John Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice talks about how his group and others got DOJ to dump the controversial program that was widely viewed as an initiative that unfairly targeted Asians in the U.S.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Grammy winner Macy Gray, who competes in NBC’s “American Song Contest” on Monday night. They spoke in 2018 when Gray performed at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club in Bethesda, Maryland, discussing her career from recording “I Try” to acting in “Training Day.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with John Waters to mark the 50th anniversary of “Pink Flamingos” premiering at the University of Baltimore on March 17, 1972. They spoke at the grand reopening of Baltimore’s Parkway Theatre in 2017. You’ll also hear from “The Wire” creator David Simon, Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels, MICA President Samuel Choi, former Maryland Film Festival programmer Eric Hatch and founding Maryland Film Festival Director Jed Dietz. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Oscar-nominated director Rory Kennedy, daughter of RFK, about her new documentary “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” which screens tonight at the Capitol Visitor Center on Capitol Hill at 5 p.m. They’re also joined by Michael Stumo, whose daughter Samya was killed in the second of two Boeing plane crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with country star Jimmie Allen, who performs at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia on Saturday. They discuss his journey from Delaware to Nashville, recording hits like “Best Shot” and “Make Me Want To,” before winning Best New Artist at the CMA Awards.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter chats with Mark Slaughter, frontman of the rock band Slaughter, which rocks the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia on Friday night. They discussed the band’s biggest hits, from “Up All Night” to “Fly to the Angels,” as well as discovering Michael Bay to direct their music videos.
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Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones says don’t waste your time trying to “trying to legislate gay people away”. He says we should spend our time on more productive exploits.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Crash Test Dummies co-vocalist Ellen Reid as the band rocks City Winery in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night. We discussed the band’s unique sound, from “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” to “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead,” featured on the “Dumb & Dumber” soundtrack.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with America co-founder Dewey Bunnell as the classic rock band brings its delayed 50th anniversary tour to The Weinberg Center in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday night. They discussed the band’s biggest ’70s hits from “Horse with No Name” to “Sister Golden Hair.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden about Lionel Richie receiving the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tonight at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. You’ll also hear a brief snippet of Lionel Richie from the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.
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