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Katie Holmes Is Newest Star Fashion Week Designer

September 12, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y.

Katie Holmes, greeting well-wishers in a black leather blazer and gold beaded heels, became the latest celebrity to take a serious stab at fashion with her Holmes&Yang preview at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday.

Rosie O’Donnell Talks Taking OWN Show To Nighttime: ‘Not Going To Be The Same Kind Of Show That I Did Before’

July 29, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Rosie O’Donnell returns to TV this fall with “The Rosie Show” on OWN, and the talk show star promises it will be a whole new experience for viewers.

“There will be a famous guest, maybe once a show, or sprinkled throughout. It’s not going to be the same kind of show that I did before, where somebody has a movie to promote and they come in and they do seven minutes,” Rosie told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson at the Television Critics Association Summer 2011 Session in Beverly Hills on Friday.

Hollywood Takes To Twitter To Celebrate Passage of NY Gay Marriage Measure

June 25, 2011

NEW YORK, N.Y.

Some quotes from celebrities reacting to state lawmakers passing and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signing legislation making gay marriage legal in New York:

Garth Brooks, Leon Russell And Allen Toussaint Among 2011 Songwriters Hall Inductees

June 17, 2011

NEW YORK, N.Y.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has honored the likes of Garth Brooks, Leon Russell and Allen Toussaint at its annual gala in New York City.

Amid the famous faces, some of Thursday night’s inductees weren’t so familiar — that is, until you heard the songs they penned.

Kid Rock, John Legend & The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Willie Nelson Headline New Orleans Jazz Fest

January 20, 2011

NEW ORLEANS, La.

Kid Rock, John Legend & The Roots, Willie Nelson, Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Arcade Fire, Wilco and Cyndi Lauper are among the headliners for the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Cyndi Lauper, Jackson Browne, Patti Smith Headline Rousing Lennon 70th Birthday Tribute

November 13, 2010

NEW YORK, N.Y.

Juggling to “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”? Modern dance, to “Free as a Bird”? Perhaps not the usual stuff of a John Lennon tribute concert.

But looking at the wry, quirky smiles on Lennon’s face as classic photos of the Beatle great alternated all evening long on a screen at the Beacon Theater, one couldn’t help but think he would have thoroughly enjoyed himself.