A partner at Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom and Rubinowitz confirmed this morning that Joan Rivers's daughter Melissa hired the firm to investigate Joan's death. Page Six reports that Melissa plans to file a multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit.
While the official word is that comedy legend Joan Rivers died of complications from throat surgery—namely, oxygen deprivation that led to irreparable brain damage—we'll never know exactly how she died, because her daughter Melissa Rivers asked doctors not to perform an autopsy.
Joan Rivers' funeral was held Sunday morning at Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East side of New York City, and the tribute was one fit for a legend. Howard Stern delivered the eulogy and it was attended by everyone from Hugh Jackman to Diane Sawyer. Rivers died last week at 81.
Comedian Joan Rivers was put into a medically induced coma on Thursday night after complications from throat surgery, and now her daughter, Melissa Rivers, reports that the comic legend is "resting comfortably" and asks that "everyone keep her in your thoughts and prayers."
Kelly Osbourne was rushed to a hospital during a taping of her E! show Fashion Police today, after she suffered an apparent seizure on set.
On today's Access Hollywood Live, Joan and Melissa shared tales of their "biggest fight ever." It also just so happens to air tonight on Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best's season finale. Who would have thought?
While you were busy tuning in to the State of the Union, the rest of us were watching the series premiere of Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, the mother-daughter duo's new reality show. This is what you missed.
Director David Lynch turns 64 today. Rainn Wilson of The Office is turning 44. Comedian Bill Maher turns 54. Editor and TV pundit Fareed Zakaria is 46. Georgina Bloomberg, the younger of Mayor Bloomberg's two daughters, is turning 27. Embattled real estate developer Kent Swig is 49. Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns…
Barack isn't the only one with a reason to celebrate today. Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of New York's mayor, turns 26. Real estate developer Kent Swig is 48. Newsweek editor and CNN fixture Fareed Zakaria is turning 45. Famed cardiologist Valentin Fuster is 66. The Office's Rainn Wilson is turning 43. Bill Maher…
Bounced from E!, the TV Guide Channel, and even Stylelist.com, times have been tough for red carpet commentators Joan and Melissa Rivers. For this week's Emmy ceremony, the two were reduced to vlogging for MyHollywood.com, though the deal came with one potential upside: their patter was supposed to receive a link from…
Finding themselves without a red carpet home after their deal with TV Guide Network went south, Joan and Melissa Rivers are still pressing forward with their catty Oscar fashion quips on a site called Stylelist.com. And they're not letting their Siberian spot in cyberspace stop them from dishing out their trademark…
A reader sends in background information on Calvin Klein's Joan Rivers outburst after Monday's little incident at the Knicks game:
