Robert Redford dead: Oscar winner and ‘Barefoot in the Park’ icon was 89

Robert Redford dead: Oscar winner and ‘Barefoot in the Park’  icon was 89

Robert Redford — a two-time Oscar winner who charmed audiences with “The Way We Were” and “Barefoot in the Park,” directed the complex dramas “Ordinary People” and “Quiz Show,” and founded the Sundance Institute to promote independent storytelling — has died. He was 89. The Hollywood icon passed away early Tuesday morning at his home … Read more

It’s been a rough week for Gen X — losing Theo, Ozzy and now ‘Real American’ icon Hulk Hogan

It’s been a rough week for Gen X — losing Theo, Ozzy and now ‘Real American’ icon Hulk Hogan

It’s been a week of tremendous loss for us Gen-X kids. The last few days on social media has felt like one long requiem for the pop culture of the 1980s and ’90s. First, lovable “Cosby Show” star Malcolm-Jamal Warner — aka Theo Huxtable — tragically drowned while swimming in Costa Rica, at only 54 … Read more

Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan’s life in pictures — from WWF championships to legal battles

Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan’s life in pictures — from WWF championships to legal battles

Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan’s life in pictures — from WWF championships to legal battles Professional wrestling star Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea has died at the age of 71. WireImage Hogan seen wrestling in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Toronto Star via Getty Images Hogan showing off a championship belt in 1980. Getty Images The Iron … Read more

Livvy Dunne reveals she was rejected from purchasing Yankees icon Babe Ruth’s $1.59M NYC home

Livvy Dunne reveals she was rejected from purchasing Yankees icon Babe Ruth’s .59M NYC home

You’re out! Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, the former LSU star gymnast and viral sensation, revealed Tuesday that she was rejected from purchasing Babe Ruth’s former New York City home, saying that the building voted “not to have me live there.” Dunne, who made an estimated $9.5 million through the “name, image and likeness” rules in the … Read more

Rick Derringer, legendary guitarist and music icon, dead at 77

Rick Derringer, legendary guitarist and music icon, dead at 77

Music legend Rick Derringer, who was best known for the 1960s hit “Hang on Sloopy” and the ’70s single “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” has passed away. He was 77. Derringer’s longtime friend and caretaker Tony Wilson shared the shocking news via Facebook on Tuesday. The legendary rocker died “peacefully” in his sleep on Monday, … Read more

Horror icon Elvira claps back at Meghan Markle over hair dig: ‘Hey princess, if you ever need beauty advice’

Horror icon Elvira claps back at Meghan Markle over hair dig: ‘Hey princess, if you ever need beauty advice’

Meghan Markle should be very afraid. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, got called out by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for saying she looked like the horror icon when she used hair dye during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elvira, whose real name is Cassandra Peterson, shared an Instagram with a screenshot of an Us Weekly article … Read more

Country icon George Strait brings fans to tears during emotional moment at concert

Country icon George Strait brings fans to tears during emotional moment at concert

The “King of Country Music” George Strait made fans emotional during a recent concert. At a performance in Philadelphia last week, Strait, 72, performed his 2011 song “I’ll Always Remember You,” which contains a spoken bridge about his potential retirement. When a fan shared a video of the performance on social media, many fans expressed sadness at the subject … Read more

Zendaya’s stunning custom white Met Gala suit inspired by ‘70s style icon

Zendaya’s stunning custom white Met Gala suit inspired by ‘70s style icon

She’s in her bridal era. The newly engaged “Dune: Part Two” star, 28, stunned fans Monday night when she arrived at the 2025 Met Gala in a white silk three-piece Pharrell-designed Louis Vuitton suit — complete with a dramatic wide-brimmed hat and her eye-popping 5.02-carat diamond engagement ring from Tom Holland. While her head-turning look … Read more

Sports world mourns the death of boxing icon George Foreman: ‘This hurts’

Sports world mourns the death of boxing icon George Foreman: ‘This hurts’

The sports community mourned the death of boxing legend George Foreman on Friday night. Foreman’s family announced the tragic news on Instagram. “Our hearts are broken,” the caption read on the post. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by … Read more

Joe Biden to award Ralph Lauren the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Style icon the first fashion designer to be honored

Joe Biden to award Ralph Lauren the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Style icon the first fashion designer to be honored

Ralph Lauren is making history as the first fashion designer ever to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The style icon, 85, will be presented with the award — the nation’s highest civilian honor — by President Biden, 82, in Washington, DC this afternoon. The NYC native was chosen by Biden for his “extraordinary contributions … Read more

