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Leon Rose opted for a slice of status quo earlier this week when he decided to pick up Scott Perry’s option and bring him back for another year as the Knicks’ general manager. It is easy to shake your head and grumble at that, given what “status quo” means around the Knicks right now, and …

Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross‘ family is growing. The couple announced in a joint Instagram photo Thursday they’re expecting their second child together. It will be Simpson’s third child, as she shares son Bronx with ex-husband Pete Wentz. “We are pregnant and we are so excited to share it with everyone. Baby #3,” Simpson, 35, …

Knicks GM Scott Perry not only will run the upcoming draft but will be back next season, a source confirmed. The source said Perry’s option will be picked up for next season by president Leon Rose. The Post reported last week that Perry, despite the hire of VP of strategy Brock Aller, would run the …

Universal Pictures’ bet to release kids movie “Trolls World Tour”  directly to video-streaming services during the coronavirus lockdown has spurred a surprise windfall — and it could be bad news for movie theaters, according to a report. Last month, in the days before the nation’s movie theaters were closing down, executives at Universal Pictures parent …

Think of the major league players in a clubhouse like the cool kids in high school. The world revolves around them. Their approval, friendship and respect are collateral in that universe. I have seen owners gravitate toward star clusters in clubhouses, GMs dumb down their language, curse and spit to try to be one of …

Storied scientist Jane Goodall appeared in an online Q&A with former James Bond Pierce Brosnan to promote National Geographic’s doc “Jane Goodall: The Hope.” We’re told Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Reiner, Billie Eilish, Gisele Bündchen and Martha Stewart all tuned in for the event. The film aired Wednesday for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Read …

The Red Sox were no Astros in the opinion of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner ruled Wednesday that in response to the Red Sox’s sign-stealing during their 2018 championship season, the team’s video replay system operator is the only current Red Sox person penalized. That person, J.T. Watkins, is suspended for the entire 2020 …

Pierce Brosnan once pulled a real-life 007 move when he saved Halle Berry from choking on the set of their 2002 Bond film, “Die Another Day.” “I was supposed to be all sexy, trying to seduce him with a fig,” Berry, who played Bond girl Jinx Johnson, told Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night’s episode of …

Brock Aller, a longtime fixture for Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, is close to joining president Leon Rose in the Knicks front office as vice president of strategy, according to an NBA source. Aller was financial planner/capologist with Cleveland, but a source said he’ll be “more than a capologist’’ under Rose. However, Aller is not the …

The fifth time looks like the charm for Knicks center Mitchell Robinson. In February, Robinson signed on with Rich Paul, the superagent who guides the careers of LeBron James and Anthony Davis and recently made the cover of Sports Illustrated for his influence. Paul became Robinson’s fifth agent — one of the perplexing sidelights to …