Entries in Celebrities (45)

Sunday
Aug232015

Fly Away | Pilot-Composer Performs at O'Hare 

United Express pilot and self-taught pianist and composer Captain Billy Hock performs three times weekly at Concourse C at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. His CD, Fly Away, is available on iTunes. | Story produced by Jim Albritton on an iPhone 6 Plus. | Newsocracy.TV

Friday
Oct242014

Braveheart Screenwriter, Sweet Potato Queen Unite to Help Mississippi Kids 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne and Braveheart screenwriter Randall Wallace unite to help kids at Mississippi's only children's hospital. 

Wednesday
Oct012014

The US96.3 Interview | Thompson Square Talks Music, Success and Mississippi 

Produced by Jim Albritton | US96.3 DJ Reid Thrush talks music, success and Mississippi with Shawna and Keifer Thompson, the country music duo that make up Thompson Square.  

Thursday
Sep252014

David Oreck on Life, Work, Flight & His Love of Mississippi 

Produced by Jim Albritton | The hanger on David Oreck's 600-acre Poplarville, Mississippi farm houses a fleet of nine planes. The large lake with two islands, the massive stable, the Model T and the main house and guest houses are impressive as is the man who built an built a worldwide brand by cleaning up in the vacuum business. 

Monday
Sep222014

Down & Derby | Y101 DJ Falls for Capital City Roller Girls 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Y101 morning DJ Tim Murphy likes a challenge. The Capital City Roller Girls like fresh meat. And ERs need patients. Sometimes the puzzle pieces just fit.  

Sunday
Sep142014

Dateline Pelahatchie | Media Titans Battle at Muscadine Stomp

Produced by Jim Albritton | TV anchors, DJs, and print and radio reporters battle foot-to-foot for the coveted Muscadine Stomp championship trophy at the annual Muscadine Jubilee in Pelahatchie, Mississippi.

Tuesday
Sep022014

Mississippi Culanthropy | Iron Chef Cat Cora

Produced by Jim Albritton | Celebrity chef and Jackson native Cat Cora returned home to Jackson to raise money for a School of Nursing scholarship fund at the University of Mississippi Medical Center named in honor of her mother and grandmother.  Mississippi Culanthropy, a culinary philanthropic event at Table 100, featured eight of the city's top chefs. Before the event, Cat Cora toured the School of Nursing with her mother, Dr. Viginia Lee Cora, UMMC professor emeritus of nursing.

Tuesday
May202014

Mississippi DJs Tryout for the Atlanta Braves at Trustmark Park 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Tim Murphy and Nate West, DJs at Y101.7 in Jackson, got a special preview of the Atlanta Braves Tryout Camp at Trustmark Park in Pearl, home of the Mississippi Braves. 

Friday
Mar142014

The Music & the Story | Ireland's Brock McGuire Band, Mississippi's Symphony Perform Together

Produced by Jim Albritton | Ireland's Brock McGuire Band and Mississippi's Symphony Orchestra celebrate the connection between Irish and American music at concert benefiting The McCoy House for Sober Living in Jackson, Mississippi.  

Monday
Mar032014

Mississippi Miracles is One of the Nation's Largest Radiothons

Produced by Jim Albritton | Move over New York and LA, Mississippi is in the house and on the air in a big way. Ten radio stations, three days, 39 hours, three Radio People station groups and the state's only children's hospital make the Mississippi Miracles Radiothon one of the nation's largest. And dollarwise, it competes with the big boys and wins. 

The Radio People stations in Jackson, Meridian and Vicksburg that aired the 2014 Mississippi Miracles Radiothon include US96.3, Y101.7, Mix98.7, 100.9 Jack FM, 97OKK, 105.7 The Beat, Kiss 104.1, River 101.3, Q101 and K Hits 104.5.

Saturday
Feb082014

Meet Singer-Songwriter Jodi James 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Louisiana singer-songwriter Jodi James talks about her music before a performance at Underground 119 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Sunday
Jan192014

Southern Halo | Three Mississippi Delta Sisters Rock Country 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Southern Halo, a country rock band formed by a trio of Mississippi Delta sisters, is gaining fans, performing at venues like Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and opening for big acts like B.B. King and Jamie Lynn Spears.

Tuesday
Oct292013

Holy Awesome Car, Batman! | A Batmobile Replica Finds a Home in Mississippi 

Produced by Jim Albritton | Finding a Batcave in Meridian, Mississippi will be tough, but the search for a replica Batmobile from the 1992 movie "Batman Returns" should be a cinch. For Jeff Holland, AKA Batman, owning one of the most famous cars in Hollywood history is a childhood dream come true. | https://www.facebook.com/jhollandband1?fref=ts

Wednesday
Aug212013

Fast Forward LA | Three Jam-Packed Minutes in Los Angeles 

Produced by Jim Albritton | From the Hollywood sign to the Santa Monica Pier and points in between, Newsocracy's LA Road Trip takes you there.

Tuesday
Aug132013

LA ROAD TRIP | The TMZ Tour

 

TMZ: We Love Hollywood, We Just Have a Funny Way of Showing It | The TMZ Tour, "a lighthearted and entertaining look at the world of celebrity gossip," winds its way through Hollywood streets and scandals, using video, photos and pop trivia quizzes to breathe life back into the half-century-old movie star home tour. 

Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the TMZ Tour. And click here to see all our photo albums.