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US health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine, a possible cancer-causing chemical …
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Insiders are furious with Megan Fox after she split from Brian Austin Green for the second time. Sources say that in 2015, the “Transformers” actress dumped her “Beverly Hills, 90210” star husband around the time he was seriously ill with a stroke-like syndrome that left him bedridden and barely able to move — only to …
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The chief executive of AstraZeneca, which is developing a leading coronavirus vaccine with Oxford University, said it is too early to deliberately expose trial participants to the pathogen, but it may become an option if ongoing tests hit a snag. The British drugmaker last week started phase 2 and 3 trials of the vaccine, looking …
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Here’s one Charles and Diana scandal you’ve probably never heard about. The three-part series “Quiz,” premiering Sunday (10 p.m. on AMC), chronicles the real-life cheating incident that nearly destroyed Britain’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in 2001 — when Major Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”) and his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”), …
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Macy’s said on Thursday it could rack up operating losses of up to $1.11 billion in the first quarter, as the department store operator was forced to shut stores due to lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus. The health crisis has forced brick-and-mortar retailers to tap credit lines, lay off employees …
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Julie Pacino, age 30, Al Pacino’s daughter, is into producing. Her company’s Tiny Apples, which just put out “Hard Work.” It’s a comedic peek that takes us behind — like really (pardon the expression) behind, in front, above, below and any other portion — the scenes of adult films. The thing’s on Pornhub. How’s Daddy …
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Brian Austin Green is continuing to fuel rumors that he and wife Megan Fox have split. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star shared a photo of a butterfly on Instagram and cryptically wrote, “Eventually butterflies get bored sitting on a flower for too long. They start feeling smothered. “It’s a great big world and they want …
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Long gone to wherever ruthless Chicago gangsters of the ’20s and ’30s go, real-life killer Al Capone is living again in Vertical Entertainment’s “Capone.” Kyle MacLachlan: “Tom Hardy plays him. It takes place after Capone’s near-decade of imprisonment. Authorities let him out for his final months. Suffering from dementia, he was at his Palm Island …
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A Czech billionaire and professional soccer team owner has purchased a 5-percent stake in Macy’s with apparent plans to reshape the struggling company, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. Daniel Kretinsky of Vesa Equity Investment made a “strategic investment” in the US’s largest department store company with plans to “engage in constructive discussions with …
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Coming soon to a store near you: Clothing quarantines. In an effort to protect customers from the coronavirus, some clothing retailers have decided to sequester clothes that have been tried on in a fitting room. Saks Fifth Avenue aims to take its clothing out of commission for 48 hours after being tried on, according to …