Wizard World Comic Con & Gaming - New Orleans

The Reana Ashley Team will be attending Wizard World Comic Con and Gaming.

This year is going to be insane! We are prepared to have the most fun as possible and get as many of the collectibles as we can. We'll be getting t-shirts, Comics, Pops, and more. Also, the gaming demos are going to be so exciting to see. We can't forget there will be a ton of celebrities there. I'm gonna try my best to get as many signatures as possible.  

Guests Include:

Tom Wilson (Back to the Future I, II, III)

Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future I, II, III)

Carrie Fisher (Star Wars)

David Duchovny (X-Files)

Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Finn Balor (WWE Superstar)

Tom Felton (Harry Potter, The Flash)

Stephen Amell (Arrow)

David Ramsey (Arrow)

Steven Yuen (The Walking Dead)

Theo Rossi (Luke Cage, Sons of Anarchy) 

Jason David Frank (Power Rangers)
And much more...

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2017 Grammy Nominations

The 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards is right around the corner, and the top nominees include Beyonce (9), Drake (8), Rihanna (8), Kayne West (8) and Chance The Rapper (7). Final-round GRAMMY ballots will be mailed Dec.14 and due Jan.13,2017. The Recording Academy will present the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb 12, 2017, Live from STAPLES Center Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS Television Network from 8:00-11:30 pm ET/5:00-8:30 pm PT.

Good Luck to all artist, songwriters, producers, mixers and engineers nominated.

Album Of The Year:
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
 
Record Of The Year:
"Hello" — Adele
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots
 
Song Of The Year:
"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
"I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
"7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)
 
Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak
 
POP FIELD
Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident — Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia
 
DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD
Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega

ROCK FIELD
Best Rock Album:
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer
 
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
 
R&B FIELD
Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna
   
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance:
"No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz 
"Panda" —Desiigner 
"Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne
"All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
"That Part" — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West 
 
COUNTRY FIELD
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Love Can Go To Hell" — Brandy Clark
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert
"My Church" — Maren Morris
"Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban
     
JAZZ FIELD 
Best Jazz Vocal Album:
Sound Of Red — René Marie
Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling
Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter
Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell 
The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band
 
GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC FIELD 
Best Gospel Album:
Listen —Tim Bowman Jr.
Fill This House — Shirley Caesar
A Worshipper's Heart [Live] —Todd Dulaney
Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin
Demonstrate [Live] —William Murphy
 
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
Poets & Saints — All Sons & Daughters
American Prodigal — Crowder
Be One — Natalie Grant
Youth Revival [Live] — Hillsong Young & Free
Love Remains — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family   
 
LATIN FIELD
Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy
Ilusión — Gaby Moreno
Similares — Laura Pausini
Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo
Buena Vida — Diego Torres
 
AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FIELD 
Best American Roots Performance:
"Ain't No Man" — The Avett Brothers
"Mother's Children Have A Hard Time" — Blind Boys Of Alabama
"Factory Girl" — Rhiannon Giddens
"House Of Mercy" — Sarah Jarosz
"Wreck You" — Lori McKenna
 
SPOKEN WORD FIELD
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
M Train — Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia)— (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello
 
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Song Written For Visual Media:
"Can't Stop The Feeling!" — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from Trolls
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from Suicide Squad
"Just Like Fire" — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from Alice Through The Looking Glass
"Purple Lamborghini" — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from Suicide Squad
"Try Everything" — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from Zootopia
"The Veil" — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from Snowden
 
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video:
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"River" — Leon Bridges
"Up & Up" — Coldplay
"Gosh" — Jamie XX
"Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go
 
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
Nineteen85
Ricky Reed 

Best orchestral performance

“Bates: Works for Orchestra” — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

“Ibert: Orchestral Works” — Neeme Järvi, conductor (Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)

“Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100” — Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

“Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero's Rooms” — Alan Gilbert, conductor (New York Philharmonic)

“Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best opera recording

“Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles” — James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)

“Handel: Giulio Cesare” — Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl & Anne-Sofie von Otter; Samuel Theis, producer (Il Giardino Armonico)

“Higdon: Cold Mountain” — Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Emily Fons, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program for Singers)

“Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva; Daniel Zalay, producer (Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)

“Szymanowski: Król Roger” — Antonio Pappano, conductor; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecień & Saimir Pirgu; Jonathan Allen, producer (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)

Best choral performance

“Himmlerand” — Elisabeth Holte, conductor (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble)

“Janáček: Glagolitic Mass” — Edward Gardner, conductor; Håkon Matti Skrede, chorus master (Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor)

“Lloyd: Bonhoeffer” — Donald Nally, conductor (Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; the Crossing)

“Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1” — Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

“Steinberg: Passion Week” — Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)

Best chamber music/small ensemble performance

“Fitelberg: Chamber Works” — ARC Ensemble

“Reflections” — Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene

“Serious Business” — Spektral Quartet

“Steve Reich” — Third Coast Percussion

“Trios From Our Homelands” — Lincoln Trio

Best classical instrumental solo

“Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2” — Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester Englander; St. Louis Symphony)

“Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

“Dvořák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy” — Christian Tetzlaff; John Storgårds, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)

“Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9” - Kristian Bezuidenhout

“1930's Violin Concertos, Vol. 2” - Gil Shaham; Stéphane Denève, conductor (The Knights & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best classical solo vocal album

“Monteverdi” — Magdalena Kožená; Andrea Marcon, conductor (David Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel)

“Mozart: The Weber Sisters” — Sabine Devieilhe; Raphaël Pichon, conductor (Pygmalion)

“Schumann & Berg” — Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist

“Shakespeare Songs” — Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)

“Verismo” — Anna Netrebko; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Yusif Eyvazov; Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)

Best classical compendium

“Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle” — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

“Gesualdo” — Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Manfred Eicher, producer

“Vaughan Williams: Discoveries” — Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Andrew Walton, producer

“Wolfgang: Passing Through” — Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang, producers; (Various Artists)

“Zappa: 200 Motels - The Suites” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa, producers

Best contemporary classical composition

“Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology” — Mason Bates, composer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

“Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

“Higdon: Cold Mountain” — Jennifer Higdon, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn & the Santa Fe Opera)

“Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto” — Christopher Theofanidis, composer (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)

“Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky” — C. F. Kip Winger, composer (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

Best music film

“I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: Steve Aoki” — Justin Krook, video director; Brent Almond, Matt Colon, David Gelb, Ryan Kavanaugh, Happy Walters & Matthew Weaver, video producers

“The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years” —  Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers

“Lemonade” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Kahlil Joseph, video directors; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, video producer

“The Music of Strangers” — Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble Morgan Neville, video director; Caitrin Rogers, video producer

“American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry” — George J. Flanigen IV, video director; John Burke & Lindsey Clark, video producers

Official GRAMMY Website

Weekly TV Recap

My weekly television recap where I talk about all the shows, I watch throughout the week.

  

In the words of Felicity "Best Team Up Ever." I loved this crossover event. It was incredible seeing all of these heroes team up to fight against a single threat, and because of their teamwork, they have been dubbed the "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" (where have I heard that before?). The event starts off slow with Supergirl but picks up speed very quickly with the Flash. Overall, I think this crossover event was perfect giving us the best of all of the shows involved. 




It's only right heroes vs. Aliens starts with a show involving an alien. Supergirl started things off with the foreshadowing of Barry's arrival. It took Barry and Cisco some attempts to arrive on Earth-38 finally. I was a little surprised that Supergirl didn't invite any of the other heroes on her Earth to help, but I guess some of them had to stay behind to make sure Earth-38 remained safe. Barry and Cisco arrived in Supergirl's living room and briefed her on what was going on. With Supergirl now on Earth-1, she meets the rest of the team and shows them what makes her so super. Supergirl proves she is more than a challenge for the remainder of the heroes. The alien invaders "The Dominators" abduct the president. Supergirl leads a small group of heroes on a rescue mission, but the mission ends with the death of the President and the team being mind controlled. Barry has a hard time evading Supergirl's attacks, but in the end, he was able to get her to destroy the device used to control the heroes. 




With the team no longer under the control of The Dominators, they can now form a plan to stop them. Unfortunately, most of the team was beamed up by the alien spaceship. Oliver, Diggle, Sara, Roy, and Thea were all taken to the ship and placed into a virtual reality. The captured team was in a world where nothing was real. Oliver was preparing to marry Laurel Lance (who is alive), Diggle is the Green Arrow, Sara never trained with the League, Roy was just the CEO of a tech company, and Thea is just an average girl. This virtual reality provided them all with their perfect lives. Oliver realizes this is all just a simulation and snaps everyone out of their dilution. It was not easy though the team was up against their greatest foes. They eventually broke through and escaped their pods, and found a small alien ship to escape in. With most of the team incapacitated it was up to the Flash and Supergirl to pick up the slack. 



It wasn't easy for the team to escape from the aliens. They were attacked while flying away from the mothership. Luckily the team was helped by the remaining members of the Legends of Tomorrow Vixen and Steel. They return to Earth and regroup to figure out the next phase of the plan. The heroes are faced with another adversary this time it was the government. Apparently, the government has had an agreement with the Dominators for years. The Dominators see The Flash and his powers as a possible threat to them. To stop the Dominators from taking over, Earth-1 Barry Allen must surrender himself. Of course, the heroes won't allow Barry to make this sacrifice. The heroes plan to take on the Dominators head to head. 


The team decides to use many devices that will neutralize the Dominators, but the devices must be placed on them very fast. Good thing they have the fastest man alive on their team. The heroes all band together and take on the Dominators all across the country. Green Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Atom, Firestorm, Steel, Vixen, Spartan, Heatwave, and White Canary together successfully defeat the Dominators and are honored by the President as the Earth's mightiest heroes. 

   

The crossover was just epic. I wished there was more interaction between certain characters, but overall I think it greatly exceeded my expectations. I also loved that Superman Returns reference Roy made toward the end of the episode. Supergirl now has a device that will allow her to travel back and forth between the Earths and communicates with the other heroes. So, I won't be surprised if I see Kara pop up in Star City or somewhere in the timeline.

