NBC’s hit show Chuck is about a nerdy guy who one day accidentally downloaded all of the government’s secrets into his brain, effectively turning him into both a supercomputer and a superspy. The show is a fantastic mix of comedy and action, and part of what keeps the show grounded in reality is the main character’s relationship with...
Katy Mixon – Hollywood’s Girl Next Door By: Brittany Hoydich Katy Mixon is about as humble as they come. It’s a gorgeous LA Sunday. The MANIAC girls are pacing the lobby of the Grafton Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. One hundred and two guest rooms and not one is available for early check-in. Our publisher, April, has a panicky...
About 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, practically on the Ohio border, you’ll find a miniscule town by the name of Bessemer. At first glance—and if you’re driving over the speed limit, there will only be one glance—Bessemer fits all the stereotypes of Small Town America and John Cougar Melloncamp’s hit single. Pizza Joe’s, Mohawk Lanes, and Cow Licks...
She Kissed a Girl, Now What? Maniac Magazine: Ok, so how’d you think of the song? KATY PERRY: Well, “I Kissed A Girl” was an idea that actually popped into my head. You know, I’d always heard about artists having a notepad on the side of their bed or something they can record if they were to have...
Ingrid Michaelson has had a single positioned in the Billboard Top 20 and an album in the top 100, seen a number of her songs played on Emmy-winning drama Grey’s Anatomy, opened for Dave Matthews Band, and performed on The Tonight Show and Live with Regis and Kelly, among others. But the twenty-eight year-old Staten Island native takes...
Getting a hold of Leigh Ann Larkin for an interview was a little tough. She lives in New York City, has a million things going on, and rarely checks her voicemail. Oh, and her doctor had just given her strict orders not to speak. You’ve probably had your own doctor advise you not to lift heavy things, operate...
With the release of his third solo album this past May, music sensation Jesse McCartney is on his way to Pittsburgh this August and the MANIAC Girls were lucky enough to get him to talk shop. His new album may be entitled “Departure", but for him, this is only his arrival. His current single, “Leavin,” has been tearing...
‘Some Like It Hot’ star, Marilyn Monroe, sizzled onscreen as the epitome of a beautiful blonde bombshell. MANIAC ‘likes it even hotter’ and is naming Jessica Simpson the bona fide bombshell; an irresistible icon of the 21st century. We just had to get in her skin. Our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the modern day Marilyn left us wondering how...
Sarah Jessica Parker may have been his “Lady” for Gap’s “How You Wear It” fashion campaign for Fall 2004, but the MANIACladies were front and center praying to be showered with the holy waters of one of the finest rock musicians of all time, Lenny Kravitz. Releasing Baptism, his 7th studio album, Kravitz continues to illustrate the influences...
