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January 3, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: NBC's ‘Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,'
Airs Pilot January 7, 2020
 (January 3, 2020) - "January 7, Sunday their going to drop the pilot and a little over a month
later their going to start the regular time slot in February - Sundays at 9pm.," said Peter Gallagher at
the NBC Press Lunch Mixer about the new series he is starring in, "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist." The
comedy/musical airs its pilot Tuesday January 7, 2020 at 10/9c Then on February 16th it airs regularly on Sundays at 9/8c.
"It's kind of a great show."
The series follows
Zoey, played by Jane Levy ("Castle Rock"), a computer coder who suddenly develops the ability to hear what people
are thinking and feeling, which comes in the form of popular songs. She finds out however that this ability allows her to
understand what her father Mitch, played by Peter Gallagher ("Grace and Frankie"), who is paralyzed and can't speak,
is thinking and feeling.
"She's walking down the street and suddenly she hears ‘Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody, help' and all a sudden people started singing ‘Help!'," said Gallagher about what viewers
can expect when they tune in on January 7th.
Aside from the classic Beatles hit "Help" viewers can expect
to see dancers and hear more classics. Emmy nominated Mandy Moore (Tangled) is the choreographer/producer of the musical numbers,
and Grammy and Golden Globe nominated Harvey Mason, Jr. ("The Living Proof"/The Help) is the executive music producer.
"I play her dad who has a terrible disease. I can not talk and can not move, but because of this gift his little
girl has now she finds a way to understand what I'm feeling," Peter explained.
Peter has had an extraordinary
life as an actor. His extensive credits include "Guiding Light" (1979), "Private Eye" (1987), "Fallen
Angels" (1993), "Titanic" (1996), "Homicide: Life of the Street" (1998), "The Secret Lives of
Men" (1999), "The O.C." (2007), "Californication" (2009), "Covert Affairs" (2014), "The
Gifted" (2019) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2019). Gallagher's credits also include roles in
musicals on Broadway, which include "The Real Thing" (1984), "Long Days Journey into Night" (1986), and
"Guys and Dolls" (1992).
"All the musicals I did, I get to do a little of that here too," he
pointed out.
"Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" is produced by Lionsgate and Universal Television and also
stars Lauryn Graham as Joan, Zoey's boss; Alex Newell as Mo, Zoey's musical advisor; Mary Steenburgen as Maggie, Zoey's mother;
Michael Thomas Grant, John Clarence Stewart, Skylar Astin, Jenina Moreno, Lisa Marie Anderson and Andrew Leeds. www.NBC.com/Zoeys-extraordinary-playlist
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference January 10, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: 20th Century Fox's Underwater Sci-Fi Will
Have You Jumping
 (January 10, 2020) - The 20th Century Fox presentation of Underwater will have you jumping
out of your seats with the horror that the unknown can bring. Underwater stars MTV Movie Award winning Kristen Stewart (The
Twilight Saga) as one of a deepwater drilling crew suddenly attacked by the unknown after an earthquake. So many things go
wrong for them at such a depth is the climax and it's what keeps you in your seat when the thriller makes you jump. Underwater
arrives in theatres January 10, 2020.
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference January 17, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Band Leader Chillie Willie Groove is an Unconventional
Percussionist
 (January 17, 2020) - "I have a CD coming out...along with performances in Arizona with George Benson," said Percussionist
Willie Portela, known on stage as Chillie Willie Groove, when I asked what was happening.
He invited me to a performance, which I attended for review, at the Historic
Dunbar Hotel's Delicious Restaurant in Los Angeles to hear his Chillie Willie Groove Band. What I saw
was a generous and very professional band leader and what I heard was an unconventional percussionist. He used so many instruments
and surfaces I thought about myself - I have a habit of drumming on anything. He was also very entertaining as he cheered
the audience on to join him in rhythm.
Willie is a very experienced percussionist who still shares his art with
the community at his own expense to inspire other artists - all the qualities of an icon. He even has his own trade mark look
that sets him apart. Willie has the talent honestly, being the son of a Latin percussionist. He makes it clear though that
he writes music too and not just Latin music, but R&B and Jazz too.
"I have 67 songs on ReverbNation -
it's the #1 music site," Willie informed me.
That day at the Historic Dunbar the Chillie Willie Groove Band
performed like they were performing on the Grammy Awards before millions of people. The members of the Chillie Willie Groove
Band were seasoned professionals and icon musicians, such as icon Art Webb (Prince/Stanley Clark/Norman Connors) on flute;
Malik Alkabir on sax; Benji Torres on upright bass; Onier Bacallo on trumpet, Joseph Gomez as an additional percussionist,
and Gustavo Rodriguez on piano. Willie's band also has a singer, Elisa Gomez Taylor and Nick Mancini on vibes, but they weren't
there that day.
"I'm going to my 2nd audition with ‘America Got Talent,'" he added excitedly.
Willie Groove performs all the time and everywhere and with his entertaining style he should make it to living legend
status soon. He has a story that goes like this, his mother claims he was drumming in her womb and she was right. He grew
up to perform as a percussionist with Spyro Gyra, Tower of Power, Poncho Sanchez, Bootsy Collins Angela Bofill and George
Benson. He has played on many tours that have taken him all around the world like France. You can see some of his performance
that day at https://youtu.be/cYj-4Cnk590. You can also follow Willie on Facebook @ChillieWillieGroove.
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. January 21, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Platinum Songwriter M'Jestie's Rebirth Evokes ‘III', Debut Vocal Album
 (January 21, 2020) - "When
it's powerful enough to bring me to my knees...the change came. A Spiritual shift," said multi-platinum selling songwriter
Alisha Brooks, known in the industry as M'Jestie, about rededicating her life to the belief in Christ.
M'Jestie recently released a solo vocal debut album titled "III" and at this time she has released three singles
from that project "Take Me to the Moon," "All Away," and "True." "I got to the top without
God. I was rich and not happy. Then I had the ‘come to Jesus' moment."
M'Jestie took the advice of a
friend and relocated from New Jersey to Virginia to take songwriting seriously. Through circumstance she wrote a song for
the iconic Rihanna, "Pon de Replay." Not only was she able to write a song for the singer, but the song became one
of Rhianna's single releases, and the single reached multi-platinum status. The "Pon de Replay" single peaked at
#1 on U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and #2 on U.S. Hot Billboard Chart.
M'Jestie said the name of her album
"III" started out with one meaning and ended up with another meaning - the Trinity. The Trinity stands for The Father,
The Son and The Holy Spirit - God. A New Jersey native with Blues, Jazz and Hip-Hop influences M'Jestie has also written songs
for or worked with Victoria Beckham, Dame Dash and P. Diddy. As a vocalist M'Jestie worked with producer Calvin Merazh to
find the sound of her voice. Singing is what she initially wanted to do, but the standard "business" of the industry
turned her off. Her rebirth has given her the strength to endure as she releases her solo debut album, "III." www.MJestie.com January 24, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: NBCUniversal Announces Surprises
and New Programming in 2020
 (January 24, 2020) - I attended the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association (TCA) Press
Conference announcing surprises on returning programs this season and new programming to premiere next season. In a large
hall in The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California journalists gathered and were shown clips of some of the programming
for review. We also had a chance to question cast members and executive producers of programming that have recently premiered
on NBC.
"We have the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,"
added Paul Telegdy, NBC Entertainment's Chairman. In 2024 ‘The New World' (a nature series)...we believe NBC programs...bring
about change."
Returning shows include "The Kelly Clarkson Show," Ellen's "Greatest Night of
Giveaways" and "Game of Games" game shows; "The Voice" with Nick Jonas replacing Adam Levine; Steve
Harvey returns to host Ellen's "Little Big Shots" showcasing remarkable young people, and Jennifer Lopez' "World
of Dance" returns with Neyo.
Of the scripted new programs for next season on NBC they include "The Kenon
Show," a family comedy of "Saturday Night Live"'s Kenon Thompson; "New Amsterdam," a medical drama
that stars Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist"); "The Young Rock," a sitcom based on the childhood life of Dwayne "The
Rock" Johnson, and "That's My Jam" with Jimmy Fallon hosting, a celebrity game show.
"We pitched
it to NBC and at the end all jaws dropped and hands raised and here we are (11 episodes)," said Dwayne about his show
"The Young Rock." "You're going to find young Rock creating havoc in Hawaii...we are evicted off the island.
Move to Nashville where I'm still creating havoc. Wrestling...at $40 a match helped shape me."
Everybody's
favorite bubbly television personality Fran Dresher returns to the television screen with the new scripted comedy series "Indebted."
"Indebted" is based on the life of the parents of Co-Executive Producer Dan Levy. The series follows him at the
age where his kids are finally out of the house and suddenly his elderly parents surprise him by moving in.
"It's
loosely based on their situation. The chemistry and electric relationships...it's nice to watch. My parents are funny. I asked
what their retirement plan was...and my mom said we're coming to California to live with you."