Watch All Four Episodes Of Heroes vs. Aliens @ cwtv.com

Who is That Poppy?

So I got tons of questions about the internet's new craze. Who is ''That Poppy"? Well to start off Moriah Perreira better known as "That Poppy" is an American singer-songwriter signed to Island Records known for making eccentric YouTube videos with her director Titanic Sinclair. 

But why is Poppy consider a mystery? Well according to the Internet She's not actually real.. well, sort of. She's a project making parody; some say of real artist you see on the charts. Most people think she's a robot because she's so perfect or even the next Lady Gaga. Some conspiracies say she's a puppet, while others say that she's the queen of Illuminati with a secret plan that we are not ready for, and anyone who pledges to her can join.

After reading that, I'm sure all of you are saying this right now...

But I promise you have NOTHING to worry about. Poppy's just a pop star that uploads unique videos now and then that makes us all laugh. I suggest you all follow Poppy on all her social networks to stay up to date with her story. I mean overall it's just the Internet LOL. 

Click Poppy's Album to directly link you to Itunes.

Official Website

Poppy's Youtube

Poppy's Twitter

Poppy's Instagram

Roc 96 Launches Jay Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' limited Edition Capsule Collections

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This for all my JIGGA FANS! I would say HOV.. but ROC 96 Exclusively launched a 14 limited edition capsule collection in honor on Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" album. 

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Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z’s debut studio album, released on June 25, 1996, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Priority Records. Reasonable Doubt is one of the greatest rap albums in history. The album includes guest appearances from Memphis Bleek, Mary J. Blige, and The Notorious B.I.G. It's 20th anniversary is being celebrated with this exciting merchandise line and 14 store launch. 

For more information, please visit itunes.apple.com/us/album/reasonable-doubt/id268633751

For its 20th anniversary, Roc 96 is releasing the Reasonable Doubt limited edition line, launching on Saturday, December 3^rd. Featuring 14 capsule collections, each pays tribute to every track off JAYZ’s 1996 debut album. Echoing an album release, all 14 capsules will launch simultaneously. The iconic compilation marked the beginning of JAYZ’s career and the cultural phenomenon of Roc-A-Fella Records.

The Reasonable Doubt line will be distributed to 14 top specialty stores around the country, and each store will carry one exclusive capsule. The collections, ranging from $25 to $145, feature t-shirts, crew necks, hoodies, hats, beanies, as well as reprinted Reasonable Doubt cassettes.

To celebrate the release and JAYZ’s birthday, each of the 14 specialty stores will simultaneously host an exclusive event at their respective locations. 

For more information, visit www.roc96.com.
View below for a full list of stores and their exclusive collection. Show us how much this album means to you by collecting them all! 

STORE NAME	CITY	STATE	SONG
SOCIAL STATUE	MULTIPLE	NA/PA	CANT KNOCK THE HUSTLE
MANIERE	ATLANTA	GA	D'EVILS
FEATURE	LAS VEGAS	NV	CAN I LIVE
WOODSTACK	BROOKLYN	NY	BROOKLYN’S FINEST
POLITICS	NEW ORLEANS	LA	POLITICS AS USUAL
CRÈME	NORFOLK	VA	DEAD PRESIDENTS
XHIBITION	CLEVELAND	OH	22 TWO’S
CORPORATE	CINCINNATI	OH	BRING IT ON
UBIQ	PHILADELPHIA	PA	COMING OF AGE
CONCEPTS	MANHATTAN/BOSTON	NY/MA	FEELIN’ IT
SOHO GALLERY	MIAMI	FL	AINT NO N***A
BLACK MARKET	DALLAS/ IRVINE	TX/CA	CASHMERE THOUGHTS
ONENESS	LEXINGTON	KY	FRIEND OF A FOE
ALCHEMY	BIRMINGHAM	AL	REGRETS

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The collection was created by Fourth of November’s design team and conceptualized by streetwear connoisseur Kareem “Biggs” Burke and lifestyle specialist Emory “Vegas” Jones, the release is a modern re-introduction of this timeless album to fans, music enthusiasts and millennials. With bold graphics and detailed construction, each capsule is a visual interpretation of JAYZ’s 14 song titles and clever lyrics. Every design tells a holistic story from start to finish, evoking one’s auditory and visual senses. The capsules are further brought to life with a 14 piece cinematic campaign dedicated to each song.

“Our authenticity and emotional connection with our consumers is what makes these capsule collections so special. Our talented team of designers are channeling new energy, which creates culture beyond the realm of music. It’s the perfect moment to celebrate the release as JAYZ’s birthday is on Dec 4th.” -Kareem “Biggs” Burke

“Biggs and I were really excited to play a role in bringing this exclusive collection to our customers who have come to anticipate these limited edition pieces. Through the synergy between our numerous brands, we are able to effectively market to consumers an entire lifestyle. By Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present and Embracing the Future, we are creating trends that influences the masses.” -Emory "Vegas" Jones