Sandra Ebejer

4 days ago | grammy.com | Sandra Ebejer

Seth MacFarlaneComedy and music have long gone together, but there are comics who make great music separate from their stand-up. From Eddie Murphy's hit "Party All The Time" to recent works by Margaret Cho and Tim Heidecker, these comedians have changed their tune. |GRAMMYs/Jun 3, 2025 - 03:25 pmComedians have been incorporating music into their work for centuries. In ancient Greece, phallic songs were sung to (one assumes) amused audiences during Dionysiac festivals.

1 week ago | nextavenue.org | Sandra Ebejer

The actor discusses the new film ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ working with Jackie Chan and what he learned from Pat MoritaIn his 2022 memoir, "Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me," Ralph Macchio wrote that he didn't always enjoy being known as Daniel LaRusso, the crane-kicking underdog of the original "Karate Kid" film trilogy. "During the nineties," he wrote, "I was attempting to carve another path toward defining my acting career post LaRusso. ...

2 weeks ago | nextavenue.org | Sandra Ebejer

In 2019, John Driskell Hopkins — multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band — began having problems with his right hand. Months of testing and doctor's visits led to a diagnosis, in December 2021, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as ALS and also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

1 month ago | nextavenue.org | Sandra Ebejer

On July 1, 1975, Kelsey Grammer's life was forever altered when his younger sister, 18-year-old Karen, was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a group of men who had been on a killing spree. Though he's spoken openly of his sister in the years since, it was only when a psychic medium named Esther told him that his sister wanted him to tell her story that Grammer decided to put his thoughts down on the page.

Aug 29, 2024 | creativereverberations.substack.com | Sandra Ebejer

It sounds like the plot of a made-for-TV movie: A one-hit wonder rock star leaves her hometown for Hollywood and goes on to win an Emmy for her work on an animated TV show produced by a beloved former U.S. president. And yet, it’s a pretty good summary of singer-songwriter Kay Hanley’s remarkable career path.