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The Trump administration is exploring options for banning TikTok on American phones and other devices because of national security risks, the Financial Times reported on Thursday evening. Scrutiny of TikTok has increased sharply over suspicions that user data collected by the app can be transferred to and viewed by Chinese government officials. TikTok is owned …

Andy Cohen is in hot water with his family. In a bonus scene from “Keeping up with the Kardashians,” the “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” hosts tells Khloé Kardashian that his mom Evelyn and sister Emily are annoyed that he posts so many photos of his 1-year-old son Benjamin. “My mom is getting …

In a Thursday speech, Attorney General William Barr cautioned American companies that do business in China against violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act, which requires Americans lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to identify themselves. Barr criticized the relationship between American corporations and the Chinese Communist Party in remarks delivered at the Gerald R. Ford …

President Trump’s former Pennsylvania campaign chairman has been lobbying for TikTok in the U.S. since January of this year. David Urban, who is now president of the American Continental Group, has been described by Trump as “one of my good friends.” A former artillery officer in the U.S. army, Urban helped oversee an upset victory …

Kelly Rowland “tortured” herself for a decade about being in Beyoncé’s shadow. The now-host of the Australian version of TV’s “The Voice,” gave advice to a contestant who was insecure about being compared with his brother, a past winner on “Australian Idol” and “The X Factor.” “I know this feeling,” Rowland told him. “Can you …

In a long-distant era of discord suspi­ciously similar to our own, Natalie Maines, the singer for the group that was, until last month, known as the Dixie Chicks, lit a forest fire with an offhand insult about George W. Bush in 2003. Since then, she’s owned her political words more deliberately by laying into Donald …

Wearing masks to school might not appeal to kids as much as dressing up for Trick or Treat — but Crayola thinks it can make the practice entertaining as children prepare to head back to classrooms amid a resurging COVID-19 pandemic. The crayon maker collaborated with manufacturer SchoolMaskPack to create a “five-day mask system for …

Khloé Kardashian says her daughter True has changed as a person. “You put somebody else way before your needs and I think it gives you a different drive in life. (True has) definitely made me softer,” she said on “The View” on Wednesday, jokingly adding that she now has “so much more empathy for my …

Chinese President Xi Jinping tried to assure CEOs that he is committed to supporting foreign companies as the Trump administration works to crimp China’s role in global commerce. In a Wednesday letter to the Global CEO Council, Xi pledged that Beijing will continue reform efforts to “provide a better business environment for the investment and …

Machine Gun Kelly has a passion for podiatry. While discussing some of his past music videos, 30-year-old Kelly admitted that the one for “Bloody Valentine” has become his favorite because of his co-star, girlfriend Megan Fox, and her feet. “I said ‘Sail’ was my favorite music video, but for other more personal reasons ‘Bloody Valentine’ …