"I'm glad
my fans fell in love with my voice," said Fan about being asked to return to television to play Dan's Jewish mother.
"Indebted" also stars Steven Weber as his father, and Adam Polly and Abby Elliott as him and his wife. "Indebted,"
will premier on NBC February 6, 2020 at 9:30pm.
Another new scripted program for NBC is "Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt
for the Bone Collector" based on the "best selling" novel the "The Bone Collector." It stars Russell
Hornsby as a detective on the case who was paralyzed in the process. Now he must bring in an help, played by Arielle Kibble
as a street cop asked to play detective and help Lincoln Rhyme - be him in the field as they work step by step in finding
the serial-killer.
"We work with the NYPD," said Arielle. "We have them on the set with us."
"Lincoln Rhyme" premiered January 10th and airs on Fridays at 8 pm.
"Council of Dads"
is a drama based on the biographical book by Bruce Feeler. It details how he enlisted other Dads to help him, as a single
father, to raise five children. The dramatic series, "Council of Dads," premiers on NBC on March 31, 2020 at 9pm.
The crime drama "Briarpatch" starring Rosario Dawson ("Luke Cage") premieres February 6, 2020
at 10pm only on USA Network and NBC app.
More scripted programs that returned to NBC stations in January included
the drama "Manifest," the comedy/drama "This Is Us," the musical drama/comedy "Zoey's Extraordinary
Playlist," the sci-fi comedy "Resident Alien," and the unscripted "Biggest Looser." www.NBCUniversal.com
SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼
million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is
Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference January 28, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: The Mighty Men of Faith to Release Inspiring Live Album February 21, 2020
By Eunice Moseley  (January
28, 2020)- "We didn't know they were recording," said Wendell Basey, co-founded of the vocal Contemporary Gospel
group The Mighty Men of Faith about their performance at the Valley Christian School in San Jose, California. "They ‘googled'
looking for a Gospel group in the Bay area and our name came up. The Chaplain of the school listened to us and said these
guys are good."
The Mighty Men of Faith sang for an hour straight for the Valley Christian middle school students
and with a break sang another hour for the high school students. They selected seven songs they felt young people would enjoy
and I think they did an excellent job. The songs they selected combined the Word of God with Contemporary sounds and phrases
like "pump, pump, pump, pump it up" and delivers it in a Contemporary Jazz form. They mastered the recording by
the school of the performances and will release it as "The Mighty Men of Faith Live at Valley Christian" (Baysco)
on February 21, 2020.
"They even gave us 5-6 minutes for a sermon to students about friendship," Basey
informed me.
The Mighty Men of Faith member Rev. Ed Harris gave the sermon on friendship.
"Well,
I talked about what the Bible said...that God would open doors," Rev. Harris said. "That's what all of us want,
to be in a place of friendship. I talked about Abraham being a friend of God, He trusted God...he leaned on Him...no matter
what. God looks at the heart."
Aside from Wendell and Edward, members of The Mighty Men of Faith include actor/singer
Charles Johnson and Rev. Richard Hayes - son of Rev. Ed. Harris. Johnson replaced co-founding member Malvin Scott who pasted-away
and Rev. Hayes replaced co-founding member William Carswell who left for a solo project.
The Mighty Men of Faith
has a grass-roots sound, almost raw in nature, with harmony as the thing that sticks out for me - that street corner harmony
I was raised on. Of "The Mighty Men of Faith Live at Valley Christian" selections offered my favorites include #1
"Magnify His Holy Name" because of the harmony and its Praise & Worship feel; #2 "Believe in His Promises"
because of the guitar work by Neil Castro and the electric keyboard sounds by Prince Damon and the vocals are almost like
they are rapping bring that Hip-Hop feel to it, which is great for youth; #3 "Clean Up" because it's a great Praise
& Worship song for kids, almost like a lullaby; #4 "Now I'm New" because it's a sweet and simple testimony of
thanks; #5 "Power of We" because I love how they combine traditional with modern music making it great for kids
and the harmony is tight too; #6 "A Friend of God" because its another wonderful Praise & Worship song, and
#7 "This Joy" because it's a nice Contemporary Jazz number that has a twist of the Hip-Hop culture. I think I basically
said the whole album is worthy of praise! Other musicians on the project aside from Castro on lead guitar and Damon on keyboard,
are Cierra Davis on drums and Vernon Hall on bass. www.MightyMenofFaith.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference January 31, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Steve Oliver and Brian Simpson's ‘Unified' CD is Sexy and Inspiring
 (January 31, 2020) - "He'd do the melody...I'd do the
chorus. It's like that on every song," said Guitarist Steve Oliver about the new album, "Unified," he
just released on the Shanachie imprint with Jazz pianist Brian Simpson. They take turns and then reverse it - one plays the
chorus and the other the melody - on each song making the delivery fresh and unusual. Like a mix of two of the same song.
"We both love electronic dance music (EDM)...we added some of those techniques...with live instruments. It's a nice sound."
On "Unified" Steve and Brian get assistance from Alex Al on bass, Eric Valentine on drums and Ramon Yslas
on percussion. Featured guests on the project include Rick Braun on trumpet, Larry Antonio on bass and Darrel Crooks on guitar.
Both Oliver and Simpson produced the project with Shanachie Entertainment's Vice President of Jazz and A&R Danny Weiss
as executive producer.
"We were thinking about a band project with me and Brian in charge. The band was actually
called Unified," said Oliver about the name of the album. "Shanachie wanted our names to be prevalent...we understood."
Brian and Steve unified in an orderly manner on the "Unified" album, which I believe is a sexy and inspiring
piece of work. Steve started his solo career in 1999. His 2004 album release featured producing extraordinaire Harvey Mason.
His fifth album released was in 2010 and it premiered his vocal abilities on three singles. His eighth album release, in 2016,
featured his vocals too but on every song. His heavenly vocals are on some of the songs on "Unified" as well.
Based in Los Angeles, the #1 hit making keyboardist Brian Simpson started his solo career in 2005 when he released
his debut album. That year he earned a #1 Jazz hit and in 1991 he co-wrote a #1 Pop song for Surface. In 2010 his solo album
release reached #1 on charts and his 2013 album release offered a single that also reached #1 on the Jazz charts. Simpson
also serves as music director for Dave Koz - it has been 20 years.
"I been co-producer on his albums,"
Steve said about how he got into a collaboration which such a Jazz living legend. "We really do great work together.
He said, ‘Let's do a collaboration?" I said, ‘Absolutely.' We really enjoy each other and work well together.
I was so happy."
My favorite selections on the "Unified" album include the #1 title track "Unified"
that has Steve and Brian taking turns on the chorus and melody giving it a Jazz/Soul feel. The #2 song "The Road Never
Ends" you can almost hear someone singing though there are no vocals and I love the charms ringing in the background
making it an uplifting and inspiring song. I also like #3 "What the Wind Knows" because it has a Latin vibe that
makes the single almost sexy. On #4 "Fired Up" I was pleasantly surprised by the horns of Rick Braun and the percussions
by Ramon are hot. The #7 "The Way Home" track is a favorite because it has a sweet, angelic and uplifting vibe.
The #8 selection "Celestial Body" is a nice traditional Funky/Jazz single with piano playing that gave me visions
of ballerinas dancing around then changing into tap dancers. The piano playing by Brian on #10 "A Distant Love"
is almost like the keys are singing with the beautiful background vocals of Steve making it so sexy and oh so jazzy. My last
favorite selection on the "Unified" album is #11 "And Then You Loved Me", because it is a very, very sweet
song, with a Latin vibe - thanks to the guitar playing - and it has a jazzy feel because of the keys. As you can see, by my
standards, there is a lot to love on the "Unified" album release of Steve Oliver and Brian Simpson. www.Shanachie.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an
estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She
is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director
(at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference
(ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at
the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership
with Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business
Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected
artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February 4, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Violinist Traliece
B. Steps Out on Faith with the Release of Two Singles
By Eunice Moseley 
(February
4, 2020) - "I have been playing since I was eight...all my life. I tried other instruments. I come from a family of musicians,"
said Violinist Traliece Bradford, known on stage as Traliece B., about her skills. Traliece's last gig
was playing for the Masquite Symphony Orchestra, which received a Grammy nomination for their 2009 album release while she
was there. "It wasn't until...2011...God told me to step down. I was totally content and happy in the Orchestra. It wasn't
too long until I rededicated my life to Christ."
Traliece created a record label, Wild Jehu Music, which was
picked up by Devine Jamz Gospel Network. She later released two Christian singles, which she also sings on, titled "Forever
Love" and "Nobody Knows." Her vocal ability is just a brilliant as her violin skills, projecting an exotic
sound.
"My only thing is to release singles every couple of months," said Traliece when I asked her if
she planned to release an album. "He (God) said to develop my own sound."
