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COVID Claims NYC’s Beloved Augustine Restaurant, Owned by Keith McNally, Who’s Also Had to Sell a Home to Keep Going

Sad news in the New York restaurant world. COVID-19 and the quarantine have claimed the beloved Augustine restaurant, owned by famed veteran Keith McNally....

Oprah Shutting Down O Magazine Print Edition After 20 Years with Embattled Hearst Publications

O stands for Oprah and for over. The Oprah magazine, called O, is apparently over. Begun twenty years ago in print, and 10 years...

Taylor Swift’s New Album, Recorded in April, Comes with a Full Line of Merchandise And a Fancy, Expensive Video

Taylor Swift's new album, "Folklore," dropping as a surprise tonight, was written and recorded just three...

More Friars Club Madness: Ex-CEO, Ousted, Guilty of Personal Tax Evasion, Now Suing Club for Back Pay

EXCLUSIVE There is chutzpah and then there is chutzpah. Michael Gyure (pronounced "jury," ironically) ran the famed Friars Club into the ground. He was finally dismissed,...

UPDATED Murdoch’s Fox TV Makes It Clear: “Masked Singer” Ratings More Important than Nick Cannon’s Anti-Semitic Statements and Broadcasts

UPDATED AND CORRECTED Rupert Murdoch's Fox TV -- not Disney, as I inaccurately wrote earlier-- it  letting Nick Cannon remain as host of "The...

Nick Cannon’s Syndicated Fall Talk Show Could Be Jeopardized by Anti-Semitic Comments and Backing of Louis Farrakhan

Nick Cannon's blossoming scandals could jeopardize more than just his "Wild and Out" show on VH-1 and his Nickelodeon contract. Cannon is set to host...

Frustration for Members of One Direction as Harry Styles Soars, Louis Tomlinson Leaves Simon Cowell’s Management at Last

Just as the other members of NSync discovered when Justin Timberlake took off on his own, the balance of One Direction is struggling. Louis Tomlinson...

Hollywood Horror: Major Fall Film Festivals Pledge Allegiance to Each Other as COVID Panic Threatens Survival

The major fall film festivals -- Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York -- have banded together to battle COVID panic. The festivals sent out a...

UPDATED Kanye West Used His “Presidential Announcement” as a Lure to Sell Merchandise Online This Afternoon

Kanye West's "presidential announcement" wasn't followed up on Instagram with more information about his important campaign...

John Legend Sales Disaster on New CD “Bigger Love” with Just 13K CDs, Downloads, Bob Dylan Drops 74% 2nd Week

It was not a good week for real music on the pop charts. John Legend has had a sales disaster with his "Bigger Love" album....