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AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine could still be ready this year even though it had to halt a key clinical study after a participant got sick, CEO Pascal Soriot said Thursday. The British pharmaceutical firm should know by the end of 2020 whether the vaccine protects patients from the virus if it’s able to resume the study …

Backlash against the French film “Cuties” continues to escalate, with objectors now demanding Netflix be canceled in response to the movie’s perceived sexualization of children. “Unbelievable that they released ‘Cuties’. So child porn is ok now Netflix? Raise your hand if you agree this is disgusting,” wrote one Twitter user, using the hashtag #CancelNetflix. The …

Tia Mowry is reflecting on the racial discrimination that she and her twin sister Tamera faced during their “Sister, Sister” days. The actress, 42, and Tamera launched to stardom on the sitcom in 1994 when they were just 16-years-old, but,  despite their popularity, Tia told Entertainment Tonight recently that the duo was still not afforded …

TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, facing roadblocks recently thrown up by the Chinese government, may not be able to sell the app’s US business in time to meet President Trump’s Sept. 20 deadline to avoid a ban. Beijing last month introduced export restrictions on artificial intelligence technology, seemingly including the algorithm that TikTok uses to …

Representative Max Rose (D., N.Y.) is calling fellow Democrat Bill de Blasio “the worst mayor in the history of New York City” in a series of digital ads released Wednesday. The first-term Staten Island congressman is fighting a close race for re-election against Republican state assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis in the 11th congressional district, which covers …

Carole Baskin’s got the “Eye of the Tiger.” On Wednesday, the “Dancing with the Stars” contender, 59, revealed she’ll be making her grand ballroom entrance to Survivor’s hit 1982 single, “Eye of the Tiger” — a not-so-subtle nod to her Netflix series, “Tiger King.” “I was just approved yesterday to release that we are doing …

Hell hath no fury like a One Direction fan scorned. James Corden is in hot water with 1D fans after a “The Late Late Show” executive teased previously unseen footage of the band on Twitter. The incident began after the show’s executive producer Ben Winston posted a never-before-seen clip Wednesday from the group’s 2015 “Carpool …

When you venture away from the building and into the rank and file of the NFL, the expectations about the Giants are low. Really low. Like, really, really low. There are widespread guesstimates that the Giants are a bad team. Young, yes. Improving, perhaps. On the right path, maybe. But at the moment, bad. Looking …

Citigroup’s longtime chief is stepping down early next year — and his successor is about to make some financial “herstory.” The $2.2 trillion megabank announced Thursday morning that chief executive Michael Corbat will leave his role in February 2021 after eight years. It also announced that the board has picked the bank’s president Jane Fraser …

Katie Holmes’ new man was engaged when they hooked up — and dumped his fiancée by text just hours before photos went public of him canoodling with the actress in the Big Apple, according to reports. Chef and aspiring actor Emilio Vitolo Jr., 33, sent the break-up text to designer Rachel Emmons, 24, on the …