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Supersuccessful novelist Danielle Steel: “My Paris apartment here is where I live half the time. I got caught in it March 1. I’m scared to death to be a world away. It’s traumatic. Although I have help, I’m afraid. I can write up a storm but — I’m unnerved. “Anxious about my kids. Nervous if …

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 …

One is a coal miner’s daughter. The other was the daughter of a blacksmith. One was a newcomer to Nashville. The other was already a country-music star. Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. After first meeting — in somewhat unusual circumstances — in July of 1961, they became best friends. More really. Lynn recounts their relationship …

Zoom illegally gave Facebook its users’ personal data without telling them, according to a new lawsuit against the teleconferencing company that has seen its business surge amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company failed to tell users that it gave Facebook and “and possibly other third parties” access to personal information it collected whenever they installed …

In January, Alicia Keys hosted the Grammys for the second year in a row — after winning 15 gramophones of her own. And in her new book, “More Myself” (Flatiron Books) out Tuesday, the New York native, 39, reveals her journey to becoming a Grammy goddess. Here are five secrets that she shares in opening …

The Strand Bookstore, New York’s landmark East Village bookseller, has laid off the bulk of its staff after having to shut its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the store’s owner announced Monday. “In order to preserve The Strand as a business, with no revenue coming in and no clear idea as to when we …

A bitter Woody Allen blasts his ex-wife Mia Farrow for her “Ahab-like quest” to destroy him with sex abuse allegations and describes his romance with his current wife Soon-Yi Previn in graphic terms in his new memoir. “At the very early stages of our new relationship, when lust reigns supreme … we couldn’t keep our …

Tech giants Facebook, Apple and Salesforce have pledged to donate millions of masks to help health-care workers facing a shortage of protective gear during the coronavirus crisis. Facebook is working to source millions of masks to give away after donating 720,000 that the social-media giant had stockpiled in case wildfires continued in its home state …

America’s coronavirus expert had a choice to make: Stand beside President Trump at a White House briefing or take questions from billionaire techie Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. Dr. Anthony Fauci picked the Facebook gig. Fauci and Zuckerberg had a 37-minute Facebook Live conversation Thursday about the fast-spreading infection, which is forcing tens of millions of …

The Kardashians appear to be aggressively trying to block the publication of a scorching roman à clef novel about the family. As Page Six first reported, former family confidant Kevin Dickson has written a book called “Post Famous” whose central character, Zia Zandrian, bears a striking resemblance to Kim Kardashian. Among other uncannily familiar plot …