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France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins Ella and Alexander
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21 notable celebrity deaths of 2025
Chevy Chase is under the spotlight in a new documentary, warts and all — and he's OK with it
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Growing up on LI quiz: Take the 2nd annual nostalgia test
Hong Kong rings in 2026 without fireworks after deadliest blaze in decades
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In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing
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A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
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Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor from 'The Wire,' 'Veep' and Spike Lee films, dies at 71
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What music and television to stream: A New Year's Eve tradition and a 'Stranger Things' sendoff
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Kennedy Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations
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From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact
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Roses in the rain? New Year's Day parade in Pasadena gets wet forecast. Bundle up for NYC ball drop
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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.
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'Goodbye June': Kate Winslet's Netflix drama is flat when it should be compelling
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'60 Minutes' correspondent says CBS editor-in-chief pulled story on El Salvadoran prison
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MeTV sets marathon of Rob Reiner's top 'All in the Family' episodes
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Top 10 streaming movies of 2025
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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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For Zohran Mamdani: Our crash course playlist of Billy Joel songs
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Zohran Mamdani couldn't recognize Billy Joel's iconic NYC anthem
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Fans have chance to take home Billy Joel exhibit items
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As Billy Joel's motorcycle shop prepares to close, fans turn out to say farewell
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Mariah Carey to receive $92G over dismissed 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' lawsuit
The lawsuit alleged that "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was a rip-off of a song by Vince Vance & the Valiants.
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Wrestling icon Mick Foley leaving WWE over its ties to Trump
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Looking back at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time on LI, 45 years after his death
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Alec Baldwin's Hamptons house back on market for $21M
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LI's Lori Loughlin returning to Hallmark Channel's 'When Calls the Heart'
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Got $25 million? Billy Joel cuts price of Centre Island estate.
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The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a major change for the Oscars.
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TV 2025: What our critic liked (and what he didn't)
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'Starring Dick Van Dyke': Generous portrait of a legend about to turn 100
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Theater
Brigitte Bardot's funeral will be held next week in French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez
Local authorities in France say Brigitte Bardot's funeral is set for next week in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez which she helped make famous.
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Movie Review: 'The Plague' dives into a sink-or-swim water polo camp
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Movie Review: Daisy Ridley holds onto hope in the zombie thriller 'We Bury the Dead'
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'Avatar' and 'Marty Supreme' propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood
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Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
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'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
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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
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Fans honor John Lennon in Central Park 45 years after his murder
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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.
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Howard Stern postpones his SiriusXM return to Sept. 8
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Remember when Howard Stern first hit the New York airwaves?
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7 questions about Howard Stern's future at SiriusXM
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'Marty Supreme': Timothée Chalamet's career-best performance
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'Anaconda': Toothless, but passably entertaining
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'Avatar' and more December movie releases
LIer wins Hallmark Channel's 'Finding Mr. Christmas'
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Steven Spielberg movie, partially shot in Huntington, will be called 'Disclosure Day'
'The Housemaid': Great Neck-set thriller is relatively entertaining
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LI teen Ava Nat doesn't make 'The Voice' finals
An appreciation: Rob Reiner was a comedy giant in TV and film
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Rob Reiner's LI connections: Summers on Fire Island, more
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8 Christmas songs with Long Island connections (Billy Joel, Twisted Sister included)
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LI's Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who has MS, will play doctor with MS on 'Grey's Anatomy'
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Mary Jo Buttafuoco to narrate Lifetime biopic
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RAFER GUZMÁN
Holiday movie preview: 24 great flicks you'll want to see
"Wicked: For Good" and "Zootopia 2" lead the season's offerings.
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Movies 2025: What our critic liked (and what he didn't)
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Remembering Jimmy Cliff's My Father's Place shows and seeing 'The Harder They Come' at the Mini Cinema
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