She said since rededicating
her life to Christ she does what she feels He wants her to do, "I do have a third. Three more being mixed and mastered...I
am going back into the studio to do three more. "
I told her it looks like God is putting together a full
album for her to release. On February 15, 2020 Traliece will perform at the Frisco School of Music and I am sure she will
be playing her new singles. Based in Dallas and a Business Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bradford started out playing violin
for the New Orleans Youth Symphony Orchestra, then the Red Valley Symphony Orchestra in Virginia and last with the Masquite
Symphony Orchestra. Her background and training was in Classical, Pop and Jazz. Her singles sound a bit Pop/Jazz giving them
and her voice a fresh sound. www.WildJehuMusic.com www.DevineJamz.net/Traliece-B SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February 7, 2020 he Pulse of Entertainment: Michael League's Bokante'
Band Performs at the Weinberg Center Feb 28, 2020
 (February
7, 2020) - "The band leader shares the concept...the band sets the tone," said three-time Grammy Award winning Jazz,
Gospel and R&B musician Michael League. He has several bands, his latest band is called Bokante' and
they will be performing Friday, February 28, 2020 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Fredericks, Maryland - curtain opens
at 8pmET. When asked what can attendees expect to hear at the Bokante' concert Michael said, "It will be a mixture from
both records."
The Grammy nominated Bokante' (meaning "exchange" in Antillean Creole) ensemble consist
of Michael (bass, guitar, keyboards), Roosevelt Collier (guitar), Chris McQueen (guitar), Bob Lenzetti (guitar), Andre' Ferrari
(percussion), Jamey Haddard (percussion), Keita Ogawa (percussion), and Caribbean vocalist Malika Tirolien. Malika sings in
Creole and French and the bands' tone is that of Electric Blues/Caribbean AfroPop. Their two album releases Michael talks
about are titled "Strange Circles" and "What Heat."
A Long Beach, California native, League's
first band is called Snarky Puppy. The garnered the three Grammy Awards. He formed that Jazz band while a freshman at University
of North Texas in 2004. They are based in New York. He later went on to perform as an instrumentalist for or with Kirk Franklin,
Walter Hawkins, Marvin Sapp and Israel Houghton. Michael also formed the Texas/NY based band Forq with keyboardist Henry Hey
in 2012. He is a regular member of Erykah Badu's band The Gritz and is the current music director for David Crosby, founder
of Crosby, Stills & Nash. Michael recently toured with Crosby for his 2018 "Lighthouse Tour." Michael League
has also recorded with Lalah Hathaway, Michael McDonald and Esperanzo Spalding. Michael formed the Bokante' ensemble in 2016.
In 2019 their received a Grammy nomination, "Best World Music Album," for their latest album "What Heat."
"I was writing... I'm always writing music...and I noticed a lot of it was different and didn't fit with
my other bands. I decided to create another band," said Michael League as to why he put together another band when he
already had two. "Same concept but not fitting...I got a bunch of guys together to allow them to do their thing." On the Grammy nomination recently received by the band Bokante'
Michael said, "I don't think about it very often to be honest. It's not as important to me then other things. It's like
being voted very popular in school. Not a milestone but incredibility helpful and a blessing. It gave a lot of opportunities
to the band, and to us individually" Michael League owns the GroundUP Music League label. www.Bokante.com www.SnarkyPuppy.com www.ForqMusic.com www.WeinbergCenter.org SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance
Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual
"Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los
Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and
a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists.
Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February 11, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Special EFX
'All Stars' Album Featuring Chieli Minucci is a Masterpiece By Eunice Moseley  (February
11, 2020) - "The thing about this record that's different is I get to play with people that travel with me on the road,
I wrote it with them in mind," said Grammy nominated Chieli Minucci, a Contemporary Jazz guitarist, about his new album
February 14, 2020, Valentine's Day, release titled "All Stars" (Trippin N Rhythm Records)
by his band Special EFX Featuring Chieli Minucci.
The Special EFX band features the vocals of Maysa Leak on the
Hendrix cover "Little Wings". The band consist of Lionel Cordew on drums; Jay Rowe on grand piano/keyboards; Jerry
Brooks on bass; David Mann on sax and flute; Regina Carter on violin; Lao Tizer on grand piano/keyboard; Mino Cinelu on percussion;
Tatum Greenblatt on trumpet; Gerald Veasley on bass; Eric Marienthal on sax; Fernando Saunders on fretless bass; Steve Adelson
on the Chapman stick; Joel Rosenblatt on drums; Antoine Silverman on violin; Lin Roundtree on trumpet; Mike Davis on trombone,
and Nelson Rangell on sax.
"I have a lot of horns, so I wrote for them," Chieli said. "I'm pretty
grass-roots with the people I'm close with. "I kept some sounds of Special EFX. People know that comes from us. What
is new is the big bass tunes. We stay true to what we were in the late 80s."
"All Stars" is the
group's 21st project. They are currently on tour promoting the new "All Star" album which arrives February 13th
at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA; the 15th at Spaghettini's in Seal Beach, CA (where I will be); the 18th at Blues Alley in Washington,
DC; the 19th at Middle C Jazz in Charlotte, NC, and continuing the rest of February and March - ending April 11th at The Cutting
Room in New York, NY.
In reviewing the "All Star" release by Special EFX Featuring Chieli Minucci my
favorites cuts on the album include #1 "Mr. Marzipan" because it has just the right flow and I love the way Chieli
plays the guitar and David plays the sax - they sing. I also like #3, the first single "Hanky Panky Boys" because
the organ skills seem to be taking you to church and I love the "go go" feel thanks to the drums. The #4 selection
"Little Wings," the Jimmy Hendrix cover, because the vocals of Maysa captures you, but the Hendrix influenced guitar
playing and the sax pulls you all the way in. The #5 song "Empathy" is a masterpiece because of the perfect mixture
of the guitar, the sax and the vocals of Fernando. The #7 track "Arise" is short, but its sweet, almost Classical
sounding and I love the end with the violin sounding likes it's on its way to Heaven, and last #9 "Sweet Memories of
You", which just has Chieli on guitar, is simply heavenly. www.ChieliMusic.com www.SpecialEFXMusic.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February 14, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Grammy
Nominated Keyboardist Gail Jhonson Releases ‘Joy, Joy' Single, Prelude to ‘Jazz in Pink' Album
 (February 18, 2020) - "It's not complete. I just released
the first single. I'm working on two more tracks now with Paul Jackson, Jr.," said Grammy nominated keyboardist Gail
Jhonson about her solo project, "Jazz in Pink" (Shanachie Entertainment) due out this summer. Her
label recently released the first single titled "Joy, Joy," featuring Kim Waters on sax.
Gail is the
music director for famed Grammy winning guitarist Norman Brown. Her personal band is named Jazz in Pink, which is where the
titled of the new album comes from.
"I have been working with Norman at least 20 years," Gail added.
"I've written and produced my own thing since 2004."
Jhonson, a Philadelphia native, said that it was
Norman Brown that hooked-her-up with his label Shanachie through Danny Weiss, the Vice President of Jazz and A&R.
"I'm debuting on Shanachie, but I started my career in 2004 with ‘Its About Time.' Then ‘Keep the Music
Playing," and "Pearl' in 2009 - got the Grammy nomination," she told me.
Gail was a prodigy; she
started performing professionally as a keyboardist at the age of 14. She earned a Bachelors Degree from Berklee College of
Music and made herself a permanent presence in the Jazz circuit in Los Angeles. This allowed her to collaborate with legendary
performers like Bobby Womack, Janet Jackson, Pink, Morris Day, Sheila E., Ray Parker Jr., Peabo Bryson and Patti Austin. She
is fluent, as a musician, in Jazz (Smooth), R&B, Funk and Gospel.
"Jazz in Pink" will be her sixth
solo project and her first project on the Shanachie imprint. The single debuted on the "Top 30 Billboard Contemporary
Jazz Chart."
"I'm diffidently looking for a Grammy Award," she said, smilingly. "And the way
things are going...their playing it all over the world. I said, ‘Well, look at that.' I like the record, didn't know
everyone else would." www.Shananchie.com www.GailJhonson.com SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant
at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year.
Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November
9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore
Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security
Square Mall and The Baltimore Times. The free
conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting)
with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February
18, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Academy
Award Winning Harrison Ford Is All About Telling the Story in 20th Century Studios' The Call of the Wild By Eunice Moseley  (February
18, 2020) - "It's about the story. The telling of the story," said Academy Award winning Harrison Ford (Star
Wars) about taking the role of John Thornton in the 20th Century Studio's presentation of The Call of the Wild - arriving
in theatres February 21, 2020.
The Call of the Wild story began in 1903 when Jack London published the novel "The
Call of the Wild" about the journey of a big-hearted dog named Buck, uprooted from his home in Los Angeles to be sold
to work as a sled-dog in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Bucks journey takes him through the meeting of different
types of people - some loving and some not - before he finds the courage and heart to take control of his own life. This adaptation
is a 20th Century Fox film under the new brand of 20th Century Studios, renamed to recognize the acquisition of 20th Century
Fox by Disney.
