Song of the Day: 'Baby Hold On' by Eddie Money

Very sad to read that Eddie Money says he's battling Stage 4 esophageal cancer, which has spread to his liver and lymph nodes. I was lucky to see the randy rocker in concert a few years ago at B.B. King's in Times Square -- what a fun night! -- and would like to send him all my best in his fight ahead.

Page 1 Roundup (05/20)

The Daily News: Britain does a royal wedding

... while the U.S. mourns the victims of yet another school shooting

This alleged violence is criminal and completely unacceptable. But out of curiosity, could anyone explain to me why a married deaf (not blind) couple with two children (and one on the way) *needs* a GREAT DANE as a "service animal"? Just reeks of bullshit

The running list of typos from Trump’s White House 

New York Post: Meghan Markle is the first American to marry into the British royal family in 81 years

Mom shares daughter’s harrowing experience during school shooting

Beantown Cuban: My friend Johnny Diaz shares his frightening battle with bladder cancer

The New York Times: The last days of Time Inc.: An oral history of how the pre-eminent media organization of the 20th century ended up on the scrap heap

The Washington Post: It looks like the left needs to declare it wants to abolish the Second Amendment entirely so that 'meeting in the middle' with gun nuts might actually result in some kind of reasonable change

Daily Intel: What you need to know about the FBI’s Trump campaign informant

ICYMI: Relive the best moments from those ABC Afterschool Specials

Yahoo Music: The Go-Go's, 40 years later: 'We did something cool,' but 'sexism is still alive and well'

The Film Experience: The hunks were out at the Cannes Film Festival

Olivia Newton-John: 'I Intend to Be Healthy'

Eager for this upcoming Australian "60 Minutes" interview with Olivia Newton-John to make its way online. 

Earlier this week, the "Grease" star revealed she was using medicinal marijuana to help combat her pain since being diagnosed with a cancer relapse.

According to The Sunday Telegraph, the actress has undergone photon radiation therapy to treat the metastatic tumor found at the base of her spine, but is also using cannabis oil to treat her pain.

"I use medicinal cannabis, which is really important for pain and healing," she said. "It's a plant that has been maligned for so long, and has so many abilities to heal."

Wishing her all the best. Now to Love has a preview HERE.

Hopelessly Devoted to Her

Longtime readers know that way before Debbie there was Olivia. ("Kenny sure has a thing for middle-aged blondes," my mom astutely observed when I was in high school.) So I'm doubly heartbroken to read that her (successfully treated) breast cancer has returned and spread to her back. Here's wishing here a full and speedy recovery. Olivia's sister, Rona, died of a brain cancer in 2013 and we don't want to lose another member of the Newton-John family.

I don't like the sound of all of this "natural wellness" therapy.

Benefit Concert for Legendary Details Columnist Stephen Saban

For you longtime New York City obsessives, who remember the pre-Conde Nast Details of the 1980s, a benefit concert is planned to raise money for the mag's former columnist Stephen Saban, who is recovering from major surgery to fight pancreatic cancer.

A benefit concert of the legendary Heartbreakers rock album "L.A.M.F." will take place Tuesday, November 15, at The Marlin Room at Webster Hall (125 East 11 Street, New York). "L.A.M.F." will be performed live by members of four legendary rock bands: Clem Burke (Blondie), Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers), Tommy Stinson (The Replacements), and Wayne Kramer (MC5). There will also be special appearances by Bush Tetras, Lenny Kaye, Mudd Club legend Marilyn, and surprise guests.  

Proceeds benefit the writer Stephen Saban, who is battling cancer. Tickets are $50, and may be purchased HERE or by phone at 866-468-3399. This is an 18-and-over event. L.A.M.F. is the only studio album by the band The Heartbreakers, which included Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan, Walter Lure, and Billy Rath. "L.A.M.F." (which stands for “Like a Mother F******r”) was a legendary 1977 album, recorded after the Heartbreakers appeared on the Sex Pistols’ "Anarchy in the U.K." tour alongside the Pistols, the Clash, and the Buzzcocks. 

The New York Times wrote about Stephen Saban's plight HERE.

Stephen Saban rose to prominence as a columnist at Details magazine during the 1980s, and was one of the most influential arbiters of the burgeoning downtown cultural scene, with his support credited by many artists, designers, musicians, and scenesters as being instrumental to their success. During a period that saw the arrival of such diverse cultura; influencers as Madonna, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Karen Finley, Saban’s columns took readers behind the scenes and introduced them to rising stars of the era. Mr. Saban later moved to Los Angeles to work with World of Wonder (producers of "RuPaul’s Drag Race" and other television programs). Now 70, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.

Stephen Saban with Debbie Harry and Stephen Sprouse

A cover story by Stephen Saban about Emo Philips for the original Details.

Milo Ventimiglia and His Sexy 'Stache Strip Down for Cancer Research

Watch the handsome actor in action HERE.

'Eat, Pray, Love' Author Announces She's in Love With Female Best Friend

The blazer may have beaten her to the punch, but her coming-out story is an interesting one nonetheless. Elizabeth Gilbert came to the lesbian realization when her friend (Rayya Elias) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Read HERE.

Pussy Galore

Michael Douglas: Oral sex gave me cancer 

 You gotta love a man who says "without wanting to get too specific," and then follows it with "this particular cancer is caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which actually comes about from cunnilingus." Read HERE.

Angelina Jolie: Why I Chose to Have a Preventive Double Mastectomy

Interesting guest op-ed in the New York Times by Angelina Jolie, who writes about her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy, something my childhood next-door-neighbor did after losing an aunt and a grandmother to the disease, and seeing her own mom battle it for years:

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. 

My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average. Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. 

Keep reading HERE.

Martina Navratilova Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Here's wishing the tennis legend a full and speedy recovery. UPDATE: Watch Martina talk about her diagnosis with Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" here.