Mar. 15, 2025
David Hyde Pierce.Photo: Melanie Dunea
David Hyde Piercehas no plans to reprise Dr. Niles Crane on the newFrasierrevival despite the acclaim he received for his portrayal on the original NBC sitcom.
Pierce, 64, who won four Emmy Awards for his putting his unique and comical spin on the role, explained his reasoning during an interview with theLos Angeles Times, stating he “never really wanted to go back.”
“It’s not like I said, ‘Oh, I don’t ever want to do that again.
Mar. 15, 2025
David Johansen in New York City in 2015.Photo:Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty
David Johansen, the singer from the seminal punk bandNew York Dolls, has stage 4 cancer, his daughter shared in a statement announcing fundraising efforts to care for his illness.
“David is a legend but he’s also my very real very sick dad,” his daughter Leah Hennessy shared in anInstagram poston Feb. 10, when she announced a partnership with theSweet ReliefMusician' Fund — which provides financial assistance to artists and those in the music industry struggling with health challenges.
Mar. 15, 2025
David Johansen with the New York Dolls (left); David Johansen in 2022 (right).Photo:Alan Messer/Shutterstock; Arturo Holmes/Getty
Alan Messer/Shutterstock; Arturo Holmes/Getty
David Johansen, the lead singer of New York Dolls, has died. He was 75.
Johansen’s daughter, Leah Hennessey, says he died at home in New York on Friday, Feb. 28.
Hennessey revealed in February that Johansen had been diagnosed withstage 4 cancerand that he had a brain tumor.
“David has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade,” she said.
Mar. 15, 2025
Tim Allen and David Krumholtz on set of 2002’s ‘The Santa Clause 2’.Photo:Joseph Lederer/Walt Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock
Joseph Lederer/Walt Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock
David Krumholtzhelped the North Pole stay frozen when a fire broke out on the set of 2002’sThe Santa Clause 2.
The 45-year-old actor, who played Santa’s right-hand man Bernard the Elf in the first two films, opened up toEntertainment Weeklyon Wednesday about how he stopped a fire from spreading on the set of the holiday blockbuster.
Mar. 15, 2025
Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth in Los Angeles in June 2012.Photo:Chelsea Lauren/WireImage
Chelsea Lauren/WireImage
David Lee Rothis airing out his issuesWolfgang Van Halen.
Roth, a founding member and lead singer of Van Halen, expressed contempt toward Wolfgang, the band’s bass player and son to the lateEddie Van Halenand actressValerie Bertinelli, in aYouTube videoshared on Wednesday.
The video begins with a fake interview that refers to Wolfgang, 32, as Jesus Christ as he mocks him for benefitting from nepotism.