Oscar nominated Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) plays John Thornton, a mourning father who decides
to go on an adventure with a dog named Buck. Harrison Ford's acting has help brand mass appeal to both the Stars Wars and
Indiana Jones franchises. Now, sharing the starring role with an animated dog, Ford says this role suits him just find.
"I read the book in high school. It was a required reading. I was pleased to read it at the time, but it didn't
stick," Harrison admitted. "We took some liberties. We constructed a story to see the journey of Buck finding his
destiny and Thornton resolving his issues."
Ford is to executive produce Annapurna's drama series "The
Staircase" and will reprise his role in the fifth presentation of Indiana Jones in 2021. His recent projects include
voice-over in The Secret Life of Pets 2, and starring in Blade Runner 2049 with Ryan Gosling and as Han Solo in Star Wars:
The Force Awakens.
"I had dogs all my life. They gave me comfort and pleasure," Ford said when questioned
about playing beside a dog. "The generated computer graphic, I think, is a major achievement. We had an actor/gymnast
play the part of Buck (while filming)." www.Family.FoxMovies.com/movies/the-call-of-the-wild SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference |
| February 21, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: The Call of the Wild, a Heart-Warming
and Tear-Jerking Adaptation
 (February 21, 2020) - Based on a novel by Jack London, The Call of the Wild film is about a happy-go-lucky dog stolen from his Los Angeles home and sold to a mail-carrier for a dog-sled in Alaska
and it arrives in theatres February 21, 2020. The 20th Century Studios presentation is a heart-warming and tear-jerking adaptation.
Rated PG, it stars an animated dog named Buck, Academy Award winning Harrison Ford (Star Wars), and Omar Sy (X-Men: Days of
Fury). Both of their destinies have them taken care of by Buck and they in turn, take care of Buck. Buck, a house dog, is
forced to survive in the wild.
The Call of
the Wild is the third film distributed by 20th Century Studios. After the acquisition of Fox by Disney, the 20th Century brand
name changed to 20th Century Studios. The Call of the Wild is an epic tale and is a 3 Art Entertainment production. The adventure
film used computer graphics to make Buck as real as I've seen animation since the latest adaptation of The Lion's King. The
climax of the film is the struggles of house pet Buck surviving in the wild as a sled-dog with no training, while finding
his natural instinct in order to endure and take his place as leader of a pack.
Directed by Chris Sanders, The
Call of the Wild also stars Dan Stevens ("Downtown Abbey") as a heartless elite with gold-fever; three-time Emmy
nominated Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") as Judge Miller the original owner of Buck who spoiled him; Colen Woodell
(The Originals) as an elite on the hunt for gold in the wild; Cara Gee (The Expanse) as a socialite on the hunt for gold in
the wild; Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), and Scott MacDonald (Star Trek: Enterprise). www.Family.FoxMovies.com/movies/the-call-of-the-wild SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates,
and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year.
Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November
9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore
Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security
Square Mall and The Baltimore Times. The free
conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting)
with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference February 28, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Shirley Murdock to Star in the Stage Play ‘Serenity House' March 20-22, 2020 in Baltimore By Eunice Moseley  (February
28, 2020) - "They welcomed me to the play. It's a wonderful cast and director," said legendary multi-Stellar Award
nominated vocalist Shirley Murdock ("As We Lay", "Computer Love") about starring
in the long-running stage play "Serenity House: From Addiction to Deliverance" by Baltimore Playwright Ursula V.
Battle March 20-22, 2020 in the Johns Hopkins' Turner Auditorium. "The storyline...people going through the process of
being whole again."
The process Dove Award nominated Murdock speaks on is recovery from addiction and in this
musical stage play the Serenity House is where it happens. Shirley plays Sister Claire C. Voyant who works at the recovery
facility, which is part of the Episcopal Church of God in Christ. The play takes a look at the devastation addiction does
on families and our society. Also starring in the Rated-PG Battle Stage Play production is Randy Roberts (The Choir Boyz),
Mavilyn Statham (Clara Ward Singers), Gospel trio Serenity, Charisse Caldwell-Bowen and radio personality Lee Michaels.
"I started out Gospel and stayed Gospel. I had Gospel in my secular releases" Shirley pointed out to me.
"My first Gospel album was through T.D. Jakes."
Shirley Murdock was a featured vocalist on T. D. Jakes'
#1 album and was later signed to his label Dexterity Sounds/EMI and released her debut album "Home" - a Gospel album.
This album garnered a Stellar Award nomination. Her next album was released on Tyscot Records titled "Soulfood."
It garnered a Stellar and Dove nomination. Her current project is a live CD/DVD titled "The Journey," which features
Regina Belle, Kelly Price and Beverly Crawford.
Shirley Murdock and Randy Roberts will perform some of their hit
songs in the "Serenity House" stage play. Murdock will perform her hits "As We Lay," "Go On Without
You," "Husband," and "In Your Eyes." Roberts will perform his hit "Watch Me Work." Dr.
Gregory Branch is the stage director and Howard Lakins, Jr. is the musical director.
"Through my music, I
seek to inspire and encourage," said Shirley Murdock at the conclusion of our interview. www.BattleStagePlays.com www.ShirleyMurdockLifesongs.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant
at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 3, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Broadway Opera Singer Cheryl Warfield Pays Honor to the
Works of Leontyne Price During March 29, 2020 Lecture/Concert Series  (March 3, 2020) - "This is part two," said New York based Opera
singer Cheryl Warfield about the "Dynamic Divas II: Stories of African-American Sopranos Who Inspire and Enrich"
lecture/concert presentation Sunday, March 29, 2020 at the Advent Lutheran Church to honor the works of Leontyne Price. "Created
a series about...Opera singers, I highlight them."
Cheryl also performs the opera singers' musical works.
The first "Dynamic Divas" Lecture Concert highlighted the works of three other opera singers. A seasoned Soprano
vocalist Cheryl has performed over 15 lead operatic roles in New York and throughout Europe, which includes the Broadway production
of "Show Boat."
"It's a community center in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They focus on the
arts. It's an interesting area; there are expensive houses and projects. The Bernie Wohl Center does amazing outreach. I performed
there once and met the director who understands artists," Warfield said about the organization that will benefit from
the proceeds of the event.
The "Dynamic Divas" series is part of the 5th annual "Women History Artist
Month" (WHAM) Festival produced by the Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center. The proceeds are to benefit the Performing
Arts Conservatory of the Bernie Wohl Performing Arts Center.
"I am a teaching artist," Cheryl pointed
out.
During her lecture/concert on the works and life of Opera singer Leontyne Price attendees will hear the soprano
voice of Warfield as she performs Price's work, which includes the works of Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. She will be accompanied
by pianist Olga Gurevich. www.CherylWarfield.com www.AdventNYC.org
SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also
a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large)
for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 6, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Queen, Mary, Missy Invest in Lifetimes' ‘The Clark Sisters' Bio-Movie By Eunice Moseley 
(March 6, 2020) - A desire by filmmaker Dr. Holly Davis-Carter to honor the musical contributions
of The Clark Sisters will come to its end April 11, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET when Lifetime airs an original biographical movie The
Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, executively produced by Dr. Carter via her Revele Entertainment, along with
music industry icons Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott, plus Loretta Jones and Shakim Compere via his Flavor
Unit. The film covers a certain time in the long history of the pioneers of Urban Contemporary Gospel.
In 1966
the children of Detroit Choir Director Dr. Mattie Moss-Clark - Jacky (18), Denise (13), Twinkie (12), Dorinda (9) and Karen
(6) - formed a Gospel group. At a certain point Dr. Mattie gave the group over to Twinkie who started writing songs for the
group. They signed a record deal with their uncle's label and released a debut album in 1973. By then the girls were ages
25, 20, 19, 16 and 13. It was the "Dr. Mattie Moss Clark Presents The Clark Sisters" album release that gave them
recognition in the Detroit area. The following year they signed to Sounds of Gospel Records and released a live album "Is
My Living in Vain" in 1974. That album stayed at #1 on Billboard Gospel Charts for an entire year.
The Lifetime
Movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel stars Angela Birchett as Jacky; Raven Goodwin as Denise; Shelea Frazer as
Dorinda; Kierra Sheard as Karen, and Christina Bell as Twinkie. Not only are these ladies excellent actresses they are wonderful
vocalists as well. The Clark Sisters released 16 albums and won three Grammy Awards. Hits for The Clark Sisters include "You
Brought the Sunshine" and "Expect a Miracle." They are noted as the highest selling female Gospel group in
history.
"I got a call saying you need to audition for The Clark Sisters," said Christina Bell about
how she obtained the role of Twinkie, the 3rd oldest Clark sister.
All the ladies' journeys that led to the role
they have in Lifetimes' The Clark Sisters took different paths.
"My career continues to evolve, especially
in the past four years," said Christina about her journey to the Lifetime Movies role. "My daughter said momma I
want to move and that's what made me move...to Dallas, Texas and literally in two week I got a call to go on tour with Fred
Hammond, to go on tour with Donnie McClurkin...then go on tour with John P. Kee."
