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Twitter, Facebook and Youtube have deleted a viral video shared by President Trump that peddled disinformation about COVID-19, including that masks are unnecessary and that hydroxychloroquine is a “cure” for the coronavirus. Donald Trump Jr. called the video, which was viewed tens of millions of times on the three social media platforms, a “must watch,” …

From mid-March until early June, the jungle on West 28th Street was nowhere to be found. Instead, the boxwoods and hydrangeas that once lined the sidewalks along Sixth Avenue were in storage, the latest victims of the coronavirus. Like the restaurants, barber shops and tailors forced by New York’s health officials to shut their doors …

Controversial influencer Arielle Charnas, dubbed the “poster child for what not to do in a pandemic,” got a loan of up to $350,000 for her fashion line Something Navy, Page Six can reveal. Charnas — who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram — was due to relaunch her brand in March, but it was delayed …

EXCLUSIVE: Two of America’s longest-running gameshows, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” are heading back to the studio. Both shows were hit by the COVID-19 production shutdown but Deadline understands that both syndicated shows, which come from Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Distribution, are set to start filming this week and next. There will, however, …

Forty-five minutes before the Yankees were scheduled to bus Tuesday from Philadelphia to Yankee Stadium, where they had a workout planned, the itinerary changed drastically. So, instead of opening a two-game series against the Phillies on Wednesday night in The Bronx, after two games in Philadelphia were postponed when more than a dozen Marlins tested …

AMC Theatres and Comcast’s Universal Pictures agreed to a major shift in their operations that will allow the studio’s movies to be made available to US audiences at home after just three weekends in cinemas, the companies announced on Tuesday. AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, will receive a portion of the revenue that …

Glitzy Hollywood talent agency, CAA, which reps the likes of Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, announced a significant round of layoffs and furloughs on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based firm said it plans to layoff approximately 90 agents and executives this week and to furlough roughly 275 assistants and other staff. A CAA spokeswoman …

Local officials in the Hamptons could face “civil fines and potential criminal liability” over a packed weekend concert featuring The Chainsmokers that flaunted social distancing restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. Cuomo said Southampton’s Saturday night “drive-in” charity gig — that drew in excess of 2,000 concertgoers — was “grossly disrespectful to fellow New Yorkers” …

Meghan Markle’s dad has called for his daughter and her husband Prince Harry to stop “whining” when there is so much real suffering in the world in an unsparing new interview. “This is the worst time in the world for them to be whining and complaining about anything — because people everywhere are suffering due …

The Miami Marlins season has been paused, Marlins podcaster Craig Mish reported. The team will temporarily take a break as 15 players — half their active roster — and two coaches tested positive for coronavirus over the past few days. It is unclear how long this break will last for the Marlins, or how MLB …