Billy Joel – News Stories About Billy Joel - Page 2

I Cried for 2 Years
After Break-Up:
Alexa Ray

Jun 18, 2010 9:55 AM CDT

I Cried for 2 Years After Break-Up: Alexa Ray

But she says she wasn't trying to kill herself

(Newser) - When Alexa Ray Joel overdosed on homeopathic aspirin, she wasn’t trying to commit suicide, she just wanted to numb the pain of her first serious break-up. “I was crying every day for two years straight after that,” she says in an interview airing tonight on 20/20, E!...

Alexa Ray Joel Apologizes
for Overdose 'Drama'

'in a good place' now

May 7, 2010 10:56 AM CDT

Alexa Ray Joel Apologizes for Overdose 'Drama'

She didn't actually want to die, she says

(Newser) - Alexa Ray Joel is “in a Zen good place” 6 months after her suicide scare, and she's sorry for being “dramatic.” Though she admits saying “I want to die” to a 911 operator, Joel tells People she didn’t actually want to end her life: “...

Alexa Ray Joel
Talks Suicide Scare

'NOT MY MOM'S FAULT'

Jan 4, 2010 8:24 AM CST

Alexa Ray Joel Talks Suicide Scare

Heartbreak—not Christie Brinkley—to blame, says Billy Joel's daughter

(Newser) - Alexa Ray Joel spoke out against reports that her suicide scare was a result of a fight with mom Christie Brinkley, blaming it instead on “heartbreak-related depression.” On her Facebook fan page, Joel called Brinkley and dad Billy Joel “my role models and best friends,” slamming...

Alexa Ray Joel
Suffered 'Heartbreak'

ACCORDING TO THE 'RENTS

Dec 10, 2009 10:37 AM CST

Alexa Ray Joel Suffered 'Heartbreak'

Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley address daughter's overdose

(Newser) - Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley are slamming a New York Post report that daughter Alexa Ray attempted suicide after fighting with Brinkley on a family vacation as "false." The pair released a statement yesterday saying the 23-year-old’s “dangerous actions” came “while suffering a devastating heartbreak,...

Billy Joel: Daughter on the Mend After OD

Dec 6, 2009 2:39 PM CST

Billy Joel: Daughter on the Mend After OD

Alexa Ray Joel took a homeopathic drug, source says

(Newser) - Alexa Ray Joel is out of the hospital and "is going to be fine," her father, Billy Joel, said last night. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter, reportedly distraught over a recent breakup, was treated at a New York hospital after overdosing on a substance a source identifies as a homeopathic...

Billy Joel's Daughter
Hospitalized After OD

Dec 5, 2009 4:46 PM CST

Billy Joel's Daughter Hospitalized After OD

Police think it was a suicide attempt

(Newser) - The daughter of Billy Joel remains hospitalized after overdosing on sleeping pills. Police sources tell the New York Post they think it was a suicide attempt by 23-year-old Alexa Ray Joel. The daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is a singer and pianist in her own right, and she...

Billy Joel Splits With Third Wife

Jun 17, 2009 4:30 PM CDT

Billy Joel Splits With Third Wife

She's rumored to be dating someone else

(Newser) - Billy Joel has split with third wife Katie Lee, 27, seen lately in the arms of an Israeli fashion designer—at parties the 60-year-old Joel prefers to skip, pals tell the New York Daily News. “It was really that age difference that caught up with them,” a friend...

Enquirer:
Joel's Wife Is Wandering

Apr 9, 2009 4:48 PM CDT

Enquirer: Joel's Wife Is Wandering

(Newser) - This must be the week for reports of legendary singers' marriage trouble. A day after BruceSpringsteen is accused of infidelity, Billy Joel is in the spotlight. The National Enquirer has set gossip blogs buzzing with word that the singer's 27-year-old wife has struck up a suspicious relationship with Israeli fashion...

What Makes Joel the
Worst Singer Ever?

OPINION

Jan 24, 2009 3:33 PM CST

What Makes Joel the Worst Singer Ever?

Contempt, phoniness drives 'really bad art'

(Newser) - Billy Joel serves up his own brand of schlock-rock, but why is it so uniquely bad? Critic Ron Rosenbaum easily pans the piano man—"anodyne, sappy, superficial, derivative, fraudulently rebellious"—but what he hates most is the “unearned contempt" in Joel's tunes. It's usually for “the...

Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

Aug 14, 2008 3:12 PM CDT

Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

Struggling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to open annex in Soho

(Newser) - Cleveland lobbied to be the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring tourists to town, but a dip in visitors has led the museum's worried organizers to turn to New York for help. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined singer Billy Joel yesterday to announce the opening of...

Joel Movin'
Out of Shea

Jul 8, 2008 7:47 AM CDT

Joel Movin' Out of Shea

Piano Man will play the last shows at iconic venue that first hosted the Beatles

(Newser) - His idols set a pop-cultural milestone by playing a concert there in 1965, and now Billy Joel will be the last musician to rock Shea Stadium, reports the New York Sun. Since the Beatles turned to sports venues to fit their legions of screaming fans, the home of the Mets...

Madonna Joins Rock Hall

Mar 11, 2008 8:26 AM CDT

Madonna Joins Rock Hall

Mellencamp, Cohen inducted as well

(Newser) - With a wink and a nod, Madonna became a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer last night, along with John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen, Billboard reports. Madonna got top billing, with Justin Timberlake giving her an innuendo-laden induction speech, and Iggy and the Stooges performing punked-up covers of “Burning...