WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats again with DJ Jazzy Jeff for the “Célébrez en Rosé” wine and music festival at National Harbor this Saturday. They discuss his Grammy-winning hip-hop duo with Will Smith, his time on TV’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and his reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
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Dr. Gretchen Sullivan-Sorin, Director & Distinguished Professor at the SUNY Oneonta, Cooperstown Graduate Program discusses the concerning connection between increasing violence, weapons, and hate.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with country music star Scotty McCreery, who plays Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia on Saturday, June 11. They discuss his career from winning Season 10 of “American Idol” to recording country music hits like “Five More Minutes,” “This Is It” and “Damn Strait.” (Theme Music:Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates the 20th anniversary of “The Wire,” which premiered on HBO on June 2, 2002. You’ll hear two conversations with “The Wire” creator David Simon, first at the premiere of “Spotlight” in Washington D.C. in 2015, then at the grand reopening of the Parkway Theatre in Baltimore in 2017, followed by memories of “The Wire” from co-producer George Pelecanos in 2020.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Kenny Loggins, who brings “Still Alright: An Intimate Evening of Stories & Songs” to Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, June 7. They discuss his career from Loggins & Messina to movie soundtracks like “Caddyshack,” “Footloose” and “Top Gun,” as his song “Danger Zone” returns for the new blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Slamdance Film Festival founder Dan Mirvish about his new film “18 1/2,” which makes its Washington D.C. premiere tomorrow night at the Landmark E Street Cinema. The film imagines what happened to the 18 1/2-minute gap in Richard Nixon’s infamous Watergate tapes.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture to mark the 25th anniversary of his first UFC match on May 30, 1997. They spoke in 2015 when Couture visited the studio with fitness expert Fairfax Hackley.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Gary Sinise, who co-hosts the National Memorial Day Concert this Sunday on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. They discuss this year’s lineup and the legacy of his character Lt. Dan in “Forrest Gump.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with “Matilda” star Mara Wilson as “Matilda: The Musical” hits the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia this weekend. They spoke in 2016 about her memoir “Where Am I Now?” for child-star memories of “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Matilda.”
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Tharaha Thavakumar told us on Colors last year about a racist incident in her community where a high school student posted a picture on social media of himself with a gun saying he carried to “kill N——“. She warned us that young people in the region were embracing violent racist ideologies. But few people would listen… until now.