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Amore Podcast with Larry Gilbert features interviews with well know influencers in pop culture, music, movies, television, fashion, social media and business. A candid look at their lives and how they became successful doing what they love. This is Amore Podcast.
If Taylor Swift had a twin, April Gloria would be her.
The New Jersey native who started cosplaying in May 2013, took on another sort of role when shortly after family, friends and strangers alike couldn't help but notice how much she resembled the pop-star. As one pop culture writer put it — April looks more like Taylor than Taylor does.
Since taken on her forced fame, she's been featured in the pages of Elle, Teen Vogue, People, Maxim, and on sites such as Buzzfeed, The Daily Mail and many more.
When she's not creating content for her 200,000 fans on Facebook, or 90,000 followers on Instagram — April makes her home with her husband in Kansas, where she spends her days working at a factory.
So what must it be like to be a lookalike to a big time celebrity? Is she constantly being mistaken for Taylor? What do her family and friends think?
We asked her all of this. Listen to this episode to find out.
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Of Mercer Co-founders Dorie Golkin Smith and Emelyn Northway met the first week of Wharton Business School at a welcome event … wearing the exact same black dress. Laughing over the initial awkwardness, they immediately bonded over their shared appreciation for their one, go-to confidence-inducing professional outfit. Having worked in consulting and finance for years, they knew there had to be a better way to get dressed for work 5 (or 6 or 7) days a week. The solution was simple: create a dedicated work-wear brand with a bold modern aesthetic to take women where they need to go.
It seemed easy enough, but the endeavor was ambitious and something was missing…a creative, a designer, someone with fashion industry experience… Enter Aja Singer: Parsons grad and tailored clothing specialist. And with that Of Mercer was born.
Though the label started as an e-commerce business model, the pair would go on to open their flagship store in New York City's Flatiron district located at 42 East 21st Street.
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Quincy Davis was born and raised in the beach town of Montauk, Long Island, Davis first got on a surfboard because she was bored. Her brother and two best friends were always surfing so eventually she tired of tanning, grabbed a board and that was it. Quincy, who has been with the Volcom Surf Team since 2007, splits her time between Montauk in the summer and Rincon, Puerto Rico in the winter and travels the world competing at amateur events in hopes of one day being on the Women’s World Tour.
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Tom Patterson, founder and CEO of Tommy John, a premium men's underwear company committed to addressing the real problems men have with their undergarments. Each product contains proprietary fabrics, innovative fit and functionality that eliminates unnecessary adjustments, discomfort, untucking and bunching. Tommy John launched in 2008 with the world's first patented undershirt with a stay-tucked guarantee, and has since expanded into underwear, socks, casual wear and performance gear. Tommy John products can be found at Nordstrom, Dillard's, Bloomingdale's, over 100 premium men's stores, and online at TommyJohn.com.
For 22 years, Keith Howland has been the lead guitarist for the ledgendary pop-rock band, Chicago
In 1995, Chicago was looking for a new lead guitarist following the departure of Dawayne Bailey. Howland was a long-time fan of the band and of their co-founding guitarist, Terry Kath. Howland appeared uninvited at the auditions, and attained a chance meeting with the band's bassist, Jason Scheff. He performed a last-minute audition, and was offered the job on the same day.
The legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine's recent Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. And Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.
Chicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Chicago's first album, Chicago Transit Authority, was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2014, and the band performed on the Grammy stage for the first time that year.
The band’s new documentary film, Now More Than Ever: The History Of Chicago, premiered at the Sedona International Film Festival in February, 2016, and won the Film Festival’s Best of Fest Audience Choice Award.
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire will once again embark on their North American co-headlining this fall.
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Kyla Reid was born in Soltau, Germany, and being of Caribbean and American descent, Kyla was raised in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
The success of 'One Dance' was sampled from a track titled, ‘Do You Mind’ and was later remixed by ‘Crazy Cousinz’ and released on independent labels in February, 2009, rapidly, becoming the most played/respected UK Funky track to date; and hitting the radio and club scene nationwide - with full force.
The track reached top spots of No.1 on ‘MTV Base’ and No.4 on the ‘MTV Dance’ Chart, capturing the hearts of music lovers nationwide.
With the same fantastic backing as ‘Do You Mind’, this track began to kick up a storm in both the commercial and underground worlds alike.
More recently Kyla has now re-entered the charts with a world smash but courtesy of OVO Sounds frontman Drake. Drake ft Kyla & Wizkid “one Dance” has quickly become a club/chart hit taking the number 1 spot in 33 countries, whilst holding the place in the UK for a month.
Currently the track is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the AT Top 40 chart.
This is not only the beginning of a new chapter for Kyla but the start of a magical journey.
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When it comes to the song you’re most likely to crank up this summer and jam out to with the windows down and sun-roof dropped back — it’ll most likely be The Chainsmokers, "Roses" featuring Rozes.
The female voice you hear in the song that has taken over radio play (currently No. 3 on the American Top 40 chart) is that of the Philadelphia born Rozes, who, when speaking to her for the first time you get the sense that her career in the spotlight hasn’t reached peak. She tells Amore that she still feels relatively unknown. Which one might find hard to believe considering she's taken to the national spotlight several times, performing the hit song on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" and "The Late Late Show with James Corden."
Aside from her massively successful collaboration, the starlet recently released her debut EP "Burn Wild" — a collective of reflections on modern day romance. Solidifying her position at the top of pop, Rozes will perform at SXSW 2016 in mid-March.
Beyond SXSW, she's poised to play a few club dates around the country.
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Actress Angel Parker can next be seen starring in FX’s “American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” alongside an impressive ensemble cast including Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance. “American Crime Story,” set to premiere February 2, 2016, is a true crime anthology television series that will focus on the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. Angel is a scene stealer as famed celebrity attorney ‘Shawn Chapman,’ one of O.J. Simpson’s ‘Dream Team’ lawyers.
Kristin Addis is the solo female traveler behind BeMyTravelMuse.com, a website for off the beaten path adventures. For the past three years, she’s traveled the world alone, hitchhiking in China, sleeping in a tent for over a month in Africa, and learning how to say ‘I love you’ in 12 Asian languages. She just authored the guidebook for solo female travelers, Conquering Mountains: How to Solo Travel the World Fearlessly. She was selected by USA Today as a top vagabonding blogger and has been featured in Trip Advisor for Business, Lonely Planet, and BuzzFeed, Thrillist, Thought Catalog, and Huffington Post, among others.
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Tenacious, intelligent, and a triple threat talent, actress Caroline Sunshine has quickly become “one to watch” in the entertainment industry over the years from the captivating characters she has brought to life on screen. In 2015 Caroline can be seen starring as “Emily Jordan” in the “The Outfield” for Fullscreen Films. Now available on digital release nationwide [iTunes], the film, directed by Eli Gonda and Michael Goldfine, follows the story of high school baseball stars Frankie [Cameron Dallas], Jack [Nash Grier], and Austin [Joey Bragg], who seem to have their futures lined up and ready to go. However, senior year brings changes that make them all question what they’re truly meant to do with their lives. Caroline is a scene-stealer as Emily, the stubborn, loving, and protective girlfriend of Jack.
Born in Snellville, Georgia and raised in Orange County, California, Caroline grew up with a love for the arts, immersing herself in dance, film, television, and music. Her grandmother showed her all the old Hollywood classics, while Saturday morning movies with her dad were a regular occurrence.
Over the years leading up to high school Caroline trained professionally as a dancer [specifically in ballet], a talent that she would go on to use for the future film and TV projects.
2010 was a breakout year for Caroline, she made her feature film debut with a supporting role as “Barbara Winslow” in Twentieth Century Fox’s “Marmaduke” alongside Judy Greer, Lee Pace, Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, and George Lopez, to name a few. She went on to land a lead role in the Disney Channel Original Series “Shake It Up,” which became an international sensation from 2010-13. Caroline’s performance as “Tinka Hessenheffer” was hailed as “the best performance on the show” by People Magazine critic Tom Giliatto. While working on “Shake It Up” helped Caroline hone in on her comedic timing [she also used an Eastern European accent in every episode], she also had the opportunity to showcase her talents in singing and dancing, even collaborating on some of the albums the show produced. !
Once wrapping “Shake It Up” Caroline made the decision to go to college, and she is currently a sophomore at Claremont McKenna College studying International Relations and Economics. While juggling film and television projects, Caroline works at the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, she is on the Model United Nations Team [ranked #1 on the west coast and #6 in the nation] and she writes for the campus magazine The Vanguard, which focuses on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She hopes that she can be a strong role model for women of all ages, that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to.
On the charity front, Caroline loves to spend time working with a handful of organizations, including: The Starkey Hearing Foundation, and she is a graduate of the National Charity League. In her down time you can find her traveling, surfing, and wake boarding- or participating in adrenaline filled activities like skydiving and bungee jumping.
Caroline currently lives in the Los Angeles area.
