Singer Natalie Cole has a lot to celebrate this year (and she did it up in style at Tao in NYC). It’s not just hitting that milestone birthday (she’s 60 and looks damn good), but she’s also celebrating her good health—thanks to the kidney transplant she received a few months ago. We wish her many healthy and happy years to come.

Singers Natalie Cole (who’s looking better and better after the transplant) and Johnny Mathis were out last night to support the fight against cancer at the Harold Pump Foundation Gala last night. I can’t help thinking how nice it would be to hear these two do a song together. I mean even Smokey Robinson has a new CD.

Earlier this week, singer Natalie Cole (daughter of Nat King Cole) went on Larry King to talk about her need for a new kidney. Before the show had concluded, scores of fans had contacted the show about their willingness to donate their own kidneys (or least be tested for it). Cole is famous so her ability to use King’s show reached millions. Meanwhile it is the grassroots efforts of everyday people that is  mobilizing folks to get  six-year-old Jasmina Anema the bone marrow donor she desperately needs. The effort is called “One For Jasmina”. And although Sherry Shepherd mentioned Jasmina’s plight on “The View” yesterday, most of the coverage of  Jasmina has been limited to local news in NYC. Read the full story