Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Celebrity

New York’s Famed (But Closed) Plaza Athenee Hotel to Become Ultra Chic, Expensive, Exclusive Nobu Hotel and Restaurant

Nobu, the Hotel, is coming to New York. The hotel and restaurant combo for the upscale wealthy and chic is taking over the famed but...

RIP Legendary Book Editor Robert Gottlieb, 92, Made His Career with “Catch-22,” Revered by Authors Ranging from John LeCarre to Lauren Bacall to Robert...

I am sad to hear that Robert Gottlieb -- Bob Gottlieb to those who knew him -- has died at age 92. He was...

Scarlett Johansson Says She’d Like to Work with Tom Cruise: Maybe She’s Forgiven Him for Holding Her in the Scientology Centre for 8 Hours...

I see the terrific actress Scarlett Johansson had a surprising answer last night on the "Asteroid City" red carpet. Someone from the Hollywood Reporter...

RIP Sad Shocking News: Actor Treat Williams Dead in a Motorcycle Accident At Age 71, Star of “Prince of the City” and TV’s “Everwood”

Terrible news: actor Treat Williams died this afternoon in a motorcycle accident. He was 71. The accident took place near his place in Dorset,...

LA Story: Nancy Davis’s Race to Erase Raises $2 Mil for MS Research, Gala Features Siedah Garrett and Flo Rida

Hollywood is known for supporting causes, but few in Tinseltown have been at it with the tenacity and dedication as Nancy Davis, with her...

Trump Spirals After 2nd Indictment, Calls Nixon “A Loser,” Misspells Words, Says “I Already Know in My Mind I Will Be President in 2024…They...

The era of Donald Trump -- criminal, liar, fabulist, cretin -- is coming to an end. On his Truth Social he responded to his second...

Pat Robertson is Dead at 93: A Force in Evangelical Republican Media Failed in Run for President 1988

Pat Robertson is dead. The 93 year old was perhaps the most famous Evangelical Christian ever on television. He tried to translate that popularity into...

Artist Francoise Gilot, The Only Woman Who Ever Left Picasso, Has Died at Age 101, Mother of 2 of His Children

I'm a few hours catching up to the death of Francoise Gilot, a formidable presence, at age 101. A respected artist in her own...