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Tesla delivered its fourth consecutive quarterly profit on Wednesday, scaling a long-elusive hurdle that finally makes it eligible to join the benchmark S&P 500 index. The electric automaker — whose CEO Elon Musk has been battling with the state of California to keep the company’s factory open despite the coronavirus pandemic — delivered a profit …

The son of late “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor Brian Tarantina is set to inherit his dad’s $209,000 estate, court records show. Tarantina — who died Nov. 2 from an accidental overdose — didn’t leave behind a will and so his only son and “sole distributee,” Sean Tarantina, is set to inherit the estate, court papers …

Thanks to a previously unreleased recording, the late actor Nick Cordero will get to take his final bow. “Live Your Life,” a live album of Cordero’s 2019 cabaret show at New York’s Feinstein’s/54 Below, will drop Sept. 17, the actor’s birthday, his wife, Amanda Kloots, announced Wednesday. “Nick would be absolutely thrilled to hear this …

Pent-up demand for sports is translating into major advertising bucks, according to Fox, which is kicking off baseball season with its first-ever-triple header on Saturday. The advertising inventory for the nine-hour block of games is sold out, Fox’s head of sports sales, Seth Winter, told Bloomberg Wednesday. This includes a fourth “nightcap” game that airs …

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s family celebrated with Marilyn Manson at a Thanksgiving bash, new footage that emerged in court Wednesday shows — as the actress was accused of “making up” claims Depp violently assaulted her. The British court presiding over Depp’s blockbuster libel trial against The Sun was played footage from the November 26, …

Bill Ackman lashed out at CNBC on Wednesday after anchors prodded him about his controversial appearance on the cable network this spring during the early days of the coronavirus. On March 18, the 54-year-old hedge fund manager appeared to be fighting back tears on CNBC, fretting about his father’s health amid the pandemic. Ackman warned …

Passengers wishing to board a United Airlines flight will have to wear face masks at ticket counters and in its airport lounges, or risk a flight ban, the carrier said Wednesday. United and all other major US carriers require passengers to wear masks during flights. United said that it is broadening mask requirements for passengers …

Your body may not survive, but rock ‘n’ roll never dies. Contact tracers in Germany are asking 4,000 brave music fans to attend an upcoming concert for the sake of science. The cohort of concertgoers will be there to watch Euro-pop singer Tim Bendzko, but their presence in the crowded indoor arena will serve the …

Dolores Catania feels better than ever after getting a tummy tuck, liposuction and a fat transfer — but her loved ones are upset she went under the knife. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 49, told Page Six in a recent interview that she underwent the procedures five weeks ago — when elective surgery …

Annie Ross, an internationally acclaimed jazz singer and actress, died Tuesday of emphysema and heart disease. She was 89. Born Annabelle Allan Short on July 25, 1930, in London, Ross was the daughter of Scottish vaudevillians, and already had experience singing, acting and with life on the road by age 4, when her family moved …