Sherman Hemsley Died from Lung Cancer

Document Launch Doc Sherman Hemsley -- the actor famous for playing George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" -- died as a result of a cancerous mass on his lung ... this according to the El Paso County Texas Medical Examiner. According to the Postmortem Report, obtained by TMZ, the primary cause of death is listed as "superior vena cava syndrome" -- a complication resulting from a mass on Sherman's lung. [Read More]

Harry Mohney -- Strip Club Tycoon

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Kate Gosselin Bikini Photo: Hot or Not?

Let’s be honest, Kate Gosselin is looking pretty good these days. We realize any attraction is mitigated largely by the fact that we’re talking about Kate Gosselin, but you’ve got to hand it to her on her workout regimen. With Kate’s poor, tried kids in tow, she lounged in a bikini by the pool Australia this week. [Read More]

Rosen on R. Kellys Black Panties: The King of R&B Reclaims His Turf

It’s just not true that “Every boy, every girl, every child around the world/From the nineties up until today was made off me,” as R. Kelly suggests on his twelfth solo studio album, Black Panties. Statistically speaking, the claim is far-fetched. I personally know of one child whose conception was soundtracked by Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin; the percentage must be further adjusted to account for Sade. And think of Fairfield County, Connecticut: High school classrooms in Greenwich, New Canaan, and Westport would be empty, surely, if not for Dave Matthews’s “Crash Into Me. [Read More]

When the Last Call Killer Came to Five Oaks

From the book Last Call: A True Story of Lust, Love, and Murder in Queer New York. Copyright © 2021 by Elon Green. Published March 9 by Celadon Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. From the book Last Call: A True Story of Lust, Love, and Murder in Queer New York. Copyright © 2021 by Elon Green. Published March 9 by Celadon Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers. July 29, 1993 It had been a slow Thursday night at the Five Oaks, a little bar at 49 Grove Street in Greenwich Village. [Read More]