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The Cannes Film Festival? Spike Lee to head the jury? Not happening. No croissants on the Croisette. No Cannes do this year, which only got zonked once before for 1968’s student protests. Scheduled this season was director Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.” Its cast — Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, …

Facebook and Google will now have to pay local media firms a cut of the advertising revenue they rake in when using their content, the Australian government said Monday. Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that the decision came after Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet failed to adequately address complaints by Australian media companies that …

Louis Tomlinson was not happy when Liam Payne prematurely revealed One Direction‘s plans to come together for a reunion. “I can’t say too much. It was actually, Louis told me off for revealing a bit of our plans the other day. So you’re going to have the group telling me off on the group chat,” …

Paulina Gretzky’s future sister-in-law had a quarantine birthday to remember. Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Dustin Johnson’s other half shared snippets from Samantha Maddox’s social distancing celebrations, which included a fireworks display. “Happy Birthday @sammaddox,” Gretzky captioned the Instagram Story, set to Katy Perry’s “Birthday” tune. “Here’s to 27.” Maddox has been married to Johnson’s …

Katie Holmes brought spring to her daughter’s birthday. Even though Suri Cruise celebrated her 14th birthday over the weekend at home due to the coronavirus quarantine, that didn’t stop her from marking the special day in style, wearing a crown made of roses to the festivities. Suri complemented the pink-and-white rose crown with a matching …

Amid the biggest dearth of sports in a century, ESPN has swooped in to rescue us with “The Last Dance,” a docuseries about Michael Jordan’s final year with the Chicago Bulls. While the highly anticipated show’s first installment doesn’t offer too much that wasn’t already public knowledge, it’s still a fascinating look into perhaps the …

Don’t count on Dustin Pedroia making a miraculous return once baseball’s coronavirus-induced suspension finally ends. The Red Sox great, whose left knee has ailed him since Manny Machado famously slid into it with his spikes in 2017, isn’t “at a point where he’s thinking to be ready to come back and join us,” interim manager …

The Federal Trade Commission has paved the way for PepsiCo to buy drink company Rockstar Energy for $3.85 billion, The Post has learned. The regulator approved the deal — announced last month during the coronavirus pandemic — on Friday and the company is expected to close on it in the coming days, sources said. Regulators …

Says negotiations on small-business program continue: ‘We’re very close’. Vice President Mike Pence said President Trump is “not happy” with China over its early fumbles in disclosing the coronavirus that erupted in Wuhan but stopped short of outlining consequences Sunday, saying the administration is looking into it. “The president’s made it clear he’s not happy,” …

Readers: As I mentioned a few weeks back, Nano Hearing Aids — nanohearingaids.com — was giving away 24 pairs of hearing aids through this column. The company is in the process of contacting the people it picked for this giveaway based on their need and their inability to pay for hearing aids on their own. …