NYC icon Katz’s Deli paying $20K in fines for ‘failing to comply with the ADA’

NYC icon Katz’s Deli paying K in fines for ‘failing to comply with the ADA’

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Monday that it settled a lawsuit with Katz’s Deli over violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the Lower East Side landmark. The kosher-style restaurant agreed to pay a $20,000 fine and improve its facilities for disabled people through a consent … Read more

‘50s horror icon Vincent Price pranked wife with Christmas gift she hated every year

‘50s horror icon Vincent Price pranked wife with Christmas gift she hated every year

Vincent Price’s favorite holiday was Christmas, and the horror icon couldn’t resist pulling a prank on his wife each December, according to his daughter.  Victoria Price told Fox News Digital that her father, the star of classic horror movies like “House on Haunted Hill” and “Edward Scissorhands,” had a “weakness for large jewelry that he loved buying his … Read more

Gramma to glamma: Octogenarian dressed in NYC granddaughter’s outfits becomes internet fashion icon

Gramma to glamma: Octogenarian dressed in NYC granddaughter’s outfits becomes internet fashion icon

She puts the glam in glamma. An octogenarian from a small farming village in Zambia has become an unlikely style icon by dressing up in her fashion-forward granddaughter’s outfits. Margret [sic] Chola gained internet fame after her granddaughter, Diana Kaumba, a NYC-based stylist, began snapping photos of her donning the glamorous ensembles. The octogenarian has … Read more

USPS reveals plans for stamp honoring ‘Golden Girls’ icon Betty White

USPS reveals plans for stamp honoring ‘Golden Girls’ icon Betty White

The iconic face of “Golden Girls” actress Betty White will soon grace envelopes and packages all across the US. The United States Postal Service revealed Friday it will memorialize White, who died nearly three years ago at the age of 99, with a first-class mail “Forever” stamp. The USPS has yet to reveal the release date … Read more

Exclusive | Dylan Mulvaney says Julia Fox is her new fashion icon at the Alice + Olivia presentation

Exclusive | Dylan Mulvaney says Julia Fox is her new fashion icon at the Alice + Olivia presentation

Looking for a gorgeous event gown that comes in under $600?  Alice + Olivia creative director Stacey Bendet has got you. “Women want to get dressed up but they also don’t want to spend $10,000 to go to a party,” she told Alexa at her star-studded fashion presentation in the Meatpacking District.  “I think what … Read more

How Liberty mascot Ellie became a Telfar bag-carrying WNBA fashion icon with two stylists

How Liberty mascot Ellie became a Telfar bag-carrying WNBA fashion icon with two stylists

The New York Liberty’s mascot is turning the tunnel walk into her own runway. Ellie the Elephant was already famous for twerking, doing the Ashanti scoot and snapping her braids during games, set to the music of Mary J. Blige or Lil’ Kim. But this season, she’s been in a fashion league of her own, delighting … Read more

‘Star Trek’ icon William Shatner jokes that Earth is flat and people live on the sun in odd interview

‘Star Trek’ icon William Shatner jokes that Earth is flat and people live on the sun in odd interview

William Shatner is a man with many opinions. The “Star Trek” alum, 93, talked about aliens, Earth and climate change during an interview on Frank Morano’s The Other Side of Midnight show last week while promoting his paranormal Fox Nation show “Aliens Among Us.” Shatner, who infamously flew to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in 2021, … Read more

Nicolas Cage to portray football icon John Madden in upcoming biopic

Nicolas Cage to portray football icon John Madden in upcoming biopic

This time, Nicolas Cage will be playing a national treasure. The famed actor is set to portray the late football coach and TV analyst John Madden in an upcoming biopic, the film’s director David O. Russell said in a statement on Thursday. The news comes nearly three years after the Super Bowl-winning coach died at … Read more

Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch is being used as major filming location for biopic about pop icon

Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch is being used as major filming location for biopic about pop icon

It was not as easy as 1 2 3, but Neverland Ranch was the site of a major filming location for an upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. Around 300 people were cleared to descend on the infamous property north of Santa Ynez, Calif., for the shoot in April, according to film permit activity reviewed by SF … Read more

Chucky, Queer Icon?

Chucky, Queer Icon?

During Pride Month, it can seem as if their faces are everywhere: Madonna, James Baldwin, Elton John, Judy Garland, Grace Jones, Bea Arthur. The well of queer icons is as deep as it is colorful. But how about Chucky, the homicidal redhead doll? Chucky, the killer doll who first appeared in the 1988 horror film … Read more