Long Island Entertainment & Celebrity News

From Billy Joel to Lindsay Lohan, the latest on Long Island celebrities, entertainment, theater, movies and television.

Report: Howard Stern to cut back SiriusXM work to 1 day a week

Stern, who currently does three weekly shoes, has reportedly laid off a dozen staffers.

George Santos to compete on Fox's 'Special Forces: World's Toughest Test'

Great South Bay Music Festival: Everything you need to know

Melissa Manchester talks about 'Cagney,' Clive Davis, performing on LI, more

Billy Joel appears on Rick Beato's music podcast

Get ready for 'The Odyssey' with our handy cheat sheet

Ava DuVernay announces '14th' documentary on birthright amendment contested by Trump

Trump is expected to make election conspiracies a focus of his national address

The band playing when a Bangkok bar caught fire mourns its members among the 33 dead

'Jurassic Park' actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia, agent says

New York Times files motion to quash subpoenas served on journalists over Air Force One coverage

Hong Kong booksellers are reportedly arrested over alleged sales of seditious publications

George Santos' next gig? Reality TV show contestant

A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer's birth in Salzburg

TV

Take two: 'Real Wolf of Wall Street' rehashes the movie

There's little new in this docuseries about the L.I. stock firm behind a major fraud,

Netflix's 'Little House' reboot has a big heart

'The Pitt,' 'Hacks' and LI-themed shows are all heavy Emmy contenders

Rock, roll and remember: Murray the K, the 'Fifth Beatle'

Remembering the pop culture of 1976: The Bicentennial year brought us 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Rocky,' 'Disco Duck,' lots more

Billy Joel

Alicia Keys sings (a bit of) Billy Joel classic at Knicks' celebration

Keys kicked off her City Hall performance with "New York State of Mind."

Billy Joel predicts Knicks sweep at MSG

Billy Joel inducts longtime collaborator into LI Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame

What to expect at this weekend's Billy Joel Symposium

Billy Joel's longtime booking agent says Piano Man is in 'great spirits,' 'making progress'

Billy Joel Channel returns to SiriusXM, marking 50th anniversary of 'Turnstiles'

Celebrities

Taylor Swift paid $160G in city permit bill for wedding

Mayor Mamdani said she paid the city for "the event and the response to the event."

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce married at MSG

Latest UpdatesOnly a few details known about the wedding It's official!Only 30 'missing' guests

Lindsay Lohan turns 40: Her journey from Merrick to 'Mean Girls' to motherhood

Rufus Wainwright renting out his Montauk cottage for $20,000 a month while he's on tour

Lauryn Hill in concert at the Clubhouse Hamptons in July

Alec Baldwin's East End house sees another $1 million price reduction

Verne Gay

Why we're obsessed with Taylor Swift's wedding and other celebrity nuptials

"She has embodied life experiences for generations of fans," says one Swift observer.

MORE ON THIS TOPICTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce to host their wedding Friday at Madison Square Garden, AP source says

'Real Wolf of Wall Street' docuseries promises shocking revelations about LI stockbroker left out of Leonardo DiCaprio movie

Six '60 Minutes' spinoffs you probably don't remember: For teens, sports fans, Quibi users (come again?)

Theater

Belmont jockey's wild ride: LI man stars in 'Small'

Robert Montano stars in this NYC show about his life at Belmont racetrack.

First in NewsdayIt's opening night for LI theater 6 years in the making

Well, hello 'Dolly'! Parton show headed to Broadway

Movies

Movie Review: In Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey,' an ancient epic is reborn

The authorship of Homer's epic poem, dated to the 7th or 8th century BC, is complex.

Latin and country surge in the US as more music is being streamed than ever before

Writers Guild of America seeks to block Paramount's buyout of Warner in latest merger challenge

Tom Cruise's love for 'Amores Perros' led him to 'Digger'

A look inside Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' by the numbers

Music

Remember these great songs from not so great movies?

"Valley of the Dolls" and "St. Elmo's Fire" were bad, but their songs were music to our ears.

'Total Eclipse' got its heart from a Long Islander

Meet the Long Islanders making it big on TikTok

Tilles Center's new season: Smokey Robinson, more

Who is coming to Tilles Center? Roger Daltrey

Only in NewsdayPeabo Bryson loved singing on Long Island

Radio

Robin Quivers cancer-free after 14 years

On his radio show, Howard Stern said it's "the best news ever."

WWRL 'Urban Preacher' Bob Law dies at 86

Who's on 'Jeopardy!'? This familiar LI radio personality.

Is an LI morning radio battle about to begin?

More Entertainment

What to watch at this year's Stony Brook Film Festival

Beachy keen: Tessa Bailey slays with 'Killer Vacation'

'Ringside' doc among LI Film Expo highlights

From 'Eat It' to 'Like a Surgeon,' the stories behind 'Weird Al' Yankovic's greatest parodies

Swifties react to Taylor Swift's MSG wedding plans

All the Taylor Swift wedding details you need to know

Look who's back? Rosie O'Donnell brings her show to NYC.

Lindsay Lohan, Kit Harington filmed Hulu limited series on LI

Our critic's 7 worst superhero movies ever: Did 'Supergirl' make the cut?

Making history: Culper Spy musical coming to St. James

Remembering the legendary Action House, once LI's hottest rock club

Spin cycle: 'Wheel of Fortune Live!' returning to LI

RAFER GUZMÁN

Clive Davis helped launch Billy Joel to superstardom

The music mogul signed Joel to Columbia Records, where he released his iconic song and album "Piano Man."

MORE ON THIS TOPICClive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

2026 Stony Brook Film Festival sets full lineup

In 'Toy Story 5,' cowgirl Jessie won't say howdy tech

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