Jake's Take on Entertainment & Pop Culture
By: Jacob Elyachar The GoAround’s Alexander Saddic is the latest musician to take the 5 Questions challenge. Together with his brother, Anthony, this incredible Pop/Rock band will entice music lovers with their superb sound and great … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar The American Idol crew traveled to Randy Jackson’s hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana to try to find the next batch of superstars. Did the talent impress the Dawg and his fellow judges: Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar One of the hottest rising filmmakers that is gaining lots of attention is Grey. The creator of hit webseries: How Far We’ll Go and the Lady of Pink has amassed 1,640,231 views (and growing) on YouTube and was awarded the 2012 … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar One of Broadway’s best musicals in the last decade has taken Kansas City by storm. Billy Elliot is based on the 2000 Stephen Daldry/Lee Hall British drama that focuses on a young boy who finds passion in dance as he struggles … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar New Music Releases is back! This time around, I will be reviewing Billy Joel’s She’s Got A Way: Love Songs, Jessie Ware’s EP If You’re Never Gonna Move and the latest singles from Tim McGraw, Paramore and … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar Since his debut in 2005, rapper Kosha Dillz has continued to charm music fans with his superb freestyle skills, ability to rap in three different languages: English, Spanish and Hebrew and his creative music videos and … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar One of my favorite web series is Massholes. This mockumentary web series showcases the misadventures of two friends: Jimmy and Paddy, who filmed the famous viral video: Shit Boston Guys (Massholes) Say and have relocated … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar On this Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in President Obama to begin his second term of his presidency. Over the past 20 years, Presidential inaugurations have had multiple events that … [Continue reading]
Last night, millions tuned in for the American Idol debuts of Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj plus saw 41 hopefuls receive their coveted Golden Tickets to the Hollywood Round. The show returned to Chicago where Jennifer Hudson, Lee … [Continue reading]
By: Jacob Elyachar If you have not had the opportunity to read day nine of my series, click here: https://www.jakes-take.com/2013/01/the-top-50-songs-of-the-2010s-so-far-day-nine/ This is it! Here are the five best songs that have been … [Continue reading]
