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Luann de Lesseps called in to something of an ad hoc Zoom variety show. The “Real Housewives of New York” star and cabaret performer sang her 2010 classic “Money Can’t Buy You Class” at a remote fundraiser for her pal Jill Zarin’s Noshes for Nurses program. “Hairspray” star Nikki Blonsky did a number as well, …

The vast ranks of newly unemployed are straining the capacities of food banks, soup kitchens and pop-up services across New York City. One user, Brittany, a 35-year-old Ph.D. candidate at Teachers College at Columbia University, who declined to give her full name, says she started visiting food services at Salem United Methodist Church in Harlem …

Beefed-up unemployment benefits that the US government is doling out in the coronavirus crisis are so generous they’re encouraging many recipients to stay home from work, The Post has learned. The emergency legislation, the CARES Act, which was passed last month, is aimed at helping businesses and workers hurt by coronavirus shutdowns, including through $600 …

Long before he was an electee to the Basketball Hall of Fame, Mike Breen was an intimidated 18-year-old freshman attending a workshop at Fordham’s renowned college radio station, WFUV, in the fall of 1979. Breen felt sheepish next to the juniors and seniors leading the seminar and contemplated delaying the start of his broadcasting training. …

Val Kilmer didn’t want to date Cher. In 1981, the Juilliard student was eating alone in a Manhattan restaurant when a friend showed up and said, “Someone is interested in meeting you.” Turns out it was the singer, whose career and personal life were then on the wane. “I saw Cher as a less-than-fascinating character …

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are preparing to celebrate baby Archie’s first birthday in lockdown in LA — but they could be getting a Zoom call from Prince William and his kids. Harry’s big brother William and wife Kate told the BBC on Friday they’ve been chatting to all their family members online. Kate said, …

We’re still living in a “Spice World” after all. In celebration of Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham turning 46, former band member, Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton, tweeted an adorable throwback photo of the pair. In the black and white pic, Beckham can be seen holding Bunton in a piggyback position with the two broadly grinning for the …

Earlier this week, in a conversation with a veteran player representative, I asked if the Commissioner’s Office and the Players Association would be the scorpion from The Scorpion and the Frog. In the fable, the scorpion convinces a frog to carry him across the river. The frog says no because you will sting me. The …

First, it was bars, restaurants, hotels. And clothing stores, movie theaters, entertainment venues. And countless small businesses, from bookstores to barber shops. Now, the record-setting flood of layoffs unleashed by the viral outbreak is extending beyond the services industries that bore the initial brunt and are still suffering most. White collar employees, ranging from software …

US stocks attempted to shrug off another surge in unemployment filings on Thursday only to slip back into negative territory by the afternoon. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 62.01 points, or 0.2 percent, at the open before dropping as much as 292.97 points, or 1.2 percent, in midday trading after being …