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It gave haters a massive hangover — but to die-hard fans, “Coyote Ugly” has aged like a fine whiskey. Released 20 years ago Tuesday, the movie starred Piper Perabo as Violet, an aspiring songwriter from New Jersey who winds up bartending at the raunchy and rowdy NYC saloon owned by Lil (played by Maria Bello) …

Foodgod — the Kim Kardashian friend who legally changed his name from Jonathan Cheban —  says he was robbed of a $250,000 watch when two goons with guns held him up in New Jersey on Sunday, a report said. The 46-year-old victim — who had “Foodgod” tattooed on his arm while Kardashian filmed it on …

Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store in the US, has become the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy protection. The nearly 200 year-old chain, which got its start in 1826 as a dry-goods store in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, said in a Sunday bankruptcy filing was pushed over the edge by the “unprecedented strain” …

A damning (though unsurprising) new report from the Associated Press has uncovered rampant corruption surrounding taxpayer-funded COVID-19 aid. According to the report, at least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid. The new data shows how “Washington insiders were both author and beneficiary of one of the biggest government programs in …

Between the federal government and the Federal Reserve, about $10 trillion has been pumped into the US economy to prevent a pandemic-fueled economic collapse. Judging by the stock market, you would think we’ve sidestepped a 2008-size disaster. But stocks, at least in the short run, are rarely a good indication of what’s festering inside the …

The Rangers had plenty of time to think about what Saturday would look like. But Game 1 of their Stanley Cup qualifiers quickly went off-script — even before the puck dropped. Henrik Lundqvist drew the surprise start in net, with Igor Shesterkin deemed unfit to play, but the Rangers got off to a rough start …

Microsoft Corp. is exploring an acquisition of TikTok’s operations in the U.S., according to a people familiar with the matter. A deal would give the software company a popular social-media service and relieve U.S. government pressure on the Chinese owner of the video-sharing app. TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app that has been under scrutiny from …

President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States, NBC News reported. Trump made the comments while chatting with reporters on Air Force One during the flight back to Washington from Florida. “As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them …

So maybe this series against the Candy Canes isn’t officially recognized as a playoff round, but it is the postseason — the postseason! — and the rebuilding Rangers are playing hockey. Raise your hand if you envisioned that as a possibility when The Letter went out on Feb. 8, 2018. You in the back row, …

Naomie Olindo is grateful to be done with “Southern Charm.” The reality star, 27, revealed that she is content with her decision to exit the Bravo series, which she first joined in 2016. “I’m so thankful for what the show gave me because it does open a lot of doors and there are a lot …