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Throughout 2015-16, Major Dodson can be seen co-starring on AMC’s international smash hit series “The Walking Dead.” Introduced in Season 5, Major plays ‘Sam Anderson,’ a survivor of the zombie outbreak whom is living in Alexandria Safe Zone with his mother, hairdresser Jessie, father Pete who is also the town doctor, and brother Ron. At the tail end of season 5, Rick [Andrew Lincoln] discovers Pete is an alcoholic and abusing his wife, and steps in to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile Sam [Dodson] strikes up an unlikely friendship with Carol [Melissa McBride] which unfolds throughout Season 6. Season 6 of “The Walking Dead” premiered on October 11, 2015.
Aside from his role on “The Walking Dead,” Major is also known for his recurring role in 2014 on FX’s critically acclaimed series “American Horror Story.” Major was a scene-stealer as ‘Corey Bachman,’ a child who is abducted after his parents are murdered by Twisty the clown and kept in a cage at Twisty’s campground. There, he was terrorized by Twisty’s failed entertainments and malnourished from lack of food.
On the film front, Major recently starred alongside Nicholas Cage and Lea Thompson as their son in LEFT BEHIND [Freestyle Releasing, Arclight Films] based on the bestselling novels by Tim LaHaye and released nationwide in October 2014.
Born in Dallas, Texas Major always had a love for acting and bringing characters to life. His first network television appearance was as the young Danny Matheson on NBC’s “Revolution” [2013]. Additional credits include: “Alfred Thinks We’re Aliens,” “Mystery Diagnosis,” and “Sons of the Brotherhood,” film shorts “Don’t Cry Daddy,” “The Man Who Never Cried,” and “Departure,” and indie film “Dermaphoria.”
While in between takes on set, Major loves researching the latest and greatest cars [he is a car fanatic], working to solve Rubik’s Cubes, and collecting vintage cameras. On the charity front Major and his family launched Smiles for the Homeless several years ago, an organization that compiles bags with essential items [toiletries, clothes] for people in need.
Major currently splits his time between Houston and Los Angeles with his parents and his little brother Cooper, who is also a budding young actor.
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Blair Bomar is a fresh face you’re sure to see a great deal of in the coming year. This fall Bomar can be seen starring in season two of Robert Rodriguez’s horror series, “From Dusk Till Dawn” on El Rey network. Based on the 1996 cult classic film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez, the show follows the Gecko brothers and the Fuller family as they fight until dawn in a strip club run by vampires to survive. Bomar plays the role of Alice, head waitress at Jacknife Jed’s who will eat your heart out… literally. The series has been a #1 pick on Entertainment Weekly’s “Must List” and was also named one of the “Hottest New Fiction Shows” by The Hollywood Reporter. Born in Dallas, Texas, Bomar grew up in a creative family consisting of her mother (a yogi), her father (a Jack Nicholson look a like) and her brother (a real estate agent who plays a mean guitar). She discovered her desire to entertain at the age of nine while on her first trip to New York City to see three shows with her mother. The third show was “Sunset Boulevard” on Broadway with Glenn Close and she fell instantly in love. Initially a dancer, Bomar earned a degree in Theater and Dance at University of Texas. She also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
She booked her first role in BANDSLAM (Summit Entertainment) opposite Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens and Lisa Kudrow in 2009 and has since appeared in several indie projects and guest starred on CBS’ hit series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Bomar can also be seen in the recently released film ALWAYS WATCHING: A MARBLE HORNETS STORY, which is the feature film continuation of YouTube’s popular Marble Hornets series. She plays Nikki, the local weather girl whose forecasts prove ominous among a bevy of unsuspecting victims.
In her downtime, Bomar enjoys practicing and teaching both yoga and Pilates. On the charity front, she supports various organizations that raise awareness for mental health issues, and women’s rights and empowerment. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Please let us know if you would like to interview Blair and we would be more than happy to set up an interview!
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Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff is no stranger to reality television, this year she joined the cast for season 3 of the international series “#RichKids of Beverly Hills,” on E! Entertainment.
Coming of the success of season 3 of ‘#RichKids,’ Taylor-Ann recently released her new single and music video “Collide” along with producer Mario Marchetti [Demi Lovato, JoJo, Black Eyed Peas].
Her music has also been the inspiration behind the launch of her high end unisex jewelry line Skulls On Fire. This line is inspired by Taylor-Ann’s own personal style, having a rock-n-roll/rocker-chic vibe.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Taylor-Ann grew up in Hollywood royalty as the daughter of internationally renowned star David Hasselhoff. Throughout the 1990’s, Taylor-Ann’s childhood was immersed in the entertainment industry as she traveled internationally with her family, spent time on set, and watched her father’s music career take off.
Education was a big priority for Taylor-Ann, she attended the prestigious K-12 The Buckley School, and went on to attend the University of Arizona majoring in Communications with a minor in Business.
Aside from her work in television and music, Taylor-Ann has a huge passion for charity and she works with a handful of organizations regularly, including the LA Mission, an organization that works to provide hope, health, food, and opportunity to people in need. She also works closely with The World Animal Protection.
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Divini Rae has wore many shoes in her life, from modeling/actress in heels in Los Angeles to winter boots in Alaska. The model/actress grew up in the small town, Tanana, Alaska which has a total population of fewer than 300 people. It was those small-town roots that inspired her to write her soon-to-be released book, Alaskan Wild Child, which showcases her youth in the Last Frontier state. The book tells the real life story of a young Divini, living off the land, eating meat her family hunted, having no access to running water, electricity, or heat other than a wood-burning stove.
She found her way to Los Angeles after being discovered in Australia (where she was living at the time). She had a long and successful career modeling and acting. While living in Hollywood, she met her now husband, a doctor. The two settled in his native Oklahoma City where Divini, after giving birth to two children, found she was at a point in life where she and her family's health took on an important role. She launched her own website featuring successful health and fitness videos; she also became a motivational speaker.
With all she does, her deep, Alaskan roots, which combined with her unlikely fame, has allowed her to live an ideal life surrounded with family, good health and strong values guiding her direction.
The Sorrentinos may not be the first family on reality television, but they certainly are the newest to leave their imprint in the realm that has become famous over the years for exposing family life in America. Families cast on reality TV shows range from the Osbournes to the Kardashians. America has a fascination with getting a peak into other peoples' private lives -- the more famous the family, generally the greatest the interest. It doesn't seem to matter whether viewers can relate to the people.
Back to the Sorrentinos, made famous by Mike who may most likely remember as 'The Situation,' from the MTV show the Jersey Shore. That moniker came from Mike's well defined abs that he often highlighted on the show. Now Mike wants you to meet the rest of his family which includes brothers Marc and Frank, sister Melissa and mom Linda Sorrentino. As you follow their daily exploits of running the family businesses, maintaining busy schedules and having a bit of fun, it draws viewers in like the many reality shows preceding it.
We caught up with Melissa and Linda to ask them about Mike becoming famous on the Jersey Shore, their new TVGN show, and where they see themselves 10 years from now.
The Neighbourhood in terms of the music world, is still a relatively new band, forming in 2011 and soon after producing two EPs, I'm Sorry... and Thank You. Their style can simply be described as running deep with classic American rock and a modern twist. It's that unique sound that has afforded them early success with both EPs that lead them to their recently released first full-length album titled, I Love You (Columbia Records). The album debuted at number 39 on the Billboard 200. The lead single, Sweater Weather became an instant commercial success on the radio; That song topped the charts in early June 2013, reaching number 1 on Billboard's alternative chart and breaking the top ten on Billboard Heatseekers chart, eventually going double platinum. Their latest track, Honest is featured on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.
AmoreMagazine.com podcast recently sat down with the band's guitarist, Zach Abels to discuss their recent success, new album, touring and other interesting facts about the band.
The Neighbourhood is currently on tour across North America and later this summer will head overseas to Europe. Full list of tour dates can be found here.
Patricia Gomez-Gracia found her love of fashion on a unique path that first started when a local Miami textile store closed. On the suggestion of a friend, they purchase the fabric from the store to make handbags. Those handbag designs were a huge success and at that point Patricia knew what her life calling was. Gomez-Gracia, who, strangely enough studied economics and marketing in college at the University of Florida knew that she needed to be in the middle of the fashion world. She then booked a flight to London, where she was able to land an internship studying under her favorite designer Alexander McQueen.
In 2009, after five years in the industry she knew it was time to launch her own label and from that Gomez-Gracia was born. From a recent presentation of her line, it's noted that her designs offer a feminine and refined look with an edgy, rock and roll twist.
Mary Lambert sings with passion and no one can argue that every song she has written she has lived; every word speaks the poetry of her life. Lambert once described herself as a ‘depressed eight year old’ in an interview. She was raised in the Pentecostal church just outside Seattle, Washington where repression and non-acceptance of gays or lesbians was a normal part of the faith. Her mother is a lesbian, and the disconnect between her religious beliefs and personal beliefs didn't jive with that church. Being a religious person, she converted to Evangelical Christian when she got older and later came out as a lesbian herself at the age of 17. Her escape from all of the repression and life's challenges, since she was a child, has always been music. She taught herself how to play the piano and write songs.
