Elliot Mintz

The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Prevention celebrated its highly anticipated Summer Spectacular on Saturday, September 21st. The invitation-only gala marked the 14th year of the foundation. The foundation and its signature Brent's Club program seek to build strong educational and social communities in some of L.A.'s most socioeconomically challenged neighborhoods to offer positive alternatives to drug use.

UMe celebrates the apex of John Lennon's solo career with a six-disc box set, Imagine The Ultimate Collection. This historical, remixed and remastered 140-track collection is fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon, who oversaw the production and creative direction. Spread across four CDs and two Blu-ray discs, this truly unique expanded edition offers a variety of listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the iconic album, which reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs, to the Raw Studio Mixes that allow listeners to hear Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band's original, unadorned performances, to enveloping 5.1 surround sound mixes, and a Quadrasonic Album Mix, presenting the original four speaker mix remastered in Quadrasonic sound for the first time in nearly fifty years. This ultimate deep listening experience, which features scores of previously unheard demos, rare outtakes and isolated track elements, also includes The Evolution Documentary, a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the journey of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter. The comprehensive nature of the full Imagine The Ultimate Collection is the absolute best representation of a career artist working at the top of his creative game.

A&E Network will premiere the original 'Biography' documentary special 'David Cassidy: The Last Session,' which intertwines an intimate biography of the late David Cassidy as told through his own words in never-before-heard audio tapes from 1976 with a raw and poignantly filmed final recording session. Late last year, grappling with the onset of dementia and headed into the studio to record a tribute to his father, Jack Cassidy, David invited a documentary film crew to chronicle the journey. During production David fell gravely and unexpectedly ill and it was during this time, he revealed to producers that his struggle with alcoholism had continued up through the recording session, and that his doctors had concluded that alcohol poisoning had likely been the chief cause of his tragic health decline, including his dementia. He would tragically pass away a few weeks later. The two-hour, 'Biography' special 'David Cassidy: The Last Session' will premiere on Monday, June 11 at 9PM ET/PT on A&E.

According to USA Today, Yoko Ono was hospitalized in New York City due to flu-like symptoms. Her representative has said that she is currently on her way to recovery and should be released from the hospital very shortly. Representatives have also disputed the claims that Ono's hospitalization was due to a stroke. 

On Thursday, June 25th, Broadway veteran and hit recording artist Shoshana Bean debuted in Las Vegas' new hit production PEEPSHOW alongside Blonde Bombshell Holly Madison. Bean has taken over the dynamic role of the mistress of ceremonies, the 'Peep Diva,' and she now guides Holly Madison, who plays a timid 'Bo Peep,' in her transformation into a confident, sensual woman.