• Sara Haines returning to ‘The View’ as co-host

    Sara Haines returning to ‘The View’ as co-host

    Sara Haines will be returning to “The View” in September as a co-host for Season 24 of the ABC daytime talk show, Variety has learned. Haines, 42, is no stranger to the Hot Topics table. She served as a “View” co-host for two seasons — from the fall of 2016 through the summer of 2018 …
  • US retail sales reach pre-pandemic levels but growth slows

    US retail sales reach pre-pandemic levels but growth slows

    US retail sales recovered to pre-coronavirus levels last month as stores continued to do business despite the pandemic, but the rate of growth fell below expectations as COVID-19 infections surged and stimulus funds ran dry. Merchants raked in about $536 billion in July, up 1.2 percent from the prior month and roughly 1.6 percent above …
  • Tlaib Slams Israel-U.A.E. Deal: ‘We Won’t Celebrate Netanyahu for Not Stealing Land’

    Tlaib Slams Israel-U.A.E. Deal: ‘We Won’t Celebrate Netanyahu for Not Stealing Land’

    Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) slammed the Israel-U.A.E. agreement announced on Thursday, which commits the two countries to establishing full diplomatic relations and commits Israel in particular to suspending its annexation of territory in the West Bank. The agreement makes the U.A.E. the third Arab Middle Eastern nation to establish formal ties with Israel, joining …
  • Madonna set to fly to Jamaica for weekend-long 62nd birthday bash

    Madonna set to fly to Jamaica for weekend-long 62nd birthday bash

    It’s my party and I’ll fly if I want to! Page Six has learned that Madonna has decided to hop on a plane to celebrate her birthday in a balmy tropical paradise, in spite of the pandemic — but it’s left some of her pals out in the cold. Sources tell us that Madge is …
  • ‘I had to’: Actor Dennis Quaid adopts cat named Dennis Quaid

    ‘I had to’: Actor Dennis Quaid adopts cat named Dennis Quaid

    Dennis Quaid’s new cat’s name sounds fur-miliar. The “Parent Trap” star adopted a kitty from a Virginia animal shelter this week named — what else? — Dennis Quaid. “It was really off the wall, but I just couldn’t resist. I had to,” Quaid, the human, told the local news station WSLS. “I’m out to save …
  • American Airlines to drop flights to 30 US cities if requirement expires

    American Airlines to drop flights to 30 US cities if requirement expires

    American Airlines is planning to drop flights to up to 30 smaller US cities if a federal requirement to continue those flights expires at the end of next month, an airline official familiar with the matter said Thursday. American agreed to keep serving those smaller cities as a condition of receiving $5.8 billion in federal …
  • Mercedes-Benz maker to pay $2.2B to settle US diesel emissions claims

    Mercedes-Benz maker to pay $2.2B to settle US diesel emissions claims

    Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle US claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion. The Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker said late Thursday that the agreement with various US authorities concerns civil and environmental claims involving about 250,000 diesel cars and vans. The …
  • See first trailer for ‘The Devil All the Time’ with Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson

    See first trailer for ‘The Devil All the Time’ with Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson

    Netflix has released the first trailer for “The Devil All the Time,” a film starring Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson set to premiere Sept. 16. The gothic thriller also stars Bill Skarsgard, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, Harry Melling and Pokey LaFarge. It centers on an orphaned young …
  • AMC Theaters will sell 15-cent tickets when cinemas reopen next week

    AMC Theaters will sell 15-cent tickets when cinemas reopen next week

    They’re reel cheap! AMC Theaters will sell movie tickets for a dirt-cheap 15 cents a pop next week — to lure folks back to the big screen amid the coronavirus crisis. The cinema chain said it will hawk the film passes for pennies — roughly the price of a ticket in the 1920s — on …
  • Dr. Martens repays UK COVID-19 aid after sales boom

    Dr. Martens repays UK COVID-19 aid after sales boom

    British boot maker Dr. Martens has paid back a government aid package meant to support its workers during the coronavirus pandemic following a massive sales surge. The iconic brand known for its chunky footwear revealed the decision Wednesday as it reported a 48 percent revenue spike that nearly doubled its profits for the fiscal year …