Friday August 19th 2016

CTV will premier a new morning show beginning this Monday(August 22nd 2016). Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chats with co-host “Ben Mulroney” on his new show…”Your Morning”. (Interview was originally recorded June 8th 2016 at CTV’s Upfront on the red carpet at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts”. www.bellmedia.ca/ www.ctv.ca/
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Friday August 19th 2016

One of the biggest attraction each year at the Canadian National Exhibition is the new food. This year’s unusual list of items includes “The Bug Dog”,”Deep Fried Cookie Dough Balls” and “Fried Pig Ear Sandwich”. But if your looking for something a little more on the “normal” side Rudy Blair Entertainment spoke with “Corrado Pecorella” of “Corrado’s Greek & Italian Cuisine” about his burger…”The Threesome Burger”. corrados.ca/ theex.com/

Friday August 19th 2016

Let’s all go to the Ex! The 2016 “Canadian National Exhibition” begins today. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chats with “Virginia Ludy”,General Manager of the CNE about new entertainment,new food and why it’s been around for 138 years. theex.com/

Tuesday August 16th 2016

One of music’s most iconic figures will be celebrated during TOM Toronto Mens Fashion Week. The world premiere of “The John Lennon Signature Collection” will premier with a fashion show Saturday August 20th 2016 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (Maple Leaf Gardens, 50 Carlton St Toronto). Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chat’s with “Kelly Pettit” V.P of “Caulfeild Apparel Group Ltd on giving us a sneak peek of the new Spring/Summer 2017 collection. www.caulfeild.com/john-lennon-world-launch-ss17/

Thursday August 11th 2016

Tonight(Wednesday August 10th 2016) was a special night in Toronto when it came to entertainment.  At the Air Canada Centre “The Tragically Hip” performed the 1st of  four sold out shows. (Today was declared “Tragically Hip Day” by Toronto Mayor John Tory). The Toronto Blue Jays played the Tampa Bay Rays(beating them 7-0). And at the Molson Canadian Amphitheater, Pitbull brought his “The Bad Man Tour” to the city’s Lakeshore.   Now I would have loved to have been at The Hip show like everyone else BUT Pitfall knows how to bring the “Miami Heat” to Toronto fans.  Let’s face it…the Hip are great, the Jays exciting but Pitbull..it’s a sexy hot show not just because of the female dancers on stage but the absolute stunning women who come to the concert! Just that is worth the price of a ticket.  FYI, thanks Livenation for the review ticket.  Four artists kicked off this hot and  sweaty night, FUEGO, FARRUKO, my buddy FITO BLANKO from Mississauga and PRINCE ROYCE.  Royce impressed me the most.  He has a HUGE following mixing English and Latin spoken music while touching on pop, Ol Skool soul/R&B and of course the Latin flavor. If you ever get a chance, check out his music and stage show. And Blanko? He represented the GTA. Had the crowed going strong with his DJ as the spun the hits including Pitbulls latest “Geen Light” and Fito’s hit  “Meneo” from the  Fast & Furious 7 Soundtrack . But it was all about  “Mr WorldWide” who with several beautiful back up dancers, pop up on stage dressed in black with his signature sunglasses.  This was a straight up party as Pitbull cranked out the hits while the crowed was  dancing in the isles.  Pitbull even addressed the racism issue that has become a major issue today.  He complimented Toronto for being a great multicultural city and pointed out he was poor growing up and being poor has no colour.  The stage show was fierce and fast the dancers hot and sexy and Pitfall led the charge from beginning to end”.  Mr 305 did not disappoint.  I give “Pitfall- The Badman Tour” 3.5 stars out of 5.   www.livenation.com/

Thursday August 11th 2016

This Canadian Hip Hop artist has been compared to Grammy nominee “Nicki Minaj “. “ESMA” has taken her brand to the forefront of Canadian music by combining her Rap skills with songwriting and vocal talents(like the female version on Drake) while her message is about empowering women. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chats with ESMA about her latest project(an upcoming album called “ESMA UnKaged”) and new single…”BASS”. (ESMA will be performing at “Honey Jam” Thursday August 11th 2016 at Toronto’s Mod Club)

Thursday August 11th 2016

Canadian Country music recording artist “Madeline Merlo” was one of the big acts performing at this years “Boots and Hearts Festival” at “Burl’s Creek Events Grounds”. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chatted with the 2015 CCMA Rising Star winner (she will also be attending the 2016 Canadian Country Music Awards) after her performance about her career, new album “Free Soul” and latest single..”War Paint”. madelinemerlo.com/

Wednesday August 10th 2016

What do yo get when you blend the southern classic rock sound of “Lynyrd Skynyrd with the ferocity of “Guns N’ Roses”? You have this new Canadian band who’s looking to shake up the landscape of the music scene. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chats with three members of the Toronto band “The Road Heavy”(Pat James, Jeff Cox & Ryan Blake)as they record their upcoming album at the legendary “Metalworks Studios” with their producer…”Jeff Martin” lead singer and a founding member of the Canadian group..”The Tea Party”.
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Monday August 15th 2016

This duo from Toronto is one of the biggest EDM(Electric Digital Music) DJ acts on the international dance music scene. Julian Dzeko and Luis Torres also known as “Dzeko & Torres” recently performed at the “Veld Music Festival” at Downsview Park”. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chatted with the Toronto team a day after the event, about their career and future in the music business. (Dzeko & Torres have a new single called “Home” that is helping local Charities in Toronto”). www.dzekoandtorres.com/

Monday August 15th 2016

He went from being the lead singer of the Canadian Pop/Rock/R&B band “soulDecision” in the 90’s to becoming a Juno award winner and a Grammy nominee after collaborating with EDM DJ “Armin van Buuren” on the song he wrote “This Is What It Feels Like”, Vancouver native “Trevor Guthrie” has released a new single called “Wanted”. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media Chatted with the singer/songwriter about his latest project recently the day after hr received a SOCAN award for the track..”Summertime” and also would there be a reunion with his old bandmates. . www.facebook.com/trevorguthrieofficial/