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One interview or one brief workout in 2015 could have dramatically changed the history of the Knicks and 76ers. The Knicks may not have drafted Kristaps Porzingis, who could have been plying his trade in Philadelphia on the cusp of a title. And the 76ers would still be under the control of former team president …

It’s a digital get down. Lance Bass revealed on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Tuesday night that he and fellow *NSYNC members, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick are keeping in touch during quarantine by having weekly chats on Zoom, a popular video conferencing app. “During quarantine, your relationships …

Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant will share her story of abuse at the hands of the disgraced mogul and describe the decades it took her to come to terms with the trauma in a new documentary series. “On the day of sentencing when he got 23 years, that was very vindicating,” Rowena Chiu, 45, told The …

Nippon Professional Baseball announced that the start of the Japanese baseball season, which was rescheduled for April 24, now will not happen until late May at the earliest. But it could be a lot longer than that after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a national state of emergency Tuesday. A prominent baseball agent in …

WhatsApp has put new restrictions on forwarded messages in an effort to clamp down on misinformation about the coronavirus. Users can now forward certain messages to only one conversation at a time instead of the previous limit of five, the service announced Tuesday. The rule applies to messages that have already been passed along several …

The coronavirus pandemic has been a boon for streaming video, but that’s no guarantee of success for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new app. The former Disney chairman and DreamWorks co-founder on Monday launched Quibi, a buzzy short-form video service for smartphones, in the midst of a health crisis that has forced millions of Americans indoors with nothing …

Megan Thee Stallion admits there is still a double standard for women in the rap industry. “A man can be as mediocre as he wants to be but still be praised,” she recently told Marie Claire. “A man can talk about how he’s about to do all of these drugs and then come and shoot …

Duffy is finally breaking her silence about the details of her horrifying experience surviving rape and kidnapping. The “Mercy” singer wrote in a 3,600-word blog post on Sunday that she was motivated to speak out amid the coronavirus pandemic to serve as a “momentary distraction” or “some comfort that one can come out of darkness.” …

Dr. Drew Pinsky has apologized for comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu. The celebrity addiction specialist, who is also an internist, said in a video shared on Twitter over the weekend, “My early comments about equating coronavirus with influenza were wrong. They were incorrect.” “I was part of a chorus that was saying that, and …

Apple has started making protective face shields for health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The tech giant plans to ship more than 1 million see-through shields each week through a “company-wide effort,” CEO Tim Cook said. The first batch was delivered last week to Kaiser hospital facilities in California’s Santa Clara …