The Sinatra File: This Week with Frank, #2
September 7th, 2017 
CEO 
By Jerry Pearce
Thirty six years ago this week, Frank Sinatra was a busy man; having arrived in New York City early in the month of September 1981, Sinatra had two obligations to fulfill in the Big Apple: final recording sessions for his forthcoming saloon album “She Shot Me Down”, as well as an elite concert date at Carnegie Hall.
Having recorded selections throughout April, July and August of that year, Sinatra returned to the old Columbia Recording Studios (where much of his early recording successes of the 1940s took place) on 30th Street, during which he laid down two final selections with arrangements by Gordon Jenkins, conducted by Vincent Falcone, “Hey Look, No Crying” and “Monday Morning Quarterback.”
The Mafia Chronicles: Hot Springs Hotel Favored By Mobsters Faces Closure
September 6th, 2017 CEO 
By Larry Henry
One of the important hotels in American Mafia history could be shut down, at least temporarily.
Not the Riviera in Las Vegas, or any of the other notorious, mobbed-up hotels on the legendary Strip: the Stardust, the Sands, the Desert Inn, the Dunes.
Those classic Old Vegas joints are already gone forever.
This one is the Arlington Hotel and Spa in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which recently received an enforcement letter from the city, threatening to close the hotel after an engineering report asserted that the massive, 93-year-old structure is unsafe.
The Art of the Brick Exhibit By Artist Nathan Sawaya (NewzBreaker Review)
September 5th, 2017 CEO 
By Katrina Broner
The Beauty of A (Lego) Brick
“The first rule of this exhibit…no video or photographs. Put your phones and cameras away please. Thank you and have a great visit!” As we heard this upon entering, there were frustrated moans and then silence as Ivan, the docent, quickly informed us he was just joking!
We stood in a long line that wrapped around the building and into the vacant space of a highway overpass for about 45 minutes to see this amazing spectacle called the “Art of the Brick” in beautiful downtown Tampa. My plan was to take as many damn pictures as possible to prove it was worth the wait! It is a huge collection of original and already famous paintings and sculptures, redone ENTIRELY in Lego Bricks! But wait there’s more…thanks to the Vinik Family Foundation, this event was FREE! The only rule is DO NOT TOUCH THE LEGOS. Sadly, Ivan was still getting paid for his horrible joke.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me: Culture Club – NewzBreaker Music Video of the Day
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September 3rd, 2017 CEO Grammy Award Winning Comedian, Actor & Writer Shelley Berman Dead at 92 – CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED
September 2nd, 2017 CEO 
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
This one hits close to my heart. Legendary comedian, writer and actor, Shelley Berman died yesterday morning at the age of 92 at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif. His publicist, Glenn Schwartz, said the cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease. In 1959, Berman was the first comedian to ever win a Grammy Award for his comedy Album, Inside Shelley Berman.
Tati’s World: People With Pets!
September 1st, 2017 CEO 
By Tatiauna Miller
I don’t know who is worse; dog people, cat people or people with kids.
Actually animal people and kid people are probably both equally annoying, but we will discuss animal people today.
People that regularly dress their pets, please stop! Your dog is happy being himself. He doesn’t need to coordinate with you or dress like a French maid from a 1970’s porn. Some of the people dressing their pets can barely dress themselves, isn’t dressing one person enough stress? Why must you add an unwilling animal to the equation? Have you tried putting a dog in a onesie? It’s about 4 times worse than putting an angry baby in a onesie, 1 degree away from impossible.
The Six Million Dollar Man Co-Star Richard Anderson Dead at 91
September 1st, 2017 CEO 
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
In the 1970’s Lee Majors starred in the very popular “The Six Million Dollar Man” on TV and his co-star was Richard Anderson. Anderson, a character actor for many years was Oscar Goldman on the show and later on “The Bionic Woman.”
Anderson died of natural causes on Thursday at the age of 91, family spokesman Jonathan Taylor told The Associated Press.
The Neighborhood Watch: How Your Radio Is Constantly Trying To Kill You!
August 31st, 2017 CEO 
By Katrina Broner
Hip Hop Lives Differently…
Garbage…Garbage…HOT GARBAGE!! This is me, frustrated flipping through radio stations most days after 1pm. If it’s not mumble rap, it’s shocking lyrics, nonsense and/or encouraging some kind of self-destruction. Mornings are not too bad because there are decent shows with hilarious banter and news. Then midday is usually the “Old School Lunch Mix” when most adults put on their shades and relive great memories of life before kids.
Every generation the lyrics seem 50 times worse than the last. As we get more public with our different lifestyles, lyrics have become bold and sometimes hilarious. Now the norm is hearing how “sex with me is so amazing” and falling in love happens while holding a girls hair back to vomit after she drank too much. Or to the contrary, if you were wondering who’s going to wake up and drive you home when you’re drunk and all alone “it ain’t me!” I love a good beat but many times I have found myself wondering what the hell I just heard!? I also love a good R&B song but my concern is strongest with hip hop. That’s where most of the fraudulent, unbearable ear garbage is and at times it seems it’s only going to get worse.
TLC Gets Spirited With The Return of Kindred Spirits & All New Series Evil Things – Breaking Entertainment News
August 29th, 2017 CEO 
Friday night frights return to TLC in time for Halloween with the second season of KINDRED SPIRITS, following renowned ghost hunters Amy Bruni and Adam Berry as they help real people tormented by paranormal activity in their homes. Scared by the mysterious happenings, but hesitant to pick up and leave, they have turned to two of America’s leading paranormal investigators to capture evidence, help families overcome their fear, take back their homes, and reclaim their lives. Then, TLC premieres the paranormal newcomer EVIL THINGS, where it’s not haunted houses but the objects inside them that are the terrifying focus of this new series. KINDRED SPIRITS premieres on Friday, September 15 at 9/8c immediately followed by EVIL THINGS at 10/9c.
The Mafia Chronicles: Mob Reporter Ned Day, A Las Vegas Legend
August 29th, 2017 CEO 
By Larry Henry
As George Knapp remembers it, when things started going sour for the mob in Las Vegas decades ago, no one was immune from threats.
Not law enforcement officials, not state regulators, not even news reporters.
No one.
“For the most part, the mobsters we used to chase around understood it was our job to cover their lives,” said Knapp, a veteran investigative reporter for the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, KLAS-TV Channel 8. “They didn’t seem to take offense, but there were some exceptions.”
The Sinatra File: This Week with Frank, #1
August 28th, 2017 CEO 
By Jerry Pearce
A new feature of this column will feature relatively brief stabs at Sinatra history as we connect present time dates with corresponding timely historical moments in his career. For “This Week with Frank,” we travel to Upstate New York…
August 1978. Sinatra was debuting with his orchestra at the Grandstand Stage of the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. Concerts at the State Fair were debuted in 1976, and during the Fair’s third season, Sinatra would appear in a memorable concert date. Although he would never play the fair again, the Grandstand Stage would host the cream of the crop across the American music industry, becoming the stuff of legend before the Grandstand performances were discontinued in 2015 when the event moved to a new venue during fair time.
