Thursday, February 12, 2026

Celebrity

Elton John and David Furnish Donate $1 Million to the COVID-19 Emergency Fund, Plus Last Week’s TV Living Room Show Raised $10 Million

Elton John's AIDS Foundation, EJAF, is one of the best charities in the world. Today Sir Elton announced that they're donating $1 million to...

Singer PiNK Says She and Son Are Negative Now After Testing Positive 2 Weeks Ago, Donating $1 Million for COVID Care

Singer PiNK says she and son Jameson tested positive for COVID-19. Now, re-tested, they are negative. Pink says she's donating a total of $1...

Peter Beard’s Daughter, Zara, Posts Update as Police Conclude Search: “My father is out there somewhere”

Zara Beard, daughter of missing photographer Peter Beard, posted to Instagram late this afternoon. The East Hampton police have ended their search for her...

Literary Star Patricia Bosworth, 86, Passes Away from Coronavirus, Wrote Acclaimed Biographies of Diane Arbus, Montgomery Clift, Jane Fonda

Famed biographer, literary star, and beloved friend of so many (myself included) included in New York. Patricia Bosworth has died at age 86. She...

Peter Duchin, Peter Beard: Two Great New Yorkers in Trouble, Artists with a Long Friendship and History

It's not just a little ironic that as New York suffers, two of its great artists and luminaries are having serious problems. Peter Duchin, the...

UPDATED Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, Dies at 52 from Coronavirus, Oscar Nominated for Tom Hanks Movie, Wrote “Stacy’s Mom”

THURSDAY MORNING: There are a lot of tributes all over the internet. Micky Dolenz says: "Adam was a joy to work with on every level....

Read The Harrowing Story of How Rocker Alan Merrill, Writer of “I Love Rock and Roll,” Died in NY at Mt. Sinai Hospital

Joanna Lisanti, wife of Alan Merrill, posted this to Facebook. It is really outrageous. Mt. Sinai Hospital should be ashamed of themselves. Alan died...

UPDATE: “Search has ended for today” for Famed Artist and Photographer Peter Beard, Missing in Montauk Since Tuesday Night, Will Resume Tomorrow

5pm Wednesday update: East Hampton/Montauk police have ended the search for today for Peter. They will resume at 6am tomorrow. I'm sorry to say...