Kicking off 2015 with a big bang, ARIANA GRANDE will give a very special performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday February 8.That evening, her platinum-certified #1 album, My Everything [Republic Records] is also nominated for “Best Pop Vocal Album” and “Bang Bang”—her massive triple-platinum collaboration with Nicki Minaj and Jessie J—is up for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.”
A week prior, she’ll perform on Jimmy Fallon’s Super Bowl Special Sunday February 1, 2015 right after the big game. Next up, she headlines the Halftime Show at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game on February 15 with a medley of her biggest hits. Finally, her performance at Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute airs February 16.
ARIANA also embarks on her highly anticipated first arena tour, The Honeymoon Tour, on February 25 in Kansas City, MO at the Independence Event Center. Covering the whole country, the tour touches down in New York for two shows at the legendary Madison Square Garden March 20 & 21 and in Los Angeles April 8 at the Forum. In May, ARIANA heads overseas for the European leg.
In other big ARIANA news, she also makes a special guest appearance on Ryan Murphy’s hotly anticipated new FOX series Scream Queens alongside Lea Michele, Joe Maganiello, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Emma Roberts, and Jamie Lee Curtis. In addition, she’s set to make her big screen debut this year as well with a voiceover performance in Underdogs.
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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!
My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.
Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.
As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.