Raven Goodwin's journey
started at age 15 with a starring role in Nickelodeon's "Just Jordan." She went on to star in roles on Disney Family,
ABC Family and BET.
"It's strange...that's why I know God has moved me because each year at a different age
it leveled me up a bit," said Raven, who plays Denise the second oldest Clark sister, about her career up to this point.
"At this point I'm taking the stirring wheel a little bit, making things happen for myself. I'm at that stage in my career
where I know what I want and what I want it to look like.'
Angela Birchett (Broadway's "The Color Purple"),
who plays Jacky the eldest, said about her career path, "The roles I've been able to play have been so me. I was like,
‘When am I going to be in situations where it's completely foreign?'"
The Clark Sisters is directed
by Christine Swanson and also stars Aunjanue Ellis, Brandon McKnight, Ronnie Rowell, Chris Gleason, Simone Miller AND Danny
Waugh. Producers include Dr. Carter, Queen Latifah and Steve Solomos. Lifetime is owned by A&E Networks, which is a joint
venture between Disney Media's Walt Disney and Hearst Communications. www.TheClarkSisters.net www.MyLifetime.com SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 10, 2024 The Pulse of Entertainment: Queen, Mary, Missy Invest in Lifetimes' ‘The Clark Sisters' Bio-Movie By Eunice Moseley
(March 6, 2020) - A desire by filmmaker Dr. Holly Davis-Carter to honor the musical contributions
of The Clark Sisters will come to its end April 11, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET when Lifetime airs an original biographical movie The
Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, executively produced by Dr. Carter via her Revele Entertainment, along with
music industry icons Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott, plus Loretta Jones and Shakim Compere via his Flavor
Unit. The film covers a certain time in the long history of the pioneers of Urban Contemporary Gospel.
In 1966
the children of Detroit Choir Director Dr. Mattie Moss-Clark - Jacky (18), Denise (13), Twinkie (12), Dorinda (9) and Karen
(6) - formed a Gospel group. At a certain point Dr. Mattie gave the group over to Twinkie who started writing songs for the
group. They signed a record deal with their uncle's label and released a debut album in 1973. By then the girls were ages
25, 20, 19, 16 and 13. It was the "Dr. Mattie Moss Clark Presents The Clark Sisters" album release that gave them
recognition in the Detroit area. The following year they signed to Sounds of Gospel Records and released a live album "Is
My Living in Vain" in 1974. That album stayed at #1 on Billboard Gospel Charts for an entire year.
The Lifetime
Movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel stars Angela Birchett as Jacky; Raven Goodwin as Denise; Shelea Frazer as
Dorinda; Kierra Sheard as Karen, and Christina Bell as Twinkie. Not only are these ladies excellent actresses they are wonderful
vocalists as well. The Clark Sisters released 16 albums and won three Grammy Awards. Hits for The Clark Sisters include "You
Brought the Sunshine" and "Expect a Miracle." They are noted as the highest selling female Gospel group in
history.
"I got a call saying you need to audition for The Clark Sisters," said Christina Bell about
how she obtained the role of Twinkie, the 3rd oldest Clark sister.
All the ladies' journeys that led to the role
they have in Lifetimes' The Clark Sisters took different paths.
"My career continues to evolve, especially
in the past four years," said Christina about her journey to the Lifetime Movies role. "My daughter said momma I
want to move and that's what made me move...to Dallas, Texas and literally in two week I got a call to go on tour with Fred
Hammond, to go on tour with Donnie McClurkin...then go on tour with John P. Kee."
Raven Goodwin's journey
started at age 15 with a starring role in Nickelodeon's "Just Jordan." She went on to star in roles on Disney Family,
ABC Family and BET.
"It's strange...that's why I know God has moved me because each year at a different age
it leveled me up a bit," said Raven, who plays Denise the second oldest Clark sister, about her career up to this point.
"At this point I'm taking the stirring wheel a little bit, making things happen for myself. I'm at that stage in my career
where I know what I want and what I want it to look like.'
Angela Birchett (Broadway's "The Color Purple"),
who plays Jacky the eldest, said about her career path, "The roles I've been able to play have been so me. I was like,
‘When am I going to be in situations where it's completely foreign?'"
The Clark Sisters is directed
by Christine Swanson and also stars Aunjanue Ellis, Brandon McKnight, Ronnie Rowell, Chris Gleason, Simone Miller AND Danny
Waugh. Producers include Dr. Carter, Queen Latifah and Steve Solomos. Lifetime is owned by A&E Networks, which is a joint
venture between Disney Media's Walt Disney and Hearst Communications. www.TheClarkSisters.net www.MyLifetime.com SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 13, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: LionsGate's Presentation of ‘I Still Believe' is a Timeless Love Story Dr. Eunice Moseley 
(March 13, 2020) - By The Lionsgate
movie presentation of Grammy nominated Jeremy Thomas Camp's book I Still Believe, about marrying and
loosing his "first" wife, is a timeless love story that is repeated throughout the ages. Rated PG I Still Believe
arrives in theatres March 13, 2020.
I Still Believe stars Teen Choice Award winning KJ Apa ("Riverdale")
as Jeremy Camp; Britt Robertson (DreamWorks' A Dog's Promise) as his first wife Melissa; five-time Grammy Award winning Shania
Twain (Trading Paint) as his mother Teri Camp; Academy Award winning Gary Sinise ("CSI: NY") as his dad Pastor Tom
Camp, and Abigail Cowen as his second wife Adrienne. I Still Believe also stars Nathan Dean (CW's "Roswell") as
Jean-Luc a very close friend to Melissa and a musical mentor to Jeremy.
I Still Believe is director and produced
by brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin. Executive producers include Jeremy Camp, Matt Balm, Bart Millard, Jon Gunn, Tony Young and
Scott Lumpkin. Co-producers include Chad Ahrendt, Joshua Walsh, Jerilyn Esquibel, Madeline Carroll and Kevin Downes.
The story begins with Jeremy entering college and immediately falling for a girl he sees in the audience at a concert on
campus who was showing a deep love for music. In getting to know her he learns her mind and heart are always focused on God.
She shows him how to reach deep into his soul when writing his music. That sparks something in him as he begins to express
his love and faith in God through his music and through story/testimony. Jeremy also meets Melissa's best friend who is a
well known Christian singer on campus - Jean-Luc. After learning about Jeremy's guitar skills, Jean-Luc encourages him to
come on stage to share his music - which the audience loved. This ignited his rise to the top of the Christian music charts
- debuting in 2000. The climax of I Still Believe is just as exciting; when Jeremy asks Melissa to marry him at around the
same time she learns she has advanced stomach cancer. Her faith in God's Will being what is best keeps her level headed throughout
the ordeal as prayers were answered, as the two were married (in 2000) and as life takes an unexpected turn four months later.
As God has it, in life all bad experiences are a stepping stones to something bigger and better. With Melissa's love
still in his heart, Jeremy took to the charts and made it to the top as a Christian singer/songwriter. Years later he meets
a fan that reminds him of Melissa. Remembering what he promised Melissa before she passed - to love again - and seeing all
the similarities in the two of them, Jeremy opened his heart up to love again and married his second wife Adrienne - a Christian
Rock singer. He went on to release four studio albums and two live recordings. His music is Christian, Praise & Worship
and Gospel - with Rock influence. Camp also won five Dove Awards and three American Music Awards. He has over 30 #1 hits on
Christian radio and is an ordained minister.
Jeremy and his second wife Adrienne had three children - Isabelle
Rose, Egan Thomas and Arianne Mae. Adrienne supported him in writing an autographical book about his first wife Melissa and
even supports him in telling Melissa's story over and over again. God's Will, through all of life's bad adversities, is that
"all things work out for the good, for those that love God and do according to His Word."
"I Still
Believe" is a Kingdom Story Company, Kevin Downes, Erwin Brothers Entertainment production. www.Lionsgate.com www.IStillBelieveMovie.com www.JeremyCamp.com SYNDICATED
COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also
a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large)
for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 17, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Chieli Minucci's Special EFX, Offers
a Melting Pot of Exquisite Sounds
 (March 17, 2020) - I was invited by Jazz guitarist Chieli Minucci
to review his band Special EFX Featuring Chieli Minucci performance at Spaghettini's in Seal Beach,
California. It was a couple of days after Valentine 's Day and Spaghettini's still had roses all around. In fact, just before
the show I was offered a rose. Special EFX is touring to promote their latest album release "All Stars."
"Eunice?" said Chieli as I sat waiting for a drink at a table reserved for him
"Yes, thank you
so much for inviting me! I love this place!" I replied back as my salad reached the table.
"You're welcome,"
he said. "I'll let you get back to your meal."
Minucci headed for the stage, which included a keyboardist,
drummer, bass player and violinist.
