More Fame in Italy Concert Photos

More photos of Jesse Borrego, Cynthia Gibb, Erica Gimpel and Nia Peeples in concert in Parma, Italy 25th November 2011.

Fame In Italy Concert photos.

Erica Gimpel, Nia Peeples, Cynthia Gibb and Jesse Borrego in concert photos from Parma Italy 25th November 2011. With thanks to Derek for the photos.

Fame In Italy Rehearsal pictures.

Pictures from the rehearsals of the Italy Fame Concert featuring Jesse Borrego, Cynthia Gibb, Erica Gimpel and Nia Peeples. Copyright: CBP PHOTO di Cristiano Bonassera.

Nia posted:
"an absolutely brilliant show in parma! soo incredible!!! thanks to all the fans who came and sang with us, clapped, cheered and cried with us. and thank you to my brothers and sisters here in Parma who made all of this happen. it was an amazing experience!!"

Doris Schwartz Time & Again Season 2 Episode 12

Season 2 of the story "Doris Schwartz Time and Again" concludes with episode 12, the season finale, titled "Scattered Pieces Part 2". The title comes from the song "It's Gonna Be A Long Night".

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Fame in Italy 2011 Rehearsals

Here's a couple of photos of Erica Gimpel, Cynthia Gibb, Jesse Borrego and Nia Peeples who are currently in Parma rehearsing for the Fame concert tomorrow.

Nia has tweeted "Erica gimple sounds amazing in this rehearsal!"


Nia has posted this video from Italy.




To Derek, Fabrizio, Stefano, Gianluca and all those going to the concert tomorrow, I hope you have a wonderful time.

My Top 5 Least Favourite Season 2 Episodes

My Top 5 Least Favourie Season 2 episode (In reverse order):

5)“Words”
Interesting idea for a story but badly executed. Dreadful boring Indian Deer dance!

4)“Ending On A High Note”
This feels like filler with a lot of cast members missing. I’m not
really intersted in the basketball competition either.

3) “Star Quality”
Too much emphasis on boring guest stars.

2) “U.N. Week”
Quite a boring episode with very little going for it. The song at the end does little for me although it’s nice to see Morgan Stevens singing.

1) “Class Act”
Doomed Love and annoying over use of a guest star, with no real

development for his character.

My Top 5 Favourite Season 2 Episodes

My Top 5 Favourite Season 2 Episodes (in reverse order):

5) "A Tough Act To Follow"
A sad final farewell to Greg Crandall and Michael Thoma, with the whole cast sharing the pain of losing someone important to them.

4) "Not In Kansas Anymore"
Fame's version of the much loved "Wizard of Oz" musical.

3) "Winners"
A Great insight into the characters of Coco and Doris.

2) "Childhood’s End"
A powerful episode for Coco with some wonderful acting from Erica and Valerie plus one of the best songs of the season in "Reach for a Dream".

1) "Beginnings"
Powerful storyline about racism, which was based on a real event that happened to Debbie Allen. Nice to see the whole cast involved with some great songs and some wonderful acting from Debbie.

Doris Schwartz Time & Again Season 2 Episode 11

Season 2 of the story "Doris Schwartz Time and Again" continues with episode 11, titled "Scattered Pieces Part 1". The title comes from the song "It's Gonna Be A Long Night".

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Gene Anthony Ray Dancing With Angels

We remember Gene Anthony Ray who passed 8 years ago today. He's sadly missed.

DVDs

Periodically, I send Fox emails regarding further "Fame" DVD releases. Up until now I've never had a repsonse but my recent query requesting season 3 to be released in Fame's 30th anniversary year next year did get a response.

Sadly it's only to say there are no plans for any futher releases in the near future but they state that they do review their catalogue frequenlty. So maybe now is the time for more presure. If you've emailed them before then send another if you've not emailed before, come on we need a concerted effort to get something released next year. If we can't get anything released in an major anniversary year then sadly I feel the remaining seasons will never be released.

Here's the email address for Fox:

foxconsumerqueries@fox.com

Here's the full reply from Fox:

"Dear Mark,

Many thanks for your recent enquiry regarding and interest regarding the home entertainment release of Fame. At present, we do not have any further series' scheduled for release in the near future.

However, we do value your feedback and we do review potential Catalogue titles for release on DVD, on an on-going basis and will forward your comments to our Catalogue Marketing team.

In the meantime, we would suggest that you visit our website http://www.fox.co.uk/ / http://www.fox.com/ for updates on our upcoming releases.

We would like to thank you for your feedback and interest in Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment titles and hope you continue to enjoy our future releases!

Kind Regards,"

Lee Curreri in Concert With the Flutterbies

The Flutterbies tracks "Hummingbird Heart" and "Faith in Rain" are featured in the new George Clooney film The Descendants, opening November 18 and so they are performing a concert to celebrate. They will be joined for the concvcert by Lee Curreri.

THE FLUTTERBIES FREE SHOWCASE
9:00 PM Wednesday November 16
Molly Malones
575 South Fairfax Ave. in Hollywood
21 and over.