YOU can be a part of the 2008 Grammy Broadcast in FebYOUary!

Q104 will be broadcasting live - backstage at the Staples Center in LA - on February 7th and 8th as we get ready for the 50th Grammy Awards on FebYOUary 10th at the Staples Center.

I ask for YOUR help. We want to have a TON of random/fun/silly/serious questions that we can ask the peeps as they stop by... I wanna fill up a whole fish bowl full of questions - with YOUR NAME AND CITY on them so when we're out there talking to someone, we can pull out a question and say "Hey, Paris Hilton, 'Sara' from 'Parma' wants to know what your favorite cereal is?"

We've got a week to prepare the questions... so PLEASE post them as a comment to this blog (be sure to include your name and city) or email me at jen@q104.com.

This is always a fun event - with tons of random celebs stopping by. We never know who we're gonna get til we get there! In the past, we've talked to musicians like Cee Lo from Gnarles Barkley, Daughtry, James Blunt, Lifehouse, Hoobastank, Backstreet Boys, Collective Soul, Los Lonely Boys and TV/Movie stars like Terrence Howard, Wolfgang Puck, Chris Harrison from the Bachelor, Star Jones, Debbie Gibson, Kevin Federline, Rob Schneider, Florence Henderson, Gene Simmons, Jenna Elfman, Hulk Hogan and his family, Rick Springfield, cast members from "House", Dancing with the Stars... the list goes on and on...

This will be FUN! Thank YOU for your help! Hopefully, you'll get a shout at the Grammy's!

Jen

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2008

This may be one of the coolest personal vacations I've ever taken... my 2 best friends invited me on their annual trip to Sundance in Park City, Utah! If you don't know anything about this festival, it was started by Robert Redford and it's all about filmmakers, actors, screenings... some of the movies that made their premiere at Sundance in the past? Napoleon Dynamite, Resovoir Dogs, Little Miss Sunshine, Waitress... the list goes on. We saw 6 movies total while we were there for 5 days and even got ourselves into the Motorola Late Night Lounge and did some good celeb spotting!
Here's how it works... you go to a screening, the director speaks before the film, then afterward, there's a Q&A session... and most of the time, the actors in the movie are there to take questions! This is a pic of Maria Bello and William Hurt - the movie was "The Yellow Hankerchief".
This picture doesn't even do the view in the background justice... the mountains are HUGE and Park City is just so quaint and adorable... it's my two bestest friends that I travelled with, Jason (back) and Jonathan (blue coat).
I am a HUGE celeb gossip junkie, and never miss a day of checking my favorite celeb blog: http://www.perezhilton.com/. Here's Perez himself! Just hangin' on Main Street in Park City...
Another movie we saw was "Blind Date" with Stanley Tucci (you may remember him as Nigel in Devil Wears Prada and a million other projects). He directed and starred in this dark comedy/drama. Loved the movie. He's here at the Q&A with his costar Patricia Clarkson.
This was THE COOLEST moment of the trip. Jason and I were hangin' at the Motorola Late Night lounge... the bathrooms were outside so we were standing in line, and who was standing there just to the right of us? Dave Annable (Justin), Matthew Rhys (Kevin) and Emily VanCamp (Becca) all from the show BROTHERS AND SISTERS! ONE OF MY FAVORITES! Although we thought we should probably play it cool, I opted not. Walked up and asked for a photo op, and they were all happy to oblige. We later saw them inside at the party just hangin' and minglin'. Even playing the Nintendo Wii's that they had set up at the party... LOVE this show, LOVE this pic!

SUNDANCE 2008 PIX

Out of the 6 movies we saw at Sundance, the best one was called "The Last Word." Ray Romano, Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley (check out the scoop here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876233/) ... if this movie comes to theatres you MUST see it. I got pretty close to Ray Romano, but by the time I worked my way through the crowd, he walked out... so I got this shot of him and some random dude.
This was super cool... at the podium, the director of "Diminished Capacity". To his right: ALAN ALDA, camera guy for film, MATTHEW BRODERICK, VIRGINIA MADSEN, other dude in the movie and other random guy I can't remember... and YES! SARAH JESSICA WAS THERE TOO! They sat 8 rows in front of us for the screening... I DESPERATELY tried to get a photo of her... I got very CLOSE to her, but see below for the worst pic ever.
Yep. This is Sarah Jessica Parker. Right in front of me. Being whisked out of the auditorium. Worst picture EVER. I don't care. Love her. I'm keepin' it... at least I can remember how close I got to see her! She's teeny tiny and gorgeous. Wearing a black puffy coat with some skinny jeans... adorable.