His latest album release "All Stars" features Maysa Leak's vocals
on his cover of "Little Wings;" Regina Carter on violin; David Mann on sax and flute; Lionel Cordew on drums; Jay
Rowe on piano/keyboards; Jerry Brooks on bass; Lao Tizer on piano/keyboards; Mino Cinelu on percussion; Tatum Greenbelt on
trumpet; Gerald Veasley on bass; Eric Marienthal on sax; Fernando Saunders on fretless bass; Steve Adelson on the Chapman
stick; Joel Rosenblatt on drums; Antoine Silverman on violin; Lin Roundtree on trumpet; Mike Davis on trombone, and Nelson
Rangell on sax.
Spaghettini's was full of attendees and it seems, by the applause, they were there for Special
EFX Featuring Chieli Minucci - even though the food was outstanding and plentiful. Chieli started off showing his lead guitar
skills which really impressed me. As he plays his repertoire of hits and current tracks from his latest album he let's each
musician do their thing. For vocal assist they had a former American Idol contestant perform his latest singles. Even his
violinist had a chance to perform her solo material. The Special EFX Featuring Chieli Minucci band offered us a melting pot
of exquisite sounds worthy of a standing ovation. His 18-date tour to promote "All Stars" release arrives next to
Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Florida on March 21, 2020, at the Boscov's Berks Jazz Festival
in Reading, Pennsylvania from April 2-4th, and ends at The Cutting Room in New York on April 11, 2020. www.ChieliMusic.com www.SpecialEFXMusic.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates,
and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year.
Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November
9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore
Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security
Square Mall and The Baltimore Times. The free
conference offers an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting)
with over $15,000 valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 20, 2020 The Pulse of
Entertainment: The ‘Vibrasonic' Album Release
of the Vibes Alive Band is Sweet Eunice
Moseley  (March
20, 2020) - "It's a percussionist
instrument of Central America and Africa. The bars are made of wood," said Vibraphonist Dirk Richter about the instrument
he plays when I asked exactly what it was for my review of the March 6, 2020 album release of "Vibrasonic" (SwingDing Records). The project is written and produced by him and partner Emmy Nominated guitarist
Randall Crissman - a duo called Vibes Alive. "It was popular with rituals - a piece of wood that makes tones. In 1920
a percussion company came up with the vibra-harp...that had metal bars. A tuner came up with a design for the vibraphone;
it's just like the piano but with aluminum bars. It's a lot more, softer sounding."
Their third album, "Vibrasonic,"
offers ten selections that also feature instrumental assistance from Grammy winning keyboardist Jeff Lorber, whom Dirk calls
their 3rd member; drummer Vinnie Colaiuta; bass player Jimmy Johnson, and percussionist Luis Conte. Vibes Alive debut was
self-titled and the second album was titled "After Hours."
"It's a diffident play on words,"
Dirk said when asked what the title of the album "Vibrasonic" means.
Sonic is the
range of the sound and "vibra" is the method of the sound delivered. Richter does go a little crazy on some of the
selections while playing his vibraphone making the sound an authentic Jazz project which has a range that reaches the sky.
My favorite cuts on the "Vibrasonic" album release include #2 "Vibrasonic," the title-track and single,
which earned "Most Added" status on the Billboard Singles Chart, because it is sweet Jazz in its purest form. It
also has some amazing guitar playing by Crissman that supports the vibraphone melody impressively well. I also love #6 "Going
Home," again for its sweet Jazz sound, and how it combines the vibraphone with the keyboards, and I love how he takes
the vibraphone to a sonic range with its high notes. The #9 track "Spy" is also a favorite because I love that 007
melody and how the vibraphone goes crazy wild - as spies often do.
"My partner is involved in the writing.
We always played music together in college. This (album) is instead of playing live. We were always fawned of Jazz Fusion,"
Dirk confessed. "When George Duke went electric...swing became the standard. So when I had a chance to write music he
(Crissman) liked it...a vibraphone with guitar - the harmony." www.VinesAliveMusic.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 24, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment:'Council of Dads' Pick Up the Parenting Slack in NBC's New Drama, Airs Tuesdays
at 10 p.m. ET  (March 24, 2020) - On March 24, 2020 NBC premiered its new drama series "Council of Dads" at 10pmET starring Tom Everett Scott ("Southland"), Emjay Anthony (It's Complicated),
Sarah Wayne Callies ("Colony"), Blue Chapman, Steven Silver, Clive Standen ("Taken"), Michael O'Neill
("NCIS"), Thaila Tran, Michelle Weaver ("Nighthawks") and J. August Richards ("Angel"). "Council
of Dads" is based on a book "The Council of Dads" by Bruce Feiler.
"Scott Perry discovers he has cancer. He enlists three friends... to pick up the slack when he is gone," said
J. August Richards who plays Dr. Oliver Post - Scott's Oncologist.
Scott Perry's (Everett Scott) three friends
are Anthony (Clive Standen), Larry (Michael O'Neill) and Oliver (J. August Richards). Scott and his wife Robin (Sarah Wayne
Callies) have four kids - Theo (Emjay Anthony), Charlotte (Thaila Tran), JJ (Blue Chapman) and Hope - a newborn. His sister
Luly (Michele Weaver), who was in college pursuing her dream, hears of the diagnosis and comes back home to also help with
the four kids - while still pursuing her dreams. All this is the makings of a multi-layered story-line, which makes it worth
taking a look.
"When developing a character I try not to bring from my previous
characters, however I do notice a return theme about family...protecting family," said J. August about his new role in
the NBC drama "Council of Dads." "Dr. Oliver has the ability to love. Now I find myself trying to make people
laugh!"
"I play his Oncologist," Richards continues about his characters relationship with Scott
Perry. "He has an aggressive form of cancer. He asked me and two others to be there for his kids. Be there for riding
bikes, at graduations, etc... He doesn't make it and the three of us show up for life's challenges."
J. August
Richards is a native of Washington, DC and was raised in Maryland - my home state. He went to USC School of Dramatic Arts
on scholarship. He seem to have been on the fast road to "Hollywood success" with credits that include WB's "Angel,"
Notorious, NBC's "Conviction," "The West Wing," "The 4400," CBS' "CSI: Miami," "Grey's
Anatomy," "The Mentalist," and ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." www.NBC.com/Council-Of-Dads SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 27, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Nickelodeon's ‘Danger Force' Spin-Off Airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT Eunice
Moseley  (March
27, 2020) - "We don't understand our powers. We're kids trying to figure it out," said Dana Heath. Dana is a 13
year-old actress who plays Mika, a super-hero in-training, in Nickelodeon's "Danger Force" -
a spin-off of their hit comedy series "Henry Danger." The "Danger Force" series will premiere on Nickelodeon
Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 8 p.m./ET/PT and will air every Saturday thereafter for a total of 13 weeks.
"That
is super right," added Terrence Little Gardenhigh about the theme of the show. Terrence is a 12 year-old actor who plays
Miles - another super-hero in-training. "The writers are good at making things funny. We're kids; we don't know how to
use our powers. Mistakes are made."
Along with Mika and Miles, there are two other super-heroes in-training
- Chapa, played by Havan Flores ("Henry Danger") and Bose, played by Luca Luhan ("Henry Danger"). They
attend the Swellview Academy for the Gifted and on the show they are trying to balance their family life with their super-hero
life - while keeping it all secret.
When I asked Dana and Terrence if there was uncontrollable laughter on the
set of a Nickelodeon comedy show, Dana said, "You hit it. There are so many times we tried not to break and someone starts
laughing."
"It happens all the time," Terrence added.
"There was a...part...Terrence
made a face...I had the inability to get back in character," Dana gave an example, still laughing about it. "Miles'
character is serious and I was trying to be."
"Danger Force" also stars Cooper Barnes as Ray and
Michael D. Cohen as Schwoz who run the school for the gifted. Dana and Terrence both acted on episodes of Nickelodeon's "Henry
Danger." Terrence comes from Olympia, Washington and Dana from Miami Beach, Florida. Dana started out as a model at age
four and gravitated to the theatre. Since then her acting has garnered her roles on Disney Channel's "Sydney to the Max"
and Disney Junior's "Fancy Nancy." Terrence started at the age of eight doing commercials (Boys & Girls Club
of America) and later obtained roles in Disney Channel's "Just Roll with It" and ABC's "Speechless."
"We auditioned," said Dana when I asked how they landed a leading role in the new Nickelodeon comedy series.
"I didn't know what it was for. I said this person is like me. I had call backs, then guess who walked in - Terrence.
I knew him and I knew we'd have a good brother sister chemistry. We had so much fun...and we did have the chemistry."
"It was a very long process," Terrence added. "It's been like 2 years...and I feel like we are brother
and sister. We call each other bro and sis!"
