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Sad news for folks my age. Dennis Locorriere aka Dr Hook of the famed medicine Show, has died of kidney disease at age 76, a couple of weeks short of his birthday. He was married three times. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show were the kind of pop act .. ...

Everyone get your handkerchiefs out. "60 Minutes" ends its season tonight. It will not return in the same condition. The most respected news program on TV will not see its 60th birthday in 2028 wit the same independence and courage of its convictions ...

This is the Cannes from hell. With new Hollywood stars, Thierry Fremaux was counting on Barbra Streisand to attend closing ceremonies and receive her honorary Palme d'or. Now she says she can't make the trip because of a knee injury. I'm sorry, she . ...

Paul McCartney's first song on "SNL" last night was a new one, "Days We Left Behind," which is kind of a mix of "Things We Said Today" and "Days of Auld Lang Syne." It's from his new album, coming May 29th. So we assumed the second number would also ...

Let's start with the parties. Thanks to Perpetual Guest Carl Tabor writing on Instagram we know the Vanity Fair party last night was a bust. No celebs, lots of advertisers. Took place a the Tetou pop-up revival way out on Cannes beach just as I told ...

The juggernaut of "Michael" and "The Devil Wears Prada 2" continues unabated. The real news there is "Devil" is starting to slow down at the box office while "Michael," inexplicably, is getting hotter. "Michael" took the number 1 slot this week with ...

Lorne Michaels knows how to end a season. He gave musical guest Paul McCartney a very rare three songs, including the five minute "Band on the Run." Acts never get such long songs. The two other numbers were "Days We Left Behind" from the new album, ...

Swatch, the plastic watch company known for its innovative designs, is having a bad morning. The company has had to close some stores because riots are breaking out in the streets. The cause of the uproar is a plastic watch face that comes on a ...

John Travolta had quite a day in Cannes. He arrived wearing a toupee and a weird half-beard that was probably hiding something. Let's not speculate. Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux surprised Travolta on stage with an honorary Palme d'or, which ticked a ...

Vanity Fair is in deep trouble. Semrush reports that the Conde Nast title's web traffic fell 55% in April. According to Semrush: "In April vanityfair.com received 3.73M visits with the average session duration 06:30. Compared to March traffic to ...