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Verizon Communications topped Wall Street’s second-quarter financial estimates on strong demand for its phone and internet services by housebound customers. The telecom giant said Friday that coronavirus-induced stay-at-home orders prompted a shift to remote working and learning, helping it add 173,000 postpaid phone customers, well above analysts’ estimate of 61,200. But even as more customers …
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There may be a global pandemic, but A-list couple Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are “Happy Anywhere.” At least that’s the name of the power couple’s latest uplifting country tune dropped Friday, July 24. The nearly 3-minute song kicks off with a banjo riff followed by Shelton’s buttery crooning, “I’ve always been a rolling stone …
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Imagine this: You’re all fired up to go see your favorite band at Madison Square Garden, but when you get there, you have to proceed directly to your seat, order food from your phone and make a reservation to go to the restroom. And, oh yeah, the arena will be 20 percent full max. These …
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For anyone with big music-festival plans this summer, the countdown to 2021 has already begun in hopes that the coronavirus — the grinch that stole this concert season — will be gone. Here are some of the major fests — and artists — we missed out on in 2020: Coachella CoachellaChristopher Polk/REX The big daddy …
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Mel Gibson reportedly spent a week in the hospital battling the coronavirus after a spring diagnosis. The troubled actor and Oscar-winning director tested positive for COVID-19 in April and recovered after a private fight against the virus, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. “He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital,” Gibson’s …
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Jermaine Dupri is producing a charity song, “Change,” inspired by “We Are the World” — with planned artists including Johntá Austin, Ne-Yo, Kelly Rowland, Monica, Miguel, Gary Clark Jr., JoJo, Eric Bellinger and Angel. But hitmaker Dupri revealed that he’s taken a page from Quincy Jones when it comes to artists rejecting the opportunity. “I’ve …
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It’s the unmasked singer. We’ve seen her do everything from cough on mask advocates to trash face-wear displays while wearing a $40,000 Rolex when asked to don an anti-coronavirus cover. Now, “Karen” — the viral term for various white women filmed throwing tantrums — has her own soundtrack courtesy of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” The …
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Disney is delaying the release of some of its biggest blockbusters, including “Mulan,” “Star Wars” and “Avatar,” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wrack the globe. “Mulan,” the live-action remake of its animated classic, has been postponed indefinitely, the company said on Thursday. It had been slated to kick off the reopening of movie theaters …
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Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp took their squabble from the screen to social media after Richards allegedly said Mellencamp is living in her father’s shadow. After Wednesday night’s episode of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — in which Brandi Glanville told Teddi that Richards said she was desperate to fit in with the cast because …
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Joey Armstrong, the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, has addressed accusations of sexual misconduct by a fellow musician. Armstrong, 25, drummer for punk rock band SWMRS, was accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by Lydia Night of LA band The Regrettes in a statement posted to Instagram Monday. “What I actually …
Verizon Communications topped Wall Street’s second-quarter financial estimates on strong demand for its phone and internet services by housebound customers. The telecom giant said Friday that coronavirus-induced stay-at-home orders prompted a shift to remote working and learning, helping it add 173,000 postpaid phone customers, well above analysts’ estimate of 61,200. But even as more customers …