What a delightful and inspiring show. "Danger Force"
airs on Nickelodeon each Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. www.Nick.com/shows/Danger-Force SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The
Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at
Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: Eunice is founder of the annual "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), into its 20th year. Next event dates include Los Angeles Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (511) and Baltimore Saturday April 18, 2020, held in partnership with Security Square Mall and The
Baltimore Times. The free conference offers
an Entertainment Business Panel and a Talent Showcase and Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) with over $15,000
valued in prizes to selected artists. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information or to participate as a panelist
or talent call 562-424-3836. www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference March 31, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: A Star is Born, Sophie Fatu is Her Name and ‘Love
Is...' Is Her Hot Debut EP  (March 31, 2020) - Seven years-old, Sophie Fatu,
makes her vocal debut with the release of "Love Is..." (Extraordinary Records). The EP project is full of Classical
Jazz cover songs recorded in the infamous Capitol Studios where Jazz great Frank Sinatra recorded - the studios first artist
outside of Capitol Records' artists.
When I asked the vocal prodigy, who vocals has the sound of a Shirley Temple
and Judy Garland mix, if this was her first time recording she said, "Yes, It's my first time ever. I enjoyed it so much.
I felt so happy. I couldn't believe it was in the same studio used by Frank Sinatra!"
What a thrill it must
have been. Managed by her mother Victoria Fatu, a classically trained pianist and backed by her father Cristian Fatu, a classically
trained violinist, Sophie is well on her way. She has put her heart and soul into six sings of Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone,
and Frankie Lymon.
"She performs a lot," said Victoria about the little superstar who has performed on
NBC's "Little Big Shots" hosted by Steve Harvey, "America's Got Talent" (at 5 years-old) and "The
Ellen DeGeneres Show".
The album features musical assistant from her parents, Jeff Hamilton on drums, Chuck
Berghofer on bass and Tom Ranier on piano. Producers of the project include her mother Victoria and Greg Curtis, president
of Extraordinary Records. It also includes a 13 piece horn section and a 14 piece string section.
"She's seven
years-old. She was six when she recorded it," Victoria added. "She is the youngest to record at Capitol Studios."
Hearing her, you will know why Capitol Studios open their doors to her. My favorite songs on the project include #2
"Goody Goody," a Frankie Lymon cover, because she puts so much fun in it, it left me wanting to see her perform
it on stage. I also like #4 "All The Way," a Frank Sinatra cover, because I can hear her maturing vocally and it
was impressive. Last I like #5 "Feeling Good," a Nina Simone cover, because it starts off with her singing a cappella
giving it a feel of an Ole' African hymn, then suddenly music starts playing and it becomes a beautiful transition into a
hot Jazz number. www.SophiaFatuMusic.com www.ExtraordinaryRecords.com What a delightful and inspiring show. "Danger Force"
airs on Nickelodeon each Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. www.Nick.com/shows/Danger-Force SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership
of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist and Business
Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 3, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Isaac Carree's Love Tribute Hits Billboard's Top 20 Gospel Singles Dr. Eunice Moseley  (April 3, 2020) - A North Carolina native, Isaac Carree reached for the
impossible not knowing what the reward would be, and received a reward that has made him forever one of the best artists in
the history books on Contemporary Gospel. He has only released three albums, all produced by two-time Grammy Award winning
Blac Elvis. The last album released is titled "No Risk, No Reward" (Shanachie Entertainment) and its single, "Her,"
has hit Billboard's Top 20 Gospel Singles Chart.
"It's
a song to highlight who she is to me. To celebrate her greatness and beauty," said Isaac of the single "Her".
"Sixteen years married. Men don't express verbally how they feel. It's an everyday process. One day it's great and one
day it's rough."
Also a producer, Carree started out in 1996 as an artist in the Gospel group Men of Standard.
He launched his solo career in 2011. His last album before "No Risk, No Reward," was released seven years ago, but
yet his impact on the Contemporary Gospel industry was such that he could enlist for this new album Kirk Franklin, Zacardi
Cortez, Lisa Knowles, Mr. Talkbox and Jazze Pha - outstanding. Isaac told me that his greatest achievement is "longevity."
"Being able to be relevant for 30 years...Awards come and go, you sell records sometimes and sometimes you don't.
Staying in power and recreating yourself - very few have achieved that," he said when I asked.
Isaac
Carree has garnered Dove and BMI Awards as an artist and a producer. Atlanta based, in between albums Isaac has toured on
the Bad Boys Reunion Tour and Tim McGraw & Faith Hill's Soul II Soul World Tour. He became an author when he published
a book titled "Service: My Words, My Life, My Truth."
"You have to step out on faith and not act
out of fear...to hear God say I'm pleased," Carree added when I asked about the meaning behind this project, "No
Risk, No reward." "In life you never know what the reward is. You have to take risks." www.Shanachie.com www.IsaacCarree.com
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist
and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore
Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 7, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Under the Lake Makes Waves with New CD Release ‘Your
Horizon Too'  (April
7, 2020) - "The last 20 years I've been playing with sax player Quintin Gerard. Quintin's on this album. He was working
on his album and had a track named ‘Your Horizon.' It inspired me to make ‘Your Horizon Too'. It became a theme
in us getting back together," said keyboardist Jayson Tipp about him and his band Under the Lake's newest project "Your
Horizon Too" (Mind In Overdrive).
The band, 28 years-old, includes Jayson on keys; Gerard on
sax and flute; Nathan Brown on bass; Richard Sellers on drums, and Patrick Yandall on lead and acoustic guitar. The "Your
Horizon Too" album was released in early April and is produced by Jayson Tipp.
"This album goes back
to Smooth Jazz," Tipps pointed out.
I agree, because in reviewing it I came away loving #1 "It's Your
Horizon" because of Patrick's guitar playing breathing life into the song like a new sunrise brings forth a new day.
I also like #2 "People Make the World Go Round," a cover of The Stylistics' hit, because the guitar playing by Patrick
sings the familiar lyrics and the sax playing gives it that original classic sound. The #6 track, "Side Two," is
a favorite because I love the way the sax makes waves and the guitar tap dances. I also like #8 "Diego Nuevo" because
it's a happy song and I'm addicted to happiness, and I also like the way the keys cuts in bringing in a little mystery. The
last song on the "Your Horizon Too" album is #9 "Josie" because it is a simple and sweet Smooth Jazz selection.
"The Under the Lake band has had different players through the years. Those working with me for the last 20 years
include Nathan, Richard and Quintin," Jayson pointed out about his band. "All four of us are back together - a home
coming. We added Patrick, a long time friend. He is on all 12 tracks." www.UnderTheLake.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist
and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore
Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 10, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Urban Gospel's Maurice Smith Takes a Walk with Christ on New Single ‘I Still Believe' Eunice Moseley  (April
10, 2020) - "It's about my walk with Christ," Urban Gospel's Maurice Smith said about
his latest single "I Still Believe" produced by Doobie Powell (The Clark Sisters). "I came to the realization
I still believe. Everybody's road is different."
Maurice said seeing what happens in the music industry can
be discouraging.
"I had to step back and really learn the truth about me," he said. "To believe..."
Smith started in the music industry as a backup vocalist for such industry heavy hitters as Estelle, Sinead O'Connor,
Robin Gibbs of the Bee Gee's, Tears of Joy, Hezekiah Walker, Yolanda Adams, Jonathan Nelson and Dorinda Clark-Cole. He has
performed on BET's "Bobby Jones Gospel" and "106 & Park" and NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno.' Maurice is lead vocalist for Trevone Perry & Devine Purpose and Anthony Ponder & Ministry's Desire.
In explaining his discovery about disbelief he said, "The root of it all is disbelief. People change their sex because
of disbelief in how God made them. You overcome disbelief with belief. Even though it's plain and insight they don't believe.
I do believe there is a point where God has to reveal himself."
As a soloist he debuted in 2014 with the single
"You're All I Want," which was followed in 2017 with "You are Great." His third single, "I Still
Believe," was recently released as the lead single to his 2020 debut EP.
"Trust God will give you what
you need," Maurice emphasized. "Once you know how to believe, you can't go back." SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has
an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public
Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The
Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 14, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Lindsey Webster Puts R&B Flavor to ‘A Woman Like Me' Jazz CD Release  (April
14, 2020) - "I love to make music and I am fortunate enough I get to do that for my career," said Billboard Jazz
Chart-Breaker Lindsey Webster about the inspiration behind her becoming a professional Jazz vocalist. Her latest project is
on the Shanachie Entertainment imprint titled, "A Woman Like Me."
The "A Woman
Like Me" project features assistance from bass players Nathan East and Fred Doumbe (also both supply background vocals);
drummer Vinnie Colaiuta; percussionist Luis Conte; guitarists Mike Demicco, Chris Harris and Tony Depaolo; saxophonist Ken
Gioffre and pianist Keith Slattery - who also produced the album.
"We started recording right after the 2018
release," she added. "I love writing; it's a big outlet for me. We flew to Los Angeles to work with some new musicians.
I still have four regulars, but I tried to get a different vibe."
