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Technology stocks took a tumble on Wall Street Thursday, giving back some of their spectacular gains over the past several months and dragging the rest of the market down with them. The S&P 500 was down 3.4 percent as of 11:20 a.m. Eastern time, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.8 percent. Both indexes had set …
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Hollywood talent agency UTA, whose star-studded client list includes Will Ferrell, Chris Pratt and Ryan Seacrest, laid off 50 of its 1,100 employees as the pandemic continues to crimp its business. UTA chief executive Jeremy Zimmer delivered the news in a staff email late Wednesday, adding that despite the “difficult decision,” business is starting to …
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Leah McSweeney is opening up about Dorinda Medley’s firing from “Real Housewives of New York City.” “I was definitely shocked, but at the same time I feel like anything goes,” McSweeney, 38, recently said on SiriusXM’s “The Jenny McCarthy Show.” “Nothing should shock you because at the end of the day everyone is just as …
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Costume designer Patricia Field is the mastermind behind the iconic fashion looks on “Sex and the City,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Ugly Betty” and “Younger.” And now, the native New Yorker is sprinkling her stylish magic dust on 2020’s most in-demand and important accessory: the humble face mask. “Let’s look at it as the new …
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The members of South Korean boy band BTS could become $54 million richer when their record label goes public. Big Hit Entertainment — the Seoul-based music firm behind the world’s hottest K-pop act — revealed in its Wednesday IPO filing that it gave each of BTS’s seven members 68,385 shares last month “for the purpose …
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Alyssa Milano still has a few lingering symptoms after overcoming coronavirus. “I still have occasional heart palpitations,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday. “I still forget my words (absolute worst part). But it’s not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago.” Milano, 47, revealed she tested positive for coronavirus …
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Kyle Richards and Garcelle Beauvais didn’t waste any time going after one another during part one of the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” virtual reunion on Wednesday night. Richards, who has been part of the Bravo franchise since its 2010 debut, accused newbie Beauvais of not forking over a promised $5,000 at her charity event. …
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Some 881,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic kept the job market under pressure, the feds said Thursday. The significant drop in initial jobless claims was likely the result of changes to how the US Department of Labor reports the weekly numbers. The agency started using a new method for …
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Australia’s Burger King franchise is selling a burger that looks suspiciously similar to the Big Mac — and McDonald’s isn’t lovin’ it. The fast-food giant has sued Aussie rival Hungry Jack’s for ripping off its signature sandwich with a new double-decker offering called the “Big Jack,” reports say. In an Aug. 28 lawsuit, McDonald’s asked …
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Facebook is officially designating the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who allegedly killed two people and wounded another in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after being mobbed and attacked by rioters, a “mass murder,” despite the fact that this has not been proven in court. Facebook confirmed that it would remove any posts that support Rittenhouse. Conservative …
Technology stocks took a tumble on Wall Street Thursday, giving back some of their spectacular gains over the past several months and dragging the rest of the market down with them. The S&P 500 was down 3.4 percent as of 11:20 a.m. Eastern time, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.8 percent. Both indexes had set …
