Throughout his career, Eddie Murphy has had some memorable celebrity run-ins. In Netflix’s documentary, “Being Eddie,” the actor and comedian, 64, recalled a sexual proposition from Yul Brynner that has stayed with him all these years. “My 21st birthday party, I had at Studio 54,’” Murphy recalled. “Yul Brynner, ‘Ten Commandments,’ he was with his wife and he … Read more
Legendary photographer Dustin Pittman was the man shooting the scene in New York in its vintage years in the late ’60s, ’70s and ’80s — from music and fashion icons to Hollywood royalty. And his new book, “Dustin Pittman: New York After Dark,” turns the page back on the golden era. “It was an incredible … Read more
Molly Ringwald’s perfectly marvelous road to becoming a mom began with one simple place. Ringwald revealed in a new interview with The Times that she conceived her daughter, Mathilda, at Studio 54. The “Sixteen Candles” actress, 56, shares Mathilda, 20, and twins Roman and Adele, 14, with husband Panio Gianopoulos. Ringwald as Sally Bowles in … Read more
Party time. Excellent! Leo poet and unrepentant party enthusiast Dorothy Parker wrote, “Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)” Just as we all must die, each and every one of us is entitled to, and capable of having, a very … Read more
When Vanessa Williams takes the stage to begin a six-night stand at the Manhattan cabaret club 54 Below on Tuesday night, she’ll have the sweetest revenge. Years before she became a Grammy, Tony and Emmy nominee, an underage Williams was turned away outside the very same spot where she was dressed to boogie upstairs at … Read more