The now 24 year-old gained fame she long-deserved after writing the hook for the commercially successful song, Same Love, for Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis’ album, The Heist. The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went on to become nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2014 for Song of the Year and The Heist for Album of the Year.
Lambert's live performing career hit a new high on the night of January 26, 2014 when she took to the Grammy Awards stage to perform that hit single, sharing the spotlight with Madonna in front of millions watching around the world. At the same time, Queen Latifa married a few dozen gay, straight and bisexual couples.
This past winter Lambert released an EP on Capitol Records titled Welcome to the Age of My Body and this summer she will release her first full length album. She goes on tour this summer across North America with Matt Nathanson and Gavin DeGraw.
Lambert tells AmoreMagazine.com in an exclusive interview, that she will always want to make music, but would be happy living life with enough means to get by, in a cabin somewhere with kids, a wife, and their very own plane to travel in. That seems like a pretty nice dream to us.
Barry Weiss is one of the good guys in reality TV; he'll always stop to sign an autograph or pose for pictures with fans. He's a very likable guy on TV and in person. Barry was a hit, appearing on four seasons of the A&E show, Storage Wars where the distinctive sun glass wearing - Jack Nicholson coolness persona has drawn a plethora of fans across the globe. It was only natural that he venture off on his own show, Barry'd Treasure traveling the good ol' USA to find the rarest and most fascinating collectibles.
Barry " The Collector" Weiss has been in the business since he was 15 years-old having mastered every possible collectible category from classic cars to war relics. He tells AmoreMagazine.com that his most lucrative find was a bunch of motorcycle parts for an easy flip. When it comes to traveling, you name a state and he will tell you a story about spending time there; a unique one at best. But that's just who Barry is a guy who loves collecting, loves life, traveling and spending time exploring -- something that his show truly reflects.
Barry'd Treasure airs Tuesday nights at 10/9pm central on A&E.
Rene and Casey Nezhoda’s journey into bargain hunting started at a garage sale; they realized how profitable it was and decided this would be their future livelihood, buying and selling hidden treasures that others might consider to be junk. They take their profession serious, yet have a way about them that they make it look easy.
The couple met at a Starbucks in Las Vegas where they hit it off right from the start; they eventually moved to her native San Diego to open Bargain Hunter’s Thrift Store. The couple rarely argues and trusts each other’s judgment when it comes to buying storage units. It’s that love and dynamic that shines through on the 5th season of Storage Wars currently airing on A&E Tuesdays nights at 9/8 central.
Rene, with his German accent and Casey with her curly blonde locks make this tantalizing twosome a pair you just don’t want to mess with. Though, Rene tells us he has many friends, just not when it comes to business. If you don’t believe us, tune in and check it out for yourself --They’re a fun couple to watch in action attempting to land that next storage unit.
Catch Rene & Casey Nezhoda on Storage Wars, Tuesday nights at 9/8 central on A&E.
Amy Weber has had a career in entertainment that is unmatched when it comes to variety and talent. She started off modeling, which led her to various walk-on roles in many television shows including CSI: Las Vegas, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, The Young and the Restless, and Baywatch. Furthermore, she took on a main character role playing Porcelain Bidet in the hit FX series, Son of The Beach.
Singing is where her heart is, her desire was to record with Sean Kingston (Beautiful Girls, Fire Burning). Little did she know that she actually had mutual contacts with Kingston and the pair got together to record her newly released single titled, Dance of Life featuring the hit maker himself.
If you're a wrestling fan, then you will know her from her days as a heel diva for World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown!. For country fans of Toby Keith, you might remember her as the buxom brunette in his video for Whiskey Girl.
Amy's true passion is where she is in life having now recorded with a top talent artist, about to go on tour to promote the single, and when she's not busy in her professional life, she enjoys spending time with her husband and twin children at their home in Los Angeles.
Havana Brown is one of those rare multitalented musical geniuses that can nearly do it all. She is a DJ, singer and dancer and is very hardworking to boot. The sultry 28 year old Australian has the makings of becoming a global star for years to come.
Brown grew up on a small Australian island called Rodrigues, where she worked her way up the DJ ranks to become a sensation in her homeland. Her DJ career began in 2008 when she signed with Island Records Australia. She then started her Crave compilation album series which includes hit cover tunes from well-known artists. This quick success led to her to touring with Britney Spears, Rihanna, the Pussycat Dolls, Chris Brown and Enrique Iglesias.
Fast forward to 2011, and Havana was recording her debut song, We Run the Night. That song certified triple platinum by the end of the year from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). She went on to win several more music awards Down Under for her efforts.
The success of that debut song led her to signing a new contract in the U.S. with Universal Republic. She remixed the song, We Run the Night, with Pitbull. Radio stations across the country instantly started playing the song in heavy rotation on air. In short time, the hit reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
By October 2013, Brown had released her debut studio album Flashing Lights in Australia which hit number six on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album is set to be released this spring in the U.S. The album features her latest single, Warrior.
Brown tells Amore Magazine she is taking her fame in stride and says her family is star struck by all the glitz and glamour that Hollywood has to offer when they come to the States. The U.S., like Australia, is now offering her the opportunity to live out her dream of creating great music for millions of people. What could be better than that?
Branching out and going solo is a tough decision, but it’s one that’s working out well for Chris Wallace. The former front man for The White Tie Affair has his debut single, Remember When (Push Rewind) sitting at #31 on the American Top 40 Chart.
The Indiana native released his debut single in the summer of 2012, followed by the album Push Rewind this September on ThinkSay Records.
Wallace’s style of fast, beat popping music has grabbed the attention of national publications including Entertainment Weekly. The magazine called his album, “the best pop album you probably haven’t discovered yet.” iTunes agreed posting, “Chris Wallace’s debut album ‘Push Rewind’ is the BEST BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM OF 2012.” Wallace made his national TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing Remember When in January.
Despite his recent fame, Wallace remains a laid back guy who loves to have a good time and share stories about touring with Lady Gaga. It’s an experience he says he still can’t believe is real.
To say ZZ Ward is unique is a bit of an understatement. Born in Pennsylvania but raised in Oregon, ZZ let her life experiences shape her musical style.
From a young age ZZ was surrounded by music, listening to and learning from the members of her father’s blues band. She started singing her own vocals at 12, and by 16, she was writing hooks for rappers for the Eugene, OR hip-hop scene.
You can hear both of those styles in her debut album, Til the Caskets Drop. Released in the fall of 2012 and produced by Evan “Kidd” Bogart for Hollywood Records, the album was met with praise from the critics. Rolling Stone called ZZ’s vocals “chill-inducing” and USA Today predicts big things for ZZ “ unapologetic blend of hip-hop, blues and pop paired with smoky vocals could make this singer a star.”
In addition to radio play, ZZ’s first single, Put the Gun Down has also been featured in a promotional campaign for ABC’s Pretty Little Liars and in the season two finale of MTV’s Awkward.
While critics and fans have multiple ways to describe ZZ’s sound, she calls it “dirty shine,” a mix of the bone-deep wail of he blues crossed with the big city gloss of cutting edge hip-hop. The singer-songwriter says a fan gave her a bumper sticker with those words. She tells AmoreMagazine.com, she plans to put it on her car.
Ryan Star is making music the way he always wanted to; his own.
The rocker is no stranger to the stage. He’s opened for big name acts like Bon Jovi, Train, The Script, Rob Thomas and Andy Grammer. Star first made a name for himself on the 2006 CBS reality show Rockstar: Supernova.
His 2007 single Last Train Home was featured on the soundtrack for the film P.S. I Love You. You may have also heard Star’s songs on shows like American Idol, The Biggest Loser, So You Think You Can Dance, The Amazing Race and Vampire Diaries and in ads for HBO, NBC, ESPN, NHL Network, The History Channel and more. His Song Brand New Day even became the theme song for Fox’s Lie To Me.
2012 was a banner year for Star. He released his first single titled Stay Awhile. The track is off his upcoming studio album, set to be released early next year on Island Records. The single topped out at No. 28 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart and the music video has logged over two million views of YouTube.
Star appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in August.
Currently, Star is enjoying promotion his single, touring and, of course, living the life of his dreams.
If Karent Sierra were a teacher, she'd be the cool one. All your fellow students would want to be in her class - but she's not. She's a dentist, and much like the cool teacher, she's the type of dentist you don't mind seeing because it's hip to have a root-canal when before getting poked she'll show you photos of herself at the latest great red carpet event in Miami. This is why Karent makes the show, the Real Housewives of Miami and this is why she is considered the "dentist to the stars."
Sierra was born in New York City. After dental school, she settled in South Florida where she opened her own practice and has been there ever since. Her personal life is just as equivocal as her professional life. She lives in a mansion with her telenovela star boyfriend Rodolfo Jiménez and her Colombian parents.
Right now Karent is enjoying the finer things in life and doing that well. See her for a root canal, stay for a glass of champagne.
Military service has always been a calling for Talon Smith. He was born on an Air Force base in California before moving to Kentucky when he was three.
Smith was in eighth grade in September of 2001 and he says 9/11 changed everything for him. Up until that point, Smith had wanted to become an orthopedic surgeon. But Smith says from that day on, he knew he wanted to serve his country and enlist.
Smith tried to enlist when he was 17 after several of his friends were deployed to Iraq following graduation but his parents encouraged him to go to college first. Smith agreed not to enlist but instead enrolled at college or university he found himself on his way to Hollywood to begin a career as an actor and model.
Smith appeared in Ashley Tisdale’s music video for Kiss the Girl, CBS’s Ghost Whisperer and Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous as a reoccurring character.
During this time, Smith said he struggled with not having joined the military and when a former classmate was killed in Afghanistan in 2006, he decided it was time to enlist in August of 2007. Smith joined the Navy to serve as a Hospital Corpsman.
Smith had immediate success in the Naval Hospital Corps School, earning the highest GPA in his class. Shortly after graduation, Smith moved on to the Field Medical Service Technician School before being deployed to Okinawa Japan, were he was deployed with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion of the US Marine Corps. Smith stayed with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion until 2011 when he was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion.
It was with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion that Smith served in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Smith says he saw very little action but still experienced combat, however he doesn’t consider himself to be a “battle hardened veteran.”
Since his return from Afghanistan in April 2012, he is now focused on his current project as an operative on the NBC show Stars Earn Stripes, where's he's paired with female boxing legend Laila Ali.
Smith currently lives near Camp Pendleton in California with his wife Jaime, his daughter Sienna and their dog Cosmo. He says his goal is to open a CrossFit gym in the near future.
Lori Zaslow has always been a love minded individual but it took her awhile to make a business out of her fascination. Lori spent the first part of her professional life, 12 years in fact, as an executive recruiter for the fashion industry in both New York and Los Angeles. During that time, Zaslow was setting men and women up on dates as a hobby. That all changed in 2009 when Zaslow, along with her business minded childhood friend Jennifer Zucher, formed Project Soulmate, a boutique match making service based in New York City. Now, aside from being successful business owners, Zaslow and Zucher are TV stars too, appearing on BRAVO TV’s Love Broker.
As for Zaslow’s love life, she’s been married for over twelve years. She and her husband Bryan have two children. As luck would have it, the two first met when they were set up on a blind date by a friend.
You can catch new episodes of Love Broker Tuesdays at 7pm on BRAVO TV.
When it comes to sex, the one person you might want to ask is Emily Morse. When it comes to finding true love Morse might be "miss advised" on that particular subject, but her life-long task of finding and keeping true, lasting love is quite an adventure. Emily, the sexpert from San Francisco is one of three cosmopolitan ladies that are profiled on the new Bravo TV series Miss Advised; Besides Emily is dating columnist Julia Allison in Los Angeles and matchmaker Amy Laurent in New York City as they take you along for a ride on their quest to find the man of their dreams.
Emily, a Michigan native got her career start in politics having worked for a California Senator and then for the former Mayor of San Francisco before realizing that her true passion was in the subjects of sex and relationships. That fascination drove her to create her podcast, Sex with Emily. From the podcast came a book she co-authored titled, Hot Sex: Over 200 Things You Can Try Tonight. It was those ramblings about her dating and sex life that got her noticed by the producers at Bravo TV, who, were working on a new reality show concept about that particular subject with High School Musical actress Ashley Tisdale. (Tisdale is a co-executive producer of the show.) Ashleytisdaleemilymorse(Actress Ashley Tisdale with Emily Morse at the premiere of Miss Advised in Los Angeles)
Leading the charge in the world of promoting better sex and relationships, Emily has also created a new app called, Kegel Camp that is a personal guide to remind you to do your Kegels.
Emily is one of the sweetest, bubbly, honest, and caring personalities you'll meet - so why is she still single? Maybe she's too perfect for even the most perfect of men or maybe like the rest of us she's just “miss advised” on the subject.
You can catch Miss Advised Monday nights at 10pm on Bravo TV.
Shanley Caswell did not grow up your normal teen actress. True, she left her Florida high school at 16 after starring in a number of plays as a kid to do the whole ‘Hollywood thing,’ but that’s just where the story starts.
Over the next two years doing that ‘Hollywood thing’, Caswell landed spots on popular shows like Zoey 101, iCarly, Bones and The Mentalist. It was those gigs that got her noticed and in 2009 she was cast as Laura Leighton’s daughter in the Hallmark Channel movie, Mending Fences.
The next two-years would prove to be good for the Sarasota, Florida native who had a two episode arc on ABC’s, The Middle; followed by a turn as a sweet but protected culprit in an episode of CSI:NY. She currently stars as Riley Jones in the horror-comedy film, Detention, opposite Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Dane Cook, and Spencer Locke.
In 2013 the film, The Warren Files, based on the real life story of the Perron Family who encounters spirits living among them in their New England farmhouse, will be released with Shanley playing the character Andrea Perron. Also slated to appear in the film with Shanley, Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air, Source Code), Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, Prometheus), and Ron Livingston (Game Change, Dinner for Schmucks).
Shanley says her dream role would be to play Natalie Portman's sister in a film because of Portman's classic Hollywood charm, intellect, and because of the obvious resemblance the duo share.
If she had to lock lips in a on screen kiss, she says it would probably include Paul Walker, who, she admit is her fellow celebrity crush.
When she's not busy with school work or on location filming, she says she enjoys the outdoors; doing everything from hiking and long boarding to kayaking, running and camping.
On the day we interviewed Shanley for our podcast, she was between classes at UCLA where she is majoring in Cultural Anthropology. The 20 year-old brunette loves to learn and enjoys sharing her knowledge. It’s safe to say that Hollywood has taken notice of Shanley Caswell and there are many more good things to come.
Lenay Dunn doesn't have to be serious a vast majority of time, because her career has become one of hamming it up for the camera; a tradition she started in high school shooting and editing silly videos of herself, with friends, and even her cat.
It was those original YouTube videos that led her to a gig with Red Bull, traveling all over North America and Europe to host Red Bull's "Flugtag" show.
That in turn, led to her current role as the host of MTV's 10 on Top; a Saturday morning video clip show that shares the top vids of the week from the world of celebrity and pop culture. Along side Lenay each week is a celebrity guest host that in the past have included, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Nick Jonas, and Victoria Justice.
Lenay was born in Congo, Africa, grew up in Minnesota (this made her a hockey fan), where she studied Spanish in college. After college she moved to South America, then Los Angeles, and now Nashville. Confused yet? Did we mention her show is taped every week in New York City at MTV's studios? So how can she live in Nashville and tape the show in New York? Easy. She flies to NYC each week from her home in Tennessee.
Being a preferred flyer has it's perks. Aside from being the only young blonde-haired LeAnn Rimes look-a-like in first class sitting among all the business elite, this 26 year-old is well educated, well traveled, and can talk on any subject and have you laughing in seconds.
With her busy life there's no slowing down, besides, sleep is over rated when you have plenty of Red Bull and Tim Horton's. That's why there's a sofa in the edit suite at MTV. So she can nap, before catching the next flight out of New York back home to Nashville.
*Catch Lenay Dunn hosting MTV's 10 on Top every Saturday at 11:30am EST on MTV.
Outasight is riding his fame to a whole new level right now and to think that where he will peak is anybody's guess when it comes to talent of not only having a hit song slowly climbing on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but also on the radio and at clubs across the U.S..
Outasight (real name, Richard Andrew) hails from Yonkers, New York and his music style is self-described as, "Energetic hip hop mixed with melodic soul.."
This will be the year for Outasight to prove himself having found success with his first commercial hit, Tonight Is The Night which was featured in a commercial for Pepsi. The commercial includes footage of music icons; Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, and Kanye West. The ad played during a live broadcast of Simon Cowell's The X-Factor on FOX. The X-Factor was also where he made his national TV debut performing his hit single for millions watching around the world.
All the fame so far hasn't gotten to his head, and when it comes to making music that is all Outasight wants to do, with nothing to prove to the world of what he's known in his heart all along. The next time you turn on the radio or visit a nightclub don't be surprised if you hear his song, Tonight Is The Night -- Don't be surprised if that is his first of many to come.
Outasight will release his first full-length album on Warner Bros. Records late 2012.
Graffiti6 is a collaboration between singer-songwriter, Jamie Scott and songwriter-producer, TommyD.
The pop/rock duo founded in 2008 are set to release their full-length debut album titled, Colours, out on Capitol Records on January 24, 2012. The upcoming release includes the first U.S. single, Free listed as a “Pick of the Week” in USA Today, which praised the track’s “melodic bass-line and singer, Jamie Scott’s exquisite falsetto breaks.”
