Daily Throb

So since my day job has me working with some awesome New York radio stations, most of my weekend was devoted to Z100’s Zootopia. Friday night: prep for the big day. Saturday morning, afternoon and evening: run around like an insane person with artists producing webisodes and helping to get them to where they needed to be. Saturday night: celebrate. Sunday: recover from celebrating.

So crazy was the show that it could launch a million blog posts, but I’ll keep it brief. I know this is going to sound the corniest, but I need to give a big shout to the Jonas Brothers and crew. Despite the fact that Kevin, Joe and Nick had a freaking police escort — complete with helicopters!!! — to get them to the venue in time for soundcheck, they’re still just as friendly and polite and cool as they were way back when they’d take second billing to Cap’n Crunch Chicken when playing a half-empty Planet Hollywood. Excellent work, Ma and Pa Jonas!

And then there’s Fe and Big Rob. Britney Spears’s former (and longtime) assistant and bodyguard are now working for the Jonas Brothers, and boys, her loss is your ginormous gain. Fe keeps the Jonas ship afloat and is so sweet that I’m convinced the woman sweats sunshine. And I have so much respect for the job Big Rob does. Imagine trying to move the world’s last crate of self-tanner through a room full of hundreds of screaming, crying Lohans and then multiply that frenzy by fifty. How he keeps the boys safe and is still so cool to fans that he inspires tributes like this amazes me.

Speaking of Britney’s nearest and dearest, by the end of the night, I thought I’d seen all the celebrities at the show (and “celebrities,” like Jill from The Real Housewives of New York City – but I love that show!). However, just as I was waving goodbye to a friend’s kids (what up, Julie and Liz?) during Miley Cyrus’s surprisingly rocking set, who do I see standing in the crowd but Lynne Spears? Word on the street was that she was there to see New Kids on the Block, who were a whole lot better than they were on the Today Show. I mean, if you were pushing 40 and had to reintroduce yourself to the world in the middle of a downpour, you’d be a little off, too. Check out video from their hometown show for Boston’s KISS 108 the following night to see what I mean.

P.S. While I do love me a good blind item, I gotta say that if that “not-so-innocent tween superstar” was smoking anything backstage, then she’s also a Houdini in the making, because her handlers were on her like white on rice alllll day.

P.P.S. Next time you hear Danity Kane’s infectious hit single “Damaged,” you need to sing it, “Jon’s room was DA-maged!” A few of the ladies borrowed my friend Jonathan’s hotel room to freshen up, and after the show, he came home to makeup-stained towels everywhere, a jacked up bed and a missing overnight bag (fortunately, they found it with the rest of their stuff and called him at 5.30a to make sure he got it back safe and sound). Ladies: do, do you have housekeeping’s number handy?

P.P.P.S. If this report about Danity’s Audrena being pregnant is true, then it’s super early, because she was riding roller coasters like crazy with Jonathan at Six Flags Great Adventure three weeks ago.

P.P.P.P.S. “Wait, what is a breadbasket?“

P.P.P.P.P.S. I’m done.