Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones and Josh Groban were among the stars who came together in New York on Saturday night for a memorial in honour of late music producer Phil Ramone.

The producer and sound engineer died at the age of 79 on March 30, just weeks after he was hospitalised to treat an aortic aneurysm, and several of his famous friends gathered at the Salvation Army's Centennial Memorial Temple for a celebration of his life.

Matthew Morrison, Paul Simon and Kevin Spacey also attended the show, and the Glee star shared a picture of a commemorative programme from the event ...

Billy Joel hired Paul McCartney's private investigator to track down a woman charged with stalking his daughter.

The New York State Of Mind singer's daughter Alexa Ray Joel allegedly received over 60 threatening Facebook.com messages from Sheryl Finley over the past few months. Some of these disturbing messages included discussions of "pedophilia, sadistic-sexual behavior, violent physical assaults and murder."

Her father then made a call to bosses at a European security firm, who previously worked for his friend McCartney, to launch an investigation into the case.

A source tells the Ne...

Famed music producer Phil Ramone has died at the age of 79. The producer and sound engineer, who worked with stars including Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Barbra Streisand, passed away on Saturday in New York City. 

His death comes just weeks after he was hospitalized to treat an aortic aneurysm. 

Ramone, who was born in South Africa, but grew up in the Big Apple, won 14 Grammy Awards throughout his illustrious career, including album of the year prizes for Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, Billy Joel's 52nd Street and Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company.  He won his last Grammy...

Christina Aguilera, Bruce Springsteen and Sting were among those who performed at a concert on Friday to raise money for those suffering after Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast.

Aguilera kicked off the telethon saying, "I was born in Staten Island. Four days ago Hurricane Sandy came through and devastated it, as it did most of the eastern seaboard. We've come together tonight to tell every single person who's suffering that we are here for you. We will do whatever we can to help. We will not leave anyone behind because every single one of you matters."

Billy Joel, Mary J. Bli...

Now that Beyonce has officially been named the headliner for the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, we've decided to put together a little wish-list of acts that we think should provide the entertainment during the 30 minutes of downtime the players have to get rejuvenated for the second half of the big game.

With this year's addition of Beyonce, last year's headliner Madonna, and 2011's Black Eyed Peas shows we also think it's time to get back to some tried-and-true rock and roll.

Check out our picks after the jump...

Alice Cooper

The original shock-rocker puts on a ...

Most celebrities can afford to hire someone to drive for them, but instead they choose to drive for themselves; especially the younger, party-happy starlets like Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan who think DUIs don't apply to them.

Amanda Bynes

The star of such innocent films as Big Fat Liar, She's the Man and Hairspray isn't so innocent when it comes to getting behind the wheel.

2012 alone has been a bad year for Amanda and any steering wheel she touches.

In March Amanda was pulled over for talking on her cell phone. He took her license and registration, walked back to his car to start wr...

Elton John is still holding out hope he can reconcile with former pal Billy Joel, after candid comments about the Piano Man's drinking problems led to months of estrangement.

The Tiny Dancer hit-maker battled drug and alcohol problems early on in his career and only managed to kick his habits in the 1980s after attending a strict treatment program in Illinois, and he called on his friend and former touring partner to follow his lead during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine last year.

The music legend called on Joel to get serious about overcoming his alcohol demons in the article...

Brian Wilson, Billy Joel and B.B. King are hitting the studio to record Paul McCartney's greatest hits for a new tribute album.

Willie Nelson, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jeff Lynne and The Cure will also cover tracks from McCartney's back catalogue, extending from his time in The Beatles, Wings and his solo career.

The as-yet-untitled collection will be released to coincide with the pop legend's 70th birthday in June, and a behind-the-scenes documentary is also being filmed during studio sessions.

Producer Ralph Sall, who is curating the album, tells The Hollywood Reporter that the Beatles icon...

Like Sandra Dee, this week’s ‘Glee’ was lousy with virginity. Expectations were high after promos showed Rachel, Finn, Kurt and Blaine all getting their sexy on… but as it happened, ‘The First Time’ was kind of disappointing.

Unfortunately, West Side Story just doesn’t lend itself to this theme the way Madonna does. The season one tribute to the Queen of Pop covered similar territory and featured “Like a Virgin,” the most perfect song for the occasion. More importantly, the subject of de-flowering came up naturally and organically. Conversely, this week’s sudden sexual awakening isn’t moti...

Billy Joel's daughter has revealed she caught a sexually-transmitted disease from an ex-boyfriend.

The candid singer/songwriter insists her ex never cheated on her, but he was sexually active before their relationship and after.

Talking about contracting human papillomavirusher (HPV), Alexa Ray Joel tells website xoJane.com, "I had it, but I mean, a lot of people get it from my ex.

"There are no side effects. You just go and get it taken care of... I wasn't angry with him, because it's so common and he wasn't cheating on me. I mean, I was living with him; I saw him everyday."

This week,...

Sting will celebrate his upcoming 60th birthday in style - he's staging a charity concert featuring Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder.

