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When music’s biggest stars descend on New York for the Video Music Awards this week, NYPD cops will show up to check out the shows. But they won’t be judging the talent. Officers in the NYPD’s TV/Movie unit will see if the performers and their entourages are wearing masks and staying socially distant, city officials …

What a Cloister f - - k! The East Village’s Cloister Cafe has been denied a temporary restraining order that would have reinstated its liquor license after it was suspended by the State Liquor Authority for allegedly committing a number of COVID-19 violations. Applying for the order, the bar, run by Nick Drobenko and Provocateur’s Mike Satsky and …

Bill Parcells was 3-12-1 as the rookie head coach of the Giants. He nearly lost his dream job and always knew why. “I was just trying to be a head coach instead of being Bill Parcells,” he said. It is why he has this advice for Joe Judge: “Be yourself.” Judge has not once flinched …

By the time T.J. Brunson lowered the boom, the Giants defense already had sent a message worthy of an exclamation point. Widely perceived as the inferior side of the ball for the Giants, the defense held Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and a dangerous receiving corps in check for most of Friday’s intrasquad scrimmage. It is …

Update: The “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” live event has been “delayed due to technical difficulties.” A new date and time will be announced shortly. “We want to deliver the absolute best night of entertainment possible and raise money for two incredible organizations,” Dane Cook said in a statement. “The technical issues were insurmountable. Class …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are giving back just as kids in California prepare to go back to school. The former royals teamed up with Baby2Baby, a nonprofit organization that provides supplies, diapers and clothes to underprivileged children in Los Angeles and disaster areas, to hand out donations ahead of the new school year this …

ViacomCBS has opened the door to working again with Nick Cannon, more than a month after the company severed ties with him over anti-Semitic comments the multi-hyphenate made on his podcast. Speaking at a town hall with employees Monday, Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS, praised work that Cannon claims to …

You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Who are you most excited to see out of the UDFAs? I like [Javon] Leake and [Binjimen] …

The Islanders are making a habit of bouncing back from a loss to advance in the playoffs. With a 4-0 win over the Capitals on Thursday night in Toronto, the Islanders clinched a spot in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row behind a pair of goals …

Let the speculation begin. One of the most fascinating drafts in history now has a lottery order. Without a clear No. 1 choice, being held in October during a pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding whether teams will be able to bring in players for workouts, there figures to be chaos. Here is how The Post …