This could just be Mike Bloomberg's way of ingratiating himself to African-Americans. The move comes just in time for Barack Obama's inauguration and the mayor's ridiculous run for a third term.

It has been announced that the street behind Harlem's Apollo Theater is now officially "James Brown Way." It's a...

She's a cancer survivor, we get it. Good for her. She beat it. She's a great fundraiser. She speaks Spanish, Yiddish and some form of English. The sound of her laugh gives that Sarah Palin turkey-in-the-background noise a run for its money.

Fran Drescher is a lot of things --...

If anyone out there knows Salman Rushdie, please have him Twitter me! For sure, following the publication of this item, I will need to find a good hiding place.

What's worse than having a jail named after you while you're still living only to have the government strip you of...

One of the sheer joys of being a New Yorker at Thanksgiving actually takes place before the big parade.

All day today and late into the night, thousands of New Yorkers will line up on West 81st Street between Columbus Ave and Central Park West to watch Underdog get...

Three words that go together as much as "economy, fundamentals and strong" ... "Hillary, Clinton and Diplomat."

Once upon a time, there was a radio talk show host in Albany, NY who was appalled at the thought of the then-First Lady being anointed the next US Senator by the...

Dammit! I was getting back to my fighting weight up until about 96 hours ago. Then it all started getting to me...what one freelance writer from Southern California called "Election Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" in today's Los Angeles Times.

I'm obsessed with all information I can get my hands on!...

Mr. Brown was locked in his dressing room.

The spot was West Palm Beach, Florida (it's always Florida, isn't it?) and James Brown, our Funky President, whom I had the privilege of managing, was about to go on stage on one of those hideous South Florida evenings that makes...