7 h. ago ‘He told us to just tell the truth’ – behind a revealing Billy Joel documentary

In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaboratorsIn 2011, singer-songwriter and pop legend Billy Joel returned a multimillion-dollar advance paid on a memoir to his would-be publisher, HarperCollins. He had apparently co-written an autobiographical book as planned, but ultimately decided that he didn’t want to publish it. “It took working on writing a book to make me realize that I’m not all that interested in talking about the past,” he said at the time, “and that the best expression of my life has been and remains my music.”Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part feature documentary premiering this week on HBO, feels like an attempt to stay true to that same basic ethos while not shying away from Joel’s public and private life over the years. The five-hour project tells Joel’s story, but does so by prioritizing his music, in content and in form. “He has 121 songs in his ca...

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2 w. ago Elizabeth Hurley, 60, sizzles in a plunging tiger print swimsuit as she reveals her and new boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus' special song

The actress and model, 60, set pulses racing as she posed aboard a boat in a plunging tiger-print swimsuit that showed off her sensational figure.

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3 w. ago Love Island's Shaughna Phillips reveals how she planned pregnancy with jailed boyfriend Billy Webb after announcing she is expecting her second child

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last month Meghan Markle takes subtle swipe at royal family in latest podcast appearance as she's asked what she would do differently to 'rewrite the public narrative'

The Duchess of Sussex says she can now celebrate being her 'real' and 'authentic' self, especially after returning to Instagram.

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