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There remains no outward signs MLB and the players’ association are moving toward each other in time to begin the regular season with the optimum start, Independence Day weekend. The MLB Players Association released a statement Thursday evening saying that its executive board and more than 100 players talked via conference call and recommitted to …

They do know something about “Toxicity,” after all. Half of beloved alt-rockers System of a Down — singer Serj Tankian, 52, and drummer John Dolmayan, 46 — are embroiled in an internecine squabble over President Donald Trump’s handling of the fallout from George Floyd’s death in police custody — which they’re hashing out over Instagram. …

If the narrator of popular rock docuseries “Breaking the Band” sounds familiar, that’s because it’s former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider — who’s parlayed his hard-rockin’ raspy pipes into a successful voiceover career. “I’m blessed with a voice that people like hearing,” says Snider, 65, on the phone from Belize, where he and his wife …

The party will go on, after all. Tomorrowland 2020 — the mega Belgian festival that unites revelers from all around the world — was canceled in April due to the coronavirus crisis. But on Thursday morning, the electronic dance music blowout got a new life and a new location — in cyberspace. Tomorrowland Around the …

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has doubled manufacturing capacity for its potential coronavirus vaccine to 2 billion doses in a handful of deals involving Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates that guarantee early supply to lower-income countries. The deals with epidemic response group CEPI and vaccine alliance GAVI are backed by the World Health Organization and aim to quell …

Elon Musk’s hiatus from Twitter didn’t last long. Just three days after announcing that he was “off Twitter for a while,” Musk was back on the platform saying that it’s “time to break up Amazon.” The Tesla CEO’s outburst came in response to a Thursday tweet from former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, who …

Lego this week shut down promotional campaigns and marketing for its toy sets that include police officers, firefighters, criminals and even the White House as protests over the killing of George Floyd grip the US. The Danish toy brick maker instructed Rakuten Linkshare, which handles its marketing, to remove the product listings “ASAP” in “light …

Aaron Rodgers drew praise for his Instagram post that most observers saw as an indirect shot at Drew Brees for his take on players kneeling during the national anthem. Martellus Bennett, however, took issue with Rodgers, whom he played with for seven games in 2017 on the Green Bay Packers. Bennett, the retired tight end, …

Lea Michele was “well aware of her disgusting behavior” before her former “Glee” co-stars began to call her out, a source told Page Six on Wednesday. “She was rude to all cast members,” a source close to the show emphasized to us Wednesday. “Nobody likes her. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a cast member that …

As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough of a circus already. An enterprising Polish aerialist has managed to both pass the time and sharpen her skills during lockdown by practicing her gravity-defying feats at home in las Vegas. Since performers around the globe have been sidelined, with circuses canceling shows over COVID-19 concerns, Aleksandra Kiedrowicz …