• Celebrity telethon raises $115 million for New Yorkers affected by coronavirus

    Celebrity telethon raises $115 million for New Yorkers affected by coronavirus

    NEW YORK — Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a virtual telethon. “Thank you, thank you,” said a tearful Fey, the host of the Rise Up New York! event Monday evening. The Emmy-winning actress along with other A-list celebrities from …
  • Spike Lee, Charles Oakley play martyr only when it suits them

    Spike Lee, Charles Oakley play martyr only when it suits them

    Spike Lee and Charles Oakley starred in full-page newspaper ads Friday as heroes of the downtrodden. But where would racial hustlers be if not for selectively sighted, pandering, frightened media? Since the Lee-Jimmy Dolan hassle — an epic struggle between the excessively self-entitled — Oakley, who had his own war with Dolan, has repeated his …