Lindsey unique way of combining R&B
and Smooth Jazz garnered her two Billboard #1s and seven Billboard Top 10 Contemporary Jazz Chart toppers. She also made Billboard
history by being the first female vocalist in this chart category to garner#1 since iconic Sade'. The projects' current single
is "Feels Like Forever." "A Woman Like Me" offers 11 selections and is written by Lindsey and producer
Slattery - except for the cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
"We had our single ‘Fool
Me Once" stay for about four weeks...the only other on the Smooth Jazz Chart was Sade's ‘Soldier of Love,' which
stayed on for three weeks," Lindsey pointed out about her Billboard history-breaker.
Lindsey Webster was also
honored with Billboard's "Contemporary Jazz Artist of the Year" for two years.
"The whole experience
was different," she said when asked. "All the previous albums were recorded in New York, but we flew to Los Angeles
and recorded where Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie recorded. It's still us, our talent, but diffidently
an enlightening experience."
My favorite cuts on the "A Woman Like Me" Shanachie project include
#5 "Perspective," because I love the sax solo opening by Ken Gioffre and its R&B feel; #6 "Running Around,"
because it has a nice Jazz flow and the lead guitar solo by Tony Depaolo is so sweet, and #7 "A Woman Like Me,"
title track, because of the passionate vocals of Lindsey which has a soulful R&B flavor I love." www.LindseyWebsterMusic.com www.Shanachie.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist
and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore
Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 17, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: R&B's K'Jon is Fortunate to be Blessed on New Single ‘Live, Love & Laughter' Eunice Moseley  (April
17, 2020) - "I'm fortunate, some artists can't make a living - I'm blessed," said R&B Chart-topping singer/songwriter K'Jon about
his longevity in the music business. K'Jon is currently promoting his newest single "Live, Love and Laughter" (Shanachie
Entertainment).
K'Jon is actually considered a Soul singer, but he has six consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard's
R&B Charts for his single "On the Ocean." That single also garnered the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song Chart's
longest run with 75 weeks on the chart.
"I think I've gained young fans since the hit song because of their
parents," K'Jon laughed when asked if the younger generation is into Soul singers. "I touch three generations of
listeners - their parents and their parent's parents - their grandparents - like the sound. Kids' teachers play it to calm
the class down!"
The "On the Ocean" hit he talks about was on his debut album "I Get Around"
in 2009 on Universal Republic. It hit #1 on the Urban AC Radio Chart and #12 on Billboard's R&B Chart. His second release,
"Moving On," was on the Shanachie imprint in 2012. The single release from that project was "Will You Be There?"
Both projects were produced by Seven the General. It is not indicated whether the "Live, Love and Laughter" single
is the prelude to a new Shanachie album, but let's look at for one from the Soulful Detroit singer K'Jon anyway.
"At the time of ‘On the Ocean' there were a lot of icons at the top that I was battling with," K'Jon added
about breaking a Billboard record by staying on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song Chart for 75 consecutive weeks. "It was
friendly...competition. There was Charlie Wilson, Aretha Franklin and Maxwell's ‘Pretty Wings'."
"We're
the #1 independent label in the country - all over the world," he informed me when we were talking about how much money
unknown independent labels can make. "I started independently...singing around my living room, Virtually unknown - I'm
still unknown."
Unknown but his Soulful vocals speak for themselves, with record sales that indicate listener
don't care who you are, they just want good quality vocal and honest lyrics that will touch their souls, hearts and lives.
"You certainly can enjoy it," K'Jon laughed a little about the single. "Kids won't be mad."
"I put a lot of time in the regular workforce," he said. "I wouldn't have chosen it (singing for a
living) out the gate. I was singing as a backup singer and I would moonlight and go to the studios and record. I was laid
off and I said (to his wife), ‘Let's see what will happen if I put this beat to some of my work.' It was a couple of
weeks later when I got a call."
I guess, as they say the rest is history, as he focused on selling his soulful
vocals and lyrical skills via his deals with Universal Republic and Shanachie Entertainment. www/Shanachie.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice
Moseley, has an estimated weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is
also a Public Relations Strategist and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director
(at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 21, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Michele Weaver Takes on New Role on NBC in ‘Council of Dads' Drama  (April 21, 2020) - "She's a young ambitious dreamer," Michele
Weaver (Nighthawk) said of her new role as Luly in the new NBC drama "Council of Dads." "She
was encouraged to go to New York...to accomplish her dream when she finds out her dad is ill. So she navigates that to support
him...its really about sacrifice."
The "Council of Dads" drama series is based on a book, "The
Council of Dads," by Bruce Feiler. It also stars Tom Everett Scott ("Southland"), Emjay Anthony, Sarah Wayne
Callies, Blue Chapman, Steven Silver, Clive Standen, Michael O'Neill, Thaila Tran, and J. August Richards (Marvel's "Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D.").
Scott Perry (Everett Scott) is told by his physician Dr. Oliver Post (J. August Richards)
that he has cancer and not long to live. Perry enlists Dr. Post and two others - Anthony (Clive Standen) and Larry (Michael
O'Neill) - to fill in for him as dad to his four youngest kids when he passes. So "Council of Dads" is about how
the three of them are there for his wife Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies) and their children -Theo (Emjay Anthony), Charlotte (Thaila
Tran), JJ (Blue Chapman) and Hope (a newborn).
When asked if there were any similarities in her and her new character
Luly, who is from a previous marriage, Michele said, "Doing what you have to do and not what you want to do - I can completely
relate to that."
Weaver, who received a Theatre of the Arts Scholarship, film credits, aside from the film
Nighthawk, includes Illicit with Vivica A. Fox, Sister Code with Amber Rose, Drew Sidora and Eva Marcille, and Superpowers.
Television credits include "Switched at Birth" and "2 Lava 2 Lantula".
The drama, "Council
of Dads," premiered with ratings at almost four million viewers. That is pretty good when you compare it to the premiere
viewer ratings for "Black-ish" at 2.50 million and "For Life" starring 50 Cent at 3 million. www.NBC.com/Council-Of-Dads SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated weekly
readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist
and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore
Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference
(ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in November,
2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference offering
an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting)
where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
www.GoFundMe.com/Uplifting-Minds-II-Entertainment-Conference April 24, 2020 The Pulse of Entertainment: Blues Living Legend Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. Releases Gospel CD ‘Testify' Eunice
Moseley  (April
24, 2020) - "I received my first Grammy nomination in Blues in 2004," said Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. about
his career accolades. Rev. Hooker, Jr. just released his first Gospel project "Testify" featuring lead guitarist
Alvon Johnson. "My second Grammy nomination was in Traditional Blues in 2008. I've gone from Blues to the Good News."
The first single off the Detroit native's "Testify" album is "My God is Holy," written by Rev.
Hooker, Jr. It was released with an accompanying music video. "Testify" is produced by Grammy Award winning Larry
D. Batiste (Charlie Wilson, Michael Bolton).
"I wrote ‘Testify'. It has my (Blues) sound, but the lyrics
are about testifying to the power of the Lord, Jesus Christ. I went from darkness to light. I've been shot, stabbed, homeless
and He delivered me."
Like most, Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. took the Light of God for granted, succumbing to
the hopelessness that the "dark" can bring. Being raised in the church because his grandfather was a Pastor, Hooker,
Jr. knew about the light and the hope that it brings. Christ never leaves us sometimes we get blinded by the darkness and
can't see our way to the light.
"In 1987-88 I was ordained," he informed me. "Then I went into the
world of music. I learned I can't mix church and the world."
Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. started singing at
the age of eight, live, on the radio and was touring the country with his father, iconic Blues singer and lead guitarist John
Lee Hooker known for creating the "Boogie" and was labeled soon after the "king of the Boogie." Rev. John
Lee Hooker, Jr. made a big name for himself in the music business as a Blues singer. His vocals have supported such icons
as Betty Wright and Grammy winning Larry Batiste. He has performed alongside B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz, Etta James, the Rolling
Stones and Snoop Dogg. In 2018 Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. received the "Bobby Blues Bland Life-Time Achievement"
Award.
"My main objective is to spread His name," Rev. Hooker, Jr. said about his first Gospel project.
"To show those who may be going through something that He'll get you out of it. I spent a lot of my life in jail. I'm
going back to the Super Max Prison, where I was at 23, to perform. It's so surreal."
Rev. John Lee Hooker,
Jr. will be touring to promote "Testify" with his band - bass player John Pride; guitar player Jeffrey Horan; drummer
Mike Rogers; keyboard player Elder Paul Sylvester; guitarist Rick Mightybone; trombone player Feliciano, and sax player Doug
Rowan. www.JohnLeeHookerJr.com SYNDICATED COLUMN: Eunice Moseley, has an estimated
weekly readership of over ¼ million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Public Relations Strategist
and Business Management Consultant at Freelance Associates, and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore
Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENT: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment
Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 21st year. Next events are coming to Los Angeles in
November, 2020 and to Baltimore Saturday April 17, 2021. The ULMII event is a free conference
offering an Entertainment Business Panel Q&A Session, a Talent Showcase and Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance
and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $15,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com for more information.
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