The rocker, who turns the milestone on October 2nd, is to mark the date with a charity show, and he's invited his showbiz pals to take to the stage with him in New York.

Mary J. Blige, Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am, Rufus Wainwright and Billy Joel are also among the stars set to play the one-off concert, to raise funds for anti-poverty charity the Robin Hood Foundation.

The gig, which also marks the 25th anniversary of Sting's solo care...

Paul McCartney turned the tables on pal Billy Joel again during his concert at Yankee Stadium in New York on Saturday, calling the Piano Man up on stage to join him.

Branding the singer/songwriter "a friend of New York and a friend of Yankee Stadium", McCartney welcomed Joel for a rousing rendition of I Saw Her Standing There towards the end of his second and final night at the baseball mecca.

The get together came almost three years to the day when McCartney made a surprise appearance onstage with Joel in 2008 during the "My Life" hitmaker's Shea Stadium farewell just miles away.

Joel a...

Christie Brinkley has ruled out walking down the aisle again following four failed unions, branding marriage "ridiculous".

The veteran supermodel has wed four times - to French artist Jean-Francois Allaux, rocker Billy Joel, businessman Richard Taubman and Peter Cook.

She is mother to three children, all from different relationships, and although she's open to love again in the future, she's adamant she'll never exchange vows with another man after the drama of her divorces.

Brinkley tells Britain's Stella magazine, "I can now say unequivocally that I would never get married again. Th...

Billy Joel's ex-wife Katie Lee has penned a new novel - about a young woman looking for love after divorcing a movie star.

The TV chef, who divorced Joel in 2009, admits Emma Guthrie, the literary leading lady in "Groundswell," is loosely based on herself - but book fans shouldn't read too much into the novel and think the ex in the book is her real-life former husband.

She tells USA Today, "Like any author, I take inspiration from my own life. Is it me? No. Is it fiction? Yes. Did I take elements from my own life? Of course. But it's totally fiction.

"I've been exposed to a level of gli...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs will be honored with a special prize from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) next month.

The hip-hop star will be feted for his songwriting skills at the ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards, which will take place in Los Angeles on June 24th.

Combs will be handed the Founders Award, following in the footsteps of other famous recipients including Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson and Paul McCartney.

The rapper admits he is delighted with the honor, telling Allhiphop.com in a statement, "To be recognized for my contributions to mu...

Christian Slater and Billy Joel formed a new lounge double act during a recent vacation after becoming celebrity friends.

The actor had been performing Frank Sinatra numbers and standards with the house pianist in the remote restaurant he frequented when he discovered Joel had sailed his boat into port and set about befriending the Piano Man.

Slater turned island tour guide for Joel and his girlfriend and the musician showed his new pal around his luxury yacht.

But they really gelled at the restaurant after a ballsy Billy Joel fan challenged the rocker to play for diners.

Slater recalls...

Billy Joel has just released the live concert album/film Live at Shea Stadium, which is currently streaming at AOL Music. For more information and to order a copy visit www.billyjoel.com.

The full-concert companion to the acclaimed Lionsgate documentary "The Last Play At Shea," Billy Joel Live At Shea Stadium features more than two hours of Billy and his band offering definitive, and often transcendent versions of hits, rarities, deep catalog, personal favorites and crowd-pleasing surprises including duets with guest artists Paul McCartney ("I Saw Her Standing There," "Let It Be"), ...

Ageless stunner Christie Brinkley is convinced she once saw a UFO when she was living in Crete.

The model and actress insists she has been a believer there's life on other planets ever since.

Brinkley, the former wife of rocker Billy Joel, recalls seeing four bright lights in the sky as she was shopping one day.

She says, "This is (in) broad daylight and the lights are very, very bright... All of a sudden all four of the lights shot over the mountain to the other side of Crete (where I lived)."

Returning to her harbor village, she learned the lights had disappeared beneath the sea.

She...

Elton John has no regrets about airing his views about Billy Joel's sobriety issues in the press, even though his rock pal has made it clear he's far from happy with the Brit for speaking so openly.

The Rocket Man, who battled drug and alcohol addictions early on in his career, recently accused his on/off touring partner of "coasting" through rehab treatments and admitted he's upset by Joel's apparent reluctance to get tough with his alleged heavy drinking problems.

In the candid Rolling Stone magazine interview, Elton said, "I always say, 'Billy, can't you write another song?' It's eit...

Supermodel Christie Brinkley's father convinced the ageless beauty she could wow Broadway critics as Roxie Hart in Chicago.

The former wife of Billy Joel will hit the stage as the murderer in April and she admits she was initially reluctant to sign on for the role - until her dad convinced her to go for it.

She says, "My dad has always guided me throughout my career. Generally, whenever I wonder if I can do something, he says, 'Why not?'

"My dad is very ill and he has a hard time talking and I was saying to him, 'Dad, you know I'm gonna have to dance and learning all these steps (sic) an...

Billy Joel is not upset by comments pal Elton John made in a new Rolling Stone interview about his sobriety issues, insisting the remarks are just "Elton being Elton."

