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TONY & EMMY award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth may be the busiest person on the planet!

Her new album “For the Girls” is out now, it’s a tribute to the great female singers throughout history. Guest artists include Ariana Grande, Dolly Parton, Jennifer Hudson and Reba McEntire.

Kristin is headed back to Broadway for 8 performances that will feature the new album November 8th to the 17th at the Nederlander Theater - Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com

Kristin’s doing a fan meet & greet & autograph session at 7pm September 27th at the Barnes & Noble on 86th and Lexington and she’s playing the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut the following night!

If that’s not enough, she will star alongside Scott Wolf in the Hallmark Channel original holiday movie “A Christmas Love Story” premiering December 7th on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s “COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS” event.

Debbie Harry is a 2006 member of the Rock & Roll hall of fame who’s sold over 50 million records as the lead singer of Blondie and a solo artist. She’s a rock & roll icon, and she’s excited to share her memoir with the world.

On September 30th, Debbie heads to Town Hall in NYC for a discussion of her new memoir “FACE IT.” Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com or www.thetownhall.org

It’ll feature an in-depth conversation, photos, video & more with Debbie, Blondie co-founder Chris Stein and director Rob Roth. All ticket purchases include a signed copy of 'Face it.'

“Face It” comes out in book stores and online October 1st  - it details her life growing up in New Jersey, moving to NYC, forming Blondie & her friendships with people like Andy Warhol.

The book also features pages of fan art that she has kept over the years.

You know her as Charmaine Bucco on “The Sopranos” and Rosina Anello in “A Bronx Tale,” and now Kathrine Narducci is as busy as ever, starring in the highly anticipated movie “The Irishman” and  the EPIX series “The Godfather of Harlem!”

Kathrine took time to check in and give us an update on the big premiere of Martin Scorcese's "The Irishman,” which is being unveiled at the New York Film Festival in Lincoln Center September 27th!

"Epic, epic, epic, epic, off the charts" Kathrine proudly proclaims "The Irishman," s she lists the big names in the movie like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano & many others.  

"The Irishmam" comes out in theaters November 1st & will be available on Netflix November 27th. Kathrine plays Joe Pesci's wife!

Kathrine stars alongside Forest Whittaker in “The Godfather of Harlem” premiering September 29th on Epix! It re-imagines the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson in the 1960's.

(photo courtesy of Kathrine Narducci, taken on set of "The Irishman")

Kevin Cronin's got 13 top 40 hits & sold over 40 million records as the lead singer of REO Speedwagon. He wrote the band's two #1 hits 'Keep on Loving You' and 'Can’t Fight This Feeling' and the band is still out on the road going strong!

Ahead of REO Speedwagon's show at the George Theater in Staten Island, Kevin checked in to talk about the latest happenings with the band and himself.

Kevin’s been working on his autobiography over the past two years and will have it ready for release soon, he compared the 8 rewrites to that of Bruce Springsteen, who took 9 rewrites to get his done.

He also talked about losing his friend Eddie Money and how REO Speedwagon has added "Two Tickets to Paradise" to their set list since his passing. 

Listen to the full interview, including how he got his mom to sing on Broadway before her passing.

Some tickets to REO Speedwagon at the St. George Theater are still available at www.ticketmaster.com or the St. George Theater box office.

We made a new friend today! Brad Williams is a comedian who doesn't hold back, he gave us his no holds barred take on Dwarfism, working with celebrities like Dr. Oz & Dr. Phil, Ariana Grande and more.

We talked a little about marriage & relationships as well, as Brad's wife didn't tell her mom she was marrying a Dwarf, "i don't care how tolerant you are" he told her as they were ready to go through the door, "a 4 foot 4 man needs a warning!"

Brad's performing four shows at Caroline’s on Broadway! Two shows September 20th at 7:30 & 10pm and two shows September 21st at 7:30 & 10pm.

Get tickets at www.Carolines.com 

Brad’s podcast “About Last Night” is a mainstay on the iTunes Charts!

In addition to stand-up, Brad is guest and "friend of the show" to The Kevin and Bean Show on KROQ in L.A. and the Adam Carolla podcast.

Brad had his first one-hour comedy special, “Brad Williams: Fun Size,” on May 8, 2015 on Showtime. His second one-hour comedy special, Brad Williams: Daddy Issues, aired on May 20, 2016 on Showtime.

Brad Blanks caught up with New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman at a company event this week and they discussed everything from the Yankees playoff run, Brian's scary incident with police and the benching of Eli Manning!

Kevin Bacon & Michael Bacon have been touring for 25 years as The Bacon Brothers, but it wasn't supposed to last that long. 

"We put the band together for just one gig," Michael explains. "Kevin had never played before live, he was terrified. It went well and another club owner asked us to play and another and another....and then someone offers us a record deal....i think it's 25 years now Scott"

The Bacon Brothers have toured the world, and they have vivid memories of playing venues in Japan.

"You'd play, and feel like you are in the middle of something really strong" Kevin says of the crowds in Japan, "when you walk of stage the whole crew claps you off..it's real sweet."

"How do you explain Live at Budokan?" Kevin says, "I grew up listening to that record and the people were going crazy!"

The Bacon Brothers play Sony Hall in Times Square September 19th & 20th and the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut September 21st, get tickets now at www.Baconbros.com/tour

Their new single “Play” is out now wherever you listen to music, like Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube & others.

Everyone and their mother has shared photos with Eddie Money after the announcement of his passing, and the big show has plenty of stories about the money man because he was such a valued friend to WCBS-FM 101.1 - New York's Greatest Hits.

Back in January 2015 Eddie stopped by to promote his “two tickets to paradise” musical that ran for a limited time that winter.

He was so excited for this and couldn’t wait to see Scott leading up to his appearance, he called Louie Louie's cell phone almost daily to make sure we weren’t canceling and to “make sure Scott still wanted to see me, because I’m a little crazy but I mean well and Scottie’s gonna help me get this show off the ground.” He got to promote the show on the air with us and was so happy to be back in New York with familiar friends.

It’s one of those things you never forget. He sure was a unique character who will be dearly missed. We played the interview back this week after the word of his passing and you can listen here.

~~~ Louie Louie

HBO's got a massive hit with "Succession," and Brad Blanks caught up with one of it's stars Kieran Culkin (or as Scott Shannon calls him, "Home Alone's Brother).

Kieran plays the infamous Roman Roy on "Succession," and he held true to the character in his interview with Brad! 

"Succession" airs Sunday night's at 9pm on HBO.

Billy Bush is back! After a hiatus, he's returning to TV as anchor & managing editor of “Extra.”

Re-branded as “Extra Extra,” it premieres September 9th at 7pm on FOX-5. He talked about the rough and humbling road he had to take before making his big comeback.