News | Entertainment
29 Jan 2026 5:28
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Tony Bennett has had his COVID-19 vaccine

    The 94-year-old singer took to Twitter on Wednesday (13.01.21) to reveal he had been given his first dose of his vaccination against coronavirus as he encouraged others to take it up too


    Tagging the World Health Organisation, he wrote: "I received the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccination this week and am doing fine and encourage you to do the same! @WHO (sic)"

    Other stars to receive their vaccine so far include Martha Stewart.

    In a video, she said: "I was vaccinated today in a designated vaccine pod near the Martha Stewart Centre for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown. To allay your concerns that I jumped the line know that I am in the approved age group for this batch of vaccines and I waited in line with others. [I am] so proud of and grateful to the doctors, nurses and medical staff who are wading through the red tape and confusion of the distribution of these very important vaccines."

    Dame Joan Collins also confessed to "rushing" to have her coronavirus vaccine.

    The 87-year-old actress shared: "I got the call from the Bloomsbury hub, which is from the physician … and they said if I came in tomorrow, and they told me this on Friday, they had a certain amount of the vaccine. They only had a certain amount, I don’t know why that is, I don’t know the ins and outs of how the distribution is going but of course, I rushed there as soon as possible ... I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that everybody is doing what they are supposed to do. Israel has got practically three quarters of their population vaccinated already. So, I do feel if everybody registers as soon as they can with their local GP, they will be called."

    © 2026 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     28 Jan: Elle Fanning broke down in tears upon finding out she had received her first Oscar nomination
     28 Jan: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant
     28 Jan: Bart Johnson says High School Musical was "terrible" for his career early on
     28 Jan: Emilia Clarke fears her life-threatening condition could be inherited by her future children
     28 Jan: Martin Short nearly ruined Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's wedding after he cut into their cake before it was served
     28 Jan: Jessie Buckley is "so proud and honoured" to have been nominated for an Oscar
     28 Jan: Taraji P. Henson wants to "convince" Viola Davis to join The Masked Singer
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    All Blacks halfback Cam Roigard is adamant the axing of Scott Robertson will not cause further fallout once they're in camp later in the year More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    The Reserve Bank may have to step in and use interest rate hikes to cool inflation More...



     Today's News

    Cricket:
    While the result of tomorrow morning's fourth T20 against India remains important to Black Caps bowling coach Jacob Oram, the team is looking beyond the scoreboard 21:57

    Entertainment:
    Elle Fanning broke down in tears upon finding out she had received her first Oscar nomination 21:31

    Soccer:
    Auckland FC is thankful the A-League has become such a cut-throat competition 21:17

    Politics:
    Iranian doctor who fled to Australia after operating on massacre victims estimates death toll in tens of thousands 21:07

    Entertainment:
    Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant 21:01

    Entertainment:
    Bart Johnson says High School Musical was "terrible" for his career early on 20:31

    Entertainment:
    Emilia Clarke fears her life-threatening condition could be inherited by her future children 20:01

    Entertainment:
    Martin Short nearly ruined Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's wedding after he cut into their cake before it was served 19:31

    Entertainment:
    Jessie Buckley is "so proud and honoured" to have been nominated for an Oscar 19:01

    Law and Order:
    The first victim of the Mount landslide's been formally identified by the Coroner as Max Furse-Kee 18:57


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd