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Blame it on the a-a-a-alcohol. Tory Lanez allegedly told Megan Thee Stallion he shot her because he was “too drunk,” according to text messages obtained by TMZ. A source confirmed to Page Six that the text messages are real. “I know u prolly never gone talk to me again, but I genuinely want u to …

This is what it sounds like when bats die. One night after wasting a rare river of runs, the Yankees morphed into hitters who used soaked editions of the N.Y. Post for bats against the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. J.A. Happ provided a cure for the ills that have infected the Yankees across the …

Apple turned up the heat in its high-stakes legal battle against “Fortnite” developer Epic Games on Tuesday, filing a countersuit asking for damages resulting from lost App Store fees. Apple, which kicked “Fortnite” off the App Store last month after Epic instituted a new payment system which would have allowed it to circumvent the 30 …

Apple is launching a new product next week, but it may not be the hotly anticipated 5G iPhone. The company on Tuesday afternoon announced a surprise even scheduled for Sept. 15, with Apple’s senior vice president of marketing Greg Joswiak sharing a video of the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif. The event invite didn’t …

Leonardo DiCaprio — who these days is often spotted with a vape (above) — fretted about his image, and didn’t want his mom to know that he smoked when he was still an up-and-coming star, Page Six is told. Photographer Steve Eichner — whose new book, “In the Limelight: The Visual Ecstasy of NYC Nightlife …

Just a few years before Paris Hilton was sent to a school for troubled teens in Southern California in the mid-1990s, a convicted child rapist and child killer was suspected in the disappearance of two boys at the school. Her documentary, “This is Paris,” shines a light on “therapeutic” boarding schools and the abuse some …

Paris Hilton has added victimhood to her nearly $1 billion brand. While some cynics in her past think she’s maybe cashing in on a trend to keep her empire relevant, others hope she will shed light on the “troubled teen” industry that Paris says scarred her for life. Twenty years after the great-granddaughter of hotel …

While Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has risen to the top of the A-List, one man has had a front-row seat. Hiram Garcia was in his early teens when he first met Johnson, then a University of Miami football player dating Hiram’s sister, Dany. Although Dany and Johnson, who share a daughter named Simone, are now …

A federal judge on Friday ruled that two Massachusetts men can be legally extradited to Japan to face charges they helped former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country in a box and on a private jet. US Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell in Boston rejected the arguments against extradition by US Army Special Forces veteran …

Juul said it would make a “significant” cut to its global workforce and explore pulling out of some European and Asia-Pacific markets to save cash and weather a tumultuous period for the e-cigarette industry. The company, partly owned by Marlboro maker Altria Group, is planning to lay off about 1,200 employees, more than half its …