The New York City medical examiner's office says further tests are needed to determine what caused the death of a fashion designer who was found in an overflowing bathtub at an upscale hotel.

Thirty-three-year old Sylvie Cachay, dressed in a black top and underwear, was found Thursday in a tub at the Soho House.

The medical examiner's office performed an initial autopsy. It said Friday it has not been able to conclusively pinpoint the cause of death.

Authorities were…

Celebrities and bold names and the publishing elite made Elaine Kaufman's restaurant famous. But you didn't have to be a star to pass her personal test and join the inner circle of regulars.

So up-and-comers and celebrities alike who had called her a friend gathered Friday night at Elaine's to reminisce about the brash-voiced woman who had alternately played matchmaker and scold, hostess and grandma for them over the years.

"All the people who are now my friends and chosen…

A rural Wisconsin man apparently enraged by Bristol Palin's "Dancing with the Stars" routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an all-night standoff with a SWAT team, investigators said.

Steven Cowan, 67, was arrested Tuesday morning after officers coaxed him out of his house in Vermont, a rural community near Madison. Cowan, who is accused of threatening his wife with the gun after destroying the television, appeared in a Madison courtroom Wednesday on a charge of…

An Off-Broadway producer is in the spotlight in the New York City premiere of Craig Wright's new comedy Mistakes Were Made, starring Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, beginning previews Nov. 5 at the Barrow Street Theater.

Directed by Dexter Bullard, the production will officially open Off-Broadway Nov. 14. Shannon plays B-list producer Felix Artifex opposite Mierka Girten as Esther.

Mistakes Were Made is billed as a character study "of a man seeking…

Jesse L. Martin has achieved a fair amount of fame from roles in Broadway's "Rent" and TV's "Law & Order" but he is still awed around Al Pacino. And that includes Al Pacino's lunch.

The "Scarface" and "The Godfather" star was often brought a ridiculously large, overstuffed sandwich during rehearsals for the new Broadway production of "The Merchant of Venice." Pacino generously let his fellow actors help themselves.

"I swear to God, there are probably four or five actors…