The video for the single, Free, was shot in downtown Los Angeles (see below.)
We interviewed Jamie Scott for our podcast, he has worked with the likes of Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger having written and produced with them.
He also appeared in the 2006 film, Step Up, starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, where he sang a song on the soundtrack.
Graffiti6 have had their songs played on popular TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Covert Affairs, CSI: NY, One Tree Hill, and MTV series, Teen Wolf.
You've probably heard the song on the radio recently titled, Kiss Me Slowly (video below) by the band Parachute, and for good reason, not only is it a great song but it was co-written by Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum. Kiss Me Slowly, is now in the Top 20 at Hot AC Radio chart and is their first single off their sophomore album, The Way It Was (Mercury Records), was released earlier this year.
This is a follow up to their debut album, Losing Sleep, in which their first single from that album, She is Love, hit #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
It is that talent that has allowed the band to tour with such acts as Kelly Clarkson, Hot Chelle Rae, Plain White T's, Michelle Branch, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Kate Voegele. Starting in January, they will hit the road again with OAR.
Even beyond touring, the band has taken their act to national television appearing on CBS's The Early Show, ABC's Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Their music has also been featured in such television programs as One Tree Hill, 90210 and Vampire Diaries.
Above, check out our recent podcast interview with Parachute frontman Will Anderson in which we ask him about their new album, touring, his celebrity crush and more!
Perhaps you might've heard the song, Bad playing on the radio recently where the lyrics "Cause I want it bad, I want a bad girl, baby, bad" remained stuck in your head. That's not by accident, as the band, The Cab, wanted that kind of reaction when they wrote the first single off their new album, Symphony Soldier.
The Cab, hail from Las Vegas, a city great for attention, but not necessarily the kind they were seeking for a record deal. The band self-funded Symphony Soldier and for them, the investment has already paid off. The roster of talent that contributed to this album included Pete Wentz, Bruno Mars, and Adam Levine. That talent pool combined with the passion of The Cab have made this album something to listen to from beginning to end, over and over again.
Starting this week, the band will join Simple Plan on tour across the U.S. as part of their Get Your Heart On! Tour. Though these guys have been overseas before, they will play Australia in 2012 for the first time as part of the lineup of the Soundwave Music Festival.
Above, listen to our podcast interview with lead singer, Alex DeLeon.
Check out the music video for Bad featuring Angel Porrino from the E! Network show, Holly's World, below.
Jessie Malakouti is anything but normal in her world of mannequin boys and dress up clothes. That is what has become of Jessie of Jessie and the Toy Boys, a name that has come to define what her lyrics are all about, love, friendship, and life from the star studded streets of Los Angeles to the European underground scene. She left home at 16 where she found herself sleeping on friends sofas at night and showing her singing skills at every possible audition she could find. Every note of every song is her own.
In her bio, Jessie says,
"A great song, to me, is one that sticks to your brain long after you've heard it for the first time. What I'm trying to accomplish is music that is catchy, but smart. Part of that is combining elements of different genres in ways that you might not imagine working together at first."
Of course she traded in those nights on friends sofas for a tour bus of her very own leading the way, opening for Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj on Britney's Femme Fatale Tour -- two artists that have defined the edge in today's pop music scene of what is real. Jessie is 100% real, what we are seeing now with all of her success she knew she had deep down inside her heart all along.
Tonight there's a lonely sofa somewhere in Southern California and that's just fine with her.
Jessie and the Toy Boys first effort is an EP, Show Me Your Tan Lines, currently available on iTunes and Amazon. Set to drop later this year, her full length debut album, This is How Rumors Start.
Below check out the video for, Push It a single off her EP.
All Time Low is a band that has followed stylistically in the footsteps of such well known acts as Fall Out Boy and Blink 182.They're drawing their success from their own talents having not only hit it big here in the U.S. but across the world.
The band from Baltimore is fronted by Alexander Gaskarth, guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zachary Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson. All Time Low, recently signed with Interscope Records and released their fourth studio album (first with Interscope) titled, Dirty Work, having just returned from Europe, the band is currently in the U.S. leg of their headlining tour in support of their album. Come mid-September they'll convert from bus to plane and head to Asia.
AmoreMagazine.com recently interviewed guitarist Jack Barakat for our podcast where he shared his insights on signing with a major label, recording Dirty Work, touring the world, and what life is like being a rock-star.
Pauly Shore is a name you've grown to love over the years from his early days on MTV, to his 90's movie streak that made him a household name, to guest appearances on TV shows.
The man is a legend in Hollywood in his own right having paved a unique comedy style. We've all seen the best of Shore in Encino Man, Son in Law, In The Army Now, Jury Duty, and Bio-Dome. Comedy came natural as his father was comedian, Sammy Shore, and his mother, Mitzi Shore, built The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. It allowed young Pauly to spend his youth hanging with the likes of Robin Williams, David Letterman and the late Sam Kinison. He even spent time with Elvis, who his father opened for.
It's a combination of his stand up talent and television antics that you'll find his latest project, Vegas is My Oyster, a comedy special for Showtime that premieres on August 5 at 10pm. Vegas is My Oyster, as he describes in a recent interview, "My show is going to be spontaneous, sexy and in-your-face with comedy, rock-n-roll and hot chicks". With that, what more could people want? Oh, and did we mention the star studded line-up that will be included in the debauchery of fun... How about Andy Dick, Amber Lancaster (MTV’s The Hard Times of RJ Berger), Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up, Paper Heart, Semi-Pro), with comedians Tom Green, Bobby Lee (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, MADtv), and Faizon Love (Couples Retreat, My Name is Earl). Former Charlie Sheen goddess, Bree Olson and celebrity appearances by rocker Dave Navarro and model Michelle “Bombshell” McGee, make this a must see, must talk about special, in the realm of a Comedy Central Roast.
Pauly has created a life, making people laugh and gaining smiles in his constant presence. That isn't such a bad thing and so far he's done pretty good for himsel
Jes Hudak grew up in a small town in upstate New York, but since finding her way to Los Angeles she has been able to play with and for some of the biggest names in the music industry. Quite impressive for a self-proclaimed awkward adolescent. She found her singing talent into the world of "cool" by growing up listening to her mother's record collection and recorded her first album at 14 years-old.
Jes currently stars on the hit Bravo competition show Platinum Hit, hosted by Jewel along with resident celebrity judge Kara DioGuardi. Yet, Platinum Hit wasn’t her first reality go around as she tested her talents on such shows as American Idol and CBS Rockstar: Inxs -- A tour of talent shows she dubs, “reality rodeo”.
Outside of reality, she has been able to showcase her talents on a large stage playing with Maroon 5, Gavin DeGraw, Howie Day, Tonic and Five for Fighting. Her best gig yet, being the sole backup singer for Enrique Iglesias in the Central American leg of his Insomniac 2008 Tour.
So while we wait to see how far Jes makes it on Platinum Hit, you can check out her EP National Holiday which is available on iTunes.
We're routing for her on the show! Good luck Jes!
Not many artists who start out playing on a promenade for pocket change have their lyrics tweeted by Taylor Swift to her 6.6 million followers. That happened for singer-songwriter Andy Grammer in which Taylor’s tweet went, “Ya gotta keep your head up OHHH, but you can let your down EHHH”. Grammer is two weeks away from releasing his self-titled debut album on S-Curve Records. Already his first single, Keep Your Head Up, (the song Taylor tweeted about) is in rotation on radio stations around the country including cracking the American Contemporary Top 40 Chart which includes regular play on Ryan Seacrest's radio show. This makes him legit to mainstream America, a fame he has already garnered among his key fans from his 3rd Street Promenade playing days in Santa Monica, California.
When Andy tweeted, that AmoreMagazine.com was doing this podcast interview with him, we were inundated with his fans sending us questions to ask him. (Some you’ll hear in the interview.)
Taylor Swift may be on board the Grammer train now, but Alec Baldwin knew Andy's sound was good when he once threw a $100 bill in his guitar case. Alec Baldwin isn't the only funnyman from an NBC show to pay homage to Andy. The Office star, Rainn Wilson, who wrote a book with Andy's college roommate, was cast in the video for Keep Your Head Up. Rainn has become a personal friend of Andy’s even introducing his performance recently on The Rachael Ray Show.
The video for his single is unique in that it's one of the first interactive videos in which the viewer selects what happens to Andy as he makes his way past a dumpster, through a hotel, a laundry mat and to the roof of a downtown Manhattan building - all while belting out his hit that has the town singing with him. The video won MTV's O Music Award for most innovative video.
Fresh off his tour with the Plain White T's and ready to embark on a summer tour with Natasha Bedingfield - long gone are the promenade days for Andy, but still in tact is the passion for his songs that got him to where he is today.
Happy, honest, and loving life just like his lyrics is the best way to describe him – whether it be making a TV appearance, impressing Alec Baldwin at the 3rd Street Promenade, or making Taylor Swift want to tweet about him, Andy just seems to have his head up no matter where he goes.
Porcelain Black is taking her fame and loving it. The pop-rock songstress just finished on the 24-date, North American, I AM MUSIC II Tour opening for such notable artists as Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, and Travis Barker. As Lil Wayne's protege, she is signed to 2101 Records via Universal Republic.
Porcelain is currently working on her debut album set to be released in the Summer of 2011 - working with legendary music producer, RedOne, who has worked with the likes of Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez. Speaking of Jennifer Lopez, if you've turned on the radio lately and listened to her new hit song, On The Floor ft. Pitbull, you'll hear Pitbull sing the lyrics, "Get on the floor, RedOne" an ode to the famed music producer.
Her first single and video for, This Is What Rock ‘N Roll Looks Like featuring Lil Wayne, includes the duo as young school kids who get picked on, but rather take it in stride considering their music careers later on in life will allow them revenge -- a concept that Porcelain came up with.
The half-blonde, half-black haired singer is best self-described in another interview where she says, "My music is like if Britney Spears and Marilyn Manson f---ed and had a kid, it would be me, 'cause it's like dance-pop, but it's industrial Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails."
To hear her sing and see her dance you feel her lyrics of what and who Porcelain Black is all about. She's her own style and her own woman and in the world of pop, ready to walk the only path she knows how, and that's her own.
Best known as a real housewife on Bravo Network's hit reality series, The Real Housewives of New York City, Sonja Morgan passed up the first go around when Bravo pitched to her Manhattan Moms due to the fact that her daughter was very young. It was in 2010 that she was ready to take her personal brand into the spotlight. So far, besides a few spats with the other housewives on the show, has worked out pretty good for her.
Aside from the hit TV show, Sonja loves fashion (a former model) that proves well on the show open in which she says, "I have a taste for luxury, and luxury has a taste for me". Beyond fashion, Sonja loves cooking and is currently working on a toaster oven cookbook with her daughter. She also loves men and is penning a book as she describes as a “Candace Bushnell society novel” which gives her the chance to share with the world the lifestyle of a Manhattan socialite seeking love in all the wrong places.
The publicity that comes from the show gives her good cause to promote charities and events she feels passionate about which really shines through in her world. Follow her on Twitter and you'll see what we mean.
When chatting with her, what you get is the quaint essential housewife who enjoys people, loves to talk and is ready to open up about her personal life as if it were public which through the show it is. What has she got to loose? If you had her life, you'd probably be doing the same and whether in her cookbook or in life all of this is a secret recipe to success! A success only Sonja could enjoy and share with you each and every Thursday night.
Catch Sonja Morgan on The Real Housewives of New York City, Thursdays at 10PM on Bravo.
Kimberly Caldwell is an independent Southern gal from a small town in Texas who has made her own way to where she is today. The songstress, who finished in the top seven in the second season of American Idol, is set to release her debut album titled Without Regret on Vanguard/Capitol Records and in the process is ready to continue to write her music career the way she intended, without regret.
Way before American Idol hit the television airwaves on FOX, Kimberly was already taking to the stage and infront of television cameras on a show called Star Search. A show which first showcased the likes of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and many other of today’s hottest pop and country music stars. Caldwell had much success on that show winning a total of five times.
At the age of 12, it was off to Branson, MO for a gig called Country Tonite, where she performed live on a nightly basis for 3 years.
Back home in Texas she got the performing bug again after several years and entered auditions for the second season of American Idol. Though she didn't win, she did capture the hearts of many. She became a corespondent on Fox Sports, MTV, CBS, and even hosted a show on TV Guide Network which eventually led to her signing with Vanguard/Capitol Records.
In her bio Kimberly is quoted as saying, "I've been a performer my entire life and everything I've done has led up to this moment." A moment she is set to prove with her debut album Without Regret and it's first single Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys. The video for the single was shot at a nightclub in Los Angeles and even features a cameo of her younger sister who is near and dear to Kimberly's heart. Her sister keeps her grounded and travels with her when she is on the road.
Kimberly is far from slowing down. (She has been on a national stage twice so far in her life.) Something tells us the third time will be a charm. That charm is her, and it’s happening now.
Singer and writer Dev is from the small town of Mantica, California. She started making her own music on her laptop when she recorded a cover of an Amy Winehouse song – a friend of hers posted the song onto MySpace. That was the beginning for Dev. What came next was a rise even she couldn’t imagine.
It was the Berkeley, California, duo The Cataracs, that found that song online and invited Dev to record with them. They recorded the song 2night which got exposure on the radio, the television channel mtvU, and charted on the Billboard Hot Dance. Soon after, The Cataracs along with Dev moved to a warehouse studio in Downtown Los Angeles that houses IndiPop. While there, they recorded the song Booty Bounce and at the same time The Cataracs were producing Like a G6 for Far East Movement. They decided to use the verse “Now I’m feeling so fly like a G6” from Dev's single Booty Bounce as the hook.
Like a G6, which features The Cataracs and Dev, was released in April 2010, and became the #1 song in America on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song currently has over 57 million plays on YouTube.
Dev and The Cataracs are currently featured in the single Backseat off New Boyz's new album, Too Cool To Care. The song is currently 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dev’s full length studio debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up, is set to be released this spring on Universal Republic. Her first official single off her new album with The Cataracs is called Bass Down Low and has already peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it still remains on the same chart today.
Her goal is now to turn the pop world upside down. If Like a G6 was the opening act, we can’t wait to see the impact her debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up will have.
Brendan James is a singer-songwriter who is as passionate about his music as he is with his family and friends. In his song’s, the lyrics are an extension of his emotions on life, love, hard-times, and friendships.
For Brendan, it began at the University of North Carolina where he was in an a capella group, The Clef Hangers, but soon found his love was to master the piano. It was in 2002 after graduating college, he moved to New York City and worked during the day at Urban Outfitters folding clothes to support himself and would sneak into some of Manhattan’s most upscale hotels after hours to practice his craft on the piano. He once even snuck into Julliard and was asked very politely to leave.
In the early days of living in New York City, Brendan was honored to meet the music legend, Carly Simon. She invited Brendan to her home on Cape Cod to record after James’ manager sent her his demo. Simon is by far his most well known fan.
In the fall of 2007, Brendan’s self-released EP named in honor of his beginnings in New Yory City, The Ballroom Break-In, produced by Mikal Blue (who worked with Colbie Caillat) charted on iTunes Top 100.
Brendan released his debut full-length album, The Day is Brave, through Universal/Decca Records in June of 2008. It debuted on the Top 10 Billboard Heatseeker Charts, and was ranked as the tenth most selling folk-rock album on iTunes.
He is quoted in his bio about his first national tour saying, “I went to 40 states, ate at 330 restaurants, stayed in 210 hotels, and slept on one boat — John Mayer’s Mayercraft Cruise; I know because I wrote it all down.”
In the Fall of 2010 his self-titled sophomore album produced by Warren Huart (The Fray, Kris Allen, James Blunt, Colbie Caillat, Howie Day, Chase Coy) was released. In February of this year, he began the first leg of a two-month tour across America in support of his sophomore effort.
Being a signed artist that allows you to do what you love is key to any musician, but to Brendan who told an audience on a recent Saturday night, “making albums and touring is what I want to do the rest of my life... I’ll be back”.
With as much talent as Brendan has, it's something we wouldn't doubt.
Sixteen year-old singer/songwriter, Avery, stands just 4 feet 11 inches but in the words of well know singer Iyaz, "That’s a big voice in 3 feet", as he noted after the duo sang an impromptu version of hit song, Replay, while backstage at a Justin Bieber concert in Detroit. Speaking of Justin Bieber, Avery was discovered much the same way as he was. Rather than a flood of covers being sung and posted online, it was one very little video that Avery and her friends put together called "Step Brothers" in which the four friends are sitting in a car singing, but clearly Avery stood out among them.
It was that video that struck the eye of Manager / Producer Aton Ben-Horin and soon Avery left her home in Arizona for Orlando to record with Aton's production team, The Agency, and shoot the video for what would become her first studio single titled, Love Me Or Let Me Go. The video was an instant viral hit and currently has over 2.3 million views on YouTube.
From there it was off to Hollywood to meet with Chris Anokute, Senior Vice President A&R for Universal Motown who signed Avery to Universal Motown. (It was Anokute that signed Katy Perry when he was with Capitol Records.)
Avery is currently working on her debut album writing with Lauren Christy from the hit making production team, The Matrix, who penned Complicated and Sk8er Boi for Avril Lavigne.
The ground work has been laid, now Avery is set to make her own footprint in the world of music. Something tells us that with her talent she's well on her way!
David Good is the type of person that likes to talk and tell you about his life, and more important about love. Why wouldn't you want to take a few pointers from this guy. After all, he tried for true love in the 5th season of ABC's The Bachelorette, where he earned the first impression rose but didn't receive the final rose. That in turn left the show producers in 2010 to ask David back to the mansion where the show tapes with a new "concept" of The Bachelor/The Bachelorette series called, Bachelor Pad. Not only was the show a hit, but David ended up winning on the show. This allowed him to put the prize money towards a book called The Man Code: A Woman’s Guide To Cracking The Tough Guy. Let's just say he spent many hours of his recent life dealing with women and observing them and how he can help them understand men, and in turn help men become the type of guys women desire.
