Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has gone public with her decision to have a double mastectomy, saying she wants other women to benefit from her experience and take preventative action against breast cancer and other types of cancer.
5/14/2013 - By: Erin Billups
After more than 50 years on television, Barbara Walters announced Monday her plans to retire, though fans of the broadcasting legend still have plenty of time to adjust.
5/14/2013 - By: Stephanie Simon
Brooklyn-born superstar Barbra Streisand was awarded the 40th Annual Chaplin Award on Monday night at Lincoln Center.
4/23/2013 - By: NY1 News
Actress and original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello died Monday at the age of 70, a spokesperson for the Walt Disney Company confirms.
4/8/2013 - By: NY1 News
NBC confirmed Wednesday that Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno as the host of "The Tonight Show" next spring, and the show will be produced in New York once Fallon takes over.
4/3/2013 - By: NY1 News
Music fans are mourning the death of Phil Ramone, one of the world's most accomplished music producers.
3/30/2013 - By: NY1 News
Brooklyn's Barclays Center will play host to the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards this August, bringing the show to a different borough for the first time.
3/25/2013 - By: NY1 News
Actor-singer Barbra Streisand is set to perform at the Oscars for the first time in 36 years.
1/31/2013 - By: NY1 News
The court appearance for actor Lindsay Lohan in regards to a fight that took place in a Manhattan nightclub last year was delayed Monday, and her attorney said it may never happen.
1/7/2013 - By: NY1 News
Oscar-nominated British composer and pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has died, according to his publisher.
12/28/2012 - By: NY1 News
The New York Film Critics Circle named "Zero Dark Thirty" the best film of 2012 and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, was also named Best Director.
12/4/2012 - By: NY1 News
Actor Lindsay Lohan was charged with third-degree assault Thursday morning, hours after she allegedly hit a woman in a Chelsea nightclub.
11/29/2012 - By: NY1 News
"Dallas" star Larry Hagman passed away Friday following complications from cancer. He was 81.
11/24/2012 - By: NY1 News
Singer and TV host Andy Williams, who may be best known for his song "Moon River", died Tuesday at the age of 84.
9/26/2012 - By: NY1 News
Lady Gaga is the latest pop star to set a concert date at the new Barclays Center, saying she will perform on March 6.
9/19/2012 - By: NY1 News
Legendary songwriter and Brooklyn native Hal David, who wrote dozens of hit songs with longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach, including "What The World Needs Now Is Love" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," died Saturday at age 91.
9/2/2012 - By: NY1 News
Comedian Phyllis Diller, who was well-known for her distinctive laugh and who's success paved the way for other female comedians, died Monday at the age of 95.
8/20/2012 - By: NY1 News
"Sesame Street" held a casting call for the first time in the show's 43-year history on Monday, and hundreds of Latino actors came to audition for the role at the Roseland Ballroom.
8/20/2012 - By: NY1 News
Mel Stuart, the native New Yorker who directed the famed 1971 classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", died Thursday at the age of 83.
8/10/2012 - By: NY1 News
Prolific film critic Judith Crist died at age 90 on Tuesday at her Manhattan home after a long illness, according to her son.
8/7/2012 - By: Neil Rosen
Tickets are now on sale for Comedian Jerry Seinfeld's five-borough standup tour this fall.
7/30/2012 - By: NY1 News
Sherman Hemsley, best remembered as TV's George Jefferson, died in his Texas home Tuesday.
7/24/2012 - By: NY1 News
Well-known New York actress Celeste Holm, who won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1948 for her work in the Elia Kazan film "Gentleman's Agreement," passed away this morning at age 95, according to her family.
7/15/2012 - By: NY1 News
Legendary actor Andy Griffith, best known as the star of the 1960s TV hit "The Andy Griffith Show" and the 1980s TV courtroom drama "Matlock," died at the age of 86, the North Carolina Governor’s office confirms.
7/3/2012 - By: Tina Redwine
Actor Alec Baldwin married yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas at Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan on Saturday.
7/1/2012 - By: NY1 News
Oscar-nominated filmmaker, celebrated author and native New Yorker Nora Ephron died Tuesday at the age of 71 from complications from leukemia, according to her publisher.
6/26/2012 - By: Polly Kreisman
Rapper 50 Cent is out of the hospital after an accident with a tractor trailer on the Long Island Expressway.
6/26/2012 - By: NY1 News
In the paper, the photographer says Baldwin was angry he and his fiancee, Hilaria Thomas, were being photographed.
6/19/2012 - By: NY1 News
Toro's family says he's suffering from kidney failure but is too old and frail for a transplant; over five decades, he has appeared on more than 150 albums and recorded 20 solo records.
6/19/2012 - By: NY1 News
Comedian Jerry Lewis was briefly hospitalized after he became weak at a Friars Club event in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday night.
6/13/2012 - By: NY1 News
5/23/2012 - By: NY1 News
Founding member of the Bee Gees, Robin Gibb, lost his battle with cancer Sunday at the age of 62.
5/21/2012 - By: Stephanie Simon