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Jeremy Renner’s ex Sonni Pacheco has requested the actor get drug tested as allegations of substance abuse resurface amid their ongoing custody battle. In new court documents obtained by The Blast, Pacheco, 29, accused Renner, 49, of having a “long history of alcohol and drug abuse which has persisted since before the parties’ marriage, through …

Lisa Rinna’s daughter is defending herself against people accusing her of faking her eating disorder for more “air time” on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” “I usually don’t post these. But this really got to me. Lying about a mental illness is disgusting. Something I hope nobody would ever do,” Amelia Gray Hamlin, 19, …

The long-anticipated criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will likely get delayed until early next year — and she has the coronavirus to thank. The disgraced former Silicon Valley wunderkind — whose $9 billion tech startup imploded after it was revealed the company was peddling bogus blood tests — was scheduled to appear …

German-owned supermarket chain Aldi — a deep-discounting cousin of the popular Trader Joe’s supermarket chain — says it will open more than 70 new US stores by the end of the year in its quest to become America’s third-largest grocer. Aldi’s US arm is forging ahead with a more than $5 billion expansion plan despite …

TikTok isn’t all trash. A Tennessee teen redefined multitasking after playing the piano while solving a Rubik’s Cube at the same time, as seen in this viral TikTok video with nearly 90,000 views and more than 23,000 likes. “This took me forever to time right,” said 18-year-old Jimmy Liu, a self-proclaimed 11-year piano veteran who’s …

The European Union reached a “historic” deal early Tuesday morning on a massive coronavirus stimulus plan after nearly five days of intense negotiations. The deal includes $857 billion in grants and loans, the largest joint borrowing in the history of the E.U., which will go towards repairing and rebuilding the economies of the group’s 27 …

Florida’s largest teachers union sued Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday to overturn an emergency order requiring schools to offer in-person instruction five days a week next month, even as cases of COVID-19 surge in the state. In the suit, filed in circuit court in Miami-Dade county, the Florida Education Association accuses the governor and several …

“MacGyver” star Lucas Till says that showrunner Peter Lenkov’s abusive behavior on set led him to consider taking his own life. In a new Vanity Fair article, 30 sources including Till recounted their experiences with the “Magnum P.I.” and “Hawaii Five-O” showrunner, who was fired by CBS earlier this month amid claims he created a …

Coca-Cola’s global sales plummeted 28 percent in the second quarter as coronavirus lockdowns continued to crimp consumption, the company said Tuesday. The soft drink giant said pressure on “away-from-home channels” such as restaurants, bars and movie theaters drove the decline. Officials around the world have shut down such venues — which account for roughly half of Coke’s …

Elon Musk whined that his feelings were “hurt” when Amber Heard cut off contact with him during her marriage to Johnny Depp, a British court heard Tuesday. The Tesla founder opened up to the “Aquaman” actress after she confided in him that she wanted to obtain a restraining order against her then-husband in May 2016, …