The Brit, who battled drug and alcohol addictions early on in his career, accuses Joel, his on/off touring partner in recent years, of "coasting" through rehab treatments, admitting he's upset by the Piano Man's apparent reluctance to get tough with his alcohol issues.

In the candid interview, Elton says, "I always say, 'Billy, can't you write another song?' It's either fear or laziness. It upsets me. Billy's a conundrum. W...

Elton John says Billy Joel needs to get serious about rehab and "do something better than what you're doing now."

Watch videos of Elton John

Calling it "tough love," John tells Rolling Stone that he's upset with his longtime friend and tour-mate because they've had to cancel numerous dates on their Face to Face tour over the years due to Joel's various ailments and "alcoholism."

"He's going to hate me for this, but every time he goes to rehab they've been light," John says. "When I went to ...

Read More >

Other Links From TVGuide.com

Billy JoelElton John

British rocker Sting has become the latest star to join the campaign to raise funds for the victims of the Australian floods - he is asking fans to donate money at his concerts Down Under.

The former Police frontman has already joined musicians including P!nk, Kings Of Leon, Beyonce, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and John Mayer by donating a track to charity album Flood Relief - Artists For The Flood Appeal.

Sting, who is currently touring in the country, has also handed his own cash to the cause and he is asking devotees who attend his gigs to contribute too.

He tells t...

Billy Joel is racing up the road to recovery - he's back on his feet less than two weeks after undergoing a double hip replacement.

The Piano Man, 61, checked into a hospital in Long Island, New York on November 20 to fix a congenital hip ailment.

He recently returned home, where he is being nursed back to full health by his 28-year-old girlfriend Alexis Roderick.

And her love and care appears to have done wonders for the rocker's recovery - friends of the star tell WENN he is in "good spirits" and is managing to get around with the help of two canes.

Rocker Billy Joel is recuperating "extremely well" after undergoing hip surgery in New York last weekend.

The Piano Man has been hobbling around with a cane due to a congenital hip ailment in recent weeks and he checked himself into a hospital in Long Island last Saturday to have the problem fixed.

Joel is now spending the Thanksgiving holiday break recovering from the operation.

His spokesperson, Claire Mercuri, tells People.com, "Billy Joel is doing extremely well following bilateral hip replacement."

It is not known how long it will be until Joel is well enough to take to the stage a...

Former supermodel Christie Brinkley has begged gossips and bloggers to stop criticizing her singer daughter Alexa Ray Joel for her looks, insisting she's just as "exotic" and "gorgeous" as Italian acting icon Sophia Loren.

Joel, the blonde beauty's daughter with rocker Billy Joel, is frequently targeted by cruel critics online, and underwent a nose job in April to improve her looks and correct a deviated septum.

But Brinkley is angry at the constant stream of disparaging comments directed at the 24 year old and has called on bloggers to have some compassion.

Speaking during an appearance...

This week’s "Glee" summoned a higher power than Britney Spears and gave us a good reason to continue to believe in this show. Our prayers for a character and plot-driven episode were answered! 'Grilled Cheesus' had a story, a clear theme, and a variety of interesting musical interpretations of said theme that deserve to be praised. So now, to continue our sacred tradition, let’s recap last night’s show…

Are You There God? It’s Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi...

To take on a complex subject like religion, ‘Glee’ begins with a Christ-like imprint in Finn’s grilled cheese. This perfectly absurd deity becomes...

Rocker Billy Joel is turning his love for motorcycles into a money-making venture - he's opening his own bike store in his New York home town.

The finishing touches are being added to 20th Century Cycles in Oyster Bay, Long Island.

The store, which will sell bikes and accessories and serve as a hang out joint for fellow two-wheel enthusiasts, is named after an exhibition Joel staged in New York last year to show off his own impressive collection of fast rides.

The music icon has long been obsessed with motorbikes old and new. In 2005, he set up a restoration business with friend Ralph Sc...

Billy Joel has given the producers of TV hit Glee permission to pick through his back catalogue for an upcoming episode of the show dedicated to the music of the Piano Man.

The rocker reveals he has signed-off on a plan to turn his life's work into a Glee special - and he can't wait to see what director Ryan Murphy and his cast make of songs like Uptown Girl and New York State of Mind. He tells Access Hollywood, "I said, 'Yeah, go ahead, use my stuff.' I was in the chorus when I was in high school."

However, Joel insists he won't be following Britney Spears and making an appearance on t...

Sexy reality star Kim Kardashian, supermodel Christie Brinkley, and "Twilight" vamp Ashley Greene, and other celebs attended an ovarian cancer research fund event in Water Mill, New York, on Tuesday.

Kim stood out in a frilly bright orange skirt, white sleeveless blouse and chunky belt, while Ashley opted for a simple white shift dress. Christie looked fresh in a beige dress with a bright blue necklace.

Other stars in attendance included "Nurse Jackie's" Edie Falco, TV host Kelly Ripa, Kim's sister Khloe and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

More: Cele...