David just took off on what will be a 100 plus city tour to promote his book. After the tour, he tells AmoreMagazine.com that he'll be ready to settle down -- with the right woman of course. If he's asked to be The Bachelor and give the final rose this time rather than wait for it, he would surely oblige.
Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy is a former Assistant District Attorney from Brooklyn, New York. In that capacity, she prosecuted a variety of crimes including domestic violence, assault, driving while under the influence, larceny, and offenses involving controlled substances and weapons.
She was featured on Season 10 (which ended December 9th) of Donald Trump’s reality show The Apprentice on NBC. She quickly earned a reputation for being a tough-as-nails, no-nonsense prosecutor. Viewers enjoyed her lively and aggressive manner.
Mahsa has been featured on Extra TV, Studio B, Huckabee, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Law Journal, CBS News, New York Daily News, and now AmoreMagazine.com.
A 2003 alumnus of the University of Virginia, she received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School and currently resides in New York City with her family.
Singer/songwriter Alyssa Bernal, was just your average American teen growing up in Texas. She was a high school cheerleader who also had a passion for music and started to post clips of her singing covers of various Top 40 pop songs of today. All this seemed normal until superstar producer Pharrell Williams happened upon the clips and contacted Alyssa’s high school and what came next changed her life.
Alyssa was soon signed to Williams’ label, Star Trak Entertainment. She began work on her debut album, In Love Again For the First Time (Interscope Records,) that is set to be released in 2011. Her debut album goes beyond a hit name like Pharrell Williams behind it. The album was produced by Martin Terefe who has worked with such big names as James Morrison, Train, Craig David and Cat Stevens. He even produced Jason Mraz's last album. Alyssa’s new album is heavy with contributions from such talented singers as Pharrell Williams himself, K.T. Tunstall, and Jason Wade of LifeHouse. Speaking of Lifehouse, did we mention Alyssa just wrapped up her tour with Lifehouse and Kris Allen.
She just released her first EP and single titled, Cali, Cali, Cali (Video Below.)
What could possibly come next for this sweetheart songstress from Texas? An exciting 2011 when, In Love Again For the First Time is released and possibly a tour of her own.
Pascal Mouawad has made his mark as the fourth generation jewelry designer to run his family’s company, Mouawad Group. He was raised in Geneva, Switzerland, but moved to Los Angeles after high school to further his education. It was there that his dream of expanding his families business into the U.S. and eventually Hollywood where he would become the dominate player in collaborating with celebrities.
The pop culture world would find Mouawad’s design talent in a unique item you wouldn’t normally associate jewelry with... a bra. That's right, in 2000 Mouawad designed a $2 million dollar diamond Fantasy Bra for Victoria's Secret that would become known as the most luxurious and expensive lingerie ever made. This caused much hype and an avenue where he became friends with Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klum with whom he would partner with on his first celebrity collaboration.
At the time, celebrities like, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria, Gwen Stefani, Faith Hill, Mary J. Blige, Gisele Bundchen, and Tyra Banks had already donned his gems at red carpet premieres and high profile Hollywood events.
After being well worn by Hollywood's elite and his first collaboration with Klum, his fashion jewelry brand would continue to grow. Next, in his most well known line, House of Harlow 1960 with Nicole Richie (appropriately named after her daughter, Harlow) big bling is what it's all about. House of Harlow 1960 offers versatility to wear many of the pieces as bracelets, necklaces, belts or even headbands. "I've always felt that great accessories are essential in every complete outfit and I wanted to create a collection that was easy to mix and match; to either wear alone as an everyday piece, or stack on to make more of a statement," says Richie in a press release. As a longtime jewelry collector, Richie has always had an eye for good quality and design. "I went to Pascal Mouawad knowing he'd be the perfect partner to build my designs; he's been incredible at bringing my creative ideas to life.".
What followed was a modern watch line with Grammy Award winning music mogul Jermiane Dupri called NU POP MOVEMENT, in which Mouawad and Dupri have fused their creative forces to craft a unique collection of stylish watches. The line, characterized by its eye-catching, oversized case, incorporates vivid colors and analog and digital movement, with a funky, fashionable twist.
“I grew up loving fashion watches and admiring Andy Warhol," said music legend Jermaine Dupri of creating the line. "A lot of my inspiration came from that. I wanted to create a watch that was stylish and affordable.”
The NU POP MOVEMENT collection takes its inspiration from the iconic pop art of yesteryear as well as the vibrancy of today’s pop music and culture. "Pop art, like pop music, derives its name from tapping into the 'popular' elements of culture, as opposed to elitist," said Pascal Mouawad, "We designed a line of watches that goes straight to the heart of what today's fashion-conscious, trend setters are seeking."
That led to a watch line of her own for Jessica Simpson which includes 35 designs that speak to Jessica’s personal style, varying from classic leather and menswear styles to fashion forward jewelry-inspired looks.
For Mouawad, there's no slowing down in dominating the Hollywood market place. His current projects include partnering with designer Erin Wasson for Low Luv, and Kim Kardashian on a fashion jewelry line. The debut collection will include 25 statement pieces that speak to Kim’s personal style, which was inspired by the combination of 1930’s and 1960’s modern era. This collection contains a cornucopia of strongshapes and silhouettes, Lucite with metal plates-very bold but everyday wearable pieces. "The line with Pascal Mouawad is fun, edgy, yet feminine," says Kardashian in a press release. "I love statement pieces because they make a simple outfit stylish and fun!" The collection will launch Spring/ Summer 2011
If you didn't know better, before talking with Jay Lyon and Pottsy, you'd assume they were Southern California born and bred. However, their accents give them away as native Australians. The surf rock/pop duo that make up the band Tamarama (named after a beach-side, eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia) have taken a spotlight of their own here in the U.S. Their debut self-titled LP Tamarama (Universal Motown) dropped on June 1st. They're currently rocking out at shows all along the West coast this summer (including Bonnaroo), a great way to connect with fans that have grown to love them maybe even before they heard their music. You might recall Lyon from his stint on the hit MTV show The City last season in which he was a love interest of Whitney Port.
Lyon and Pottsy, former models, both date(d) fellow Australian born models Miranda Kerr (Victoria's Secret,) and Jessica Hart (2009 Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Issue) respectively - who also happen to make a cameo in Tamarama's video for Everything To Me.
Modeling was great, television is fun, but music is what makes them Tamarama. Their style of music is in a category of it's own just like themselves -- on a shelf somewhere between the Beach Boys and Jason Mraz. Unique to the bone but happy to be spreading the love of their humble beginning on a tiny beach called Tamarama. Just listen to their music once and you will feel like you're on a beach somewhere enjoying the good life, just like in the video for Everything To Me. For any red blooded American, that's not a bad way to live!
Isaac Keys has always been a competitive person. On the field as an NFL player with the Arizona Cardinals to his current competition against eleven other bachelors who are competing for the heart of former Apprentice stand out Omarosa in Donald Trump’s latest venture into reality TV, Donald J. Trump presents The Ultimate Merger which premiered Thursday night on TV One. So what makes Isaac Keys unique beyond his athletic abilities? Too much to mention and if you ask talk show host Wendy Williams, she will defiantly say his looks. For us it's his charm, smarts, and drive that will win her heart. The aspiring actor isn't letting anything stand in his way to his personal "celebrity crush". As for the rest of the guys... well you'll have to tune in and see how they do, but something tells us that Isaac is in it to win it. So watch out!
Amber Meade became an official "Bad Girl" when she was cast on season 3 of Oxygen network's Bad Girls Club. The show is Oxygen Network's highest rated. Amber could take credit for most of it. It did include one of the top reality show moments in which Amber had a fight with fellow Bad Girls Whitney and Ailea. That fight got Ailea kicked off the show.
Amber's back on Oxygen, this time to make love not war as a Bad Girl on Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too (think Oxygen's version of The Bachelorette) Cupid's arrow strikes as Amber along with Kendra (season four,) and Sarah (season three) vye for the man of their dreams. The ladies bring their feisty ways back to the Bad Girls house in search of love from a pool of 13 eligible suitors.
Each week Amber, Kendra and Sarah, have the group of bachelors competing for their attention in a series of off-the-wall challenges and entertaining group dates. The girls must try to put their bad aside in an attempt to work together to narrow the field and identify the guy that's most ideal for them. The men that don't catch their eye and win their heart are eliminated weekly. The games get steamy as the men try to woo the ladies with an array of alluring talents ranging from romantic serenades to impressing the girls with their cooking prowess and physical stamina during a lively beach challenge. In the end, only one Bad Girl and her beau will be left standing.
