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Winter TV preview: 44 shows you'll want to watch
It's a busy season with new 'Star Trek' and 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs as well as Josh Charles' return to prime-time TV.
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MORE ON THIS TOPIC3 takeaways from the 'Stranger Things' finale
2026 Jones Beach summer concert schedule
3 takeaways from the 'Stranger Things' finale
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'The Bear' star Jeremy Allen White hits the ice at Port Jefferson rink
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How well do you know these 2026 pop culture anniversaries? Take our quiz.
Broadway director Alex Timbers achieves a rare feat with 4 shows running simultaneously
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Betty Boop and 'Blondie' enter the public domain in 2026, accompanied by a trio of detectives
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Rain soaks Rose Parade in California and snow squalls hit Midwest and Northeast on first day of 2026
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Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' could make Grammy history
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Cities around the world welcome 2026 with thunderous fireworks and heightened security
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Greece and Cyprus are welcoming 2026 without the bang
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French government defends granting citizenship to George and Amal Clooney
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Gospel singer Richard Smallwood dies at 77, leaving a legacy that inspired many in music
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WPIX/11's New Year's 'Honeymooners' marathon: Check out our A-Z guide to the classic sitcom
The classic sitcom just marked its 70th anniversary.
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'Stranger Things' finale trailer: 'Let's end this, kid"
Catching up with Ch. 2's LI reporter Jennifer McLogan, who's (sort-of) retiring
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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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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
Deck the stages: Must-see holiday shows on LI
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Amazing feet: The Rockettes celebrate 100 years
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English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child
English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor from 'The Wire,' 'Veep' and Spike Lee films, dies at 71
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Brigitte Bardot's funeral will be held next week in French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez
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France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins Ella and Alexander
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Movie Review: 'The Plague' dives into a sink-or-swim water polo camp
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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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More Entertainment
'Marty Supreme': Timothée Chalamet's career-best performance
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'Anaconda': Toothless, but passably entertaining
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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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'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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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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