlete empowerment brand,
Uninterrupted. Also returning are executive producers Jamal Henderson, Devin Johnson, and Philip Byron, co-executive producers
Camille Maratchi and Josh Kahn, producer and co-director Matt Maxson, and Top Class director Tevin Tavares.
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(Baltimore, MD) - The
6th annual "Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Fest" (ILICFF) is now open for submissions
of short films made by and for youth. Four awards will be presented Saturday, August 6, 2022 via Zoom and on-site at the Eubie
Blake Center in Baltimore. The ILICFF will be hosted by radio personality Doresa Harvey (Magic 95.9FM) and
ILICFF founder Anthony Michael Hobbs, a multi-award winning actor (DreamWorks)/filmmaker (Imagination Lunchbox,
LLC).
Short film submissions are accepted at FilmFreeway.com.
Of the short films selected from those submitted there will be "Best Film Made By Kids," "Best Film Made For
Kids," "Film Festival Choice," and the ULMII "Most Uplifting Film" Award sponsored by the Uplifting
Minds II Entertainment Conference. In 2021 winning short films included two from the United States, and one each from Australia
and Korea.
The ILICFF free Imagination Lunchbox, LLC event is presented
in partnership with the Eubie Blake Cultural Center and The Baltimore Times Foundation, Times Community Service,
Inc. It will be held via Zoom and on-site at the Eubie Blake Center (847 N. Howard Street, 21201) from 1 - 3pmET. The week
long event also offers a filmmaking workshop for youth at the Eubie Blake Center Saturday/Sunday, August 13-14, 2022 from
12-pmET, offering Film Location and Film Production sessions led by industry professionals. There will bee more ILICFF activities
to be announced.
The ILICFF was founded by Baltimore prodigy award
winning actor/filmmaker Anthony Michael Hobbs (Anthony-Michael.com) who has two multi-award winning short films that he wrote,
directed, produced and starred in (One Nation, Naga Pixie), and one short film his company produced for his former coach Mike
Forester (Agent Hollywood). He garnered over eight awards as a young SAG/AFTRA actor. Now 16 years-old, in 2013 when he was
eight years-old he represented PBS Network at the Emmy Awards because of his role as a young Frederick Douglass in their Special
Mini-Series "The American Experience: The Abolitionist" (http://video.pbs.org/video/2321796209), which starred actor/director
Richard Brooks ("Law & Order"). He soon after starred in the DreamWorks documentary "How to Train Your
Dragon: Dragons and Dinosaurs" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bekKOmfsWfc). As a model he worked on the national campaigns
for Finish Line Athletics and Villa Sportswear. His voice, at age 6, can be heard several projects, such as for VTech Toys
and TBWA World Wide - the largest advertising holding company in the world. He is still seen in commercials and television
segments for Comcast Xfinity, Sprout Network, United Way and Claritin Kids Allergy from when he was 7-8 years-old.
For more information about the 6th annual "Imagination Lunchbox International
Children's Film Festival" or to submit a short film made by a youth or for youth you can visit www.ImaginationLunchbox.com/ILIC-Film-Festival.html.
You can also contact ILICFF at ImaginationLunchbox@gmail.com.