Amber is looking for a "good guy" to steal her heart. Of course a little drama along the way wouldn't be new to this reality starlet. Amber could give Snooki and the rest of those Jersey Shore girls a run for their money.
New epsisodes of Love Games Bad Girls Need Love Too airs Tuesday nights at 10PM on Oxygen.
Lisa Vogel loves what she does. What she does is design and manufacturer some of the leading swimwear brands in the world, and of course she should, the quintessential Southern California beach girl. Her parents started RAJ Manufacturing some forty years ago. When Lisa was young she would model the swimsuits for print ads that her parents manufactured. Now she and her brother, Alex, run that same company.
Today, RAJ Manufacturing’s portfolio of labels include: Athena Pick Your Fit, Next by Athena, Ella Moss Isla, Splendid Swimwear, GUESS Swimwear, Hurley Swimwear, St. John Swim, Tommy Hilfiger Swimwear, and Reef Swimwear.
Lisa is most proud of her own label LUXE by Lisa Vogel which launched in 2009 to a wide distribution and celebrity fan fare. LUXE by Lisa Vogel is the smart, stylish and sexy swimwear solution for beach sophisticates and stylish moms across the globe, and why not for someone who has traveled the world and spent her whole life living on the beaches of Southern California.
RAJ Manufacturing is located in Orange County, California, and all her labels including her own line are manufactured at that plant in the O.C. by workers, who, in some cases are 3rd generation employees.
This is truly a great American dream. A family business built on love of the beach, the sand, the surf, and of course the swimsuits that go along with the described life.
Jace Everett is the type of guy who takes life one day at a time. You have to being in his shoes. His story, like his music, is unique. Music is what he loves, and music is what he knows. What Everett's music isn't is folk, country, or even rock for that matter. So what is it? The southern American self describes his style as, ‘Jace Everett music.’
Everett was originally signed to Sony Records for his debut album which didn't fair well in the charts or in sales. Being dropped from his label wasn't the worst thing that could happen because right before he was dropped he had pitched a song to them called, Your Man. Now you've probably heard of this song before and that’s because it was a #1 Country song from Josh Turner but what you may not know is Everett co-wrote the jingle.
However, one of the tracks off Everett's debut album entitled Bad Things happened to have a second life. That song somehow made it into the iTunes play list of Alan Ball, the creator of HBO's True Blood. Before you knew it, Ball was calling Everett for the rights to the song to be used as the opening theme for the show.
Soon, fans of the show were starting to seek out this Bad Things artist known as Jace Everett. What Everett is giving them is a whole new album (dropped, June 2009) called Red Revelations (Weston Boys/Haywood Group.)
Jace's 15 minutes might have just started, or is yet to start... and he's okay with that, as he tells Amore Magazine. "As long as I sell enough copies of this album (Red Revelations) to be able to make another one, I will be happy." He continues, "Oh yeah, that, and a cameo in HBO's True Blood wouldn't be so bad either."
For more on Jace Everett and to purchase his new album Red Revelations visit: Jace Everett.com
For the better part of six years you probably haven't heard much buzz about the band Sugar Ray, but like everyone in America you remember rocking out in the late 90's, early 2000's to such hits as “Fly” and “When It's Over.” Well it's not over for Sugar Ray as the band plans to release their first new album in six years entitled "Music for Cougars." While the band members all still live within a 2 mile radius in Newport Beach, California, they have remained close friends during the hiatus. Mark McGrath went on to co-host the nationally syndicated entertainment news program, “Extra” and the rest of the band started their families. No matter where this album and tour will take them, they are humble for what they have already achieved. Their fans who have remained their fans will continue to come to their shows loving a band that America had continues to fall in love with because to them six years might have as well been 6 days as the band hasn't seemed to miss a beat in what made them so successful from the start.
We interviewed Sugar Ray guitarist Rodney Sheppard for the Amore Magazine podcast the week before they left So Cal for a national tour this summer in support of their new album.
Sugar Ray's new album "Music for Cougars" (Pulse/Fontana/Universal) is set to drop July 21st. For more info on the band’s current tour visit: SugarRay.com
LSpace founder Monica Wise started her swimwear brand with a vision for a lifestyle built around it. When asked what the "L" stands for, "Luxurious. Lounging. Lavish… Whatever your “L” may be, LSpace has something for your every mood. L*Space is a collection of swimwear that is uncomplicated and effortlessly hip."
Monica Wise's designs have not only taken off with the average female, but have been a hit with celebrities such as Mischa Barton, Ali Larter, Jessica Alba, Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge, Marissa Miller, and Giselle Bundchen.
L*Space has taken the honors of “Woman’s Swim Brand of the Year” by SIMA (Surf Industry Manufacture’s Association) back-to-back in 2007 and 2008. One of her outfits was featured in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Perfect for the beach or that friend's pool party. Ladies can impress their friends this summer with the fun, fresh, young, look of L*Space swimwear.
For Amore Magazine's exclusive interview with Monica Wise, direct download Amore Magazine podcast #40. Or click the play button in the podcast box (top left corner.)
LSpace is available in select boutiques and stores around the world and with online retailers. For more on LSpace visit their web site at: LSpace.com
At 16 Daniella Clarke never knew what would become of her future until the day she arrived in California with her brother and sister to visit with her father for the summer who lived in Los Angeles. During that summer they happened upon the set where a music video was being shot. The band was Candy, and their guitarist was Gilby Clark (Gun N'Roses) who noticed Daniella and asked the makeup girl to ask her to come see him. What happened next was a romance, and she has never left Gilby... or for that matter L.A. since that day some 23 years ago.
Nine years later she would give birth to their daughter Frankie, followed by Daniella's own clothing line sharing the same name as her then four year old daughter. This past fall Daniella took her fashion sense to the television screen as a dean on VH1's Rock of Love: Charm School with Sharron Osbounre.
Besides being a great mother Daniella is a self described, "biker momma" who enjoys spending time riding motorcycles with Gilby along the Pacific Coast and entertaining friends at their Southern California home where she is enthralled in cooking.
If we had three words to describe Daniella in the amount of time Amore spent talking to her we would say Family, Fashion, and Rock 'n' Roll.
And what could be better than having those three things?
Amber Lee Ettinger is featured in a full page photo right between John McCain and Barack Obama in the November 2008 issue of GQ magazine. She has never run for any political office. This vixen is more commonly known as the Obama Girl and in the spread she is donning her OG outfit complete with cape. Her Barely Political, YouTube video drew more then 9 million hits and has stolen the hearts of Obama fans across this great country.
Beyond the GQ photo, Ms. Ettinger was named as one of MSN's "11 Most Influential Women of 2007" and E! Entertainment Television as "The Hottest Woman on the Web." In addition to a part on Saturday Night Live- she has been interviewed by all the major cable TV news networks for her role as the Obama Girl.
Amber is well on her way to success from working with her mother on a jewelry line (Inspired by Amber), and a promising singing career.
We will never really know what impact she actually had on this Presidential election. We will leave that for the history books to decide. What we do know is that the world wants to see more of Amber as the Obama Girl and 2012 is not all that far away.
If you’ve ever watched the hit Bravo TV show, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, you know that Josh Altman doesn't mind telling it like it is and doing what he needs to get a job done. The high-powered, high-energy, Los Angeles- based real estate agent is one of the stars of the reality show. #MDLLA is back for its 7th season, which airs Wednesday nights at 9/8c on Bravo.
If you’ve ever wondered how someone like Altman got where he is today, it was anything but the typical route. Altman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. He went to Syracuse University where he studied speech communications and played football for the Syracuse Orange. After graduation he moved to Los Angeles. He started out his career there by flipping houses- buying them cheap and then selling them for a profit. That path soon led to Altman running a real estate finance company. Then, as viewers learned in previous seasons, he finally struck it out on his own with his brother Matt to form the Altman Brothers Real Estate Brokerage. Together, the brothers have represented celebrities, professional athletes and other high-net-worth clients with some of the highest valued homes in the Platinum Triangle of Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Holmby Hills. A feather in Altman’s cap is the most expensive one bedroom ever sold for $21,500,000. And it is commissions on sales like that and keeping his clients happy that Josh says keeps him going.
As for the future, there's no slowing down for Altman. This self-proclaimed perfectionist says he plans to continue growing his business by closing some of the biggest and best real estate deals the Hollywood Hills have to offer while expanding his brand nationwide.
Marcus Lemonis is an entrepreneur, investor, television personality, and chairman and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises. Camping World is the nation's largest RV and outdoor retailer, and Good Sam is the world's largest RV owner's organization.
Lemonis is also known as the "business turnaround king" and host of CNBC's prime time reality series, The Profit, in which he lends his expertise to struggling small businesses around the country and judges businesses based on a "Three P" principle: People, Process, and Product. The Profit returns to CNBC TONIGHT with a new episode beginning at 10PM ET/PT.
Fresh off his appearance on the Today Show promoting the grand re-opening of Crumbs Bake Shop, Marcus chatted with us about his life, business and new found fame with the TV show.