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Culture vultures, rejoice! Gov. Andrew Cuomo decreed that NYC’s museums and cultural institutions could reopen at 25 percent capacity starting Aug. 24, reversing the mandated months-long hiatus of the city’s beloved institutions since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. Gyms and bowling alleys are also allowed to reopen with safety precautions, and movie theaters are …

Boeing is seeking to increase black US employees throughout the company by 20 percent and mandate benchmarks for hiring people of color, Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees in a memo on Friday reviewed by Reuters. US corporations have become more responsive to complaints related to racial equality following a summer of sweeping anti-racism protests …

The pandemic may have affected plans for the fall 2020 TV schedule, but there's plenty to watch from 'Fargo' to 'Family Guy' to 'Filthy Rich' to 'Fear the Walking Dead.'

They’re not exactly the Moonpersons that anybody wanted to land at the VMAs. But when the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards go down on Sunday, there will be two new, COVID-era categories: best quarantine performance and best music video from home. Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, and Post Malone are among the music …

American Airlines said Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40,000, including 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel, unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls. Airlines received $25 billion in US government stimulus funds in March meant to cover payrolls and protect jobs through September. …

Gabrielle Union says her exit from “America’s Got Talent” was one of the hardest things she’s dealt with in Hollywood. Union, 47, recalled her experience at the “Minding Her Business” panel discussion at the virtual American Black Film Festival as “so surprising and so heartbreaking and so frustrating and so unnecessary,” per USA Today. The …

David Pecker has pulled out of American Media for good. The 68-year-old media tycoon — whose 20-year reign as the owner of the National Enquirer got mired in scandals over “catch and kill” tactics to bury damaging stories about President Trump — has stepped down as chief executive of the supermarket tabloid’s owner, the company …

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Clarkson spent part of the COVID-19 lockdown on her ranch in Montana, where she was filming weekly remote episodes of her daytime talkshow. However, the pop star and host is now back in Los Angeles and stepping in for Simon Cowell on “America’s Got Talent.” She is also gearing up to return to …

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller US cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends. The airline blamed low demand during the coronavirus pandemic, which has triggered a massive slump in air travel. Airlines and their labor unions are seeking billions in taxpayer relief. American said its schedule covering …

President Trump said Tuesday that he will grant a posthumous pardon to Susan B. Anthony, one of the major figures of the women’s suffrage movement. The president’s announcement came on the 100th anniversary of the ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. “I will be signing a full and complete pardon …