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The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned this fall, the region’s governor confirmed on Sunday. Luca Zaia, governor of Veneto, said the world’s longest-running film festival, which was due to take place Sept. 2-12, is still on. The official’s confirmation comes days after the Venice Biennale, which oversees the film festival among a …

China urged US officials Monday to undo new sanctions against nearly three dozen companies amid growing tensions between the two nations. The demand came three days after the US Department of Commerce blacklisted more than 30 Chinese firms and government enterprises with alleged links to China’s military activities and human-rights abuses. Washington “violated the basic …

The NHL has formulated plans to open club training facilities for small-group on-ice and off-ice workouts as soon as next week in what the league is calling Phase 2 of its response to COVID-19. The league has steadfastly avoided putting a timetable on a potential summer return, but if all goes well in negotiations between …

Hundreds of publicly traded companies appear to be keeping government-backed loans meant to help small businesses weather the coronavirus crisis. Only 68 of the 424 public firms that disclosed receiving $1.3 billion in loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program had pledged to return them as of early Monday morning, according to regulatory filings compiled …

Goodbye, X Æ A-12. Hello, X Æ A-Xii. Grimes and Elon Musk have changed their baby boy’s name, the “Miss Anthropocene” singer said, after it failed to comply with California law. The 32-year-old new mom shared the news on Instagram after a follower asked her what the baby’s new name was. “X Æ A-Xii,” she …

Country music singer Morgan Wallen apologized on Sunday following his weekend arrest on public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. The “Whiskey Glasses” singer, 27, was arrested on Saturday night after he was kicked out of Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk bar in downtown Nashville, according to local media. His bond was $300 for the disorderly conduct …

As Boohoo’s co-founder Mahmud Kamani is getting set to sell COVID-19 home-testing kits through his other company Medusa19, his fashion brand is sponsoring private parties for TikTok-ers in LA in the midst of the lockdown. On Thursday, eyebrows were raised online when a group of TikTok influencers who are staying in a home dubbed “Clubhouse” …

Venus Williams is serving up some new skincare! The tennis pro, 39, has teamed up with Credo Beauty to create two mineral sunscreen products that she hopes will put an end to a common problem with zinc-based SPFs: that cakey, chalky residue. “SPF is a part of my daily routine because I spend so much …

“Riverdale” sweethearts Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse have ended their nearly three-year relationship, a source has exclusively confirmed to Page Six. The twosome recently split and have since been quarantining separately during the coronavirus pandemic, we’re told. Disney star Sprouse, 27, and “Hustlers” actress Reinhart, 23 — who play Jughead and Betty on “Riverdale,” affectionately …

Hospitals hoarding massive piles of cash got billions of dollars in federal coronavirus bailouts while vulnerable health centers were forced to scrape by, a new report says. The feds have given more than $5 billion in grants to 20 big hospital chains that already had more than $108 billion in cash, the New York Times …