Norm Macdonald told countless jokes throughout his years as a comedian, but one of his most memorable was about a moth. During a 2009 appearance onThe Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Macdonald — whodied Tuesday at age 61— said that his “strongest material comes from real life” before he proceeded to tell the nearly four-minute-long joke, which he originally heard from a driver. “A moth goes into a podiatrist’s office and the podiatrist’s office says, ‘What’s the problem?...

Norma Kamaliknows there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all timeline to happiness — her own late-in-life love story is proof. The legendary designer, whose known for her celebrity-lovedswimsuitsandsleeping-bag coats, broke out on her own when she relaunched her fashion business in 1976 and she hasn’t followed a prescribed path in business — or love — ever since. Marty Edelman and Norma Kamali.Shahar Azran/WireImage “The truth is I really wasn’t ready for a soulmate until I was 65,” she says....

Norman Lear.Photo: Morgan Lieberman/WireImage At 98,Norman Learis attributing his lasting career in Hollywood to one big integral ingredient: laughter. While speaking with PEOPLE, the prolific television writer and producer expounds on what he meant when he said, “I’ve never laughed alone” uponreceiving the Carol Burnett Awardduring Sunday’s2021 Golden Globesbroadcast. “The laughter I’ve enjoyed most is laughter that has brought numbers of us together,” says Lear, who is known for creating groundbreaking comedy series such asAll in the Family,The JeffersonsandGood Times....

Photo: Kim Kardashian/Instagram; Jun Sato/WireImage North Westis channeling her inner rock star.On Monday,Kim Kardashian, 40, shared a video of her daughter North, 8 this month, rocking out toWillow Smith’s 2010 hit song “Whip My Hair” and doing the iconic dance move from the famed music video.In the clip, posted to Kardashian’s Instagram Story, North wears a tan oversized sweatshirt and whips her long braids back and forth as she jams out to the track in the background....

Diane Cusick, Richard Cottingham.Photo: Nassau County DA (2) Richard Cottingham was known as the “Torso Killer” for the way he maimed his victims — unsuspecting young women and girls he lured to their brutal deaths. From 1967 to 1980, Cottingham drowned, strangled, raped and dismembered his victims, say authorities. In 1979, two of his victims were found in a motel in Times Square in New York City without their heads and hands, giving him another dark moniker, the “Times Square Killer....

Chuck and Carol Stuart.Photo:Ira Wyman/Sygma via Getty Ira Wyman/Sygma via Getty The frantic 911 call came in on the night of Oct. 23, 1989 in Boston. “My wife’s been shot!” Charles “Chuck” Stuart screamed into the phone. “I’ve been shot!” The gunman, he said, was a Black man who ran up to their car with a silver .38 snub-nosed revolver after they’d left a childbirth class at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital....

Novak Djokovic.Photo: James Gourley/Shutterstock Novak Djokovicjust got another leg up in the discussion around the greatest men’s tennis player of all time. On Monday, the 33-year-old Serbian claimed the record for themost weeks atop the ATP rankings, which lists the best players in men’s tennis, internationally. “Big day today,” Djokovic wrote on Twitter ahead of the news. According toTennis.com, Djokovic first made the top of the list back in July 2011 after he won the initial of his five Wimbledon titles....

By now you may have heard aboutBebe Rexha‘srocky road to finding a red carpet dressfor the Grammys. Weeks before the awards show, the “Meant to Be” singer publicly shared that some designers were unwilling to dress the star, who is a size 8, for the event because she was “too big.” Then fellow celebs likeDemi Lovatocame toher defense, and several designers rose to the challenge and offered their services, from Christian Siriano to Karl Lagerfeld, the singer said....

Photo: DAVID MCNEW/Shutterstock All six crew members on the boat carrying 39 people on a diving excursion were asleep when amassive fire broke out, killing nearly everyone on board, according to apreliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board released the report on Thursday, more than one week after the Labor Day weekend fire erupted while the 75-foot Conception was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, California. The five surviving crew members were asleep behind the wheelhouse on the boat’s uppermost sun deck, while one crew member slept alongside the 33 passengers in the bunkroom on the lower deck, the NTSB said....

01of 09 PERSONAL TOUCH Joanna Gaines/Instagram 02of 09 ONE NICE NURSERY Blue walls with white trim brightened the space, metal crates were hung on the wall for storage and a crystal chandelier was relocated from the original dining room. 03of 09 SERIOUSLY SUPER Talk about a cool kid’s room! A sign about superheroes, sleek metal details and the child’s name on the wall made this space extra-special — and extra-accessible — for Lawson, whose family was featuredon season 5 with Tim Tebow and his foundation....

Jordan Burnette.Photo: CBS New York A Bronx man has been arrested on numerous hate crime charges in connection to several attacks on synagogues in the area in recent weeks. Jordan Burnette, 29, was arrested around 3 a.m. Saturday after he was stopped for bicycling against oncoming traffic in the Bronx. Burnette did not cooperate with officers, Corey said, and was taken into the precinct office. As the investigation continued, officers identified Burnette as a man who had been caught in surveillance footage committing several crimes, including allegedly throwing a rock through someone’s window, vandalizing prayer books and stealing a bicycle from the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale....

A New York City woman was in for a disturbing surprise this week after she discovered what turned out to be a hidden room on the other side of her bathroom mirror.On Wednesday,Samantha Hartsoeposted thefirst clipof a four-part saga on TikTok entitled “A New York Mystery,” in which she explained to viewers that she wanted to find the cause of an unexplained cold draft in her bathroom. The video has since been viewed over 9 million times....

When theNew York City Police Departmentis not working on solving crimes, it makes sure that Big Apple lovebirds’engagementsgo smoothly.The NYPD launched a public search for a newly engaged couple who lost the woman’sengagement ringafter it fell into a Times Square grate — and the NYPD’s efforts paid off.On Saturday, the NYPD tweeted out security camera footage in which the man lies down on the N.Y.C. sidewalk to peer into the grate as the woman crouches down to help....