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NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel is doing much better, the “Piano Man” singer wants fans to know. In May, Joel canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” The condition is called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, “a brain disorder that…
A California doctor has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he illegally provided the powerfulanesthetic to Friends actor Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to Perry’s death in 2023. Dr.Salvador Plasencia signed a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the CentralDistrict of California. It could send Plasencia to prison for up to…
Tom Girardi, the once-powerful Los Angeles trial attorney and former husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star A federal judge in Los Angeles Tuesday sentenced disgraced attorney and power broker TomGirardi to more than seven years in prison for his conviction last year on charges he stolemillions from clients of his law practice. U.S….
Mark Twain said, “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” For Erika Girardi, the statistic was a $787,000 refund from American Express. For Chris Psaila and Marco Morante, the statistics were a nine-count federal indictment against Psaila, countless millions in lost business and the incalculable harm to the reputations of the business partners. They say…
Woody Allen once said, “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” On March 20, 2025, Tampa attorney Jim Wilkes failed that test. He didn’t show up. Big time. He was a no-call, no-show for a court hearing to defend his client, Erika Girardi, the subject of a multi-million dollar defamation suit in a Miami….
Plato gets credit for the notion that art imitates real life. If the Greek philosopher could drop in 2,300 years or so after he did his thinking, he might dial up Erika Jayne’s song “XXPEN$IVE” on his iTunes account to make his point. In it, the artist legally known as Erika Girardi sings, “It’s expensive…