Ok. Yes, I realize it looks as if this is a photo of our friend Mel leaning her head back. Look CLOSELY to the right of her. See the man with the white beady eyes? It's Colin Farrell!!! He was SO CLOSE to us watching a movie that he narrated... a documentary about The Homeless World Cup. FANTASTIC movie.
Did you watch Sopranos? Remember the FBI Agent? This is HIM! Matt Servitto... he's also been in a ton of other stuff... Sex and the City, Law and Order... the list goes on.
This is Adam Scott... been in a bunch of stuff including "Knocked Up", "Tell Me You Love Me" on HBO, Law and Order, Monster in Law... Jason and I thought he was the guy who plays Courteney Cox's brother on Dirt. Oops. He's not. But he kinda looks like him!
These are my two Australian buddies that I've been hangin' with for years! Met them at a Grammy broadcast about 4 years ago, and since then we've all kept in touch. They are very "tapped" in to the celeb scene... that's how we got the hook up to this cool party. Thanks Brad and James!!!

27 DRESSES - A MUST SEE!!!!

My girlfriend Rachel and I got to see a preview screening of 27 Dresses last week. And I'll tell ya what, if you're looking for something to do this weekend - you MUST see this movie! It will become an instant favorite... it's BETTER than a plain 'ol chick flick. It's FUNNIER than you'll expect it to be. And you will relate to this story... I've always liked Katherine Heigl (just not her character on Grey's!) and this movie made me love her even more.

For every woman who's married, not married, been in a wedding, been to a wedding... this ones FOR YOU!! Promise... you'll LOVE it.

GO SEE 27 DRESSES!

BRIDAL FAIR 2008!

The gals of CBS Radio! Rebecca Wilde, myself, and Nancy Alden from our sister station WDOK! All in dresses from Catan's in Strongsville...
Brian, myself, and Kristy... they worked so hard and did an amazing job on Bridal Fair! My dress from Peneventures in Rocky River...
BIG THANKS to Arthur Murray Dance Studio and JOEL for giving me my dance lessons for our Bridal Fair performance! We did the Rhumba and the Hustle... I'm not very good, but it is SO FUN to dance like this!
It's me and my "G"! Nancy!
Our favorite pose together... it's Allan Fee! He and Rebecca emceed the fashion show... good times!

FUNNY email and link... thanks Renee! And Happy Birthday to you!!!

Jen,

You have to check this out--I am laughing so hard, people in my office came running to see what was so funny:

http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-olan-mills-photos.html

Yes, my family has a 1979 library portrait...

Today is my birthday, can you play "Ohio--Come Back to Texas" for me by Bowling for Soup???

Gracias!

Renée

LISTENERS HAVE A BLAST AT THE HANNAH MONTANA SHOW!

Thanks to everyone that emailed me their pix from the show!
This email is from Mark... it's Taylor, Amy and Katja - left to right My cousin's daughter, my wife and my daughter.

You heard Leann call into the show talking about catching Miley Cirus at the Ritz... here's her pic and email:

Jen - I'm sorry it took me so long to get this to you. Here is the picture we snapped of Miley Cirus at the Ritz. I'm hoping the couple next to us will send the video they shot. Also, here's the link to the story on Fox 19 Action News, which featured my daughter, Ciana Walker.

http://www.19actionnews.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?vendor=wss&qu=hannah+montana

Click on "OMG! The Hannah Montana Concert Is Finally Here!" Ciana's television debut starts at the 1:05 mark. I'm trying to request a copy of the clip for our "scrapbook."

Leanne
Medina, OH





You also heard Connie and her daughter call into the show last week... they were Hannah Montana ticket winners during the Prize is Right on Q104!!!!!

WHAT A GREAT WEEK!

It was so nice to have a chunk of time to spend at home with my family... usually it's a weekend trip, so at xmastime I try to stay as long as I can. Had so much fun relaxing, eating, seeing all of my relatives, eating, playing with the kids, eating, checking out the new winery in my hometown, eating, napping, eating... you get the drift. Here's some photos from my week off:
I keep in touch regularly with only two of my friends from high school... this is one of them. Samantha and her 4 month old son Frank (so cute!). We went to the "Christmas Dance" at the local country club with Sams brother Dante and his fiancee and her parents (her husband couldn't make it into town for the event so I was her date)... and oh no, I'm not kidding, it was an actual dance.

Christmas Eve the fam exchanges gifts. This year? I sent my parents on a scavenger hunt throughout the house to find "Wicked" tickets at the end. It's one of my favorite shows and I'm SO EXCITED that they're going to see it for the first time in February!
Hangin' with my brothers is always one of the most fun parts of home visits... here they both are with my incredibly shrinking grandma. I swear she gets tinier every time we see her...
My bros and I, again, with what we like to call "Shane Souffle". Some new corn souffle recipe my mom made at Thanksgiving and again at Xmas dinner. It's delicious.
Every night we all hung out... whether it was at my parents house, aunts and uncles, whatever. We even got the new "music edition" of Catchprase. If you've never played, OH. MY. GOD. You must. SO FUN!! I wish I had audio of us playing so you could hear it... too funny.

Overall, great time off. Great holiday. Great doing the morning show the week before I left town. Looking forward to being back on the air at 3 on Wednesday, though... I missed Q104!!!!!