• DraftKings shares surge as company goes public despite sports shutdown

    DraftKings shares surge as company goes public despite sports shutdown

    DraftKings threw a Hail Mary of an IPO and scored a touchdown. The fantasy sports firm’s stock price surged on its first day of trading Friday even though the coronavirus pandemic has forced sports leagues to take an extended time out. DraftKings shares spiked as much as 18.3 percent a day after the company closed …
  • CBO Predicts Deficit Will Reach $3.7 Trillion By End of Fiscal Year Due to Coronavirus Spending

    CBO Predicts Deficit Will Reach $3.7 Trillion By End of Fiscal Year Due to Coronavirus Spending

    The Congressional Budget Office on Friday announced that the federal government would likely run up a $3.7 trillion deficit due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy and massive spending for relief efforts. The government will add over $2 trillion to the national debt in the remaining six months of the …
  • Cameron Diaz says Benji Madden is the ‘best thing’ that’s ever happened to her

    Cameron Diaz says Benji Madden is the ‘best thing’ that’s ever happened to her

    Cameron Diaz says hubby Benji Madden is “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” “I love being married,” the “Charlie’s Angels” actress, 47, said in an interview, which was posted on Thursday, with her longtime makeup artist and pal Gucci Westman for the beauty guru’s YouTube series “Makeup & Friends.” Diaz continued to gush, …
  • Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish release face masks for charity

    Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish release face masks for charity

    Soon, everyone will be wearing masks while out and about — and musicians are providing options. On Friday, Universal Music Group artists including Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, The Rolling Stones and more released reusable cloth face masks as part of the company’s “We’ve Got You Covered” initiative. The masks are priced …
  • Police Photos Show Crystal Meth in Hotel Room Where Andrew Gillum Was Found

    Police Photos Show Crystal Meth in Hotel Room Where Andrew Gillum Was Found

    Democratic Florida gubernatorial nominee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum concedes the race to Rep. Ron DeSantis in Tallahassee, Fla., November 6, 2018. New photos from the Miami Beach Police Department confirm the presence of crystal meth in the hotel room where former Democratic candidate for Florida governor Andrew Gillum was found after a suspected overdose incident …
  • Christian Siriano surprises Kelly Clarkson with birthday fashion sketches

    Christian Siriano surprises Kelly Clarkson with birthday fashion sketches

    Christian Siriano is keeping busy in these trying times. When he’s not producing thousands of face masks for the medical workers fighting coronavirus on the front lines, the 34-year-old designer is staying creative by sketching and painting gorgeous gowns. During a virtual chat on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Siriano surprised the singer, who turned 38 …
  • ‘Mark My Words’: Biden Predicts Trump Will Use Coronavirus to Delay Presidential Election

    ‘Mark My Words’: Biden Predicts Trump Will Use Coronavirus to Delay Presidential Election

    Former vice president Joe Biden predicted Thursday that President Trump will attempt to delay the November general election. “Mark my words I think he is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” the presumptive Democratic nominee said during an online fundraiser. “That’s the only way …
  • The Holderness family’s viral coronavirus comedy is the sweet relief we need now

    The Holderness family’s viral coronavirus comedy is the sweet relief we need now

    They mix funny business with pleasure. Kim and Penn Holderness — the family behind some of Facebook and YouTube’s most-shared funny videos — are no strangers to bad news. So when the former New York City journalists-turned-online comedians first began their coronavirus lockdown last month, they knew they had to joke about it to make …
  • It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    “I’m speechless,” he began. I sense the day is coming when Mr. Met will be pinched at JFK attempting to board a flight to the Cayman Islands. His head will be cut open to reveal purloined cash and stock certificates that he’ll claim he never knew he was carrying — someone must’ve switched heads on …
  • Cindy Adams, the First Lady of Gossip, turns 90 — and still turns heads

    Cindy Adams, the First Lady of Gossip, turns 90 — and still turns heads

    Let us sing now of Cindy, 90 years young today, the Big Apple’s sustaining heartbeat and life force whom we have never needed more. She has been The New York Post’s reigning celebrity columnist for 40 years. She does it all by herself. No “leg man,” no “additional reporting by.” And she’s the best ever …