Friday, July 24, 2026

Celebrity

RIP Billy Steinberg, Hit Songwriter of “Like a Virgin,” “So Emotional,” “Eternal Flame,” “True Colors,” “I Drove All Night”

Very sad. Hit songwriter Billy Steinberg has died at age 75. Among the hits he wrote -- some with partner Tom Kelly -- were Madonna's...

Savannah Guthrie Family — All of Them — Declared Not Suspects in Kidnapping by Sheriff

All of Nancy Guthrie's relatives have been ruled out as suspects in her kidnapping. This announcement includes Nancy's son in law, Tommaso Cioni, who was...

Guthrie Kidnapping Making Tucson Seem Like Twin Peaks: Mayor Has Never Made a Statement, Local Newspaper Barely Mentions

This is why people in big cities are feeling like Tucson, Arizona is Twin Peaks. Sixteen days ago, the 84 year old mother of the...

Savannah Guthrie to Mother’s Kidnappers: “We still have hope…It’s never too late to do the right thing”

Savannah Guthrie has posted a new video to the kidnappers of her mother, Nancy. She says, tearfully: "We still have hope...It's never too late to...

Guthrie Kidnapping: Police Put on a Big Nighttime Show But There Are No New Results Except Vague Promises of “Actively Working a Lead”

Tomorrow will mark two weeks since I got a call while covering the Grammys that Savannah Guthrie's mother was missing. Here's the original story....

Dawson’s Deal: James van Der Beek Bought His $4.5 Mil Texas Ranch Before Death, Then Family Raised $2.5 Mil from Go Fund Me

Actor James Van der Beek's death at 48 this week was tragic. Too young for a father of six who leaves behind a nostalgia...

“Melania” Long Goodbye: Pulled from 40% of Theaters After Two Weeks of Empty Venues, Drops 66% on Wednesday

Bye bye "Melania." The Brett Ratner-directed infomercial about America's most hollow wife is in retreat. Amazon/MGM is pulling the grievously panned film from 40% of its...

Vanity Fair Gets Its Worst Cover Interview Ever With Margaret Qualley Not Talking About Anything, But We Learn the Writer is a Yoga Teacher

Vanity Fair's cover stories, at least some of them, used to have a little punch. Not the new one, a "profile" of Margaret Qualley, in...