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Billy Joel performs for the first time since brain disorder diagnosis

Surprising the crowd, Joel performed two songs with a tribute band at a Florida event.

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Billy Joel's biggest 2026 anniversaries: 'Turnstiles,' MSG shows, more

2026 Jones Beach summer concert schedule

'Cover-Up': Netflix movie offers powerful look at investigative journalist Seymour Hersh

Hollywood starts 2026 with 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' No. 1, as James Cameron's sci-fi epic crosses $1B

What to expect from CES 2026, the annual show of all things tech

Trump may have his name on the building but it's still the Kennedy Center to Congress

'Dances with Wolves' actor Nathan Chasing Horse disrupts court week before sex abuse trial

A new Grammy category honors album covers, and the artists that make them

Michael J. Schumacher, author who chronicled lives of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75

Jimmy Fallon captured shopping at Roosevelt Field

Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence

The Golden Globes are this week. Here's what to know about the first major show of awards season

TV

New CBS News anchor says he'll be more 'transparent' and 'accountable' than Walter Cronkite

Tony Dokoupil's assertion drew much blowback on social media.

Winter TV preview: 44 shows you'll want to watch

3 takeaways from the 'Stranger Things' finale

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WPIX/11's New Year's 'Honeymooners' marathon: Check out our A-Z guide to the classic sitcom

Billy Joel

Billy Joel tribute concert set for Carnegie Hall

A host of musical stars will perform the Piano Man's hits at the show in March.

From 'Fire Island' to Farmingdale': 8 songs that name-check LI

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Zohran Mamdani couldn't recognize Billy Joel's iconic NYC anthem

Fans have chance to take home Billy Joel exhibit items

As Billy Joel's motorcycle shop prepares to close, fans turn out to say farewell

Celebrities

'The Bear' star Jeremy Allen White hits the ice at Port Jefferson rink

White made two recent visits to The Rinx at Harborfront Park.

Mariah Carey to receive $92G over dismissed 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' lawsuit

Wrestling icon Mick Foley leaving WWE over its ties to Trump

Looking back at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time on LI, 45 years after his death

Alec Baldwin's Hamptons house back on market for $21M

LI's Lori Loughlin returning to Hallmark Channel's 'When Calls the Heart'

Verne Gay

Catching up with Ch. 2's LI reporter Jennifer McLogan, who's (sort-of) retiring

After 32 years covering LI for WCBS, McLogan will be cutting back her on-air duties.

'60 Minutes' correspondent says CBS editor-in-chief pulled story on El Salvadoran prison

The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC

Theater

Only in Newsday'Wicked' composer Stephen Schwartz says he won't appear at Kennedy Center

The Broadway icon, who grew up in Nassau County, had been scheduled for a Washington National Opera event in May.

LI native joins other artists bowing out of Kennedy Center

Deck the stages: Must-see holiday shows on LI

Movies

South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki, dubbed 'The Nation's Actor,' dies at 74

South Korean film star Ahn Sung-ki, whose prolific career earned him the nickname "The Nation's Actor," has died.

Leonardo DiCaprio on the importance of creating cinema over content at Palm Springs Film Festival

What to Stream: Kid Laroi, 'The Pitt' and 'Tron: Ares'

Betty Boop and 'Blondie' enter the public domain in 2026, accompanied by a trio of detectives

English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child

Music

'Many people didn't know that it was recorded at C.W. Post'

Bruce Springsteen's rendition of "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" was recorded during a concert at C.W. Post in 1975. NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano reports.

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Hall of Fame wants Billy Joel fans to submit papers for symposium

LI blues singer Kelli Baker to do signing, performance at Plainview music store

'Empowered to use our voice'

Garden City teen awaits 'Voice' fate for finale

Fans honor John Lennon in Central Park 45 years after his murder

Radio

Howard Stern not going anywhere: He signs for 3 more years at SiriusXM

Stern ended speculation that had been swirling since last summer about his status.

Howard Stern postpones his SiriusXM return to Sept. 8

Remember when Howard Stern first hit the New York airwaves?

7 questions about Howard Stern's future at SiriusXM

More Entertainment

'Stranger Things' finale trailer: 'Let's end this, kid"

'Goodbye June': Kate Winslet's Netflix drama is flat when it should be compelling

'Marty Supreme': Timothée Chalamet's career-best performance

'Anaconda': Toothless, but passably entertaining

Amazing feet: The Rockettes celebrate 100 years

MeTV sets marathon of Rob Reiner's top 'All in the Family' episodes

Top 10 streaming movies of 2025

'Avatar' and more December movie releases

LIer wins Hallmark Channel's 'Finding Mr. Christmas'

Steven Spielberg movie, partially shot in Huntington, will be called 'Disclosure Day'

'The Housemaid': Great Neck-set thriller is relatively entertaining

LI teen Ava Nat doesn't make 'The Voice' finals

RAFER GUZMÁN

Holiday movie preview: 24 great flicks you'll want to see

"Wicked: For Good" and "Zootopia 2" lead the season's offerings.

Movies 2025: What our critic liked (and what he didn't)

Remembering Jimmy Cliff's My Father's Place shows and seeing 'The Harder They Come' at the Mini Cinema

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